Pershing Arrives in England to a Warm Welcome
Major-General Pershing and staff landed in a British port on June 8 after an uneventful ocean voyage. American destroyers escorted the party ashore to a rousing reception by admiralty war office and municipal authorities. A brigadier-general was assigned as aide to Pershing as he proceeds toward London.
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Pershing
London
Admiralty
War Office
General Pershing
Walter E. Page
Lord Darling
Viscount French
Lord Brooke
England
Russian Peasants Demand Defense
The congress of peasants in session adopts a resolution calling upon the armies to submit to discipline and defend revolutionary Russia. It defines the duty to defend the country and make sacrifices to sustain the fighting strength of the army. Photographic plates from Ostend show a successful bombardment, suggesting Ostend will be crippled as a German base for weeks.
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Petrograd
Danton
Congress of Peasants In Sesion
Russia
Congress
London
Ostend
Ontend
New England coal committee names Vermont reps
James J. Stor of Boston chairs the New England coal committee with Vermont members George T. Chaffee Rutland Hugh J M Jones Mont and J R Brooks St Johnsbury to urge fair coal distribution for industrial and domestic use next fall and winter. Resolutions call railroad hold and divert coal in transit curb free coal speculation reduce passenger trains to save heat units and request copies to interstate commerce and public service commissions.
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St. Johnsbury
James J. Storrow
Boston
Mascachusetts Committee On National Defense
New England Coal Committee
Gov. Graham
Hugh J. M. Jones
Mont
George T. Chaffee
Rutland
J.r H. Brooks
Vermont
New Engle
State House
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
Public Service Commission
British Drive Breaks German Lines in Belgium and France
British forces advance in Belgium as gains near three miles in some sectors. French repulse near St Quentin halts German attack while 604K prisoners are reported and more guns captured. Counter-attacks are weak and the staggered German reserves face fierce resistance as fighting intensifies along the front.
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Belgium
St. Quentin
Galie
Fiermans
Sixteen arrested in raid on Montreal house
Police and provost guards raided a Montreal house last night, arresting sixteen people including three women on second floor. Seized were 31 full liquor bottles and empty beer bottles as soldiers and locals were found in multiple rooms. The proprietor Frank Pates faces charges for keeping and selling liquor and resisting licensing rules. a solders’ case may add to charges. Jee Murray, from Keeseville, claimed robbery of $1 and a pen knife with chain.
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Jee Murray
Keesville
Christman
McMurin
Cratan
Iwil
Pates
Fort Ethan Allen
Murray
Newport Boy Drowns After Narrow Escape Earlier
The four year old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Rushtow drowned yesterday in the Clyde river behind their CausewayElmet home. He was playing in a boat tied to a wharf when the boat overturned and the body was recovered in about four minutes. The incident follows a near drowning scare a short time earlier.
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Newport
Joseph Rushtow
Clyde
Causeway Elmet
Famous aviator Schafer killed in air battle
Amsterdam reports Lieut Schafer who recently claimed 30 air victories was killed while leading his squadron in a dogfight with British machines over Frenh Prussia. The German ace was credited with destroying his 30th enemy aircraft earlier this week.
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Lieut. Schafer
Amsterdam
Landen
Frenieh
Prussia
Lint. Schafer
Mlrptane
Talk of the Town notes lightning strike in Graniteville
In Graniteville Jane K. Pirie was struck by lightning during a thunder shower last evening. A Fred Virie barn was reportedly visited by the bolt but no fire started and the father’s building remained intact. Foreman Damry Braab man of Darlington will supervise highway construction funds of 2200, with Supt Leavers planning large tram work and school projects underway.
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Jaane K. Pirie
Graniteville
Pirie
Lars
Fred Virie
Ildinge
C. DeBrune
Bern
Damry Braabman
Darlington
Telford
Beritz
Heriin
Felice Bronn
Lyndueville
Witte
Red Cross Dividend Proposal Aids War Effort
New York June 4 large American corporations and banks plan a special dividend called the Red Cross dividend to fund Red Cross war work. Henry T Davison said stockholders would donate a portion of extra earnings to the Red Cross charter fund and 100 million dollars may be raised. The plan aims to mobilize community centers and siphon funds from major firms to back national relief efforts.
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New York
Henry T Davison
The
Cross War Council
Red
United States Steel Corporation
Red Cross
Davison
Devlend HL. Daige
Ret Cross War Finance
Sama
New York City
YPRES AVENGED AT MESSINES RIDGE FRONT MOVE
British forces struck a new front in France and drove Germans from Messines ridge, a key Belgian holdout near Ypres. The attack leveraged heavy artillery while Belgian guns bombarded enemy lines, marking a major early June breakthrough on a ten mile front and redefining command of the Western front.
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France
London
Mesaines Ridge
Ald
Ypres
Ores
Maense
Messines Ridge
Ity
Tolay
Arras
Germaine
Messines
Tay
Fromt
Gronni
Phe
Mresines
Windsor Woman Heads Vermont Women's Clubs President of Windsor Mra Gilbert F. Davis leads Vermont Federation. sessions in Brattleboro feature immigration talk and war update.
The closing season of the 224th annual Vermont State Federation of Women’s Clubs meeting reported on economic conditions and the present crisis with Lucille Wheeler of the University of Vermont, and heard Rev. P D Vassileff on Ellis Island immigration. Charles H. Darling spoke on the war situation and the federation voted to buy a $100 Liberty Bond from a depleted treasury. Invitations to hold next meetings were accepted. Officers were elected unanimously with Mra Gilbert F. Davis of Windsor as president and a full slate of vice presidents, secretaries, treasurer, and directors. The health fund allocated $200 for war relief and designated for Vermont National Guardsmen locations.
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Brattleboro
Vermont State Federation of Woman’ S Clubs
Hos Economica
Lucille Wheeler
University of Vermont
P. D. Vassileff
Ellis Island
Theaere
Thompson
Travelers’ Aid Society
Railrroad
Vermont
Charles H. Darling
Burlington
Navy
Federation
Springfeld
War Relief Committee
Vermont National Guardsmen
Gilbert F. Davis
Windsor
Walter Slack
Springfield
H. E. Folsom
Lyndonville
George 8. Laird
Royalton
Leonard D. Wheeler
White River Junction
Daniel D. Burditt
Pittsford
J. E. Weeks
Middlebury
Oliver G. Asiston
Rutland
Robert K .Smith
White River
Tuberculosis Hospital Urged by Vermont Association Meeting
Vermont Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis executives met in Burlington to press immediate tuberculo sis hospital construction. Dr C P Dalton and Thomas Magner attended, with funds previously appropriated to build a hospital for advanced cases and a site eyed at Mary Fletcher. The group also discussed refreshment stand cups for county fairs and sought price estimates and possible partial funding.
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Burlington
Vermont Association For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
C. Po Dalton
State Board of Health
Delton
Thomas Magner
Mins Emilyton Proctor
Proctor
H. W. Slocum
Funeral Train Carries Buf ton Remains From Fort Ethan Allen
Four thousand recruits formed an escort as Cyril Bufton, a member of the reception company, died after a three day pneumonia illness. Services were held yesterday afternoon in the administration building with Chaplain Fleming officiating. The body, carried by six members of the company, proceeded to Esere Junction station and was sent to Themeonesilie, Conn., where Bufton's mother resides.
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Cyril Bufton
Fort Ethan Allen
Burlington
Aseenal
Fleming
Dewree
Esere Junction
Themeonesilie
Conn
Bufton
Smallpox Dying Out in Vermont as Epidemic Checks
Burlington June 8 The Vermont state board of health held a meeting to revise rules on communicable diseases and food and drugs. The report shows 1 772 measles 7 smallpox 57 scarlet fever 504 German measles 16 chickenpox 15 whooping cough 22 diphtheria 122 mumps 9 pneumonia 14 tuberculosis and 40 venereal cases last month. The final smallpox case was over two weeks ago, suggesting the epidemic is checked. the case occurred in Calale in a home that had been quarantined.
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Burlington
Vermont
Calale
Gave Auto To Regiment In Vermont Fight
A Vermont regiment received a donated machine from J and Woodfin of Rutland. The gift aided the unit during a murdur war period, with the article noting the donor and the vehicle’s impact on morale and operations amid ongoing skirmishes and rapid movements.
Argentine Sub Sinks. Obama Crew Rescued by French Vessel
Fragmentary OCR reports the Argentine submarine Suip sinking as a French ship rescued the Obama era crew. The chaotic lines confuse ships, men, and actions, but indicate a perilous incident at sea with salvaging efforts underway and unclear dates.
Not a trace of U S ship survivors report attack
Survivors of a French sailing ship recount the torpedoing and sinking of a large American steamer by a submarine in the channel on May 31. They say none of the U S crew were saved while their own vessel was sunk earlier in the encounter.
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Paris
Messages from missing steamer washed ashore at Orkneys
A bottle bearing messages said to be written by Reeskure aboard the missing American steamer Frederick was found on Orkney shores. The notes give no clear details of the wreckage or loss, one message stating We are sinking in mid ocean and another saying The wreckers are dying.
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London
Reeskure
Frederick
Orkney Islands
Barre Drives For Recruits To War Strength
Barre boards launch a weekend recruiting drive with eight Fort Ethan Allen troops arriving by Central Vermont tomorrow at 9 45 am to encamp in City Square. The detail will live in the open with pup tents, under strict military discipline, to drum up support for a second National Guard company. Local businessmen form a committee, led by H P Hinman, to mobilize towns and outlying areas, with mobilization events planned in Barre and surrounding towns aided by public safety officials, pipe bands, and bagpipes to spur patriotic effort.
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C Company
Barre Board of Trade
Fort Ethan Allen
Central Vermont Railroad
City Square
Barre Je
Barre
Board of Trade
H. P. Hinman
William D. McDonald
the Granite Manufacturers’ Allocation
Guy Bo Varnum
State Committee of
Pubiic Safety
John B. Magnaghi
Nelson Ballard
John F. Sullivan
Shaw
National Guardian
Nerday
Public Safety Committee
Tarre
Solidiers
Oval Committee
Smach
Public Safety
Coloor
Verve
Local Weather Report Fragment With Blurred Details
A partially readable weather and notices section mentions DC and Jones-Seven, with incomplete data on Tuesday registrations and an altered SLGACT report. The fragment references a white river, June items, and a village celebration amid unclear context and garbled text.
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Jones
Waters
District of Columbia
Eastern Star Election Highlights Vermont Grand Session
The 45th annual Vermont Eastern Star session in Burlington elected and installed officers for the coming year. Mrs Martha A Stoddard of Charlotte was named grand matron with Frank F Nichola of Chester as grand patron. The gathering included a memorial service, color presentation, and reports noting membership growth to 1100 with two new chapters added in Pittsford and Danby.
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Buplingin
Grand City of
Vermont
Mra
Florence K. Pierce
Barton
Pierce
Temple Chapter
Idovie H. Pay
Emma Collins
Martha A. Stoddard
Ella B. French
Orange
Mage
Massachusetts
Georgia M. Blaimiell
Meredith
N. Hf
New Hampslite
Chand
Laura B. Cole
Grace D. Freeman
Rosilia M. Griswold
Grand Chapter
LOO
Pittsford
Danby
Avery
Altha
Pierse
Anna A. Evans
Burlington
Frederick W. Wallace
Enosburg Falls
Oliver. Stowell
Brattleboro
Etta F. Fraser
Windsor
Phyllis M. Burditt
Springfield
Associata
Addie P. Allen
Milton
Jo. Isle TH. Fay
North Williston
Emma
Chester
Abbie F.C
Randolph
Atta ML
Howard
Bellows
Adah
Alice Wright
Vergennes
Rutis
Clara V. Sawyer
Ladiow
Esther
Rutland
Martha
Mary Coyle
Wilder
Hleda
Clara K. Groom
St. Albans
Anna FE. McBride
Windotki
Sentinel
J. A Tow
Brandon
Nelile le Wed
Matt
Falward AL Prouty
O'Clowk
W. Baldwin
Nellie Leland
Lillian Chase
East Fletcher
Ella Weeks
St. Johnsbury
Goethals Dismisses Two Engineers Over Shipbuilding Row
Washington June 8 Major General Goethals, general manager of the American emergency fleet, dismissed A B Eustis and Emory H Clark engineers who originated the woods on Meetidew. The dismissal follows their night statement accusing Goethals of holding up the shipbuilding program in the national emergency.
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Washington, D. C
Goothale
A.B. Eustis
Emory H. Clark
Gouthals
Blames Goethals Over Wooden Ship Program
Washington reports a clash within the Meet corporation as F A Eustis and F Hunting accuse Gen Goethals of impractical limits on wooden ships. They claim offers from 10 firms to build 490 ships in 12 months or 786 in 18 months. Goethals preferred cost plus 10 percent profits.
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Washington, D. C
F. A. Eustis
Mnet Corporation
F. Hunting
George W. Goethals
Meet Corporation
Goethals
Mr. Evetts
Mr. Chirk
Mine Ing
Snurl
Gen. Goethls
Fleet Corporation
Gen. Hoethuis
Corporation
Generet
Gen. Goethals
Exstis
Mr. Clark
Lightning Strikes Brown Farm Barn in West Berlin
A barn and farm buildings on Hows N Brown’s West Berlin farm were destroyed by a late yesterday thunderstrike. Fire destroyed the house and barn while furnishings were saved. Stock remained unharmed as cattle and horses were away. Estimated loss about 2500 with most insured. The same storm struck the Taft mill on Terrace Street, setting a barn and hay on fire valued around 50. firefighters reached after the blaze spread.
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Hows N. Brown
West Hall
West Berlin
Brown
Montpelier
Taft Mill
Terrace Street
Two River Men Charged in Beer and Wine Larceny
Joseph Bennett and Bancroft Cool, both from Two River, face grand jury charges of larceny after allegedly stealing beer and wine from a cellar owned by Mrs. Henriette Gunston. A storekeeper reported a light at midnight near Granite Street bridge. deputies later intercepted the men on cellar stairs with opened beer and wine.
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River Street
Joseph Bennett
Henriette Gunston
Wil- Han Wishart
Gisz
Pom
Bennett
Bancroft
Eel- Mar
Michael David
Granite Street Bridge
Unite
Oficer Handason
Eellar
Red Cross Gains Vermont Chapter Members Jump
Vermont Red Cross membership climbed to about 40 thousand with 18 959 new members enrolled statewide and 5 000 more reported by telephone. pre campaign members totaled about 6 000. State headquarters stay open two weeks longer as towns report figures including Montpelier 1300 Randolph 283 Danville 260 Cavendish 1361 Stowe 107 Springfield 63 Williamstown 237 Northfield 310 Bakersfield 177 Cabot 743 Brandon J Windsor 0 Wilmington 73 Franklin 10 and Secretary Harry S. Howard reports 817 000 in dead. The hospital unit of the Red Cross is being organized.
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Burlington
Vermont
The
Red Cross
J. B. Berry
Hyde Park
Hartford
Poultney
Montpelier
Randolph
Danville
Cavendish
Stowe
Springfield
Isa
Vernes
Williamstown
Norths Jel
Bakersfield
Cabot
Brandon
Se Pin May Story From Bateenkill River Veeter
A fragment from Se Pin notes an event near the Bateenkill river in May about a vessel or person from EE place. The readable lines indicate a local item or notice with uncertain specifics and a terse record style.
New Burlington Corporation Edlund Broom Co Capitalized for 100000
A Barrington corporation named Vthund volunteers for RIGLOON in articles of association filed with the secretary of state. It lists 1,000,000 shares with half issued. Incorporators Thames A Uneworth, Eleery J. Klind, and A. G. Whitboner of Bursting Mire. W Mann, connected for months with her daughter, Neste, has returned to the city.
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Mire Frarge
Mann
Neste
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G. F. Davis
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J. &. Woodfin
Rutlamt
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Pleasant Street
SUIP
Obama
Vara
Jime
Marten
U.S
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Sharon Tay
Suger Ne Snow
A. B. Eustis
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