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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1908
Page
3
A tale recounts a man and Miss Bliss H Crane trapped in a clock tower chamber after entering a hidden door in a cathedral. The ceiling descends as lashed by cogwheels, they fear starvation. At 10 the ceiling rises and the keeper frees them, revealing a sightseeing misadventure.
Monument on Commonwealth avenue and Charlesgate was unveiled and accepted by Boston at 11 o clock. Archbishop Titcomb spoke followed by Jerome Jones and ex Gov John D Long. Mayor Hibbard accepted for the city after Long spoke in a room at Tate Somerset due to cold. The granite shaft 15 feet high bears a bust of Collins with Erin harp and Iso lambia figures and a north tablet detailing his life from Ireland to Boston including Harvard Law School and multiple public offices.
Obituary notes the death of Ora Carney in Galesburg Mississippi at age eighty five. It recalls her authorship of Little Drops of Water and Dear Gentle With the Err penned during her Boston teaching days in 1845. The verse became a staple for primary school children and is linked to Whittier’s memorial tribute on his eightieth birthday.
A detailed tour of the Austin Biscuit Company's Sunshine Biscuit plant describes 28 ovens two stories high and a fully automated dough process. Workers in white uniforms oversee machines that mix, roll, and bake dough, while the secret ingredient is claimed to be sunshine lighting the factory and dough alike. The piece compares the production to a factory of a thousand windows and notes the product's appeal in New England.
Charlotte NC November 2 A serious wreck on the Western Carolina road is reported many were hurt and injured in the crash with several people injured and property damage noted in the incident report.
Detroit reports Major General Fred D. Grant says the cigar that started his father Andrew Johnson Grant into tobacco helped win the Fort Donaldson battle. He recalls his father’s habit, the admiral Foote cigar moment, and how papers sparked a cigar boom with thousands sent from across the country.
A drawing depicts a very smart street costume with a tailored coat featuring satin revers and passementerie buttons. The model uses black broadcloth with a pony skin or caracal trim, a walking length skirt in a gores design, and tight fitted sleeves without fullness toward the armhole.
A grocery advert describes small white rubber inserts for milk bottles with a round button center. They fit many bottles, replacing paper or tin tops, cost five cents and are said to last a long time. A children’s note and stray quotes accompany the item.
Ad text touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female ailments and infertility. It cites testimonials from Maggie Gilmer and Mrs Hall praising restored health and successful pregnancy, urging other women to try the product and visit Lydia Mass for guidance.
A fragmented verse from a Chicago News item portrays a grim mock anthem about an office training school for boys. It mocks discipline rules such as keeping clean fingers, not smoking, and behaving like “momma’s pets” to avoid gang or border trouble, ending with a sense of chaos in the street life.
A Weather Ty Pa letter from Rev Lewis Steeley claims infantile itch, skin diseases in children, and other ailments are curable with a wintergreen thymial and glycerine compound per D D 17. The writer says his baby was covered in sores, but after using 345 bottles of the remedy the condition cleared and disease never returned. Public acceptance urged.
Moscow dispatches report that Russia will not oppose Austria's annexation of provinces if delegates limit debate, seeking to include the Bosnia issue in a broader program while avoiding challenge to Austria's writ in the Berlin treaty. Bulgarian envoys reach Istanbul and St. Petersburg amid ongoing conference negotiations and possible abrogation discussions.
Constantinople reports Bulgarian delegates M Liapteho and M Mitchell are empowered to negotiate with the Porte over compensation for abdication of Turkish rights in Eastern Roumelia. Liapteho previously oversaw seizure of the Roumelian portion of the Orient railway.
In the London House of Commons William Redmond asked War Secretary Haldane about a supposed plan to end the Boer War received from the Kaiser. Haldane said no such document existed in the War Office and declined to investigate beyond the War Office while noting his duties.
Anti-Japanese boycott erupts in Hong Kong with looting of twenty six Japanese goods shops and warehouses run by Chin leno. Three Chinese dealers caught, one had nose severed and two ears cut. police deployed, about 240 arrests reported. Crowd assaults on bystanders noted as unrest spread after a controversial Japan procession allegation.
A fragmentary report from Manila dated November 2 states a Moro outlaw leader was killed in Mindanao as military forces overtook insurgents. The dispatch notes a crackdown ending the Mutawa conflict and restoring order, though details are unclear due to garbled text.
An advertisement promotes a cough remedy claiming rapid relief in twenty four hours. It asserts no opiates, low cost, and a year’s supply, urging readers to buy genuine Virgin Olive Pine compound from Leach Chemical Co Cincinnati with imperial number 451 and cautions against imitations.
A Suburban Life Now piece recounts a desert scene where an aborigine uses a poke and a wire to coax a chuckwalla from its rock recesses. The reptile breathes out, loosens, then tightens again as the man retrieves and cooks him, illustrating a grim hunting method.
A description of how busy women use newspapers to stay informed. It recalls Atlantic Monthly examples of a grandmother teaching economy and cleanliness. The piece suggests clipping marked articles for quick reading on buses or during waits to gain a well informed, timely perspective.
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