Umbrella sale offer at weekend low price
An advertisement touts an Um brella made of cotton gloria with steel frame metal trim and natural wood. Normally selling for 65c, it is offered on Saturday for 48 cents each.
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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
5
An advertisement touts an Um brella made of cotton gloria with steel frame metal trim and natural wood. Normally selling for 65c, it is offered on Saturday for 48 cents each.
Local notices mention undergarment ads at Abbott’s and Lobel Otis selling items for 25 cents, an opera program with a show titled Strong Sea Toller, and varied social happenings. Citizens travel on business, attend fairs, and plan garden parties while churches host dinners and rehearsals for children.
A jumble of notices highlights openings and sales. Fares include umbrellas at 480, fall garments at Fittes pore, and a concerted push to attend the Old Mabie social in the K of Trunks. Thematic features include a Black dyed Busaiy exhibit at Themtortuen and an oyster supper at the K of Co hall. A Garden Party reserve sale begins Saturday at Kendrick's drug store.
Frattlebiro Sept 24 A Greek laborer named Lauiak injured when a rock crushed his skull on a dam project near the Connnetion river is staying in Dr B Re Lyne hospital despite offers of transport to Greece. Insurance and a ticket purchase failed to persuade him, two Nashua visitors offered help, but he remains content in care. He is about 45.
Fire yesterday afternoon gutted a large well kept barn at John Rice’s residence on Wing Street, causing about 3500 dollars in loss with partial insurance. Origin undetermined as flames consumed the root and feed storage.
The University of Vermont opened its year yesterday with 107 freshmen enrolled for Senede exercises in the chapel. President Buckham reported the entrance standard had risen considerably and the chapel was full with friends of the institute. Reflecting on campus life, the note highlighted a promising start to the term.
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A P Abbott Co advertises the Daylight Store with a display of goods noted for quality and attractive pricing. The copy emphasizes value and suggests readers will find items of interest priced to be among the best available.
One lot of good wired Grey Blankets 49 per pair. Extra heavy blankents white pale and grey 59c per pair. Extra heavy eleven-quarter Gi Blankets 98c per pair. Bed Quilts and comfortable at low prices. Slips from the maker with only one profit. Sheets and something from bleached materials.
Cashmere style fabrics including Brainerd and Armstrong taffetas offered at 1.00 per yard. Black taffeta nearly a yard wide also 1.00 per yard for a few days. Colored satins at 88 cents per yard and new 28 inch Shantung silks in brown and blues, plus prewe silks for evening wear with embroidery, all priced attractively.
A damaged OCR fragment shows a clothing store promoting dress fabrics and trimmings. Mentions imitation Scotch laces, Perinee cottons for waists and children's dresses at 10c per yard, and colorful outings marked at low prices. Indicates new dress goods ideas on display.
A humorous exchange unfolds at a boarding house where Sherlock Hiolmen, the resident sleuth, analyzes a new boarder’s origin from the east and his rugged whiskers, wealth, and humor. The bit parodies detective insight with a running gag on salt shaker use and social pretensions. Also notes crocodile worship in ancient Egypt and a handful of short notices and jokes from Harper’s Weekly and local ads.
The readable lines describe a figure wearing tunics and wrinkled feather stockings with pointed bars. The narrator notes the appearance as resembling Wenticyl, observed from the east toward the carval observer.
There is a luxury in our clothes as suits express style and exclusiveness in conservative and extreme models. The garments feature broad collars, lapels, drapery, perfect hangs, and skillful tailoring with new fabrics. Suits priced from 10 to 25 dollars, with popular ranges 15 to 25 dollars.
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