07 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1907
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR listing names and prices for coal and related goods. Mentions Harnoan and Smithing coal with figures 7.65 and 7.65, but lacks clear context or complete details.
A Scranton firm advertises affordable coal options including Nut, Steve and Egg varieties. They promise prompt discussion and quotes, noting low prices of the year and handling several high coal options.
H P Baldwin provides upholstery and furniture repair, hair mattress making and renovating, picture framing and mat cutting in Worthen Block. All work promptly done. Telephone 432 21.
A garbled reading claims President Roosevelt and others spark a string of bizarre events in Michigan Kentucky and more. It mentions a telegraph office incident a cow slaughter watch loss crown coins a pedal bicycle dash and a flood of unlikely happenings suggesting playful hoaxes and invented tales.
Strafford town news covers the Ladies Benevolent circle sale netting about 100, with 125 raised overall, local mining injuries, and a general decline in school enrollments from thirteen to six. It lists teaching shifts, new headmaster prospects, church notices, a bequest of 8500 from Mrs. Anna Carpenter, and staff changes as families relocate to Lexington and Colorado Springs.
Reported auto crash last Friday near Ogden left N Y Testohm D Neary dead and Beary injured. Waldo Whitehead of Toga Pancran drove away in a U turn. Whitehead vehicle burned. Henry fired at Consusigua and was brought here Monday. Neary would have turned twenty one soon and stood to inherit 88000 from his father.
Fairfield Conn Sept 7 three masked men wrecked the post office by blowing the safe with a heavy charge of explosive and looted 400 dollars in stamps and money after a ring fight with the clerk E W Mekert. This marked the second such attack on the office in six months.
A fragmented OCR readout mentions a New York location and a Standard company, with references to Detroit and northern Michigan. The legible words suggest a travel or missing person context but are too garbled to identify names, dates, or clear actions.
A fragment from THE BARRE DAILY TIMES notes bachelors who avoided endowment insurance, claiming they had one dependent. The ad promotes National Life Insurance Company of Montpelier Vermont and agents S. Ballard in Barre and Mentene NB, highlighting local sales efforts and municipal notices.
Local notes report Masonic charms and pins at L P Austin the watch and sock man. Gold and silver wanted at Breane Exchange for goods. Averill’s offers tennis racket reductions. L P Austin sells stone cutters gas and tools priced 200 per pair. Hammer handle business for sale through M M Cook Barre VT. Brono cutters glasses 20 cents a pair at F E Pirrason 85 North Main. Wonderland Moving Picture shows Bandit ig and Rube Brown in Town. D A Perry real estate highlights a farm with woodland near Graniteville. Also notice to inscribe cemetery monuments before cold weather. Contact J LeArksley Fast Barre or call 322-81. For Sale a 70-acre farm one mile a half from town keeps 12 cows and team with house barns and a hen house for 100 hens. Inquire at D A Perry Real Estate.
Residents attend fairs and visits from Newbury to Burlington and Boston while local officials and families travel for gatherings and repair. E F Clark and A W Goffrin at Groton pond report closing up. Fish and Game banquet in Burlington draws M Ricker. The village school reopens Monday with new teachers and grades listed.
The account notes high wages tempt young artisans to join skilled labor gangs building the Purana Canal. Fear of fever and malaria keeps many away, while advocates claim Bitter products protect against illness. References to Red Crow Pharmacy and dubious tonics appear amid the promotion.
Central Vermont railway offers greatly reduced round trip fares for the G A R Encampment. Tickets available from all stations September 1 to September 6 with official routing via White River Junction and Montpelier. Fares vary by station, with Montpelier, Barre, Waterbury, Randolph, and others listed. further details and travel dates continue to be advertised. In Warsaw, Sept 7, reports note a violent incident where several attacked and killed the Renard coal manager at Bommoview.
A Barre public statement recounts George Li a circis engineer living at 13 Beauchtreat Hare Vty who used Dean's Kidney Pills after a constant dull backache and urinary weakness. He reports relief after hard work and says recurrences were quickly checked with a few doses. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents price 50 cents. Remember the name Dean's.
In Plainfield and nearby towns residents travel for visits and chores. Ed Smith of Cabot and Justin Stone of Cabot attend events in town. Mary Morse and Ruth of Marshfield visit relatives. Arch Batchelder Ezekiel Skinner I L Butler travel to Montpelier. Henry Batehalter plans a Boston stay. Mr. and Mrs. Downing of Ayer Mass visit Silas Hilles. George Whitcher and a camp trip at Lake Woodbury are noted.
In Columbus Ohio on September 7 Burton Pham confessed jealousy over hotel clerk Charley Dehr's attention to Waltrees in the dining room. He admitted starting a fire that destroyed the Sichotal hotel Wednesday, valued around $200,000, and expressed rage over rival affection and toys.
Incomplete text fragment shows names and numbers but lacks clear event or outcome. Contains stray phrases and illegible terms that prevent precise identification of people, places, or dates.
A London Tatler writer reports Edinburgh lacks kilts and Scotsmen. He notes a London envelope sorter named Hodgkins and mocks visitors assuming Scots speak with broad accents. He recalls a Perthshire Gillie who speaks rarely, then breaks silence with a quip about Jamaica.
The Kansas City Journal recounts how the term Old Glory arose with William Driver of the bark Charles Doggett. A 19 by 35 foot flag gifted in 1881 became the captain’s treasured standard, flown from Nashville before the Civil War and later raised over the Tennessee capital during the conflict. It eventually passed to the Ex Bex Institute in Salem for preservation.
Camp Meeting John Alten, grandfather of Mine Nonilen, was a longtime picturesque Methodist figure in Maine. He was witty and quick, once replying to youths in Lewiston with a sharp retort about the devil’s grandmother, reflecting his blunt humor and local charm.
A quirky fragment recalls Shelley the poet and Horetiy W. Seymour taking roles at a newspaper and a major rail hub. It mentions Mary Mapes Dodge, a reference to a painter linked to Vatican works, and a critique on eloquence, with stray notes on Washington and a mansion blaze.
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