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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
4
A Vermont militia unit dissolves due to member apathy. Harvard loses to Yale as the "Yao spirit" lifts the crew, while E Henry Harriman is jailed after clashing with students. Barre residents gain a faster Montpelier to southbound train schedule improving morning travel with two trains.
The article cites Attorney General Fitts on clubs serving liquor to members under local option law. A 1900 chancellor ruling allowed the Vermont Fish and Game League to furnish ale to guests at a banquet, stating a bona fide association is not a license violation if not used to evade the law. The current doubt concerns whether clubs may follow a different limit under old prohibitory law versus present statutes.
A fragment from a political brief discusses William J Bryan’s undecided stance on the Democratic presidential nomination. It notes Virginia Senator John W Daniel as a leading, though geographically limited, candidate, detailing his Civil War service and long tenure in national politics. Daniel’s national appeal remains uncertain despite local support in Virginia.
New York City exceeds the rest of New York state by about 134,500 in population. Boston tops world in telephone use with one phone for every eleven people. Daily New England phone conversations average 65,858. Golden Gate village board in Mika, Illinois bans dancing within the limits, penalties set at 20 for first offense and 100 for second.
A garbled local item lists visits by Mrs. Sanders and relatives in Waterbury area and Franklin, with mentions of Amun Chashee, A. A. Stephen suffering acute pneumonia, Dr Mayo, and Mr Somers. It notes interior repairs on a residence and a horses incident linked to David McKiehant, plus a late-night escape and a pursuit of a missing chum.
Instructions describe drying cattails by hanging stems in heat until thoroughly dry, then dipping in a weak solution to deter insects. Notes also mention knightly lances ranging from twelve to twenty feet with heads four to eight inches broad and lengths twelve to twenty loches.
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