The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-03
TALK OFTHE TOWN

All tub skirts and dresses at reduced
prices. Mrs. w. f. Shepard Co, Inc.
just received, late shipment OF bug
death; Zoe pound G. ". Averill & Co
Miss Florence LePage has returned
home from visit with friends in Bur
lington.
Homer Holden of Brookfeld and Johr
Slayton of Calais were among the bust
ness visitors in town to-day.
Miss Nellie Stone of Montreal is pass.
ing vacation in the home of her father
T. Stone of North Main street.
G. A. Lepper of st. Adams and Rob.
ert Emerson of Springfield were among
the visitors in the city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. w, Wales, jr., have re-
turned to their home in Boston, after
passing few days at Hotel Barre
Misses Lorraine Loranger and Eva
Smith left this morning for Burlington,
where they viii visit the formers broth
er, Edmund, who is member of Co. c.
Because of the quarantine regulations
and the consequent ban on church gath
erings, parishioners of the Church of the
Good Shepherd who have not had an op-
portunity to make their offerings are re-
quested to leave the same with l.. r.
Rickert at browns Drug Store, as sew
eral bills, including taxes, are due.
A hearing ON the petition brought by
Cummings & Lewis of Barre to make
permanent the injunction against the
Barre board of health restraining the
firm from dispensing soda water, ice
cream, etc, at its store was started be-
fore Judge Wilson in Montpelier this
afternoon, the case having been set
ahead from Aug, s.
Mr. and Mrs. H. r. Cutler, Mrs. Clara
Page and Mrs. Leona Pitkin left this
morning by automobile for Portland,
Me-, making the trip through the White
mountains. Mrs. Pitkin will visit her
daughter in Providence, r. l., before re-
turning home, while Mr.. and Mrs. Cutler
and Mrs. Page are planning to spend a
few days at Old Orchard. Me.
4. A. Prindle Co. have moved their
hardware store from Dodge's Jewelry
store and are now located in their new
store in the Worthen block, under Shea's
Shoe store corner of North Main street
and Keith avenue viii be glad TO see
all their old customers and also new ones
where they are doing business with a
full line of Andes stoves and ranges, |
hardware and tinware. Plumbing and |
heating. Phone number, 595-W.
Among the guests arriving at Hotel
Barre last night and this morning were
the following people: Mr.. and Mrs. J. B.
Macdonald of Boston, G. F. Daniels of
Boston, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Lair of Wa
tertown, n. ", r. N. Emerson Of Spring
field, G. A. Lepper, Robert Clarke and H.
Thomas of st. Adams, John Hammar,
wife and daughter, and chauffeur of
New York City, f A. vanston of Bos-
ton, Mr. and Mrs Ely Griswold of Erie,
Pa.
Earl Young and Thomas Hoy, en-
ployes of the Consolidated Lighting Co,
who are taking vacations of two weeks
from their duties, set out on motorcycles
for Portland, Me. Messrs.
Young and Hoy plan to visit the kittery
navy yard after leaving Portland and
Turing their sojourn in Maine they are
10 call on friends in Biddeford. Return
ng they will cross New Hampshire and
inter Massachusetts for visit in Spring
ield before heading toward Barre.
Walter S. Milne of Liberty street, bag
rage master at the Central Vermont sta
ion, is slightly indisposed as the result
If an accident which occurred yesterday ,
afternoon. Mr.. Milne was rustling a
100. pound trunk aboifu the baggage Office ,
md had succeeded in lifting it to the
dge of truck when it slipped and fell,
triking him on the left foot. A physi-
ian who examined the foot decided that
he baggage master had escaped any j..
'roken bones, although the great toe
vas quite badly crushed,
A. C. Rowland, city employe living i,
t $50 North Main street, was rendered !
by the heat yesterday aft I
rnoon while working with the cement 9
ang on the permanent highway project Z
orth of Blackwell street. Although a !
art of the apparatus used in mixing n
ement for the road is located under the
hade trees in the driveway of j. d. 0s-
ola's residence, the trees afforded little =
elief from the sun and it was while Mr.. :
Iowland was working about the mixer
hat he was overcome. Other workmen :
emoved him to a cooler spot while
hysician was summoned. II is thought =,
nat no permanent i'll effects will follow y
lie mans experience, although he was :,
nable TO resume work to-day. 4,
Other elements have joined the wealth
! clerk in a conspiracy TO suspend ae- d
vities in the granite industry Yester- y
~ conditions in the sheds were so stiff
ng that nearly every plant was closed
,wn in the morning To-day much of a.
lie humidity had disappeared and well Is
me recession of the mercury was to be h'
tied, but lack of power compelled many te
orkingmen to lay off for the day. Most sa
the trouble centered among the Depot De
usre and Burnham's meadow plants ae
though the power-less area extended IN
to the Granite district and even far on
er north. Most of the wheels were III
opped soon after 20 o'clock, although
was expected that the power would be vi
rned on after the noon hour. Al
Following the development of three sit
ditional cases, as announced yester-
V, there was no change in the infan- an
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