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Newspaper
Barre Evening Enterprise
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1898
Page
2
Burlington trips and visits appear alongside dances at the opera house in Wast Barre. Townsfolk travel to Montreal Boston Montpelier and Burlington for medical care shopping and social events. Parish meetings theater and club activities fill the week with illnesses transfers and civic duties noted.
A critic argues photography cheapens art by favoring machine made and quick methods, lowering public taste. The piece contrasts photogravure and illustrated books with historical engravings, praises photography for aiding illustration and architectural detail, and questions whether modern images replace traditional masterpieces.
Dr J H L McArthur was summoned to Fort Elgin Ontario by telegram over his mother’s serious illness. Gill Lodge No 47 celebrated seven years of Odd Fellowship with exercises and a banquet. The band held practice in the opera house with Mr Gilbertson of Barrego present to teach. EL Church has gone to Boston to work in a hotel. Slisha Prescott died the 27th at 79, a lifelong quiet resident. J J Parshley finished his Boston mission, settled his sister's estate, and returned home. M Clark of Highgate visited families and left for Clinton Mass on the 28th. Leonard Robinson and wife were called to Warren to see his very ill father after two paralyzing shocks. The Wershire Creamery paid 21 cents for March butter. its butter maker leads, creamery solid. Our aged resident John Dow, long ill, is now improving.
Mrs. Lucian Martin Fogg plans to travel to Penacook New Hampshire for cancer treatment. Agnes Nichols suffered a paralytic stroke last week. recovery is uncertain. Ernest Sherdurie, son of Rev J O Sherdurie, broke his left arm when struck by a wagon near Lyman Work's place. Chris Eliot's body arrived in Northfield and was buried after embalming in Colorado. Miss Lillian Staples is identified as Mrs Isaac Staples’s daughter and is linked to Chris Eliot. A Masonic installation event was well attended with guests Keys, Sherburne, Seho, and Worner. remarks were offered by Keys and Sherburne. an orchestral group provided music. C H Bigelow served as installing officer. John Edwards of Chelsea completed an apprenticeship at cottage stone after serving as a sharpener substitute. I F P Sibley plans to return to Penacook, NY for further treatment, with physician optimistic about cure. A young child, daughter of Robert Gamble, ingested iodine but survived after effort. Henry C House and family, Clinton Cram, George Goodrich, Arthur Davenport, Joe Lawler, and the Lyndes contributed to the Masonic installation music, with Mrs J K Lynde and Mrs Harvey L Cheney assisting. Louis M Seaver’s farm care by W Noyes has left him on crutches for three weeks.
The City of Barre announces a street lay out starting on the easterly Washington street line near L J Bolster and extending across the center to the cemetery grounds. Street Commissioners set May 1 at 1 PM in the City Council Room for a hearing on the lay out and awarding damages, with examination of premises and public good considerations.
Citizens gather in Barre to debate moving public buildings, annexation dreams, and the water works purchase. Kickers spar over taxes, company E, and City finances while inspectors pour water on the crowd as talk shifts to the town’s needs and projects.
Mrs. Frank Juif of Detroit testifies Salvation Oil has no rival for pain and sprains. She says it cured her sprained ankle and she uses it for pains and bruises. The remedy sells for 25 cents and is praised as the prompt solution.
The brief notes discuss Rip Van Winkle’s unique broken Dutch accent on stage and the impracticality of multiple dialects for other characters. It cites anecdotes about actors and dialect realism, plus short curiosities on language in different regions. References mention Milwaukee Florida Arkansas and Constantinople literacy among women.
Warning notice for Barre Vermont voters on North Main Street to consider items for a water system. Proposals include purchasing water rights, extending or building a water system, connecting the city to a water works, leasing with existing companies, condemning or purchasing the Burre Water Co. assets, and possibly issuing bonds for funding.
An old ad copy discusses bladder and kidney issues, urging urine flow and misaligned organs as causes. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Slipe Root as a remedy and offers free pamphlets and samples by mail. It also claims Bromo Quinine tablets cure a cold in one day.
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