Vermont Drivers Slow as Red Light Season Arrives
A Barre Daily Times summary notes Vermont automobile drivers slow down this season. Provisional Mexican president de la Huerta is seriously ill. The piece comments on Bethel granite moving to New York and the strong Vermont-New York cultural ties. It references a Massachusetts oil short measure fine on Standard Oil and remarks on Col. E M House’s Europe trip. It cites Los Angeles’ rising film industry and a Burlington Free Press take on Congressman Greene’s politics and Dale’s congressional bid.
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de la Huerta
Mexico
Vermont Agriculture Outlook Shows Growth and Certification Progress
Vermont reports rising status in potato cultivation and broader farming, with growth in certified fields and ongoing certification demand. The state notes advances from new machinery and revised ideals while urging farmers to invest in soil quality and crop standards for higher yields.
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State Department of Agriculture
Vermont
Fie
Armen Chow
Leward
Secretary of State Office Faces Repeated Turnover
The piece notes rapid resignations in the State Department, citing Breckenridge Long leaving to run for Senate, and recalls Franks Polk and Robert Lansing departures. It laments a drop in the department’s prestige and urges the next president to choose more capable leaders with the right temperament.
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Wilson
Breckenridge Long
United States
Missouri
Franks J. Polk
Robert Lansing
Department of State
Vermont Housing Efforts Grow With Own Your Own Moves
The lack of housing in Vermont towns spurs the Own Your Own Home movement with Randolph and Newport City forming associations. Randolph Co operative Savings & Loan limits stock at 1000 shares of 200 each to fund homebuilding and savings, while Newport City Building Association organizes with 5000 capital to build homes.
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Vermont
Randolph
Newport City
Randolph Co-operative Savings & Loan Association
Eran
Newport City Building Association
St. Albans Messenger
Rail safety gains and automatic control in railroads
Springfield Republican notes criticism of railroad cost based trials for automatic train control and praises the spread of safer practices. It argues railroads with dense passenger traffic should bear costs, urges greater fireman responsibility for distant signals, and supports bringing trains under control when distant signals show caution to prevent accidents.
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Schenectady
N. Y
New York Central
Michigan Central
Harriman
Ineson
CR. Vanneman
Steam Railroads
New York Public Service Commission
South Byron
Vanneman
Rails Road
Springfield Republican
Change of Air and Graduation Reflections
A short verse and anecdote from 1920 reflects on graduation and memory. It includes lines about Spaulding and a quip from a Boston Transcript excerpt where a doctor asks a patient’s occupation and suggests a change of air, proposing choir singing as a gentler path. The fragment evokes era tone and social mood through clipped phrases and names.
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8. H
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Boston Transcript
Free to Kick
Dialogue fragment from a Boston Transcript column shows Mrs A denying summer visits by Mrs B while Mrs B cites her husband’s preference to travel and pay for board as a cause of friction. The brief exchange hints at social tensions and domestic governance in a lightly satirical tone.
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Boston Transcript
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