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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1918
Page
4
A Vermont era paper reports on war front sagas and home front concerns. It notes German offensives near Montdidier and Noyon, hopes for Uboat destruction, and American unity drives. It warns about dangerous overhead wires after a Websterville tragedy and discusses rising newspaper costs and local wartime sacrifices.
The New England division of the Department of Justice urges papers to publish masthead declarations of patriotic reporting. Vermont papers have published registrant names and urged vigilance in enforcing wartime loyalty, viewing the act as a minor service amid global events.
Members of the Ladies Aid Society of St Monica s Church review the year with a social hour and a Hooverized banquet. Officers decorated the balcony with national emblems and lanterns as they reflect on charitable acts, including helping children and clothing the needy during winter. The banquet closed with songs and a brief address from President Owen, noting about one hundred members.
Dennis O. Bartlett of Wheelock sentenced to three years in Windsor state prison after being found guilty of passing a forged $11.61 check on April 5 1918 at Hardwick. Testimony showed signatures from well known Wheelock and Greensboro residents were forgeries. Case moved from municipal to county court.
Edwin B R Lowell of Chelsea formerly employed at W K Sparke died June 10 in the home of Chandler Brown where he stopped to rest while travelling. Born in Chelsea he married Hattle Cline of Chelsea 14 years ago. They moved here 12 years ago and left a wife and son Pulph. His father George Lowell of Amherst Mass and a sister Miss Lillian Jackson of West Pawlet survive.
Scattered snippets including poems and notes, with wartime mood. References to President Wilson, a Dutch-tinged humor piece, bedazzled items found in a cage, and satire about meat shortages, cigarettes for soldiers, and anti-German sentiment. Notable lines evoke sub marines, Henry, and naval imagery amid home-front commentary.
Washington announces a liberal policy for the current year budget of 14,203,000 dollars for railway capital expenditures. The Rail Administration will fund new switch tracks industrial sidings and freight stations at terminals while cutting spending on new passenger depots office buildings and other non essential items not contributing to war demands. June 0 an.
The note in Westminster item mentions Mr. Farmer with stable or improving condition and invites Spaulding alumni to attend the banquet on Thursday night, urging reader participation. The snippet suggests ongoing local notices about the Spaulding alumni event.
An editor letters page from June 1915 records a farmer advising farmers to begin haying by June 20 to maximize milk yield with less grain and to avoid labor shortages later. The note praises good pasture, mentions hogs and beans, and references other local snippets and poems.
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