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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1919
Page
2
Washington reports a record pension payout of $222,120,202.70 to 624,895 beneficiaries in the last fiscal year, despite the pension roll being the smallest since 1490. Ohio led states with 1,002 pensioners, while totals for Civil War and all pensions exceed $5 billion.
A historical ad snippet promotes Hood's Pills for biliousness and Pape's Cold Compound to break up a cold. Claims instant relief, clears congested sinuses, stops runny nose and headache, and notes low cost at drug stores.
Fiume December 7 Captain Gabriele Annunzio says he plans to visit America after the Fiume situation is resolved. He envisions flying by airplane across the Pacific to land on the American coast then proceeding to Tokyo, with a future aim to see a united Italy and a free America. He predicts February favorable weather for travel.
Chicago reports hundreds of passenger trains withdrawn across the country amid the coal miners strike. Orders for nearly 300 New England trains cancelled, with reductions spreading to Pennsylvania and Canadian lines. Fuel conservation steps advance as Attorney General Palmer and UMWA leaders meet in Indianapolis. Gov. Cox halts Ohio talks, while volunteers aid coal shipments to shortage areas and martial law affects Oklahoma. Retail stores in Chicago reopen noon to 6 pm amid the disruption.
Henry Clay Frick leaves $117 million to public and educational bodies after a $25 million widow’s portion. The Frick mansion and art collection are given to the public at Mrs Frick’s life end. Princeton Harvard and Technology receive substantial sums. Pittsburg institutions okayed for about $5,000,000 each.
A fragment from the Boston Transcript verse prose recalls a guarded treasure and a family tree, with playful lines about Naybor, a mother, De Platte, and a maid, hinting at domestic mischief and comic observations in a bygone era.
The work titled Winter Morning, depicted in the next picture, is by Everett L. Warter who was originally born at Vinton.
An advertisement promotes Danderine as a fast remedy for dandruff and hair loss. It urges users to apply a small amount to the scalp, promising reduced shedding after several uses and visibly healthier, shinier hair. The copy notes the product is available at drug or toilet counters for a few cents.
Secretary Franklin K. Lane of the interior department urges full use of national resources in coal oil water power land and human beings in his annual report. He stresses Americanization education and that the American man deserves credit for the land. He warns that, without literacy, a large portion of young men cannot serve the nation and notes vast potential in water power and petroleum west of the Mississippi. He advocates modern fuel use for ships and a nationalized reclamation service extended nationwide, with focus on lands for agricultural revival and veteran land needs. The report cites Osage oil and Alaska coal outputs and other departmental statistics.
Congressman Ian Johnson of South Dakota released a telegram to Secretary of War Baker alleging wounded soldiers at Fort Sheridan are inadequately fed. He declared in Chicago that patients receive meals “worse than any in France” and urged an immediate investigation after visiting the hospital yesterday.
Sir Ernest Rutherford, Langworthy professor at Manchester, solved the riddle of transmutation of matter. He is a leading physician with many degrees and honors, focusing on radio activity. The piece notes pneumonia and tuberculosis killed 224,000 Americans in 1917, more than in actin in France.
An old Bayer advertisement urges customers to insist on Bayer on genuine aspirin packages to ensure authentic Bayer tablets. It markets relief for colds headaches neuralgia toothache and rheumatic pains and notes 12 count boxes and larger packages are available. The copy emphasizes the Bayer name and cross logo and explains aspirin as acetylsalicylic acid ester derived medicine.
The Liberty Glo crew suffered a mine strike off Terschelling with twenty men unaccounted for after the ship split and beached near Ameland. Dutch fireboat crews evacuated the captain and others as twenty crew reached Schiermonnikoog, leaving twenty missing amid reports of half the ship trapped and the other drifting.
Regional Director Winchell pushes railway rivalry to improve on time arrivals. August figures show 230,164 trains on time of 220,718 operated. September 74.4 percent on time. Regions vary with Allegheny best in August at 85.7 percent and Parahontay worst at 54.5 percent in September. Overall, 60,034 trains were late in September, inconveniencing about 13.75 million riders, highlighting public opinion on railway operation and the role of government.
A New York Sun letter critiques the war department report and its claim that earlier conflicts were mild and spectacular. The writer argues no prior American wars were mild or spectacular, cites Valiny Forge, Indian wars, Andersonville, the Wilderness, the Spanish-American War, and the Philippines campaigns, and defends Baker’s nuanced praise of soldiers’ endurance.
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