New Lace and Muslin Curtains Sale
Curtain sale offers lace and muslin options with prices ranging from 45 cents to 4 dollars. Readily available varieties promise money savings for home cleaning needs and window treatments.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
5
Curtain sale offers lace and muslin options with prices ranging from 45 cents to 4 dollars. Readily available varieties promise money savings for home cleaning needs and window treatments.
The dealer explains overstock from winter expositions and unpaid bills and urges customers to buy now to save money. The firm notes many workers have bank accounts and promises lower prices on home furnishings, including the Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet, with on floor samples available for viewing.
A jumble of society items notes theater at the Pavilion including previews of The Witches Rise and The Witches Secret, rail travel updates, visitors to Albany and Montreal, and local classes starting April 1 with emphasis on shorthand typing and bookkeeping. The piece lists residents' trips and shop notices, promoting Crem Eleaya cream and Goddard evening school.
A fragmentary notice mentions Saal andes and a communication related to an academy petition. The readable text is sparse, with unclear names and missing context, limiting precise event detail.
Fragmented text from a historical page mentions Vinellin and Raighes with garbled place names and dates. Unable to determine a coherent event or clear entities beyond the uncertain names.
A garbled page item listing a variety of town happenings. Mentions new embroideries at Vinghan a sewing machine sale at Villa and a 19.00 cash price, local visits by residents including William Evans and Brookfield’s P. H. Carpenter. Also notes hotel arrivals, church events, a death in Canada, and a medical procedure at Fanny Allen hospital.
Local notices report families facing mumps and illnesses, travel and home returns, and several deaths. Multiple residents including Mrs. Kate Long and Verlort Long of Middlesex are noted with funeral plans, while others recover from illnesses and injuries. The town gathers for a main meeting with anticipated activities and sugar season preparations.
Governor Hughes speaks at the Herkimer business association dinner urging the public to use best judgment amid wartime conditions. The address includes a greeting to the governor and notes from Herkimer windows bearing his portraits. He plans to stay in Albany for state primaries and continues to campaign in New York.
Deputy Sheriff Stevens chased a youth to Vergwan industrial shop area on Saturday. The juvenile had been a steady source of mischief for some time. His father and stepfather have no control over him. His latest escapade involved forcing his way into a three inch hole in a stock of wooden plugs.
A. P. Abbott & Co. argues buyers save with Black Cat Hosiery priced at 25 cents. They claim one pair offers more real value than two pairs of regular stock at the same price, backed by tests.
Advertised as durable boys’ hose with leather stock, linen spliced heels and knees, the Black Cat brand is offered at 25 cents. The copy notes common misfits and sizing, urging buyers to select these stockings for boys.
Misses heavy Hose and Boys Sunday Hose offered in sizes matching a prior grate, lighter weight and finer. Prices around 2c per pair. Very fine Liste Hose described as soft as silk, 25c. Misses Tan Howe and Tan Hose in multiple colors, blacks at 8c. Ladies Black Cat No 600 lead jer offered in case lots to ensure margin, priced at 28c.
These Ladies' Hose are full fashioned with hand run heels and comparable to Sie goods. Black Cat Hose with white fort is offered at 35c each, three pairs for $1.00. Black Cat Hosiery has rapidly grown our hosiery business.
A. P. Abbott Co announces curtain week at Fitts theater with six new pictures and a popular song program. There will be a Ladies Auxiliary evening on April 1 at 7 30. A Diversi case in city court concerns sale of liquor to a posted man. Several arrivals checked in at City hotel from Boston Burlington and Reston. Officer Hamnevan early afternoon arrest a man found on the railroad track near the yard. the subject was taken to the police station.
We showcase sturdy Dutchess Trousers designed for workingmen with fabric, comfort, and reinforced strength. Priced from $1.00 to $4.00, these trousers promise lasting wear. The ad emphasizes wearers will not need other trousers after trying them.
A collage of society sketches and gossip including Lady Duff Gordon pets, Rev Antoinette L Brown Brickwell set for pulpit work, Mrs Egan hosting Copenhagen debutantes, Elena Dime and Venice palaces, Mrs Harriette Wood elected in New York, Hetty Green rebuffed intruder, Mrs Georgy Law’s crusade against publicity, and a curious health framing about human bones versus a carp’s anatomy.
A fragmented report notes a Candlemas procession and a curious custom involving candles and candies. The readable bits mention biblical student chants and questions about the origin of this practice, with little else clear.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a chaotic scene with garbled names and places. Core items are unreadable, with no clear event, date, or identifiable entities to summarize coherently.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.