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The Barre Daily Times reports local news from October 9, 1908, with brief items on events, people, and community updates reflecting the era’s small town affairs.
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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
6
Travelers' Railway Guide Informal Schedules and Connections
The notice outlines various routes and transfer points for Montpelier and Barre travelers. It lists trains to Montpelier and connections via Williamstown and Wells River, with times around 7.30 am and 12.30 pm, plus electric street railway links and Barre departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Ional i Winisr
Wm Tls P. Bn
Barre
Ite Wow Og
Vico
al Byrne
Hans
Las P.m . Montpelier & Watsps
Daiors Mare
Welle
Tales
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Competition is Quality Only in Insurance Pricing
A fragmented advertisement notes that competition is the sole method to ensure value in life insurance prices. It lists National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier Vermont with agents Ballard and local agents in Marre Vermont, hinting at an old agency network and telegraphic scanning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOH Car
National Life Inervative Company
Montpelier
Autual
Ballard
Montepelier
N. B. Ballard
Marre
Talk of the Town offers cash for watches and jewelry
A jumble of ads and notices from Burr the Jeweler and W Averill and Co tout cash for watches diamonds and silver. also listings for stone cutters glasses Aldrich library bids D A Perry Real Estate Agency and other varied notices seek buyers tenants and bids amid 1908 era promotions and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr, the Jeweler
W. Averill and Co
Silver Leaf Circle Fair At Opera House October 14
East Barre residents will attend the third annual fair by Silver Leaf Circle No. 828 in the opera house hall on October 14 to 17 with nightly grand entertainment. The events include an exhibition drill by Silver Leaf Circle ladies on the 14th and a fancy drill by Clan Gordon and the Odd Ladies of Barre on the 15th, plus a hand concert on the 11th and dancing each evening with Riley's orchestra providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Leaf Circle
Opera House Hall
Clan Gordon
Barre
Riley
Reward Offered for Names of Window Breakers at Montpelier Road School
A reward of 925.00 is offered by the Waterbury directors of Barre town for information leading to the identification of the person or persons who broke windows at the schoolhouse in the Lawson district on East Montpelier road on a recent Saturday or Sunday. Communicate with A. W. Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson District
Montpelier Road
A. We Allen
Barre
Harriet Sanborn
John Hoyt
Enez Barre
Jessie Wiggins
de Wiggins
Fara M. Fastman
Jo Lord
Sand and Pigs for Sale Near Websterville
Sand of all kinds for cement or plastering offered near Websterville. Pigs for sale available. for further particulars inquire locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Websterville
Coal Market Ad Promotes Winter Purchases
A period newspaper notice urges buyers to lock in coal for winter. It highlights stove and nut coal prices around 0.25 to 0.30 per ton with discounts of 28 cents per ton for bulk purchases through Scranton free-marting coaleares and D and U firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urtaber
D& U
Scranton
Coaleares
Randolph village notes of residents and meetings
Randolph residents and visitors are listed with recent travels and arrivals including Mes and George Chwedet in Gayeville, Gwen of Nuewleh in town, and Mra. Luther White hosting guests. Local officials report progress at Randolph sanitorium, its debts paid, and staff earnings. various social events, arrivals, marriages, births, and property repairs are noted across the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Chwedet
Gayeville
M.A. Gwen
Nuewleh
Burlington
Mise M Dubole
Amsden
Luther 2. White
W. TL
Gladding
Universalist State Association
St. Albans
Randolph Sanitorium
Topsham Local Notes Mention Visitors and Health
George Merritt ill with rheumatic fever. Willey loses horse last Sabbath. Rev N A Wade and Z Fiske visited Ryegate. Aud Screeton home from Groton Pond. A C Wormwood and Matilda Cotruth in town for a few days. Helen Buchanan visiting Manchester relatives. White Mountains excursion Saturday. J Ro Melam to Montpelier to assume duties during legislature. An unrelated medical ad promotes Hal's Pile Pormade with price $1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Merritt
OD. Willey
N. A. Wade
Z. Fiske
Ryegate
Aud. Screeton
Groten Pond
A. C. Wormwood
Eesciee
Matilda Cotruth
Manchester
N. H
Helen Buchanan
Manchester. IL
J. D. Miller
TH. A. White
A. D
White Mountains
J. Ro Melam
Montpelier
Amusement Notes at Barre Opera House Preview
Amusement notes announce "Human Hearts" at Barre Opera House this Saturday with performances of "Woman Hearts" and "idyl of the Arkitiane hills" slated for next Saturday afternoon and night. The lineup promises popular pieces and a continuation of prior engagements as time allows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barre Opera House
Arkitiane Hills
Opera House
Acres
Human Hearts thrills Arkansas hills in new season love tale
An absorbing play blends innocence and memory with strong female leads and a devoted governor. The Arkansas hills setting and the cast promise an intense season as the company features one of the strongest ensembles yet assembled. Lovers of quality drama will be drawn by this acclaimed production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Arkansas Hills
American Girl on Celestial Stage Debuts in Honolulu
Report describes Mise Berry known as La Petite Rosa as a pioneering American actress who performed in Chinese language songs dances and instruments. It notes her debut in Cannes and later appearance with Hoyt a Bunch of Keys Co in Honolulu. The piece highlights her unique place in theater history and her upcoming appearance on October 12 at the opera house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ropa Berry
Ming
Honolulu
la Petite Rosa
Islands
Alo
Mise Berry
Hoyt
Torin
Mike Merry
United States
Opera Hone
Local residents travel and visits across Vermont towns
EAST CALAIS and nearby towns show a flurry of visits and short trips as residents like Elmer Brown Arthur George Grace Tiuse Leon Scott and many others travel to Montpelier Woodbury Marshfield Cabot and Moretown. Several residents are reported visiting relatives or working away including Florence Tebbetts and D L Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Brown
Arthur George
Woodbury
Grace Tiise
Montpelier
Leon Scott
Cabot
HL R. Leonard
Marshfield
Charlie Miller
R. G. Goodall
Hardwick
Charlie Harvey
W. E. Bliss
Kurt Bliss
Mr. Ball
South Woodbury
Florence Tebbetts
George Carite
Dr. Gale
New Haven
Conn
Mise Berten Hopkins
D. TB
Dwinell
Rob Shaw
Walden
D. L. Scott
Samuel Monder
George Uerring
Moretown
Albert Lamberton
Oly Marshfield
Leo Short
George Wheelock
Herbert Carley
Mussachusette
George Sumner
Laster Shaw
Brockton
Mase
Vielden Hie Tinele
Scott
Suntay
Curtis Foss
Hyde Park
Andy Cole
Str
Weasteret
Boston
D. L. Scott Hae
Lee BE. May
J. L. Scott Monay
Cw i
Hamwick
Household Hints On Cleaning Windows And Surfaces
A newspaper item notes a household cleaning method using starch washed windows with lump starch dissolved in water, then drying and polishing with a dry cloth. It advises scalding wooden utensils and drying tinware, varnished wood cared for with hawels leather, and floor coverings like cork carpets and washable rugs for children's rooms.
Fragmented quotation on finance and family contrasts
An OCR fragment from a Washington Star style item contrasts a billionaire’s claim to self made fortune with the gilded youth’s rebuke about his financial methods affecting the family. The garbled Browning reference and stray phrases hint at a literary or opinion piece on wealth and merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Proverbs and foreign proverbs about prudence and effort
A compact collection of maxims noting caution before action and effort over debt. Greek, Spanish, Italian, Chinese proverbs advise prudent choices and patience. The sayings emphasize difficulty before ease and the value of foresight for lasting gains.
Dames and Daughters Highlight Early 20th Century Women
A jumble of notable women feats from a Melbourne to New York voyage by eight year old Ethel McAllister to Freida Klingel becoming New York City's first female taxicab driver. It also mentions Zelia Nutall directing an expedition in Mexico, Mrs. Whitelaw Reid funding excavations, and Josephine Reynolds’s lifelong resilience and self built cottage project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel McAllister
Melbourne
Australia
New York
Freida Klingel
New York City
Miss Kiiegel
Zelia Nutall
Mexico
Feild
Rei@Crocker
Reo- Abuacan
Whitelaw Reid
Crocker
San Francisco
George Tyler Bigelow
Massachusetts
The
Commonwealth
Quincy
John Adama
Jette
Josephine Laurie Reynolds
Trull
Mass
Una
Milk baths and beauty cures in old time advice column
A period piece on beauty routines praising milk baths as youth restorers. It details methods with milk and water mixtures, Irish potato baths, and even an ear of corn bath, plus reminiscences from the Houston Post and quack health ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosuty Baths
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Travelers’ Railway Guide
Talk OF
the Town
L. P. Austin
Sitten
Albany Dusen College
Summer Street
Demen
Lyse
Fern
Frengh
D. A. Perry Real Estate Agency
Aldrich “Library
N. D. Phelps
ATI
Gettysburg
Red Cross Pharmacy
Tickert 'S Wells
East Barre
L. J. Bolster
North Main Street
Vermont
D. M. Miles Coal Co
Mein St
Blackwel
Randolph
A. C. Lamb
Granville Genet
J. W. Brown
Northfield
Mise Mand Ham
York Beach
Maine
G. Ham
Barney Shapiro
Shapiro
Mr. Hoyden
J. ©. Denison
Mies Nettle Benoit
Winifred Chadwick
Claremont
Marie Aver
Waterbery
A. B. Chandler
George Mc@lellan
Lincoln Centennary
Whieh
Lincoln
Perley P. Washburn
Hell Brothers
Brandon
W. D. Massiey
Lottle Flint
Corinth
Emma Sleeper
Bradford
Minerva Lapter
C. B.S
W. F. Narding Charles Smith
Alice Porter
Maplewood
Clara Burrowshe
Tarre
Topsham
Hed Smith
Hal's
East Calais
Clayton Whitcomb
Ata
User Emery
Willamettown
John Emery
Flora Bites
Scott Briday
Saumvday
Dorothy Dodd
Crossett
Barre’s Big Department Store
Main and
Pearl Streets
Browning
Popham
Williame
Eutrope
Cleveland
Ohio
C. H. Kendrick & Co
Fall Bakery Goods
Boyce's Ideal Bakery
Barre, Vt
Alydrich Library
Pennsylvania
C. J. Dodge
Main St
Youth Restorer
Houston Post
Dean
John R. Garret
Girard, Ale
Early
Shepard Co
Elm Street
FE. A. Drown
Nat'l Bank
Granite City Creamery
L. B. Dodge
Worthen Block
Keith Avenue
Reliance Woodpecker Engines
C. H. Taft
Randolph Counter
Times
S.J. Segel Co
Sanith & Canines
Depot Squat
Barre, Vermort
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