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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1908
Page
5
Winter underwear and bonnets advertised at multiple shops, dances and meetings announced, and residents traveling for visits. Town notices include library progress, health reports, church events, and upcoming performances, with miscellaneous personal updates and local business mentions.
The column lists local shop items including new coats, hosiery, ginghams, and fur naces repair by N. D. Phelps Co. It notes theater offerings at the Barre Opera House with films like Human Hearts and Take Good Care of Baby, plus residents and visitors in Barre, Montpelier, and surrounding towns with a funeral, a wedding, and a move referenced.
Plainfield resident Miss Dihel Bemis will be at J C Lamb's this afternoon and Wednesday forenoon October 13 and 14, showcasing full millinery. The note mentions limited Buffalo skulls and odd notes on plows in Spain, a frog skin feather tanning, and an Akke fruit from the West Indies with its ripening poison.
A. P. Abbott & Co announces new silk prices claiming savings of over one fourth compared to the listed 47 1/2 cents. The ad stresses superiority of the Daylight Silk offer and urges readers to compare with Suesine Silk pricing in magazines.
In Barre residents report strong demand for Suesine Silks as wearers praise durability and color variety. Customers bought multiple pairs, noting great cleansing results and a new stock mix including garnet navy and white. The store promotes a cut price of 33 1-3 cents per item as a temporary sale.
A local retailer promotes wool underwear as superior value, comparing prices to higher priced imported brands. They highlight Munsing and Bennington outfits as standard, touting affordable durability and variety in colors, including light blue pink champagne grey Copentagen and new shades. The message emphasizes customer satisfaction and repeat business from fitting and value.
A. P. Abbott Co advertises handsome dress suits and silks at 54 12 cents, urging young men to shop for bold, spice filled styles. They promote new fabrics in olives and browns with prices from 7.50 to 22.50 and offer cleaning and repair services. A funeral notice and Minwatha Stalue meeting are mentioned with times and dates.
A carload of fine Lake Winter Apples heads to Barre arriving Tuesday or Wednesday. Pride priced at $1 per barrel. Barrels should be ready on the car back of the Central freight depot.
A fragment notes a watch spring burning in oxygen gas, mentions the Marseillaise composed by Rouget de Lisle, and cites an odd birthplace claim for Strassborg with Mark Eiffel. It ends with a stark mortality fact that most die before sixteen and only one in a hundred live to sixty-five.
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