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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1908
Page
3
Medicine Hat Saskatchewan reports first trains since Monday's blizzard arrived from the East. Rides from the region describe severe hardship as snow and cold cut off barter with the United States. Two fatalities are reported and many sheep said to have perished among the herders.
The Rev Dr Charles Parkhurst resigns after 17 years leading the Society for the Prevention of Crime in New York. He cites personal reasons and plans to discuss details at a dinner, with Frank Moss noting no disclosed grounds and indicating Parkhurst may remain on the board. The move ends his public reformer career.
Sanford Maine October 27 police in Dover Manchester Portsmouth and other cities are notified as Sadie Whiteley 17 and Albert DeMille 20 are sought after allegedly eloping from Sanford last Tuesday. They were traced to Rochester before vanishing. Whiteley’s mother Ida Whiteley of Sanford is distraught and bedridden awaiting news.
A special court convenes in Union City Tennessee on October 27 to indict and try night riders tied to the Rankin lynching. Judge Jones leads the grand jury as authorities vow swift action against mob violence and murder in a tense region.
The item warns pneumonia as a deadly danger and promotes a home remedy mix of Virginia Pine compound, syrup, and whiskey claimed to cure coughs. It emphasizes early action, rapid decline risk, and claims the remedy lasts a year, naming pine and santalwood ingredients and urging use for any curable cough.
Advertising copy touts Ceresota Flour as superior value not a bargain brand. It claims high gluten content, moisture retention, and the ability to produce large white loaves, urging readers that a single bag proves its worth and a trial suffices.
Miles in every direction the soldiers and deputien shouted the country morn ing till night, and Sunday night the military camp at Hamburg was crowded with prisoners.
Camden Oct 27 The case of Charles Clarke a Camden boy formerly reported missing now under treatment at Blackwood county almshouse shows rapid progression of leprosy A war department expert from Fort Mott will conduct exhaustive examination The disease has advanced swiftly to affect the spinal cord and muscular system resembling a leprosy case seen after 25 to 30 years of illness
A magazine piece argues that bats in a bedroom provoke more laughter than fear, depicting the creature as intelligent and affectionate. It cites a college professor recalling pet bats that roam, perch, and respond to human voices, portraying the bat as a loyal companion rather than a pest.
A fragment from November issue of Technical World Magazine notes a head and shrill twittering to attract attention for worms. It describes thirty fat worms readily fed at one meal, illustrating a curious behavior or anecdotal observation.
New York story notes Hains and his brother T Jenkins nian pleaded not guilty through counsel in the supreme court to the indictment charging them with killing Wil E Annis. Nellce Garrison previously refused to sustain the demurrer by Hains' counsel. Trial date set for November term. under New York law the fee of not guilty is not allowed in degree murder cases.
A fragment from an advertisement recounts letters from women like Mrs. F. Ellsworth and Mrs. Mary J. Williams praising Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for nervousness backache and “female troubles” and urging other women to try it despite incomplete text.
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