Bethel Pastor Dixon Declines to Extend Stay
Rev F R Dixon announces he cannot accept Bethel Congregational Church’s year‑long extension offer despite increased salary. He reads letter detailing his decision to pursue American Board missions and studies at Hartford Theological Seminary and Kennedy School of Missions. Dixon plans to remain until early September if the church desires. No service next Sunday due to Dartmouth exercises. Local movements include attendees visiting and others arriving at the inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. Dixon
Congregational Church
Caytional Church
FR Dixon
Dixon
Ie American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Brower Exdy
Bethel
Tam
American Board
Hartford ‘Theologieal Seminary
Kennedy «Chool of Missions
Juge 1
BSO
Arm. Y. Alc. A
Dartmouth
Christian Endeavor
W. McClure
Come
Local Occurrences and Movements In Town
Rochester residents report various incidents and arrivals. Clarence Kinsman, working in Pittfield, fell from an attic, dislocating a shoulder and sustaining bruises. Lena Smith, injured in an automobile accident, moved from Warren to Castleton at the start of the week. Mara Harvey works in Aldrich's market. Frank Mosher has gone to Springfield to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Kinsman
Pittefield
Howe
Lena Smith
Warren
Castleton
Mara Harvey
Aldrich
Frank Mosher
Springfield
Vaughn Whitney
Porestoute
Merle Marah
Charlestown
Mass
Bred Mara
Quinn Ford
Mar
Acres Stevens
R. 5. Morgan
Will
Lyman Alien
Burlington
Merriam
Huntington
Kennedy
George Walker
Northfield
Quarantine Victims Released as Smallpox Shift Occurs
Reports indicate residents formerly in quarantine for smallpox have been released and the disease has shifted to chickenpox. Several local figures visited relatives and former service members, with travel and social visits noted among Randolph, Middlebury, Rochester, and Conneticat communities.
Children Day Observed At M E Church In Waitsfield
Waitsfield notices show a Sunday program at the M E church with recitations and songs. Six infants were baptized and many local residents visited or attended events including gatherings in Barre and Essex Junction. Memorial Sunday was observed with a Valley sedan and Maple Road procession, floral maidens, and a vocal quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. D. Phelps
Barre
B.D. Bishop's
Fred Baird
Vone Skinner
Richard Martin
Dixville
Canada
D. H. Skinner
Burlington
Safraen Club
Stafford
Essex Junction
R. I. Stafford
South
G. W. Wallis
Mina Gleason
Clara Mealster
Ernest Chase
Clara Spaulding
Auale
Gordon A. Fory
A. Bowen
John and
George
Theyeang Prettles
Fory
Northfield Social News Buoyed By Commencement Guests
A stream of visitors arrived for Norwich University events and summer visits. Prof A W Peach and others from Norwich joined Mrs Peach for Brattleboro trips while several families from Bellows Falls Montpelier Wa terbury Arlington and Northfield hosted and accompanied relatives and friends during commencement week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strafford
M. M. Curtis
Stephen Slye
A. W. Peach
Norwich University
Henry Wheeler
EL. F. Estabrook
Mary East Street
Timothy Welch
Grotm
GN. Welch
A. A. Shapiro
Revere
Aimmer
George Thomas
Hey Rube Days Over With Great Circus Present
A fragmented old newspaper notice hails the Sells Floto circus coming to Montpelier on June 28. It touts clean showmanship, a $75,000 injection of novelty, and the Birth of the Rainbow spectacle with 600 people and 400 animals, promising fresh surprises and energetic performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rube
Jens
Sells-Flotecheun
Montpelier
H. B
Galle-Floto
Wil
An Exceptional Woman Ray My Ya Says Men Have Money
A garbled excerpt from the Boston Transcript features a colloquial exchange about money and currency, mentioning elastic and adhesive currency in a humorous, fragmented public record style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Boston Transcript
Tragic death of Prances Holman at age one
Prances Holman daughter of Meani Mrs. Charles Holman died just before 6 on Saturday after a two week illness. She suffered pneumonia and later complications, was a bright junior in high school, and survived by her parents and six siblings. Many local residents attended services and neighbors offered support as the community mourns the loss of a cherished child and student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prances
Meani
Charles Holman
Helene Ranney
Gromfield
Manx
Harry Chase
Stephen Whitham
South Royalton
Bethany Catch
Fern
Rebekah
Fraser Metager
W. ©. Emerson
Lisbon
N. H
Emerson
South Main Street
E. T. Sault
Derry
Boston
Sarah Thompson
Fred Booth
Booth
Newport
Thompson
Langdon
Nhs
F. A. Eaton
Maine
Rebekah Todge
Abbie F. Clarke
Emo- Luene Buck
Senngtons
Huck Ia
Une
Louis Philbrook
Ada Carr
Barra
Evelyn Howe
F. Hf. Ketchum
Concord
Xii
Mra
King of Worcester
Mass
C. D. Santer
Brighem
East Randolph
William Eb, Armstrong
Mr. Armat
T Pecupy
T Pecupy and Offers Mie
Frank Hingham
Brigham
Allen Washburn
Gilman
Handel Road
Wolmey Farr
Victor Beader
Standard Oil Co
Settler Main
South Main
Pleasant
South Pleasant
Central
Forest
School Street
Prospect
Highland Avenues
Fraser Meteger
Rupert Mann Ander
Chase
East Walefield
Alt Home Lurch
CC Mere Hil
C.J. Patterson
Peaser Meteger
F.C. Smith
J. H. Morse
Har
A. ™. Vaughan
Shelburne
Lois Smith
Wakefield
M. W. Campbell
George Farrington
Braintree
Foster ‘Terry
Braintree Road
J. H. Moulton
Mary Moulton
Arthur Lane
Mount Vernon
N.Y
J. H. Lamson
Mary Lamson
Zora Tewksbury
Marinetta
Mies
Celia Giffard
Huston
Gordon Bible School
Mien
Clarabil
Mer
Edward Stimnfs
New Haven
Ephram Hatch
Los Angeles
Cal
Hare
Rote Smith
Rere
Wacenster
Mane
Banal
A. Brooks
John Stimete
Edvened Stimets
California
George Dwyer
Brigham Creamery
West Berlin Social Roundup in Montpelier Visitors
Mrs. la L. Cowper of Montpelier visits West Berlin and stays with Miss Corrie Streeter. Several locals return from illness, host visitors from Montpelier and Windsor, Barre and Greenfield. Ongoing travels include Mr and Mrs Walter Johnson departing for Barre and Greenfield Massachusetts with relatives and friends mentioned alongside updates on Mrs Abbie Newell and other townsfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la L. Cowper
Montpelier
Corrie Streeter
John Coburn
Laura Buewell
Atte McAllinter
George Patterson
CA. Patterson
Soda Ash Production and Exports in 1918 Context
The article notes soda ash as central to the alkali industry with production in 1918 largely steady despite war and price pressures. It cites 1,190,028 short tons valued at $35,635,520 in 1918 versus about the same quantity in 1917, plus 1,200,000 tons valued at $18,000,000 in 1916. It mentions sources, domestic consumption in plants, and exports to Japan, Canada, Brazil, Australia and Cuba, with emerging foreign production and planned plants in Canada and Australia to maintain or grow exports. It highlights alternative methods and minor production from western natural sodium carbonate, and notes significant shipments and future supply concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Welle Ee
United Pan Ae
Stea
Wir
Owene Lake
California
Imr
Japan
Canada
Brazil
Australia
Cuba
Amberaburg
Windsor
Ontario
Africa
United States
The Feeling of Security in Military Training
The Minneapolis Journal notes that hundreds of thousands of men trained for war are leaving uniformed service and integrating into civilian life. It warns that a felt safety will fade as time passes and Congress must decide how to keep trained ranks ready. It cites global tensions and the Mexican situation as reasons to avoid complete unpreparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Mexico
Wanted Too Much Customer This Doesn’t See A Good Fit
A garbled 19th century style note from Boston Transcript mentions a dispute over a seven dollar fee for an autopsy, with muddled lines about a Longwood hearing and a tense exchange. It references a hard hitter and a curious scene with an old tennis racquet, illustrating confusion in a quoted transcript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longwood
Tyle
Boston Transcript
U S Planning Health Towns for Soldiers
Atlantic City June 16 Special report outlines plans for government created health towns for tuberculous soldiers. Col Estes Nichols cites vocational reeducation and light work to bridge sanatorium care with return to industry. Communities may be forest lands with supervised medical care and eventual self support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
Col
Estes Nichols
U.S. A
General Hospital No. 1
New Haven
Conn
Col. Nichols
National Foresta
War disabled men enter vocational training program
Washington reports new war disability cases registered daily with the federal board for vocational education. Over a thousand cases are distributed to 14 district offices for training. Some men take the first job, some resume former trades, and some may return for training later as eligibility for war risk insurance is finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Federal Board For Vocational Education
Federal Board
Bishops Send Abbe Dimnet to America for Lille Help
Paris reports the bishops of northern France have dispatched Abbe Ernest Dimnet of Stanislas College to the United States to raise funds for the Roman Catholic University of Lille. Lille’s alma mater is described as a progressive center of learning with American affinities, while local tick manufacturers linked to the institution have suffered postwar ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Ernest Dimnet
Stanislas Collages
United States
University of
Lille
Choir of 100 Trombones to Open Methodist Centenary
A 100 trombone choir, claimed to be the largest ever organized, will feature the Methodist centenary celebration in Columbus Ohio from June 20 to July 13 2010. The event marks 100 years of Methodist Episcopalian missionary work with a 50 000 pipe organ a mixed choir of 1400 and a 600 voice chorus of Negro singers. Public buildings and private homes will house up to 240000 visitors and delegates will stay in 40000 rooms. caravans will travel from multiple states for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Methodist Mpiecopal Church
H. B. Dickson
Trainoil
Rainbow Division
State School For the Blind
State School For the Deaf
Army
Ohio State University
Council Bluffs
Springfield
Pittsburg
Tes
South Dakota
Virginia
How the World May Be Fed via Insect Diets
A New York World clipping cites Dr. Ethan Allen Andrews of Johns Hopkins proposing locusts as a food source. He notes biblical allowance and cites Cicada flavors as shrimp like while warning of locust propagation. references Fez markets and a Cyprus disaster with vast locust damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethan Allen Andrews
Johre Hopkins University
Fez
Morocco
Cyprus
New York World
European Children and Relief Aid Across War Torn Europe
Dr Kellogg and Herbert Moorer describe severe child malnutrition in Europe and the American Relief Administration's 2 million of 100 million relief funds. A children's relief bureau provides free food to destitute infants and adolescents, while urging additional charitable support to fund broader care across liberated nations. Leading experts warn funds remain insufficient to meet all needs and call for expanded private donations and flexible aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europa
Vernon Kellogs
Europe
American Relief Administration
Dr. Kellogg
Marm
Herbert C. Moorer
Sebasite
Bue
United States
Children's Relief Bureau
Sellogg
Pas Charity
Children’s Bureau
Aneriian Relief Administration
Ameninem
Anzinus Jro
A. J. Carlson
Phiysiological Chemistry
University of Chicago
American Relief Administration Bureau For the Relief of Children
Paris
Maurice Pate
Comintarion For Relief
Belgiumn
Pas Tend
Yand
Poland
He Adda
Belgien
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He Spencer
Mrs. Warren
Sara Borium
Huby Abbey
Randolph
Grover Bowen
Charles Billings
Poultney
A. N. Newell
Mre
Townsend
W. Newton
Wallingford
Harry Lyford
George Lyford
Chelsea
James F. Ripley's
DN. Chapman
A. Marsh
Edgar H.W. Owen
Momona
Grange
Mr. Chapman
Pomona Grange
Rochester
Hancock
Farley
Avda Miller
Hom
Middlebury
William Lefarr
Weaunt
Charles Durfey
Roche
Charles Roberts
Leon Sturtevant
Mike Ella Dutton
Aireene
George Farr
Walter Scott
Riptow
SS. Navy
Carl Boyd
Levtfoot
Bostond Transcript
HOTEL
Bowdoin
Cor. Bowdoin and
Cambridge Sta
Boston, Mass
N. Campbell
M. E
Marjorie Luce
Lown
Daan
A. W. Bigelow
Hugh Baird
Fred Lave
Mine Lace
Waterbury
J. G. Roy
East Barnet
W. Wale
Randolph Frances Holman
Fisie
West Berlin
West Congress
Minneapolie Journal
Castoria
Sasere
U.S
M. North
General Hoartal No. 1
Otwen
N. 5
U. 8
Public Health Service
B. J. Loyd
de. Liegd
Panna Canal
Lloyd
William H. Bald ‘Win
Committee On
Federal
Reglarian National Tuberculosis Association
Beath
John R. Commons
University of Wisconsin
America
For Roman Catholic University
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Cleewa
Jane Earade
Aries ‘Comaiteco
Melus
Mle Cirtue
Buswell
L. S. Norton
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Opera House
Bennington, Vt
Theda Bara
William Fox
Salome
Herod
Jerusalem
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