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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
7
The article extols coal as buried sunshine, detailing how gas, ammonia, and acetylene emerge from burning coal in closed systems. It notes coal tar yields many products from dyes and fragrances to medicines and explosives, highlighting the wide range of uses and its chemist’s magic.
A fragmentary exchange underscores themes of masculinity and family duty as a wife questions the need for a provider. The source tone suggests sharp social critique interwoven with proverb like justice on debt. The line hints at broader moral discussions embedded in a New York Tribune context.
Fragmentary ad style notice claims cures for deafness via a product called Hails Catarrh Cure. Contains dubious statements and nonsensical phrasing typical of 19th or early 20th century patent remedy ads. No clear person or organization reliably identified beyond generic references.
Partial OCR fragment describes Cunard Line ships with twin screw design and passenger accommodations. Mentions dates Apr May Jun and names such as EHNIA and Sumner, agent contact details and a New Tangdon blog reference. The text is fragmented with inconsistencies and garbled place names.
A chaotic 17th century tale recounts Colones Blood a famed English conspirator plotting to seize royal regalia during the 1618 to 1670 era Civil War and Restoration upheavals. He and his allies assaulted the Duke of Ormonde and attempted a Tower of London heist with a feigned marriage ruse ending in a violent failed robbery and brutal capture.
A scrambled 1910s style column reports a birth in Dee toil Maine and mentions residents Bev Ant G Germ Athiny and Pauliney Parker along with community updates. It notes a local property matter on Mali street and a fall that unsettled Ruth Aller Smith of Putney, now Windham county’s oldest resident.
Middlebury March 12 A runaway horse owned by Luther Gorham charged through town hitting a Calvi store plate glass window. The wagon broke the plate glass and the horse crashed through another window before being caught. Store stock damaged about 100 dollars.
A massive blaze in Samapaloca suburb yesterday started from a railroad locomotive spark. Two thousand native houses burned leaving 14,000 homeless as 20,500 feet of hose were consumed. Property loss put at about $100,000 with no casualties reported. Police and churches provide aid as most homes were nipa and a frame-spread settlement.
The piece questions why both men and women wear hats, arguing hats lack warmth or utility beyond decency and display. It critiques fashion-driven headwear, noting women use hats for status and men for taste, while claiming many would prefer going without. It reflects on vanity, custom, and social expectations.
A Dulverton resident recalls attending the opera with her daughter and finds it tiring and overlong compared with a cantata at home. She contrasts the lively village characters and makeovers seen in local productions with the opera's extended story and varied staging, noting fatigue and impatience by the finale. The piece quotes remarks about audience and performers, including humorous bits about costumes and dental quirks, as shared by Mrs. Binns and others The narration reflects a village perspective on cultural events and the difference between live opera and familiar home entertainment.
A compilation notes the International Typographical Union's 50 000 plus membership across the U S Canada and Mexico. It cites a Pennsylvania rock blast that freed 224 000 cubic feet of stone for cement work for months of labor. English experiments show six inch plowing via paraffin engine traction at a cost of 0 cents per acre. A gold discovery reported to mounted police in British Columbia reaches Vancouver with free coarse page gold valued around 100 per pan. A London Opinion anecdote recounts a seller cutting off seventeen Samuel Pepys signatures, lowering property value by nearly 290 pounds. A critic jokes women prefer a man who helps with a wife wrap. Buckton's Arnica Salve is vouched for by Rev. Fo martina of rast naymond diaine for wounds and bumps.
The damaged OCR shows a court order extending time and scheduling protest matters. References to a trial, districts, and parties suggest a legal proceeding with delays and hearings. Names and locations are unclear due to garbled text.
Fragmentary OCR notes a sheriff sale declaration involving property at a siding, with corrupted names and directions. The readable bits indicate official action to be executed under law, but no clear date, place, or names are extractable for full detail.
Auction note for a granite quarry sale listing by A. Gale, treater. Contact details partly legible with phone line and incomplete listing text. Limited readable specifics on location or price.
The ad argues aging harms hiring prospects in a competitive job market and claims youthful appearance boosts gains. It promotes Newbro’s Herpicide as the only proven dandruff destroyer, promising a pleasant hairdo and dandruff cure, with stamps requested for samples from Herpicide Co. Ostrolt, Mich.
Cleveland March 12 Coroner Burke declared the investigation into the Collinwood fire absolutely inexcusable as he weighed the evidence to determine responsibility for the deaths of several small children. He said victims were caught in a rush and crush and he would not rush to blame anyone without thorough review.
Notice seeks bids for all or part of the required paver materials and related supplies. Details cover specifications and submission procedures. Bids must be delivered by the stated deadline to the issuing authority in Waverbury.
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