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Newspaper
Barre Evening Enterprise
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1898
Page
4
Montpelier and surrounding towns report a flurry of visits and preparations. Nash and Cheever families appear in Middlesex and Burlington. social events and church activities fill the week, with meetings, weddings, and civic notices.
Aldenan Giles Durkee mourns the loss of a pig from nine on his North Main Street premises. A thorough police search followed after the missing pig was noticed last Saturday morning. Durkee suspects intruders entered the pen despite his front yard defenses and contemplates hiring a private detective.
Local items from Barre recount residents ill or improving including Mrs Be L Chuck and others under care of Dr I M Minrd while the band plans a practice session. J Dix's store activity, a lodge organizing effort, and a fire district meeting at the Opera House Tuesday at seven to vote on purchasing a new hose house and raising funds are noted.
The Graniteville Stars plan a Saturday afternoon home game to host the Websterville rushers in Graniteville. Local items note sick lists for several residents including John McDonald and Norman McDonald while a charity watch raffle in A. M. Morrison's state list evening named Mrs McWorth as winner.
Chauncey M Depew extols railroading as a career noting strong advancement, permanent employment and the need for health brains honesty and hard work. He compares outdoor and indoor tracks, cites top technical schools and stresses vigilance and hustle as keys to promotion in a strict, military like railway system.
The notice lists several rental offers including a seven room tenement with water access, rooms for rent in Preston Street, and a five room tenement on Pearl Street. Also advertised are an office suitable space, a house and lot on Thores Street, and building lots on Herrin Street. An auction and employment seeks are noted.
Street Commissioners of Barre Vermont announce a hearing on May 1 1888 at the City Council Room to consider laying out a new street from Washington Street to the cemetery across LJ Bolster land and to assess damages. Residents and interested parties may appear at 1 o clock to present their views and inspect the premises. Also listed is a local chocolate advertisement from L. Averill.
The article recounts historic vase sales and prices, noting a 10 000 guineas purchase by the Earl of Dudley for an antique Sevres vase, and later sales including the Lynes Stephens collection and a Portland vase. It cites Christie’s auctions, noble patrons, and famed works tied to Marl of Fombrole, Marquis of Mourcalm, and Louis XV gifts to Paris.
A lay discussion cites medical ethics where a doctor must partake a dose from patients as guarantee of good faith and notes patient death risks for relatives. It also comments on English eating habits and a local assertion of personal business address in Holster's block.
Local ad promotes a millinery shop at 74 No Main Street offering a full line of goods at reasonable prices. The notice emphasizes a wide range of hats and related items for affordable shopping.
Local market offers full line of meats vegetables and canned goods with a specialty in pork products.
The Williams Typewriter advertised as the best machine with strong manifolder visible writing direct inker and no ribbon jamming. This sale notice lists the instrument as available for purchase by the owner or dealer.
H Arthur Camp of 46 Washington Street acts as city agent inviting calls or card mail drops to establish contact.
The piece advocates improved American firefighting methods highlighting the quick horse as essential to rapid response. It contrasts past volunteer brigades with modern efficiency, noting earlier limits and praising swift, automated water delivery as key to saving lives and property.
A rural visitor Uncle Mose Smith attends a colored church in Louisville and delivers a sweeping long prayer. The sermon lands amid lively humor as the audience notes his fervor and occasional missteps during the service.
The London Tenth notes Jules Perry escaping from the commune of Paris to Versailles and recounts conversations about his whiskers. It compares Perry’s whiskers to Skobelev’s in length and style, mentions the term whiskerando as now obsolete, and preserves a playful, observational tone.
A House member, chosen by his delegation, sought Speaker Reed’s guidance on delivering a eulogy for a deceased colleague. Reed advised to say anything except the truth, reflecting his signature dry wit in the Washington Post account.
A Brandon Virginia reader from Mir Elmer Baker reports using Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup for cough cold and croup with good results. The ad notes the product sells for 25 cents and urges buyers to insist on having it.
The text describes two paths to bladder relief from kidney related disease. It claims unhealthy urine signals kidney trouble and promotes a kidney and bladder remedy by sending money and address for a pamphlet sample. It urges readers to mail three cent stamps to receive information from Dr Kilner & Co in Binghamton.
An old advertisement extols bowel obstruction as a systemic disease affecting sleep appetite nerves and organs. It cites Dr David Kennedy remedies and a testimonial from Mrs Julia Yeaple claiming it restored appetite sleep and cured a nervous ailment, urging purchase from local druggists.
Transit notice shows departures from Williamstown and Barre with times and distances. Mentions officials F W Balkin and H R Stolcthon as superintendent figures, with fragmented route identifiers and uncertain times.
A historical rail timetable extract lists connections and trains from Barre Fa dT to Montyoui and Whitefield with arrivals and departures at Wells River Berlin Groveton and other stations. It names officials including STANYAN K W MORSE and W AL STOWELL and notes express and sleeper services as well as connections to Chicago and Boston paths.
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