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Newspaper
Barre Evening Enterprise
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1898
Page
4
Boston's Lawley visits Barre today as various locals including Tewksbury Montpelier and Miss Low visit friends. The town fills with repairs, church events, street work costs, and notices of parades, meetings, and community duties across May events and a long, sprawling civic scene.
A Philadelphia Record item notes six wells in Polls county Wisconsin that whistle and blow strong before storms. The deepest reach 160 feet with hot air that can boil water on the well cover, while winter winds draw in rapidly freezing water 120 feet deep. The wells’ exact underground connections remain undiscovered, but they are proposed as trustworthy barometers for approaching storms.
A Syracuse resident visiting Boston tried to cash a check without cash on hand. Bank staff demanded identification and faced a cascade of mismatched cards and initials. The incident reveals a card monte style scheme behind the confusion.
The Century recounts Sergeant Vaughan’s daring rescue at the Hotel Royal fire. He suspended 60 feet above a courtyard, swinging a man to his grip as four teammates hauled him to safety, then returned to work and was later promoted.
For rent rooms in pleasant locations with reasonable terms and optional traveling aid. Also houses and large building lots available on Main Street and Hawes Street Perrin Hill area. Inquiries at T. G. Whitehill or Dr. C. W. Sepelé Barte Vermont. Also one stylish trap wagon for sale cheap. contact Dr. C. W. Sepelé Barte Vermont.
Notice from Barre City Street Commissioners announces proceeding on May 10 1908 at City Council Hall to hear claims and consider the public utility of laying out Washington Street across the center to the cemetery and to award damages. Signed by city officials. Choicest chocolates offered by L Me Averill with new line of goods at 45 cents per pound.
A local millinery shop advertises a full line of hats and related goods at reasonable prices. The notice notes goods are sold at 4 Main Street location and invites customers to shop the selection.
An ad proclaims The Williams Typewriter as the best machine with strong manifolder features, clear writing, direct inker, and no ribbon misalignment, highlighting greatest speed and durable design.
H Arthur Camp listed as city agent at 46 Washington Street invites calls or mail drop offs for inquiries or errands related to city services.
The article recounts the discovery and presentation of the poem Auld Lang Syne attributed to Robert Burns in Albany. It describes Henry Stevens and Chancelor Pruyn arranging a manuscript, with a ceremonial reading and a bound page in Russia leather, plus anecdotes of actors rehearsing recitations and other literary anecdotes from the period.
Advert parodies old medicine ad praising Dr Bull's Cough Syrup for coughing children and cold symptoms. It claims a 25 cent price and urges readers to insist on the product, noting wide availability and constant stock.
Unhealthy kidneys affect the bladder and urinary system. A remedy from Die Kilmier & Co promises urine tests and a free sample by mail. Readers are urged to send stamps and their address to obtain the medicine and information.
An advertising block extols constipation as a bodywide illness causing fatigue insomnia and nervousness. It claims Dr David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy cures the ailment and cites a Kingston New York woman praising its effects with the product priced at one dollar.
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