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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1908
Page
5
The catalog offers women shirts and skirts in china silk lingerie lawn Voiles Panamas and Mohairs with prices ranging from 1.25 to 8.50 dollars. Specials highlight affordable crafted outfits designed to please while saving money.
Aviction to night at 7 o'clock and a Comique program with songs and a crose at pit selon at Abbott's. Local visits and business trips noted for Reynolds, Scamplut, Simmons, McDonnell, Stickney, Willey, Batehelder, Kent, and others alongside fruit store sales, theater notes, and church notices. A mix of arrivals, travels, meetings, and entertainment fill the day’s social and commercial chatter.
A small kitchen fire started Friday evening at the Harvey Goss residence on Hall Street threatened to spread from overheated wallpaper and woodwork. Prompt action by Meysaid and Mr Goss kept damage to a minimum, preventing a larger blaze.
Large Marshfield audience in Folsom's hall listened to State Superintendent Mason Stone as he outlined a plan for a central graded school. The program featured student performances and received strong citizen interest. a Panama exhibit by FP Sweaney will follow next week with stereopticon views.
Barre residents and visitors are recorded in a series of social calls and gatherings. Mr and Mrs W F Shepard of Barre called on R M Pray. Mr and Mrs Frank Hubbard of Hardwick visited Mr Warren King. Mr and Mrs George Lawson visited friends at Woodbury Lake. Homer Fitts and family and CN Kenyon and family of Barre attended Woodbury Lake Howe Sunday. Mr and Mrs Frank Marsh of East Calais visited Mr and Mrs Simon Parker and Mrs George Bemis who died recently. Ine Morahfeld, sister of Alonzo Sumner, is noted. the W W W Society held its first summer meeting at Mrs Ewen's rooms. Mr and Mrs Levi Wheeler of East Calais visited Ara Wheeler. Albert Burnham returned from Bristol after visiting his son.
A June 29 fire in Claremont New Hampshire started in a three foot alley behind Union block on Pleasant Street. Firemen confined the blaze to the bowling alley building, owned by the Old Fellows, with damage about 2000 pounds fully insured. Lynch’s property suffered around 4000 dollars loss with partial insurance. Authorities suspect incendiary origin.
Walter Bons aged 27, of Luther Foss, drowned while swimming in the Cochovo river near Maple Street. John Halpin, a companion, said Bons appeared to suffer a heart attack before sinking. Jamies Fox recovered the body about an hour later. A Central Labor Union meeting in Nichofedrook is set for Wednesday evening at 7:30 with officials urging delegates to attend.
A. P. Abbott & Co states it must close part of its spring stock to meet fall bills, offering suits at half price. The message claims the loss to the firm is a gain for customers, with many styles and sizes available at less than material cost.
A local shop advertises a suit sale featuring ladies short coats in black, Panama, worsted, and silk jackets. Covert coats in 24 inch length drop to 3.98, mixed coats to 2.50, old coats to 4.38, 26 inch covert coats to 5.00, and silk fits to 4.28 and 6.25, highlighting previous prices from 5.00 to 12.50.
Ladies' suits made of Panama fabric once priced at 12.50 to 18.00 are offered at half price. A $20.00 suit is advertised as now 6.00, with braided coats and pleated skirts in designs that previously sold for higher amounts.
A local ad promotes ladies suits from twenty to thirty dollars now offered at half price. It highlights 50 thin-season pieces in sizes and styles aimed at value, urging shoppers to compare with materials and prices elsewhere. The notice notes losses to be absorbed and suggests alterations will incur extra costs.
A. P. Abbott Co promotes Comique reward and Negligee Shirts with prices from 50c to 3.00. Describes soft shirts cut by experts, various styles, plain white and striped patterns. Claims cleaning, pressing, repairing of clothing services.
The Republican voters of Barre City are notified to meet at Smiles hall on Thursday evening July 9 at 7 30 p m to elect town delegates and nineteen alternates to attend the Republican county convention at Montpelier on July 7 1908 for other proper business Per order Republican City Committee Frank G Howland Chairman MW Scott Secretary
The Republicans of Barre Town are notified to meet in Mromen's hall East Barre July 4 at 4 p m to choose eight delegates and eight alternates to the county contention at Montpelier July 7 per order Republican Town Committee.
A garbled mix of old classified items lists wants and offerings. Includes notices for ads spaces and government mail, a call for a tool grosser and granite cotter, job ads for machine man and general labor, rental of a four room tenement, and assorted border entries about timber and goods. The text is a mosaic of unreadable fragments with mis-spellings and partial place names.
Notice to Clansmen requests them to remove cords with their foamclal arheetary by a specified time as ordered by Buditore. The text is garbled but implies compliance with a directive and a deadline.
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