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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1908
Page
7
Speedy cutting, knee cutting, interfer ing, forging, stumbling and cram firing positively cured. All diseases of the harge's feet tredind with good success. Veterinary medicine for sale. All kinds of hand-made shoes, JA Mol E00, Registered Horse Shoes, Shop on Seminary Street, Barre, Vt.
Readable text notes sale of second hand stoves including cook and parlor models in good condition. Mentions furniture chairs and gas items with emphasis on winter readiness and painting or finishing offered. Some garbled phrases remain but imply a local sale event and affordability.
A government report notes the Practical Counselor Portratt and Gandeo Culture of Frankfort offered a prize for the best method of destroying plant lice. The winning formula uses Quassin wood, five pounds of soft soap, and petroleum to make a spray safe for leaves including pear trees. The preparation mixes with water and can be kept in a barrel year round.
A collage of curiosities notes varied claims from Oklahoma voters aged 35 to forecast prescient outcomes, rising Great Lakes tonnage, falling ship counts, Fairbanks population surges, and a Philippine island group size. It also contemns plans to reclaim sterile lands for a massive East to West stretch, plus a roadside vignette of Angora goats crossing the continent at about fifteen miles daily.
Practical household hints cover cleaning with newspapers and potatoes for stains on black cloth. Advice includes mending upholstery with insertion stitches, avoiding brick stands, and using soap and chalk to tackle mildew. Drying in sun followed by dampening speeds stain removal.
Protestants of all denominations in Boston plan a large Souary exhibition in summer, aligned with the London event. The Southern Presbyterian Church reports $350,000 used abroad last year, while the Methodist Episcopal Church spends about $28,000,000 annually on preaching and superintendence, including $900,000 for superannuated ministers. The Anglican Church notes over $200,000 yearly for triannual pastor changes as many preachers shift roles. Plans include Dr. G Campbell Morgan of London visiting New York for ten days in Lent next year to aid a Bible Institute with other famed preachers.
A quotation attributed to William George Jordan in the New York Tribune extols patience as a medicine for wounds, faith as serene stimulus, and sustained daily effort. It frames life as a continuous battle where quiet endurance and rising inner strength overcome troubles.
A York county colt reared by L H Greenwald consumes five quarts of milk and several eggs daily. Perth Amboy watchman Edward Thompson reports a rat visits daily to share tobacco. A Swiss man counted yearly steps totaling 25 740 steps. At Atlantic Highlands a horse struck by car at sixty mph and later by a train was rescued uninjured, swimming in the Shrewsbury river.
English etchings feature paintings of gun ports in Victory yellow from Trafalgar era. A historic ship is depicted as Nelson’s, with Allhallows church Barking showing 1077 birth. Great Queen Street chapel in London, Kingsway Hall, declared safe for use. Methodists plan refurbishment costing 123000 pounds.
Warted to bill and cure corns. Sold by James Clark in Graniteville Ve.
Michael Green, a Burlington native born April 4 1842, died Wednesday afternoon at his home after a long life ending near Kathie. He enlisted as a private in Company K 125th New York Volunteer Regiment and served three years, was wounded at Gettysburg, then settled in Shrowstan and later Mesut Parall farm in Holland where he lived.
The Vermont State Fair at White River Junction features Morgan horses promoted by Washington officials and a large pony polo event on the oval in front of the grandstand with teams from Squadron A of New York and the Myopia Club of Boston. A new exhibit in a mammoth tent showcases a revolutionary airship-like device, drawing crowds amid broader fair expansion and lower railroad rates for visitors.
An editorial from the Vermont Medical Monthly, republished by the Burlington Free Press, extols Burlingtons hospital system led by Mary Fletcher and Fanny Allen. It praises new fireproof buildings, an expanded ward, amphitheatre, operating rooms, X ray facilities, and a double deck corridor, totaling about 100000 dollars, boosting the cities status beyond most others. The piece notes Mary Fletcher hospitals growing reputation and future prominence and cites Fanny Allen as a newer facility with strong operations and equipment.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a garbled notice mentioning Knocker and Goodwin of Heideville with references to medical or remedy claims. It lacks clear event details, dates, or verifiable entities to form a coherent summary.
An advertisement-like notice touts Nowbry's Merpiscide as a scalp antiseptic that eradicates dandruff and germ-caused hair loss. It claims enhanced hair health and mentions Mr Marrinett and others in Maryland tested the product with apparent positive results after several weeks. A sample request is encouraged by The Horpleidn O%. Toteott.
Evangelical churches across Vermont organize a state revival planned for the pre-holiday season. Dr J W Chapman will conduct the campaign in November after the presidential election, with northern and southern divisions meeting in Burlington Albans Montpelier and other centers. Local pastors organize the effort and promote the events statewide. Major General O O Howard serves as president with The Rev W K Braisted as secretary and regional ministers among the vice presidents.
In Bellows Falls two Hartett boys were arrested Friday night on charges of breaking and entering and grand larceny linked to a shooting accident sequel. Police recovered about 360 dollars worth of goods including rifles armor phonographs and other items from cottages, with Felix Bartlett 12 sent to reform school and Fred Bartlett 16 bound over for county court.
In Rutland on September 14 Harry Shelley and Harley Archer were bound over to county court after being charged with robbing Wing William L. Parsons of a watch and cash at the Fair Haven fair. They posted $500 bail and were remanded to jail pending trial. Parsons testified that Shelley held him while Archer went through his pockets after inviting him for whiskey behind a tent.
A fragment notes that flannel will harden or shrink if placed in clean cold water for a week with frequent water changes. It advises washing in warm water with a little oil to remove oil, stating washed flannel never hardens.
Due to the death of Mr J M Brault the Granite Plant and Business of Brault and Sargent in Montpelier Vermont is for sale. The straight type shed is equipped with modern devices in a prime location. None of the machinery has run in nine months and the plant now operates seven gangs of cater. Apply to J D Sargent Montpelier VT or Thos JH Cave Jr Barre VT.
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