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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
6
Central Vermont Railway and Montpelier Wells River lines list train times at 7 40 p m and 11 06 p m. The report notes connections to Montreal and Shurlington and mentions routes to Well River and Montpelier with limited legible details. Some text is garbled but indicates streetcar and rail connections around Barre and surrounding towns.
Annuition policy offer states quarterly payments to men age 65 with over 10 percent annual return, nearly 0 percent per year true as you live. National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier Vermont mutual, with Ballard as general agent in Montpelier and N 8 Ballard in Warren Vermont.
A jumble of local notices details cash payments for watches and diamonds, a $2 cook book giveaway with Quaker Funge, real estate offerings on the French estate, and bids for janitor service at the MIdrich library. Public notices preview fairs, drills by Silver Leaf Circle and Clan Gor on, plus dances and concerts with Riley's orchestra through October 14 to 17.
Twenty five dollar reward offered for the name of person or persons who broke windows in the Lawson district schoolhouse on the past Saturday or Sunday along Mast Montpelier road near Spats with Mr W Allen. Directors dot Witzpatrick TE Pavia AL W Allen of the Burre town school district sign notice.
The Corner Commission House at 47 North Market St Boston seeks veal lamb live and dressed poultry butter eggs and farm products. They offer top market prices and supply market reports shipping tins and return your empties free with prompt honest returns guaranteed.
An old style coal advertisement urges readers to buy winter fuel from Hemeniter and notes pricing lines for 1. and H. coal along with Scranton free burning varieties. The wording emphasizes powerful heat and urges prompt purchase.
Montpelier visitors and local movements fill the week with residents traveling to Montpelier and nearby towns. Guests include Mrs A K Thawe, Mrs Jason Carpenter, Mrs Elizabeth Chamberlain, Mrs Fred Danie, and Mrs R N Dating, among others. Local events feature a telephone installation at Mrs A M Heaths, a food sale by Methodists, and Barnard show plans at the opera house. A death is reported for Joseph Lindow at the town farm with a funeral led by Rev George B Lake.
Obscure local notes report Bicker, once confined at Woendetook jail, released due to his lawyer Ht. MO Harkey securing a bill. The bail is 6800 with majority covered by Cone Hott chee. Other items mention visitors, deaths, and relocations across Randolph and nearby areas including Miss Fannie Tynee, Mrs. Hindwin, and Rev. George Howe. Many brief mentions of travel, employment changes, and church arrangements fill the page.
An old advertisement extols Down's Kidney Pills as a relief for backache and kidney trouble. William Stephens of Maple Avenue, Vermont, testifies his eighty year old mother uses them and remains grateful. The note urges readers to remember the name and buy from Poster Millien Co. and agents.
Montpelier resident James Markham guests in Groton while KY connections and Welle Tver business visits occur. Albert Dowdins of West Danville attends town on Wednesday as Groton Telephone matters arise. Several Burlington and Wells River residents visit Groton on Wednesday. Engagements, marriages, church and league activities noted. Mrs. Andrew Melane and family travel toward Meine. wedding plans at Sherbrooke, Quebec. Continuous local movements include visits to East Corinth, South Ryegate, and Hanover hospital.
A busy week in Hardwick features visits by Cabot Fo Py Walbridge and Mr and Mrs Onin Peck in Walentt, Mrs Crosett of Waterbury visiting Nathaniel Wibwin's, a new baby girl announced at Me and Mera, and congrats to the Friel family. A Harram supper and memorial literary event drew strong town patronage, with Waning remarks by the patter and hymns led by the choir.
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Page compiles assorted local notes from Bethel and surrounding areas. It mentions visits to Stockbridge and New York, plans for a Catholic church on Church Street West, and various community updates. The piece notes deaths and funerals, property sales, and civic matters including a special constable appointment and waste land settlement efforts in Denmark.
The piece notes Belgium as beer focused with breweries at 3.97 percent and an annual output of 423 million gallons. Foresten beers are described as largely imd tated amid quirky courtship references and Tasmanian apple land status.
A synopsis describes Tom Logan a Blackemitic enlisted man entangled with an adventuress. Her former lover commits murder implicating Tom who is tried and sentenced to life, then saved by friends and governor intervention. The piece blends pathos and comedy under W K Nankeville management with a scenic display and cast details.
A promotional notice for A Bunch of Keys by Gus Bother’s Hoyt’s Company highlights Mise Rere performing in Chinese styled attire with fanfare and songs. The text promises an entertaining evening at the open house on Monday October 12, appealing to those seeking refined amusements and noting mock harmony with ethnic performance elements.
Tenry W Savage presents his version of The Devil by arrangement with Franz Molnar. The production blends sharp wit and satirical drama, with a strong comedic bite. It opens Thursday evening October 5 with a company and staging echoing New York’s Garden Theatre.
Mire Ade Lo Croom of Croom Hotel in Vaugim Misa recalls a severe cough and chest ailment. A doctor recommended Dr King’s New Discovery, and within hours the patient reported a complete relief. The remedy, advertised as a world wide cough and cold cure, is sold at Red Cross Pharmacy and Rickert Wells Drug Store for $1.00, with a trial bottle offered.
An entertainment program is planned at the Baptist church in Websterville for Monday evening with a 4 o'clock start time. The event features a local or church group and invites community attendance.
English hotel keepers note cocoanut shells burn readily and in large quantities for lighting fuel. Coats of arms were not used by different families until the twelfth century, with Germans said to have originated the practice and the French developing the science.
The readable lines mention a Detroit Tribune item about a delay blamed on Roe and Maxine, a bust, and a bulldog named Cansae Baw ment with an eye injury, plus garbled Catholic Standard and Times phrases. Distinct entities are unclear and no clear event emerges.
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