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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
6
Business note invites competent agents to place the Massachusetts Mutual Accident Association policies in Boston. Encourages interested gentlemen to reply with references to C. P. Lifyord, Superintendent Agencies, 161 Devonshire Street, Boston.
A newspaper brief announces a strike for Osborne's Store promising first class groceries and superior service with prices as low as any, maintaining quality amid labor action.
An OCR fragment from the Barre Daily Times notes a national policy and company names with Montpelier and Mont Pallens references. It mentions general agent duties and an advertisement style, but no clear event or outcome.
The column lists ads for furniture and office gear with prices and rental offers on Main Street. It also promotes upcoming events including a Canadian Jubilee Singers concert with the Imperial Orchestra at the opera house and Ebony Minstrels in the armory. The D. A. Perry agency advertises real estate and tools for sale, plus notices of rentals and a local sale program.
The Canadian Johllen Singers and the Pilipul orchestra present an evening show at the hall in Plainfield on Tuesday March 24 at 8 o clock. The colorid troupe has toured Canada and the United States extensively. Admission is 24 cents, children 14 cents. A school concert by Prof Corlise singing will follow on May 2 in the town hall. Box supper to follow with ladies free. admission 10 and 13 cents.
Graniteville hosts a bake sale on March 14 1908 at Miles’ Lath to support the Graniteville A C and Linnelbles amid town sports chatter. An architect and local merchants push Elekro Bitters health tonic while advertising paint and house goods from Mantel Cotter and partners.
Local names and moves abound as residents travel to New York for spring millinery and visits, while others return home from towns like Gayeville and South Randolph. Several families plan extended vacations, with discussions of summer boarding at Maplewood and Old Awinestead.
The article surveys historic and literary views on curing love through absence and social remedies. It cites Ovid, Coleridge, La Rochefoucauld, Addison, Hazlitt, Goethe, Goldsmith, Colley Cibber, Dryden, Heine, and others, arguing that distance, distraction, or a new romance can end or ease unhappy attachments.
At the monthly auction sale at Withington stable Weer Leba non NH three horses changed hands. Various residents and visitors are cited including Mrs Lafayette Cheney returning to Washington and Mrs Roxanna Jenna and Mrs EB Geear Tracy visiting. Several short local updates cover tenement vacancies, a hayloft fire scare, and arrivals at the Orange Hotel.
Opera House presents a West tale with Jules Murry in a new romance of the West called Ad Old Sheptiart Mine. AS Whitecar leads the cast and the production aims to showcase Murry’s renowned talents on stage. The article highlights Murry as a magnetic performer and praises the director’s vision for the upcoming Friday performance.
The March meeting discussed the Spear illness and a Washington County court decision in the Warritt J Groves case tied to Waitefield. A verdict awarded $700 and costs, with subsequent appeals leading to a transfer to higher court. An interim order appointed James I. Locke to a railroad office, and Soule will remain for four years, with Bond in line for auditor duties as interstate work proceeds.
A garbled South Barre snippet notes moves of Mr Hebertson and Emery Sna re Mire and Bancroft returning from visiting her daughter Mrs Majeroft. References to ITLC members, Universalist clored gathering, and Hilly Spencer chopping wood hint at local civic and social activity amid unclear events. The fragment mentions a crowd, a axe mishap, and a member being struck, with imperfect names and actions due to OCR.
The executive council of the American Federation of Labor names Annie Muggereld of Chicago as a reorganizer focusing on trades employing women. Cleveland cab drivers form a self funded union to resist hostile drives, while International Trades Union Federation figures show 4,404,580 total members in Europe with 2,480,000 active. United Mine Workers adopt Mitchell's proposal for new enfranchisement in the United States.
Spor ting notes report university plans to fund athletic events with 90000 dollars to upgrade facilities and keep competition leading edge. Alfa Mekoni offers 2000 dollars to match weather and EMG bets. Empire Committee cites Addie Tome and Cy Young as top officials to work with, while Thomas Wotloves is unavailable.
London observers note a medieval practice on lord mayor days as the official visit to the law courts unfolds. The lord mayor lifts his cocked hat thrice to salute the lord chief justice while judges retain wigs and black caps. The rite continues with visits to guildhall and a banquet invitation as robed officials observe ancient protocol.
Sires and sons feature Charles Gator purchasing a Texas ranch of 1,000 acres for 610,000 dollars while Samuel D Parker, Boston’s new fire commissioner, traces lineage to Harvard’s senior living graduate. Ex Senator Chaniller’s diaries reveal hidden political history, Edison’s nearly 1,000 patents mark unparalleled fame, and Bar ney Campbell’s 38 years as a hackman set a flawless safety record. Alaska judge Silas P Reid stands tallest on the bench at 208 pounds and 36 years, Cromwell’s fame rests in memory as a trust lawyer, Cabera di Vaca notes natives’ cotton dress in 1825 Gila country.
The Combe village vicar resigns after a postponed pastorate ending due to health concerns. Rev H B Johnsen oversees oriental missions for the Aethostiet church, while Rev Thomas Spter of the Metropolitan ta deaden resigns his pastorate. Oldest rabbi in America, Rev Abraham Isaac Trager of New York, claims he does not borrow trouble and has preached for over eighty years.
Eight hours constitutes a day’s work for New York woodcarvers who now earn five dollars. Washington hosts hundreds of barber shops with only forty six union shops. Gas sitters in New South Wales top plumbers in pay. The Indianapolis Central Labor Union raised its per cap ita tax to two cents monthly. Bay and River Steamboatmen’s Union gains representation in the San Francisco Labor Council. Government printing office imposes wage increases from 424 to 440 dollars per eight hours.
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