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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
7
A roundup across sections covers community events, school notes, civic updates, and cultural happenings. Highlights include upcoming meetings, local sports results, and public notices shaping civic life.
Vermont events include Alfred Pesky fined for false alarm in St Albans and Martin Vilas missing a Washington convention due to League to Enforce Peace duties. Dam builder C S Nichols to replace dam and poorhouse with concrete, river reservoir to start soon. Frank F E Howe spoke at Memorial Day in Newfane. Florida fruit refreshments at Brattleboro club. Stowe high school agriculture planted pines in River Bank cemetery, donated by Julia J Irving and Margaret Chisholm, and Mortimer Proctor. Proctor couple, Miss Margaret Chisholm’s daughter and Proctor heir, wed in Proctor and honeymooned west. George Bashaw injured at Swanton Junction from a heated rail. George Prentiss critically hurt after horse collision and hit by passing car. Dr Norman A Donovan killed in Elmira NY motorcycle crash. body brought to St Albans. Mrs Charles A Lyman injured by falling iron pillar at Middlebury town hall Memorial Day exit. Great storm damage in Burlington estimated at $15 000.
An old medical ad claims deafness can be cured by a tube and mentions catarrh as a cause. It offers a $100 reward for cases not helped by Catarrh Cure, names F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and a druggist, and also promotes Hall's Vitality Pills for constipation.
A north Bend street washout from a Park street end breaks a sewer main, flooding cellars citywide and damaging Scarff’s Addition near Lyman Avenue. The undermined roadbed is set to be rebuilt, with thousands of bags of material to fix the damage and sewer system repairs likely. The unsafe street segment will be closed for days of work.
In May Rutland recorded only one death versus twenty one last May, with health officer Dr H Gebhardt reporting causes including heart disease arterial sclerosis accidental fall heroin pneumonia grip nepticninia and gnetritia. While deaths were low, transmissible disease cases were noted.
A terse item notes a failed move or separation attempt tied to Raney marriages. The brief record preserves limited names and a hint of reconciliation or reentry into a union, reflecting a local notice style without sensational detail.
A historical record notes totals: whooping cough 205, scarlet fever 11, measles 2, Barna 2, chicken pox 1, typhoid fever 1. The figures reflect a summary of illnesses in a 40 case list.
Capt. W. P. Springer of ALSAP commands First Infantry V.N.G. to visit each company to inspect rifle ranges and give small arms instruction. Beginning Friday with Company C, then Company M Saturday. other dates list Company G June 4, L June 5, June 7, FE June 8, June 10, H June 14, F June 15.
In Burlington on June 1 the inquest into graft charges against Colchester liquor license commissioners concluded before Assistant Judge Hall. State's Attorney T. F. Hopkine led a two day hearing after complaints by Winooski citizens. nineteen witnesses testified. The prosecutor announced no evidence to warrant delaying the board, and the charges were dismissed.
State of Vermont District of Washington announces the Honorable Probate Court for the district. The document shows the clerk’s hand and date of August 24. Proceedings reference an estate matter under the designated probate court authority.
Auction-style notice markets a property with cattle and lumber value, listing farm features and a price around 1500 plus government payments. It highlights proximity to school and railroad, multiple barns, and timber potential, inviting calls for exchange or sale arrangements.
A fragmented real estate notice mentions J J Dashner as a real estate agent. The readable text references property miles from a location and hints at a sale or listing. Names and specifics are unclear due to OCR damage.
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