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Newspaper

Barre Daily Times

Location

Barre, Vermont, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1917

Page

5

Greatest of all suns Diant Canopus the Blue Beauty

Star gazers in the southern hemisphere share dazzling Canopus details. It is the second brightest star, part of Argo Navis and divided into Pupia Carton and Vela. Canopus guided explorers across Africa, South America and Australia and lies about 406 light years away. Sirius outshines it only by proximity.

Diant Canopus Canopus Puppia Carton Nile Egypt Africa South America Australa Sirius Birtus York

Jade craft and shop talk in oriental wares

Fragmentary notes describe jade as a hard stone needing patience to work. An oriental shop is mentioned with suggested items like necklaces and bracelets made of jade. A terse reply promises to share information about jade when asked.

Oxy Erfy Sean

Jade craft and value cross cultures and time

The piece notes jade’s rarity outside Asia and Oceanica yet abundant in parts of the world. It highlights jade’s hardness and toughness, its use in Chinese crafts, and its high value to collectors. It contrasts jade with diamonds and suggests a jade pendant is a treasured gift across eras.

Asia Oceanica Christian Science Monitor

Town notes and notices from Barre area society

Local items include Benaw affair at Rockwood studio, E G Wilson in charge of Bailey's Music Rooms, and H J Laroe on vacation. Residents travel to Sugar Hill and Port Jefferson while new Indies shoes arrive. Community events such as a postponed Eagle picnic and a baptismal service postponement are noted amid active wartime recruiting and street work. a house fire causes extensive damage to furnishings.

Benaw Mildred Peer Rockwood E.G. Wilson Burlington Bailey H. J. Laroe Homer Holden Brookfield Howard Ennis Waterbury Barre Edward Elizabeth Smollett Hill Street Sugar Hill N. A A. H. Smith Greensboro W. D. Smith Summer Street Isabella D. Smith Elm Street Port Jefferson N. Y Albert O. Smith D. McDonald Universalist Church Alfred Beckman Granite Street Burns Linn Scofield A. FE. Campbell North Main Street Bretton Woods N.hs Scofield White Mountain EB. A. Prindle & Co Main Street Depot Square A. J. Baldwin Methodist Sunday School Baldwin Edgar Crossland Wellinton Street Berlin Corner Frank Hinmfield Stanley F. Blomfield Bethany Church Mintpeller First Presbyterian Church Dowt H. P. Shaw Serg M. Brown Harry Lewin Fort Ethan Allen Jouve Marre Hinman Platteburg W. WF. Littlejohn Rana Charles L. Brown Neale W. Hooker Sihe Vermont Perry BE. R. Davis Graham Ae State F. Gleason Montpelier Gleason Davie jAttorney Gordon Block Ora L. Gregware Thames Mr.Kngware Bison

Jury Trials Night Session Details in Felch Case

Coverage of the Felch murder trial continues with prosecutors arguing a frame up and the defendant denying illicit relations. Key witnesses discuss sweaters, the sugarhouse incident, and alleged overheard statements while defense contends innocence and emphasizes reasonable doubt as the jury nears end of testimony.

Joe Otis Mrs. Felch Josie Pero Williams Sherburne Feleh Tix Williams Darling Joseph Felch Topsham Anna

Trial testimony recalls illness claims in murder case

In courtroom testimony Mrs McCormack and others described the alleged illness of Anna Feich on the night of the murder. A housemaid testified that the accused and a man named Williams were seen together, and Addie Smith recalled Mrs McCormack's later recollection of the illness. The defense questioned timing of the recounted statements.

McCormack Felcher Feleh Mia Feloh Bersion Otis Williams Walts River Will Aura Defenee Addie Smith Anna Feich Mrs. McCormack

New lot of ladies high white shoes and hats arrive

A fresh shipment arrives at Rogers Walk-Liver Boot Shop ady with ladies high white shoes with low heels. Milan and Panama hats also in stock. A few more dark dates to close out at cost. Mrs H. Miles operates near Dodge's Jewelry store. Alexander Mackle of Boscon atrees, held at home briefly, can resume charge of his express business.

Rogers Ady Milan Panama Miles Dodge Alexander Mackle Boscon Atrees

Why Running Makes You Breath Harder and Gasp For Air

The article explains that after running the body demands more blood and the heart, brain, and lungs work harder. The lungs must purify blood returning to the heart, requiring more air to be drawn in. Training improves wind, but untrained lungs struggle to supply sufficient air, causing breathlessness.

Pugnacious Earwige in Sugar Beet Fracas

Earwigs quarrel beneath lamp light clusters at the sugar. Each insect swipes with its tail and nips the air, sparking a quick round of retaliatory attacks. The skirmish ends as the stronger regains control and the scene settles.

Earwig Behavior Reported by London Globe

A London Globe excerpt notes earwigs scuttling backward as a pursuer, reaching with forceful nippers. It contrasts their savage at meals with their daytime habit of squeezing into any hole or crack, regardless of size.

London Globe

A Real Experience and Roads in China

A sequence of frontier style tall tales from travelers on distant seas and rivers contrasts with a Commerce Report note that China’s industrial growth is hindered by inadequate transport. It highlights that China lacks a road network exceeding 100 miles in length, relying on rivers and canals for slow, uncertain movement.

China

Orion in Job and Nimrod in the sky bound tale

A note on the constellation Orion cited in Job chapters nine and thirty eight verse 81. It equates Orion to the giant Nimrod famed for impiety and bound in the sky, with nearby stars the two dogs and the hare completing the train of the legend.

Orion Nimrod Lanter Constellaions

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