Waterbury Notes from Bradford and Milton Community
Mrs M V Stranahan visits Bradford and a son born to Mr Art ia Patrick Chevy at the Heaton hove. Mrs KE A Stanley and daughters travel to St Albans to visit her mother. Alden party to Hot Jton arrive Friday night for two months. Grandfield visits his mother Mrs Thomas Grandfield in Bellows Falls. WJ Wasvon, state federation president, appointed Mrs Vo Parking correspondent secretary. Arnold attending Troy Conference academy returns home to spend summer at Moody’s camp. Parishioners of St Andrew’s present Father Doheny with over 400 dollars. Fourth of July planning by board of tradeAmusement committee with G K Moody Rev WK Rolcourt and others. Tag day for Fourth of July fund planned for next Saturday.
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M. V. Stranahan
Bradford
Art Ia Patrick Chevy
Heaton Hove
Mee
HH. Moody
Ruth
Marion
Milton
KE. A. Stanley
St Albans
Malon
Lal Alden
W. J) Wasvon
State Federation of Women's Cub Line
Vo Parking
Toy Arnold
Troy Conference Academy
Mo H Moody's
St. Andrew's Parish
Father Doheny
Woard of Trade
Cne
Basinan
George Nixon
Montpelier Notices and Obituaries Mixed
Dorothy Dillon four died after two weeks of tubercular meningitis. Funeral Saturday forenoon. Harle O Compilia visiting parents here bound for a trip around the world. Eula S Wedge to wed Henry Austin Thompson of Walla Walla Washington. Mrs Theodore Beach died after long illness at 74. Four children survive Mrs W A Rice Altenna Pa Theodore Beach Rutland and N Beach Montpelier. Funeral Sunday from Baptist church.
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Dorothy Dillon
John J. Dillon
Worcester Branch Road
Harle O Compilia
Panama
Mies Eula S. Wedge
Mm E. Wedge
Walla Walla
Washington
Henry Austin Thompson
Wedge
Consolidated Lighting Company
Georgia
Pines Istr
W. A Rice
Altenna
Pai
Theodore Beach
Harte
Georgia Stemm
Rutland
Poe N. Beach
Montpelier
Baptist Church
Public dance and meeting notice in Graniteville
Public dance in Miles hall June 17 with Riley's orchestra and free admission for couples Ladies free. Also a note of a Granite lodge event at Miner Hall Sunday June 18 at 1 30 pm for a church ride All members to attend under Noble Grand order.
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Miles Hall
Riley
Miter Hall
Jane
Ordey Noble Grand
Electric Hitters Promise Health Beauty for Women
A vintage ad asserts women long for charm and health. It links nervousness and skin trouble to constipation and kidney issues, claiming Electric Hitters regulate stomach liver and kidneys, purify the blood, and give strong nerves bright eyes and a lovely complexion. 50e at Red Cross.
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Red Cross
The Reason Hicks What does Bifkins remind you
Fragmentary dialogue references Wilkins, a firebill, and personal debts spanning years. The exchange hints at memory, accountability, and self-reflection triggered by Bifkins and Wilkins in a terse, informal tone.
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Hicks
Bifkins
Fragmented Health Slogans From Archival Ad Copy
A scraped OCR fragment shows an ad-like stream of health claims and product mentions. It references Doan's Ointment for piles, Down's Regulate for constipation, and a Thomas Exlectio product for pain relief. The text includes names and scattered phrases about remedies, drugs, and stores.
Hopeful Remedy Marketed For Dandruff Scalp Disease
The Red Cross Pharmacy in Barre promotes Zemo the antiseptic scalp remedy, claiming it kills dandruff germs, clears scales, soothes irritation, and heals the scalp. Zero soap accompanies the treatment, marketed as a guaranteed drugstore cure supported by “laboratories” and druggists nationwide.
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America
Red Cross
Drugiste
Barre
Tenant Farmers Roil Agricultural Future in Prewar Era
An 80 acre farm passed to a city man on mortgage, rented, and after nine years yielded little profit due to repairs and taxes. A buyer finally paid 4000, but net income remained around 2500. President Waters of Kansas State Agricultural College condemns tenant farmers as a national threat, arguing they erode farming, exports, and rural wealth, urging a return to full-time, owner operation.
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Jack Hoine
Jett
Harry J. Waters
Kansas State Agricultural College
Maine
Missouri
Waters
America
Ake
Bight
Desols
Technica
Technica World Magazine
The Call of the Road Poem Calls Readers to Quiet Beauty
In a Chicago Evening Post poem fragment the speaker invites following a road toward fields and blossoms away from city dust. The narrator imagines a tranquil landscape with flower hedges, mossy cliffs, singing breezes, and twilight shadows as an antidote to urban life.
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Vieteta
Neil
Chicago
Graniteville report on Victor Malew incident details unclear
Fragmentary OCR text references Graniteville Hagular rreting Victor Malew with scattered words about event location and people, but meaning is unreadable. no clear date, organization, or outcome can be determined from the available readable fragments.
Wind Instrument Players Life Expectancy Questioned
A New York World report reviews studies by Foreholmer and Rogers on wind instrument players. It finds no evidence that blowing wind instruments shortens life, noting emphysema rates similar between wind and string players and detailing average ages across instrument types.
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Foreholmer
James F. Rogers
Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Champlin
Charquet
New York World
Ventilation boosts factory output and worker earnings
A four year study in Ontario shirts and collars shows better ventilation doubled business, raised wages 5 percent by removing contingent help, reduced staff by 20 percent, and cut sickness costs by a third. From the same era at Cambridge Massachusetts, improved ventilation cut daily absences among female telephone operators from one in twenty to one in fifty. Hope is described as invariable human and divine, lifting spirits.
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Ber ‘Iin
Ont
S22
B.A. Winslow
Manc Cusetts Institute of Technology
Telephone Central
Cambridge
Mass
Jim
St.Louis
Patience in Fortitude and the Quiet Music Within
A reflective piece argues patience is the essential yet rare form of fortitude. It contrasts persistent talk of perseverance with the deeper quiet power found in waiting, urging readers to value patience as life's true anesthetic and strength.
Joining the Army Offers Enlisted Pay Raises and Career Paths
The article explains enlistment pay scales from $15 to $21 monthly for various roles, with sudden boosts for specialists and musicians. It notes uniforms, clothing allowances, and savings prospects. it highlights noncommissioned officer advancement, retirement pay, and schooling opportunities at posts, while stating homesickness is the primary drawback of army life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Uncle Sam
Columbian
Edward Marshall Jo
Samel
Orst
Signal Corps
Hospital Corps
Engineers' Corps
United States
Islands
Spd
West Pointer
Right on the Job The story of a founder seeking initiative
A Minnesota manufacturer explains hiring men who lack some qualities but show initiative and originality. A recent college graduate, after responding to a Chicago job ad, receives swift attention, delivering a dramatic red envelope to a newspaper office and securing a job by morning.
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Minneapolis
Chicago
West Side
Fraudulent Medicine Man and a Job Offer Loophole
A Philadelphia Press story describes a rogue medicine man’s evasive reply and a patient’s accusation of fraud. The dialogue shows the manager directing a young applicant to work after examining a red envelope. The tale blends trickery with a witty exchange over a dubious cure and a stolen job lead.
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Philadelphia Press
Old Time Champion Robert Barclay Allardyce
Robert Barclay Allardyce, a noted British Army captain born in 1779 and died in 1804, was famed as a superior pedestrian. At twenty, he walked 154 miles in two days, and in June 1801 he covered 300 miles in five days amid heavy rain. He supposedly completed 1,000 miles in 1,840 consecutive hours, with a half million dollars wagered on the result.
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Robert Barclay Allardyce
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Montpelier, Vt
Reliance
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Scarles
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Mutuals
J. W. Dillon
Barre, Vt
L. B. Dodge
Main St
Waterbury
M. J. Grandfeld
Bellows
Mr. Grandfield
Thomas Grandfeld
Graniteville
Wilkins
Sillicue
Bjones
Cynicus
Philadelphia
Mont
Down
Thomas
Magazine Review
Mont Imurmur
Ravel
Hagular
Victor Malew
Nellie
Ewes
Tima
Clean Water
Lenox Dowp
Lenox
Boston Transcript
Bordens
Malted Milk Dept
Borden’s Condensed Milk CO
New York
Allen
State OF
Minnesota
Steele
Richard Jahreiss
Owatonna
Minn
Zarbour Bros. Drug Store
Richard H. Jahreiss
J. Newsalt
Notary Public
Steele County
C. H. Kendrick & CO
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