The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-13
TALK or THE TOWN


to-day on business.
| Harvey Partridge Of Cabot was in the
city on business to-day.
For Sale--Coal heaters, cook and box
stoves; Abram Fine, As Maple avenue.
A. Loewenbaum Of New York City
was in the city to-day on business.
George Mclean has gone to the sana.
forum at Northampton, Mass, for his
health
Erling Stramsborg has returned to
Quincy, Mass, after a two weeks visit
in Barre.
Leah Baird in a special seven-reel fea-
ture, "Sins of Ambition" at the Bijou
to-day adv
Herbert Simpson Of Waits River has
been visiting friends in this city for the
past few days
Mrs Robert Jones returned Saturday
from Boston, where she has been visiting
relatives for two weeks.
Mrs. G. L. Newton of Eastern avenue,
who has been i'll since Jan. l with a Sc
we're attack of bronchitis, is convalescing.
A special meeting Of the Burns club
will be held in Clan Gordon hall tonight,
Monday, Jan. 10, at 1880 Per order
president.
There will be an important meeting
and rehearsal of the Barre City band in
the old city hall tonight. Every mem
Der is requested to attend.
Hear r, W. Simonds, commissioner Of
industry, speak on "The Labor Law of
Vermont" Tuesday at p, m. Rowland
hall Public is cordially invited
All those who intend to 90 to Will
Jamestown Monday night notify H. w.
| Clark, phone 7ls-l2, before that time.
Meet at Odd Fellows hall at 6 o'clock
sharp.
| Miss Joanna Parks has been called
from East Orange, NJ j., to her home in
this city owing to the illness of her ia
Their, George Parks, of North Main
street.
D. A. Perry of the D. A. Perry Real
| Estate agency was in Marshfield to-
day. conducting an auction sale for H.
j. Slayton, the recent purchaser of the
Berton Pike farm.
/ Ralph H. Clark of Averill street has
left for Bakersfield To resume his stud
les at Brigham academy. Mr.. Clark's
/ studies were interrupted on account of
the influenza epidemic.
\ Thomas Tomasi, student of Tufts
dental college at Boston, who came here
\ Saturday to attend the funeral of his
\ cousin, the late Louis. Tomasi, returned
last night to resume his studies.
Miss Mary Win, an employee of the
\ Underwood Typewriter company in Hart,
Y ford, Conn, has returned to that city "a
resume her duties after passing two
weeks vacation with her parents on Mer
i chant street
Mrs. r. Wood, a nurse BY profession
and who has made her home with her
daughter Mrs. Arthur Young, for some
time past, left Saturday for Redlands
II Cal, where she will pass the winter
months with her daughter, Mrs. G. S
Cole.
Many of the stonesheds on Burnham's
meadow were closed to-day, due to the
excessive cold weather which prevailed
this morning. The lack Of heat in the
sheds over the week end made it the
more impossible for men to work 1t is
expected that work will be resumed to,
morrow.
Lieut.. Arthur II. Larochelle, who was
recently discharged from service in the
medical department of the army at
Fort Slocum, n Y, is visiting at the
home OF his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Theo.
dore Lar0chelle of Railroad street Be.
fore entering service he was practicing in
Springfield, Mass.
Last evening at the Methodist church
a two-weeks' series of special evangel-
istie meetings was commenced. Rev. b.
Il u Lipsky chose for his theme, Lots
\ Wife, the Backslidcr" Rev. Mr. Lipsky
is to conduct the services every evening
at the church at 1880 O'Clock, except
Saturday, when there will be no service
\ A special invitation is extended to all
interested TO attend.
j No further reports Of robberies since
. the break in the Red Cross Pharmacy
Friday night have been reported to the
Barre police department, and as yet nc
Z arrests have been made in connection
with that robbery or with any Of the Sc
! ries of robberies that have taken place
: during the last few weeks. 1t has come
I to light that numerous other robberieI
/; were made in the fall and early winter
which were not reported to the police
At one place a sum as large as $l48 II
I reported to have been taken and taken
I too, during an interval OF time which
J was only long enough for the Office mar
!. | to drive an automobile around a few
J streets The Office man says he was
I gone not much more than five minutes
A house on Averil street was robbed
I and at least one store was broken int
I but nothing was taken. Men applying
I at houses under the claim of being metel
!! men are said to have gained admittanct
!. to houses in some instances. As a meas
! ure of precaution it would be we'll fol
!: householders to demand some convincing
. evidence that the applicants are really
! representatives of the gas or electri,
; light company before admitting them t.
( the houses.
A regular meeting of Iro
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