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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1908
Page
6
The Barre Daily Times notes lawful economical policies. The National Life Insurance Company has long practiced economy and lawful dealing. Dallard, general agent, Manchester. N. B. Ballard, local agent, Barre.
New song at the Comigos tonight announces the prelude to a page of local ads. Burr the Jeweler buys watches and jewelry, Cate Heal Estate Agency touts new market bargains, stone cutters advertise and prices range from 90 cents to 2.00 dollars. L. P. Austin promotes watch and clock services.
Local notices describe visiting guests from Waltham and Boston for a Fourth of July stay, a parish supper hosted by Hethany Guild, and summer quarters at The Manchester. Also noted are a rural quarantine near the covered bridge, a Phoenix lodge visit to honor Mr Fisk, and the death and funeral of Mrs Martha Williams Dupuis with details on survivors and burial in Southview Cemetery.
Tester M Nelson writes that the new discovery has saved his life, praising its power against coughs colds and throat and lung complaints. He notes its long-standing reputation as a preventive for pneumonia and healer of weak lungs. Available at Red Cross Pharmacy Rickert Wells drugstore in 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes with a trial bottle offered.
A short fragment from a misattributed text shows a child Klare asking his mother to control a misbehaving baty or bat. The mother asks what he is doing and the child replies in a garbled line about someone poll and bate being rine, indicating incomplete speech and unclear action.
Fragmentary OCR notes report a fe te notification about the Yorks passage and a hindered officer. Details are unclear but imply local jurisdiction and potential obstruction with mentions of a Sir in hay and Leen context.
Montpelier residents watch the oiling of roads near the Bailey farm on Lower Spate Street. The oiled stretch provides relief to travelers amid dust. Also noted are historic land transfers from the Benjamin farm to the electric railway in 1800, later sold to C. P. Pitkin, and wedding plans for Theresa Cochran and Horace White Armstrong with Europe-bound travel on July 4. Board removals front the Golden Fleece building reveal city ownership after nonpayment, with relocation to the city barn for schoolhouse remodeling.
In Berlin VW Py Reed is shingling his barn while haying begins with many farmers cutting and stacking. Crandall spent a day in Siata last week. Miss Mamie Wilfore visited Williamstown home on Sunday. A new cottage rises beside Holden cottage owned by Barre portion. Miss Mildred Red, Isabella, and Master Charles McCarthy attended a picnic in Willamstown Friday. Warren Ainsworth of Wolcott visited their daughter. John Poor was away Wednesday through Friday. Business at the take is brisk and cottages were largely rented. thirty Tei Chick Stewart work noted.
Thomas J. Bagby aged 20 was fatally shot near Huntville Missouri while on a rope ladder speaking to his sweetheart Nellie Carter 17. Her brother EL Carter Jr is held for inquest as Bagby’s friends say he was invited by note to the Carter home and thought Bagby a burglar when he fired after seeing a form among vines. The families were once friendly but opposed the courtship and the town is stirred by the tragedy.
New York report details the marriage of Mike Dora Lazarus to actor Harry Cooper at Congregation Lane of Terael. Rev Dr Larnel Cooper assists Cantor Seaver in the ceremony. The bride had been promised to Cooper since youth after a Bowery incident. The couple’s past includes friendship with Mina Sadie Cooper and a notable family history.
Boston June 3 An agreement settling the Milford Pink Granite company affairs after being in the hands of Rewiver Ralph A Stewart since November 29 1005 was approved by Judge Lowell. Real estate will be sold at public auction July 20 to satisfy a $160000 mortgage held by Franklin Trust Company. Personal property including machinery will be purchased for 95000 by Norcross Metrothere and Jando Narceese. The contract to supply pink granite for the new Terminus Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Sew York will be carried on by Norgerous Hrothdrs and Mr Nereress. General creditors will receive 25 cents on the dollar per Redlven Stewart's estimate. Quar ies in Milford and Hop ditton started up immediately.
Wellington dispatch reports Luke FE Wright, newly appointed secretary of war, visiting the war department and meeting department heads. He spent hours reviewing routine affairs and will take the oath on Wednesday. Panama election matters were also discussed with officials.
An aging Barnum lion roamed free in winter quarters and attacked a meek cow during a parade route. The cow died, inciting anger from the cow’s owner who vowed justice as guards found the lion dead later. The incident sparked debate over the animal’s handling and accountability.
Captain Arthur P. Hyde recounts the strange legend of La Garita de Diablo the devil's sentry box at Fort San Cristobal Porto Rico. A Spanish guard's tale explains disappearances as devilly abductions and Desertion led to survival and secrecy.
The article explains the sun as concentric shells with a hidden nucleus, the real sun, surrounded by a 5000 mile chromosphere and a faint corona. It notes prominences and corona observable during eclipses, the challenge of supporting tenuous outer matter, and Arrhenius’ light pressure application offering a solution.
Candida flopped in Paris. Ethel Levy studies in Paris while David Warfield plans a California engagement. The musical comedy Angles becomes The City Chap. Irma La Pierre leads for Al H. Wilson next season. Katie Barry to perform in The Chinese Honeymoon under Aborn. Fannie Ward to star in Rachel Crothers The Three of Us in London.
A collage of fashion notices notes the Merry Widow hats and directoire gowns sparking debate. The New York Herald and Philadelphia Inquirer quote opinions on expensive outfits. The pieces urge practical wear on porch sittings despite trendy frills.
A Louisville Courier-Journal fragment presents a dialog about practicality. The speaker asks a practical woman about advice and she urges readiness to be practical, reflecting social norms of the period. The wording hints at intimate domestic counsel and gender expectations.
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