Women church builders and Red Cross aid in wartime toil
North Side Church women work with men by night to dig, hoist, and carry materials for church construction, while several instances of discipline and resilience surface. Red Cross reports from the front praise aid to wounded soldiers, noting bread, red meat, boots, and coats distributed to troops.
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Chietan
Alacou
Red Cross
Oxar
SS Petersture
Lonton
Red Cross Societies
Commissariat
Fragmented Foreign Notes on Britain and Europe
A garbled Foreign Notes summary surveys figures and events across Europe and Britain. It mentions William Pitt and North America, Welsh revival mock cremations, and a vague reference to a medical tax in Zurich. It also references Winston Churchill, the British Channel fleet, and French ceremonial attire proposals for state officials.
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Cite Council
Lemdon
Northesas
William Pitt
America
Canada
Louiefun
North Americ
Ahwramen
Dritieh Channel
Winston Churchill
Mr. Balfour
Zurich
Switzerland
Campbell
Treland
Our Secret Grave Stone Mystery Tale
A narrator recalls Susie, his grave and a hidden inscription. He narrates a life of crime and flight, a boyhood bond with Susie, and a fateful burglary gone wrong ending with a chilling encounter in a house. The haunting secret threatens his mother and frays the line between life and death.
Family Nearly Asthphyxiated In Gas Incident
Fraser Junction December 11 A family of eight led by D Tenelout narrowly escaped gas asphyxiation when a gas fire manager opened a window and slowed gas flow. Mr Teachout and others were found unconscious on the floor. all are ill, with doctors attributing a likely gas poisoning type. Whitcomb's open window likely saved lives.
WANTS LEGAL SEPARATION AFTER HUSBAND DESERTED HER
Burlington petition for separation filed by Mrs. Josephine Manson against William Manson after his yearlong absence. She cites harsh treatment and neglect since their marriage on June 26 1809, with their child Lorraine Flanagan named for custody. The case filed in Chittenden County court discusses separation grounds and custody issues.
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Burlington
Chittenden Councourt
Yesteriday
Josephine x Manson
Tarsband
William Manson
Purlington
West
Deers Slaughter Probed by Wardens in Rutland
Rutland officials report increased evidence of deer poaching and flesh and skin trade. Wardens investigated a deserted Danion farm where a fawn was found, with locals claiming Barretti had long warned of illegal activity. The case involves meat and hides shipped to out of state tanneries and taxidermists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Barretti
M. Ei
Pestoc
Soldiers steal show case from Essex Junction restaurant
At about 6 o'clock Sunday evening three soldiers loitering in the passenger station stole a three foot long show case from the restaurant counter owned by Walter Johnson. They carried it rear of the hotel and after an investigation led by James H. Parker and school janitor, Deputy J. H. Allen and Fort Ethan Allen officers were alerted. The guilty parties are reported under arrest at the post this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex Junction
Walter Johnson
Parker
James H. Douglass
Grain of wheat carries 200 words from Sissot in Vienna
In spring 1882 a Hungarian Jewish writer mailed a grain of wheat to a Vienna newspaper bearing 200 words from Sissot's book on Vienna. The tiny grain symbolized a literary message, linking seeds of culture to city life in the Austro-Hungarian capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Sissot
Port Arthur Heroism and Homefront Efforts Highlight News
Reports from Port Arthur detail relief work by women at hospitals and in clothing production for troops. A refugee recounts perilous escape and the fleet’s guard, while Port Arthur’s garrison remains cheerful amid bombardment. Fashionable canes return as a status symbol, with Mrs Alfred Vanderbilt speculated to adopt the trend at upcoming events.
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Anon Kravtcheniy
Rncalan
Chefo
Prince Radziwill
Por Arthur
Russia
Chefu
Sweswel
Port Arthur
Keropatiiln
Mra
Kravtcbenko
Port Artur
Guy
Cnuiser
Culver Prince
Ibsus
MiMerent Hospitales
Ure Livi
Mothei
Woundal
Marsim
Tusaian
Ile Mark
Eneiy
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Brest Jones
Felix Gouratd
Brautifier
Women Church Builders
Kansas City
Kan
Slater Wulitie
the Times’ Daily Short Story
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Etter Jn
Tisrparted
Eros
Susie
Heaven
Earth
Mic
Biut
Busie
Suele
Pansion
Bin
Basie
Hale
Pike
Exece
Mendow
Arthur Refugee
Sara
New York Press
Alfred Vanderbilt
Coe
Madera
Madrid
Miss Hapgood
Lydia E. Pinkham
Daan Mae Prsenas
Lydia B. Pinkham
Windsor
Dean Mas
Prxenam
Mas
T. C. Wrecaverin
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Manning
Iowa
Pinkham
Lyno
Mass
M. L. Walker
J. W. Holton
Neth
Main St
Barre
B. D. Tomasi General Store
North Main
Seminary
Barre, Vermont
M. J. McGowan
South Main Street
Barre, Vt
Boston
Otis Block
Pearl Street
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