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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
4
The Barre Daily Times surveys global and national events. Roosevelt Hughes and Wilson mix with German threats and Mexican unrest. Vermont politics and media costs are noted alongside war reporting from Europe and the Villa crisis.
Chief Justice Lovehind Munson of Manchester plans retirement after nearly 28 years on Vermont’s supreme court bench. He rose to chief justice, guiding the court with diligence, integrity, and conscientious judgment, earning wide citizen approbation for meritorious service.
The notes recount a Monday meeting at president Dewitt Flint's home with invited ladies. Millet silage experiments yielded about nine tons per acre, rivaling corn in value, while labor was reduced. County agents discussed farm records, fertilizer talks, and a winter program. Officials traveled to Burlington for county agent conference, planning to focus on key farm profitability factors.
Brattleboro Reformer notes changes in medical education requiring higher college prep before entering medical school. A former path let a well trained student earn a degree in 18 months, but new policy pushes two years of college work and a four year medical course, delaying entry and aiming for better trained physicians.
A collection of small town items including Mrs Ada Bickford shooting an eagle on Wednesday, funeral arrangements for Mr Murdoch, and a May voting turnout with most elderly residents recalling no similar event. Other notes mention Dr Currier timing a November epidemic check, a minor car accident injuring Dose Sehmasky, school tooth campaign led by teacher Evart Myre Link, visits by Ex Senator John F Gorman, and local happenings in Cavendish Sheffield Mount Munger and Moraes Browns.
A mother from Fair Haven, Vermont credits Vinol for restoring her health after two years of nervous exhaustion and inability to do housework. She reports renewed energy and appetite, praising Vinol to friends and calling Red Cross Pharmacy and Floyd G. Rosell as suppliers in Vermont towns.
A morning incident on the grounds describes a tragedy as a teacher clashed with a boy who shot off his lip. Investigators document the event and its immediate aftermath at the scene.
A Christmas bazaar runs December 1 to 24 at Katherine Carlin’s Rock Chapel home in Foxville. Sale items include luncheon sets, scarves, table runners, handkerchiefs, napkin holders, and crochet tatting embroidery at reasonable prices. Also notes a preaching service next Sunday at 2:30 pm with Rev. Keeling, plus Congregational and Methodist services and events through the week.
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