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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
5
A new shipment of Ladies' Skirts including Panama Voiles Melrose Mohaits is displayed. Prices range five to ten dollars with a promise to save buyers money. New embroidered petticoats and belts are offered along with the skirts.
Local items report new dry goods at Abbott’s including Landers Havans leaf cotton and Perry’s belts. musical happenings with William Robirtney and Lyle Percy at Friday events. Births, transfers, real estate offers, and plans for lectures, socials, and church activities populate a bustling town page with notices of sales, performances, and community doings.
A regular meeting of Hiawa lodge LO. 0. F. Thane is scheduled for the evening of March 14.
A regular meeting of Division No 1 will be held at the facility in Fololool to discuss importanter agenda items. Officials urge members to attend and participate in the upcoming session.
A local column notes new spring fashion at Vaughan’s and Perry’s shop with mentions of Stat Vispere and quiehred styles. Multiple residents travel: Welfroys to White River Junction, Jobo Paquin from Burlington Hueiness, James Donald to Newport, Angelo Scampini from Bowton, and Martin of Beachield as a visitor. An Indies’ night is planned at Vinicillo club on Thursday March 14, with local plant sharing and social chatter. About 60 people expected to attend a Woodmen dance at their hall later, as Good Will Temple No. 44 schedules a Thursday 4 pm meeting at the Baptist church. Corre Bianchi returns home to Woodstock after visiting friends, and Mrs N S Love travels to Auburndale to see her sister attending La Gollo seminary. R and Currier attend a highway meeting in Burlington, while Ethan Allen’s team visits Harre Saturday evening.
East Barre reflects a lively scene with gatherings at the Shernan Chamberlain home and various town events. Neighbors share news of weddings, farm chores, and upcoming meetings including the O C BR M and W C T U groups, with a planned masquerade promenade on March 20.
Children sing and dance at St Patrick's Day observance in St Anthony's hall White River Junction with a large crowd. A banquet followed by a concert showcased nine young ladies in white robes performing pantomime and several solo numbers by parish members and child performers.
A. P. Abbott & Co lists items bought by customers last Wednesday when jobbers accepted lower prices to complete sales at the Daylight Store. The note records goods and favorable terms for securing purchases in a brisk market.
A dealer offers numerous sample handkerchiefs at deep cuts with many under half price. Prices list varied from 176 to 256 cents for silk and regular cotton pieces, with several items originally 75 cents to 1.25 dollars now selling under one dollar. These odd lots were supplied by a friend to clear stock.
S Super sale on Navy Grey Green and Tan Mix fabrics at 91.00 per yard. Discounts drop to 590 per yard on dirt cheap stock. 68 inch Tan Covert Cloth now 1.25 per yard. Red and Navy Serges 0.50 per yard. New line includes checked ginghams and Renfrew ginghams 18e to 1 per yard. Embroidered spot cloths 25c per yard. Lades waists and morning dresses 22e per yard.
A group from the University of Michigan were arrested Monday night after a riot at the Star theatre. Fifteen of them attempted to pay $1,000 each to secure release, were sent to Justice Doty’s court, and fined $1.68 each. They will be examined Friday morning on the charges. A student meeting pledged to raise funds to reimburse owners for $2,500 in damages, conditional on dropping criminal charges.
Trunks from a top factory with metal bound hinges brass locks and waterproof canvas options priced from 3.50 to 20.00. Steamer trunks fully riveted with brass trimmings from 5.00 to 10.00. Also a selection of hand bags and suit cases to fit every idea of a trunk.
In a discussion tracing the easing of anti corporate laws, Massachusetts led in 1808, Rhode Island and New York followed, while Pennsylvania opened its gates in 1878. The piece notes the historic suppression of labor and capital, citing wage worker protests and the rise of labor statistics and international labor efforts. It also includes a quip about a boy and his shoes, illustrating a short humorous aside.
A fragmented dialogue features a First Lady and Second Lady at a party. The Second Lady remarks she is always coming, while the First Lady notes Fou tever’s visit, with garbled punctuation and disrupted syntax suggesting a humorous, coy exchange.
Remember your friends with Easter Post Cards they will appreciate your thoughtfulness. We have some that are truly beautiful and others that will particularly please the children. Two for Be and ten cents each. A new line of artificial flowers and plants that are very natural in appearance hay early before the stock is depleted. See window display.
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