The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-10
TALK or THE TOWN

III bptl
II The N. ID. Phelps Co. has small sup
H ply of meadow and field hoes.
H Regular meeting Of l.. A., A. 0. H., il
X. OF c. hall Wednesday evening at 7;3t
Fred Julian, who is employed in Hart
ford, Conn, is passing vacation of Il
days with friends in Barre, his forme
home
The regular monthly meeting of thu
trustees of the Barre City hospital viii
be held at the hospital Wednesday even
ing at s o'clock.
L. Q. Tracy of Boston is passing sew
eral days with his son. Lee o. Tracy oil
Perry street, and with other relatives in
Barre and vicinity.
Mrs. c. NJ. Hutton of Montreal, p. @.
is passing several days in the city as a
guest in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Don
aid Smith of Perry street.
Big reduction to close out all mill.
merry in stock to-day and Saturday. Store
closed during the week. Mrs. H. s.
Miles, over Dodge's jewelry store
The n. ID. Phelps Co. will continue
their special prices, as advertised in Fri
days and Saturdays Times, through
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
| Howard b. Blossom, a former resident
OF Barre, who has been passing few
days in the city on business, has re.
turned to his home in st. Johnsbury.
Mrs. G. A. Brown, chairman of the
finance committee of the Barre Red Cross
local, has received few Red Cross pins
and members may procure them by ap-
plying at Al jefferson street.
Miss Avis Stewart and Miss Adelia
Thompson, pupil nurses at the City hos
pital, are passing their vacations in Can
ada, Miss Stewart with her parents and
Miss Thompson with friends in Sher-
brooke.
Panel photographs exhibited in the
display window at the furniture store of
B. w. Hooker g. Co. contain photographs
of Barre boys who are fighting under
two flags, although for the same cause
One group is Co. IL of the New England
regiment in the training camp for Off
GERS at Piattsburg and includes the like
ness of Neal w. Hooker, formerly ser
geant major in the LIST Vermont regi-
ment. The other group represents
company in Canadian regiment to
which Priyates Robertson and Webster |
of this city are attached
Mrs. William Hurry of Washington |
street has been passing several days in |
Montreal. P. O., where she visited com
panions in-arms of her son, Private Will
liam Hurry, who was killed some months
ago while serving as member of a
bombing squad in the Canadian regiment
in which he enlisted soon after the war
broke out. During her visit among the
soldiers invalided home to Canada, Mrs.
Hurry encountered number of young
men who were on intimate terms with
her son and who were able to furnish
ner tidings of the young mans last
hours.
Readers Of syndicate series of arti.
les now appearing in Boston and New
York state newspapers may be interest
ID to know that the Private McGlin-
ock who signs his name to the nara
ives was a member of the regiment in {
which William Hurry, now deceased, en- |
listed at the outbreak of the war. One I
4 the latest articles describes in detail {
he assault carried on by a bombing t
quad, in which many of its members \
net death when mine was exploded un- s
er their feet. Circumstances of like a
AZURE obtained when Private Hurry, for b
ONE time employed as blacksmith 5
ere, met his death Somewhere in
rance" o
Efforts to obtain for Mrs. Aurelio Villa
Berlin street parole because of al
,ged i'll health have been brought to a
cad in petition to Gov. Graham, and
the executives secretary of
vii and military affairs was in the city
confer with Magistrate Fl. w. Scott of u
ne city court. II is claimed that Mrs. "
lila has developed chronic appendicitis "
nd that her condition merits executive u
ttention, inasmuch as the disease, it is e
i'd is not being eradicated. Mrs. Villa Of
as committed to the house of correction
Rutland some weeks ago after jury b.
city court had returned verdict of IS
Iilty after hearing on liquor charge. 50
is stated that S. HOLSTER jackson is hi
the woman in the parole pr
oceedings. r. A. Hoar and A. G. Fay ca
,fended the respondent in the liquor Ia
sc. bt
When the board of aldermen assemblies al
r its regular meeting tonight it is DC
obable that agitation over the request I'll
the traction company for a modified
anchise will be renewed. Since the co
st conference between the city fathers HI
d the officials of the traction road, the tn
city council, by a vote that tn
bod to 3, has been won over TO the IN
lie of the company and is said to stand IL
sdy to concede several features incor-
rated in the tentative franchise cub
tied by the Tenney corporation. The
ton of the Montpelier council has not HI
we'd to affect any noticeable change in ISIS
ltiment among the Barre councillors,
hough it is rumored that two or three to-
imbers of the local board are disposed tic
grant some of the concessions asked at,
:. Tonight, too, the aldermen are to ter
Ike a decision on the request of the rel