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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
5
Ladies fleece hose on sale at A A Smith and Co. with regular 15c value. Extra heavy silk fleece hose, spliced heel and toe, guaranteed fast black, at 11c per pair. Saturday special price 11 cents per pair for sizes 8 1/2 to 10.
A string of tiny notices from Vaughan's to Barre Candy Kitchen covers shopping deals obituaries and social visits. Readers learn of people traveling to Rutland and Canada visiting relatives in Lewiston and Norwich university students at a junior prom, a theater company leaving for Rutland, and a forthcoming lecture on Sweden by Miss Ming Brown at the Universalist church.
A garbled note discusses prescription prompts and patient safety concerns. It mentions improper handling, securing records, and pharmacy practice elements. The text cites medical counters and bar usage, emphasizing proper procedures and confidentiality in a chaotic context.
The Daylight Store indicates business will be quiet until labor differences are settled. To maintain sales relative to last season the store will sacrifice on many staple dry goods. The following is our offer today.
Broken OCR snippet describes street view goods in a window and mentions items like white dimities with embroidered spots and colored ginghames. It hints at yardage pricing and profit aims but remains garbled and incomplete with many misspellings. Readable items include textiles described by vague colors and patterns.
An advertisement touts thread lace trim wash goods at about 4¢ per yard and Hamburg embroidery for children's garments at 2? per yard. It notes wide fabrics, prints at 10¢, coat flannel and cotton duck at low prices, plus bleached and unbleached selections, promising good spring values.
A clipped ad notes new stock of women’s undergarments and two piece outfits with prices from 1.49 to 4.50. It mentions tailored suits and waist cinchers, all offered in medium weights and described as wet or damp. The seller claims a rack of ladies’ stock was reduced to boost sales and recoup losses.
A mixed list of arrivals visits sales and notices. Emilie returns from St Johnsbury while Walter Bartlett called on Wilton friends, George Lemon visits, W F Churchill and Nelson Atkins visit the city, tenement and cottage listing sought, Ebony minstrel to meet, Northern spies and fruit at Lowden Lyon’s, Perryson inquiries, Mr Gall returns from rheumatic illness, F S Cate Real Estate reports sale of Jamison farm between South Barre and Williamstown to A K Batchelder for 1800 dollars.
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled phrases about love and marriage with unclear names and dates. No coherent event or entities to identify. cannot determine a meaningful news item from the readable bits.
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