The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-04
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Food sale, all kinds, Congregations
vestry, Saturday afternoon.--adv.
Buy good piano to-day and pay
installment if you like. Bailey's Mus
Rooms, Ia Elm street.
The Clover club will meet with Mr.
II. Q. Worthen, Keith avenue, tomorrow
friday at 2;30 p. m.
just arrived, another barrel of thos
famous horehound candies at Russell'i
the Red Cross Pharmacy.
The guild of the Church of the Goo
Shepherd will meet this evening in tn
church at 1880. A full attendance is de
sired.
Mrs. Josie Relation of 80 Railroai
street, who has been visiting her broth
er, the chief of police of Mortified, ha
returned home.
Mrs. Bessie Hayford of Montpelier wa
brought to the Barre City hospital yes
terday for an operation, which she under
went this morning.
Regular meeting of the A. o. H., OIL
Thursday night at o'clock. The SECOND
of the As game series will be played
after the meeting.
John A. Sparrow, who has been max
ing one of his regular calls on Barre
friends, returned this morning to hii
home in Boston.
| Rev. j. b. Reardon Frank w. jackson
and Alexander Duncan were in Warren
last evening to attend the annual meet
| ing of the seventh district of Odd Eel.
lows.
One of the not infrequent spells of in.
activity has been noted at the central
fire station lately, as more than month
has elapsed since still or general alarm
has been sounded.
A subscription of $ll5.70 for the war
library fund was sent from Barre yester-
day to Mrs. w. L. WATSON of Waterbury,
who has charge of the campaign in
Washington county.
G. u. Tiffany of East Berkshire, a
dairy inspector whose field is largely in
Franklin county, was a visitor in the
city yesterday and to-day. He was ae-
companied here by Il. w. Smith.
John r. Tierney has returned from
the Royal Victoria hospital, where he I'M
derwent a serious operation on his right
eve, which proved successful, gaining a
little sight He will return in one month,
when he will have another slight opera
ton, after which his sight will be much
improved
B. p. Shadra6ui has started work on
the foundation of the building which he
is to erect on site just west of his
store at so Brook street. He plans to
build a modern structure which will be
so arranged as to accommodate his mer-
camille business.
William Hurry of Long street, district
deputy grand master of Masons, motored
to East Montpelier last evening for an
official visitation to Wyoming lodge, No.
so. Despite the unpropitious weather,
there was good attendance and the dis
trict deputy was able to review satisfac-
torily the degree work of the Wyoming
lodge members.
A series of war sermons similar in pur-
port to a number of addresses delivered
in the same church last year is to be in
in the First Presbyterian
church Sunday evening by Rev. Edgar
Grassland, the pastor. In an attractively
arranged sermon schedule the clergyman
has outlined the basic reason for the ser
mons, which are to be preached as fol-
land; Oct. IA, Rheims Cathedral, It's
Oct, 81, Canada, Our
Ally; Oct. 2s, Martin Luther and the
Germany of To-day"
An interesting sidelight on the depart
IRE of Washington county men for the |
Aver, Mass, cantonment yesterday is |
furnished in the case of Geosne Gelpi, |
who was an alternate for Lauri Siren,
he alleged deserter. Unlike Fred Mo-
Jus of Warren, he will not face the pos
,ibility of fighting his own uncle over
,eas, but he may find himself thrown in
With brother who is fighting for the
ame cause, although under the colors of
italy. When the sunny kingdom entered
he war, two of Mr.. Gelpi's brothers en-
listed One of them was killed in battle
md at last accounts the other was still
Ioing his bit.
Among the first to feel the effects of
he new imposts specified in the war tax
ill which the president is expected to
ign Immediately are tobacco dealers and
ocally merchants who handle cigars, Gig
rettes and smoking and chewing tobacco !
re getting ready for the first visit of
he revenue officer by inventorying their
tocks. Hereafter sales of tobacco in
arious forms must be accounted sep !
rately and the larger dealers are facing ,
multiplicity of problems in common
as each package must be reck !
ned in ascertaining the weight of tobac {
0 sold Most of the popular priced tins I
{ smoking tobacco contain one and one /
ourth, one and one-half or two and q
lree- fourths ounces. Coincident with I
he increase made necessary by the war I
TX came the announcement from jobbers /
nd manufacturers to-day that the high I
,st of green leaf will mean another S
Use in cigar prices. 4.
The United Missionary society of the 9
edding church held its annual business
Getting in the church parlor Wednesday !.
iternoon, Oct. 3. The woman's home
,eety elected the following officers for
lie coming year: President, Mrs. L. d.
artin; vice president, Mrs. W. T.. Per-
ms; recording secretary, Mrs G. c. Car
inter; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
yman Taft; treasurer, Mrs. Lyman
aft. During the year just closed, the !
omans foreign missionary society has
arly doubled its membership and finan-
ally it has been unusually successful
UGH credit is due to Mrs c. s. Andrews, I
e retiring president, who has served :
nm of eight years. The following Off
RS were elected for the ensuing year; (:
esident, Mrs. c. s. Cushman. vice
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