The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-18
TALKOFTHE TOWN
Attend Shea's shoe sale.-ady.

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trip.
u. w. Tracy has returned home after
passing several days in Bethel ON bust.
| ness.
Miss Blanche TIaskins of Boston has
been passing several days with her
mother, Mrs. Frank Trow OF Trow hill
Ernest ID. King of Claremont, n. H.,
was visitor In the city Saturday while
on his way home TO Graniteylle for a
visit
Rev, G. III. Smith, secretary Of the An
Il Salool league, who spoke in Barre yes.
terday, returned this morning 10 his
home in Burlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Craig of Water.
bury and Miss Duval of Burlington were
week end guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. William
George Of North Main street.
John Blanchard of Waterbury and
Fred Blanchard of Mortified were in the
city Saturday TO attend the funeral of
their brother, William Blanchard of Ber-
lin.
Miss Edith Barnes of Highland avenue,
preceptress Of the high school in New
Haven, has been detained from her duties
for several days by the illness OF her
father.
Martin Riley, jr., of Cliff street signed
the nomination papers of Alderman c. II. |
Reynolds instead of Martin Riley, sr.,
candidate for assessor, as was reported in |
Saturdays Times.
The Universalist dance and Red Cross /
entertainment, to have been held Tues
day evening, have been postponed until
Friday evening on account of the heat
less" Tuesday ruling
Please remember the meeting of Cobble
Hill grange Tuesday night. There is
work to be done. A good program is
promised and the secretary will be glad
to see all who owe dues. All will be cor
daily welcomed
Much progress has been made in the
work of retouching the interior wood
work at the federal building, and by the
end of the present week the lobby will ,
have regained something of its appear
ance when the building was first opened I
TO the public.
Miss Holden of the University Of ver. I
mont extension service arrived in the city
to-day to conduct demonstration Of
methods in which food may be conserved.
Miss Holden met the members of the
Woman's club in Rowland hall this aft
ernoon.
At city hall Saturday Miss Aurora ?
Gomez, who has been living in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Villa of Berlin street, c
and Atilano Campo were married by JUS c
tice of the Peace james Macksy. The o
groom is granite cutter and the couple
are to reside at % Wiley street. h
Mercury depressions noted this morn
ng indicated that winter has a kick or
.wo left, When the wind which prevailed
I'll day yesterday abated the weather be-
gan to grow cold, and zero readings early a
n the evening were followed by steady o
linking of the mercury This morning s.
thermometers registered from 10 to IL Z
legrees below zero. Y
Among the arrivals at Hotel Barre
through the week end were; j. NJ. Orcutt
# Newport, G. A. Cross of Northfield .
!. II. Cronan of Rochester, Miss Nellie =
Mattoon of Enfield y. H.. j. o. Walsh y
# Windsor, George H. Stone of st. ,t
ohnsbury, w. p, Monsoon of New York, y
\. p. Miller of Chicago and c. w. Bushey =
t Woodsville y. II. p
Frequent meetings of the ministers of
'arre and Others interested in the aboli. n
ion of the open saloon are being held, u,
nd the climax of quiet campaign for q,
no" votes in the coming March election (.
ill be reached on the evening OF Sun 40
ay. March g. when the customary mass n,
netting is TO be held in the opera house 50
he appearance of women at the polls, cb
is anticipated, will aid materially in ~
verbalancing the yes majorities of the Or
asst two years. &,
Barring the isolated case diagnosed eli
,st week. no more smallpox cases have ST
eveloped and with the precautions tax WI
4 by the board of health when it be- pr
lme known that Dan Houghton of the ha
Tomasi block was i'll with the disease, eh
ne authorities believe that the malady as
ill not spread. Efforts to obtain the pr
Sc of a building for pesthouse have ia
OF been wholly successful and for the ar
resent rigid quarantine is being main in
lined in the neighborhood where Hough- by
IN is confined. rel
rr a.. Io.aor.i,;, - w TT ca PR
How of Spaulding street, members of -
he Independent Order of Odd Ladies are
,mpleting plans for giving a minstrel -
low in the Clan Gordon hall Friday !:
'ening, March l. A number of well
lown local talent have been secured to
Ike part in the event one half of the )
'oceeds of which is to be donated to !
e Red Cross was fund The committee
charge of the advance sale Of tickets
this forenoon that a large
imber of tickets had been sold.
City Clerk James Mackay received
tier to-day from Private Guy Oltolini
the hospital corps, who was formerly 3
iployed in Barre as hardware clerk.
ivate Oltolini is actively engaged in
lief work at Camp Beauregard, La,
lere from 800 to 500 men are in the
Sc hospital Most of them, Private
tolini states, are soldiers from regi
snts recruited in Arkansas, Georgia, z
ALBANIA, Louisiana and other southern
ties. The young man gives an init
ate description of the steps Uncle Sam
: taken TO safeguard the health of sol
rs brought there for treatment Near
hand is Camp Stafford, where many
IRE men are posted. The camps are
ar the site Of a camp used for assem-
ng troops during the Spanish Amer
N war. Not far distant is the re-
Tins Of the military academy in which
n. William T. Sherman was an instruc-
when the war between the states
Ike out. Private Oltolini SAYS that he
in excellent health and i'm closing