Bar r e Daily Times notes on transport and sport
Barre Daily Times surveys postwar travel shifts with rail, auto trends and a Bangor & Aroostook layoff in June. It remarks on May temperatures, weather bureau predictions, and the impact of cheaper cars on passenger traffic. It also profiles Stanislaus Zbyszko's return to heavyweight wrestling and comments on athletic longevity and training discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Vermont
Bangor & Aroostook R. A
Maine
Stanislaus Zbyszko
Pole
Ed (Strangler) Lewis
Zbyazko
Frank Gotch
Zbyarko
Zbystko
Renanl
CALLING THE IMMIGRANTS
A historical notice discusses the United States immigration restrictions that cap yearly admissions at three percent per nationality based on the 1910 census. It notes overqualified Italians and others seeking entry, ship companies straining to explain the new rules, and references Walter W Hushand as head of the immigration department while hinting at possible policy rigidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Italy
New York
Theovernment Department
Walter W. Hushand
Aportle
Husband
Hushend
Letter to the Editor on quarrymen wage cuts and living costs
Barre Times letter from L EF Bickford argues against wage cuts for quarry workers citing 1911 1915 interior department figures. He compares daily wages to family costs including food rent fuel lights and clothing and warns radical cuts threaten survival. He urges workers to vote against reductions and references British coal miners as a model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barre
Department of the Interior
A. H. Way
Aioe
L. EF. Bickford
Highgate Springs Opens Season With Music And Cottage Building
The Vermont resort opens bustling with summer bookings as dance pavilions at the Franklin house and Lake View host crowds on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Notable ensembles from New York and nearby cities perform, while three new cottages rise including spec Homes by Dr. Claire and others. A Rivoli Orchestra concert drew a large crowd at Platt’s pavilion and Camp Randolph installs an automatic water system for cottages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin House
New Lake View House
Vermont
Carroll
Platt’s
Rivoli
New York
Plattsburg
St. Johnsbury
Eason
Dr. Claire
Waterbury
James McLeod
Barre
Rivoli Orchestra
Platt's Pavilion
M.D. Smith
Colby Academy
New London
N. H
Hester
G. H. Blodgett Co
Camp Randolph
Memorial Services by Green Mountain Camp Held in Northfield
Memorial Day observances by Green Mountain camp of Modern Woodmen included graveside decorations at Elmwood Mount Hope Calvary and Northfield Falls cemeteries with 24 markers, and a church service at the Universalist Church where Rev. C L Paddock delivered the sermon. Forty seven members then joined a Roxbury service around Ray Erskine’s grave, following Stockbridge explosion deaths. Local members and visitors noted several townsfolk events and hospital recoveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Mountain
Elmwood Cemetery
Mount Hope Cemetery
Calvary Cemetery
Northfield Falls
Universalist Church
Reute
C. L. Paddock
Roxbury
Ray Erskine
Order
Stockbridge
Green Mountain Camp
Percy Clark
P. J. Flood
Redstone
N. H
Clark
Bethel
J. EB. Meagher
Burlington
Hannah McCarthy
Water Street
J. J. Knight
South Royalton
Knight
Norwich University
Montpelier
J. Houston
Heaton Hospital
Houston
Michael Cannon
Main Street
Philip M. Whitney
Florida
Lovi T. Cross
Washington Street
Whitney
Timothy Donahue
Cambridge
Mase
J. C. Donahue
East Street
Donahue
W.H. Moriarty
Northfield
St. John's Church
Prisets
Father Barry
Randolph
Father Niow
Northfield officials push Gulf Route signs and local events
The Northfield chamber of commerce seeks signs to guide travelers via a gulf route from Bethel through Randolph and Northfield to Montpelier, noting shorter miles and scenic roads. The week also features a high school baccalaureate service at Savoy theatre led by Rev. Paddock and a grammar school graduation assembly at the Northfield high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. T. Persons
George Cross
Chamber of Commerce of
Northfield
Randolph
Gulf
Montpelier
Bethel
S. Clark
Methodist Church
D. B. Sargent
Congregational Church
Northfield Gramar School
Northfield High School
George Martin and
Childean
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Barre Daily Times
Frank E. Lansley
Geteral
Associated Press
Associated Pross
All News
Prof
Einstein
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Highgate Springs
Resinos
Montpelier, Vt
P. C
City of Montpelier
State of
Rogers’ Walk-Over
Boot Shop
Ard
Woodstock
Kain
McGarry
Winooski
Father Long
McKenna
Savoy Theatre
Agnes Devine
J. L. Arkley & Son
Barre, VT
Brackett, Shaw & Lunt Company
Boston
Mass
Somersworth
New England Distributors
F. H. Rogers & Company
J. C. Bilodeau & Co., Inc
Lackawanna
Lehigh
Lattimer
Jeddo
Lehigh Coals
Lackawanna and
Calder & Richardson
Horace A. Richardson
Cess
Barre, Vermont
Wen A. Eastman
EL J. M Jones
Willey
A. Eastman
M&f. Cutler
W. Hookes
James M. Boutwall
EL L. Scott
The
First National Bank of
Vermont Mutual
McAllister & Kent
Berlin
Orange
Montpelier Electric CO
Badger & & Co
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