05 Sep 1905
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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1905
Page
1
Fragmentary notes report Hare not yet in the rare while the weather man faces crowds eager to observe Labor Day as intended. The email boy bowled his day and the teacher will now have hers in a playful column about the schoolroom scene.
The Barre and Montpelier Intercity baseball team earned the Northern league honor through fair play and gentlemanly conduct. Fans praise their sportsmanship and competitive success, noting clean tactics and steady effort that won the league championship without resorting to unfair methods.
A discussion of labor unions’ growth and impact in the United States notes the AFL as the movement’s core. It highlights the public’s limited view of internal work, then cites yearly financial figures for death, sickness, burial, insurance, and unemployment benefits totaling about 9.74 million dollars from international unions plus additional local disbursements.
Local residents were seen in town on Monday including Fred Pickering and Joe Comelli of Fort Barre. Miss Lora Hoot left for Boston to study at a business college, while Mrs Ceci Rogers and Madar Rogers, guests at the Orange County Hotel, returned to New York City. Ruth Mills and family arrived with their mother’s remains for interment in Shirle. The obituary notes a surviving brother M. Mativon and three children mentioned among others.
Hyannis Mass Sept 3 guests at Hallett hall supper room near the kitchen exploded line and fire swept the hotel within an hour. Sixty guests with cottagers and yachtmen saved most personal effects. only clerk John Scannell injured briefly and recovered. Twenty servants lost belongings. jewelry reportedly unsaved. About ninety diners fled as gasoline storage room ignited by a match. Firefighters and guests helped evacuate and trunks were removed.
A fragmented OCR item lists numerous individuals including Carson, Start, Bjorn, Gauth, Milne, Milne, Lamont, and Milne among others. The text appears to be a social or committee roster for a Labor Day holiday event with various surnames and initials. The exact roles or affiliations are not clear from the readable portions.
Labor Day drew a fair crowd in Hardwick with a 4 30 parade led by the celebratory band, a 9 o’clock formation before the opera houses, and sports at Prospect Park. The hard rain persisted as Morrisville played Hardwick in a 11 to 9 game for the 220 purse, while town updates cover grand lodge elections, visitors, road work, and local civic notices.
The Boston Globe highlights its Household Department including Talks with Mothers. These articles offer current guidance written by experienced mothers. The feature showcases practical advice from women who are well informed and active in domestic life.
The advertisement promotes a complete line of Walton Shoes for boys and girls featuring Kangaroo Calf Seamless Shoes for boys and Vici Kid and Box Calf styles for girls. It highlights solid leather inner soles, counters, good fitting lasts, and the Union label as a guarantee of quality. Repair services offered.
Five cases of New Outing Flatinels and Waistings just opened. Goods bought earlier at lower prices, now offered to shoppers this week. Fall season kickoff highlights limited-time prices across all items this week.
An old advertisement lists white outing flannel at 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 cents per yard, plain outings at 8 and 10 cents, plus striped and color outfits. Heavy outing fabrics priced at 9 1/2 cents this week, and fancy flannelette for wrappers offered at 8 cents.
A list of affordable fabrics including Silma Down Mollette and Imperial Satin Stripe Flannelette offered at 15 cents per yard, plus Veloset Heavy Fleeced Flannel with about a dozen designs at 14 cents per yard. Describes uses for robes dresses and waists and highlights bright colors and dainty patterns.
This evening an odds and ends sale offers all 1 sc and 25 cents wash stocks and dollars at 10 cents each. The store clears space ahead of a fall neckwear showcase promising the finest and largest assortment in the locality.
President Roosevelt officially appointed Robert Bacon of New York as the next assistant secretary of state to succeed Francis Loomis. Bacon would not assume duties for weeks, likely mid October, after Secretary Root is established. Bacon has long been a key figure in New York banking and public affairs and has advised Morgan during the coal strike crisis.
The Salvation Army asks for cash or convertible gifts to fundraise for arrears on hall rent during Harvest Thanksgiving Services with dates to be announced. Officers appeal for public sympathy and offerings of any useful item, inviting support through Hnsign W. White at 14 Mount a tract, Barre. The Barre Savings Bank notes become due in September.
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