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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
5
A bustling page of notices and ads from Vaughan's store and Abbott shops features new wash goods and novelties, theater lineups at the Pavilion, upcoming lectures, and public events. Community members travel to Bethel, Burlington, and Montpelier, with insurance, real estate, and lodge notices interspersed among social announcements.
West Topsham residents report visitors from Barre Williamstown and East Montpelier. L P Hight and Noyes spent Sundays in town while Florance Church’s group attended services. Milo Magoon of Williamstown stayed a few days. O B Sanborn wired telephone service in Sanborn. Arthur White visited East Montpelier on business.
Local notes report Vaughan’s new black waters, Patterson pictures at the P theater for Spel teen akirta wt, and Browsdale and Wiet in the city today. B A Clinch returns to Daetaw after several days of city business. W HL Goodfellow travels to South Ryegate and Wells River for a business view. Rev Herbert J Wyckoff’s “A Man's Prayer” is attractively printed and on sale at Mins Walker's.
Cabot residents report confinement and illness updates as Mrs BM Avetts remains confined. Sidney Thayille visits, Mr and Mrs Hf HL Voster travel on business, and Agnes Warren departs Montpelier seminary. Ainsworths, Mrs La Dwinell, Warren and Mrs Tuk Newton are noted in town activities, with residents visiting Plainfield, Montpelier, Craftsbury, West Barnet, Walden, and related events.
New York reports steady gains as Captain F W Kitty of the US Army engineers says 300000 yards of earth removed in 24 days last month near the Isthmus. General Goethals, head of the canal commission, voices optimism about the project and its timetable.
Veneering is produced by two methods sawing and siloing. Logs about thirteen feet long are cooked in hot water vats then sliced by knife or cut by a circular saw into slabs about one twentieth of an inch thick. Slabs are flexible, uniformly thin, seasoned by steaming for about twenty four hours, then sold. Some oak logs reach near four hundred years old.
A. P. Abbott & Co announces a Boston sales week to benefit customers, seeking lower wash goods prices. The notice promises the store will waive certain terms this week in pursuit of lower costs for shoppers, with emphasis on value and quantity.
Wednesday purchase at Heaton brings a wide range of fabrics and linens to sale at deep discounts. Berkeley Cambria yard wide cottons, Dresched Cottons, cotton blankets, bleached outings, and Percales now offered at substantially reduced prices. Plus aprons gingham and more eligible for quick sale, with many lengths and colors highlighted for value.
A. P. Abbott & Co. report D Mowe and John Murphy were arrested at Chelsea on a charge of vagrancy and sent to Chelsea for three months. The man claimed to seek work and shelter after walking from Woodstock jail where he was held on a similar charge. Chief H. Ke shim sought rest and supper. The report mentions shortages and a night’s edging. Public figures Redfield Proctor Rutland and others figure in related notes.
William Hill was arrested Saturday on a charge of careless distribution of medicine samples. He appeared in a preliminary hearing, posted bail of 200, and was remanded to await further proceedings. The case centers on leaving samples where children could access them, under a 1906 act banning such practice.
A selection of artistic St Patrick's Day postcards offered at 10 each with two suitable for fiction use. Easter cards described as beautiful and child friendly, two at 10 each. New line of artificial flowers and plants touted as very natural in appearance. See window display and buy early before stock depleted.
Fruit store and confectionery Cigar and Tobacco shop with wagon and horse, four room tenement, horse shed and barn, leased for 25 dollars monthly. Wake to Joe Baldassare in Springfield Vermont? Includes all equipment and stock for sale.
A severe storm last night caused two powder explosions at the American Piciler company plant in South Aston. The blast damaged the powder room but no injuries were reported. Matame Schilman-Hetik is scheduled to appear in Burlington on Tuesday evening, April 7.
Trunks and bags advertised from a reputed factory offer metal covered, canvas and leather trunks with iron bindings and sturdy locks. Sizes range 30 to 40 inches with prices from 3.50 to 20.00. Steamer trunks feature full riveted lids and waterproof canvas with brass trim priced 5.00 to 10.00, plus a line of hand bags and suit cases.
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