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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
7
A fragmentary poem-like reminiscence depicts a woman dreaming of marriage and double life, then waking to a grim single life in Philadelphia. She references Bridge and Suffrage, homelessness, and financial struggles leading to a court divorce. The Philadelphia Ledger tone remains ironic as the dream ends in relief at being single.
Fragmentary OCR notes attack catarrh cure claims by listing internal remedies and ingredients. Mentions Hall's and Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio with dubious medical assertions and misleading tone.
The Main Street livery stable in Barre changes hands to Messrs Jones and McMillan. It will be improved and run in a modern manner with safe horses and competent drivers for weddings funerals and transient hire. Open or covered carriages single or double hitch. Boarding space available. Expert care at usual rates. Give a trial.
Warranted corn cure advertised for sale by James Clark of Graniteville. Product claimed to kill and cure corns without pain. Include contact or location details as provided in the trimmed OCR.
Hearing held in Burlington before Judge Waterman on a bill by Harvey J. Taleott of Chicago against W. Clark Bishop of Italy and others. Arguments over redemption periods and interests connected to a Williston farm deed and mortgages seeking to clear title and force payment of unpaid notes.
Livery business of M. H. Hughes Livery Co. is bought out and will run a square, clean stable. Waiting room for ladies, private telephone, and 24 hour calls. Special care for doctors teams and boarders, with no extra charge for house or office calls. Telephoner 150.
The report covers a Vermont incident list with a Mendow horse accident injuring five, a Pawlet hotel demolition by local speculators, a Bennington style political slate at a Beth convention, and a Burlington tree surgeon detailing elm care and stabilization. Names include Chadon N Wray Alas Wat George Seward W. Ly Fairbanks John Spellman Robert Holt and Frederick B Shattuck. The Crescent Valley hotel at Pawlet built 1844 and cost about 60900 may be torn down for timber.
An advertisement touts Newbro's Herpless as a chemical cure for dandruff and baldness, describing the germ that causes scalp issues and promising permanent relief. It invites readers to send 100 for a sample to The Herplette Co. Derralt, Mich, via E. A. Brown, Special Agent, with prices two dollars and fifty cents and one dollar.
Sept 24 in New York state headlines report the sudden death of attorney A Mussell Pear, connected with the defense at both trials of Harry Kendall. Babylon figures appear in the copy as surroundings to the event.
A damaged public notice from Barre outlines a legal proceeding involving James Campbell and others, naming Havre and local districts. It references a September date, a court or commission action, and mentions a monitored hearing or meeting with unspecified participants and procedures.
A cottage named Valleyer in Baelin town offers eight rooms and a bath with steam heat and connected sewer. The property is two miles from Bi on the electric and steam railroad with a pear sale price near.
Auction conducted by Paul Kingston, Auctioneer, listing personal property to be sold from the home. Includes livestock such as one heifer, seven cattle, work horses, hogs, and tools, along with a quantity of corn and miscellaneous goods. Auction to occur at the residence of Al Ziiled at Paolin Anchina.
Sept 24 report notes freshmen faced hazing style penalties and restrictions after an informal outing. Rules forbid smoking on campus, walking on the college green, displaying school numerals, or leaving chapel early. Violations trigger a sequence of fines and social consequences as upperclassmen enforce decorum.
Auction style notice offers a farm four miles from Barre city on the Plane route. Stocks and tools of W. J. E. Meoutate or related owners available. About acres with a new barn and silo, a splendid sugar orchard, and rural mail delivery. Inquiries to Pelenton at the farm or Dr. Barber.
Following the death of J M Brault the Granite Plant and business of Brault & Sargent in Montpelier Vermont offers a straight type shed with modern devices and best location. The plant has not run for nine months but is operating two gangs of cutters and everything is in first class condition. Interested parties may apply to J D Sargent Montpelier or Thos H Cave Jr Barre Vermont.
Brief fragment indicates a local notice about tree surgery services. It mentions tree work proposals and a person named Wran, though details are incomplete.
Fragmented notice seeking castings for a band and derrick crew with Young Bros Barre. It hints at wages and property exchange, urging interested parties to respond, though the text is garbled and hard to parse.
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