Montpelier Commencement Week and Local Wedding News
Commencement week activities near at Montpelier high school with Gov H F Graham addressing graduates in the auditorium. Caledonia park hosts close day exercises. A Highgate Springs couple C M Parker and Olive M Hemway wed in Montpelier with friends and officials present. Bride in black taffeta, post ceremony trip planned, groom a former Missinquoi Lime works superintendent. The news also notes Gov McCall’s party visiting and a fatal creosote incident leading to funeral plans for Fred C Green, with family and local officials involved.
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Mont~olies High School
H. F. Graham
Cline
High Wehoot
Gov. Graham
Caledonia Park
C. M. Parker
Mise Olive M. Hemway
Highgate Springs
Highgate
Missinquoi
Grand Isle
Burlington Grocery Company
Thomas Garvey
Andrew Hemenway
Swanton
Gov
Samuel W. McCall
T. McCall
Ruth
Margaret McCall
Burlington
Gov. McCall
Greater
Vermont
Plattsburg
N.Y
Charles Stewart
Lyndonville
Fred C. Green
St. Albans Bay
Painters’ Union
S. S. Ballard
Green
F. L. Laird
Kenneth
Company B
Clark Nilson
W. A. Pattee
Frank Leslie
Ra Carr
Sur
William Chaver
Anne Frasier
Samuel Charest
Albury
Hermon Burley
St. Albans
Milas Ina Gabres
E. H. Gabree
Waterbury
Gabree
James Holland
New York
Northfield
Norwich University
Olive Walker
Chelsea
Capt. Pell
George Pell
George Fountain of
Rochester Births and local notices in one issue
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Karl Whitney on June 10. Wallace Pailey and Clinton Nason joined the National Guard and reported to Fort Ethan Allen. Rochester defeated Bethel 12 to 0 in a baseball game Saturday. Mrs. Wallace Campbell spent last week in Montpelier. Julius Root is reportedly more comfortable. Judge F. D. Ely of Dedham, Massachusetts, recently visited Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Chase. Relatives and friends of Carroll Lawrence were shocked by his death by his own hand Saturday. family trouble despondence cited as cause. A party of 15 from here attended the Choral Union festival in Montpelier. Mrs. C. J. Morrow is spending some time in Newton, Massachusetts.
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Karl Whitney
Wallace Pailey
Clinton Nason
National Guard
Fort Ethan Allen
Bethel
Rochester
Wallace Campbell
Montepelier
Julius Root
F. D. Ely
Dedham
Mass
BE. W. Chase
Carroll
Lawrence
Montpelier
C. J. Morrow
Newton
Hardwick
Caspian Lake
Aaron
TA. G. Smith
Lancaster
N. H
A. G. Smith Co
Carl Currier
Boston
CR. Counter
West Derby
W. E. French
Barre
Congregational Church
United Workers’ Society
Hanswick Academy
Cabot
Hardwick Academy
Brighon Academy
Bakersfield
M. Wright
F. H. Clowse
Richmond
Louetta Haynes
Middlebury College
J. A. Gallagher
St. Johnabury
Mint Mildred Greenwood
Cuba
GE. Hanford
Local Notes From Rutland and Nearby Towns
Ralph Ritchie Hancock and Scott family visitors in Whitehall share news of health and travel. Mr and Mrs Fred Haynes hosted Misses Messin and Mamie Hublard at Elmer Gomleyear's. Martin and Earl Hutherd were in Barre and Montpelier for the week. Durham town clerk attended Middle Taet week as village scholars prepared for state exams.
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Ralph Ritchie
Rutland Wat Iwrok
Aevy Scott
Winteld Scott
Whitehall
Fred Haynes
South
Elmer Gomlyear
Messin
Mamie Hublard
Martin
Earl Hutherd
Rochester
Barre
Montpelion
Town Clere Durham
Local Notes From Montpelier And Barre Visitors
North Montpelier reports Fred L Page of Barre and Dr and Mrs L E Page of Riskarille Mo visiting, with Mra Cate and Miss Giltram finishing work then leaving for Plumfeld in Montpelier after a brief visit with sister Mrs Kens Chapin. Gardens damaged by a Mr dint and Mrs Van Pranat also noted. Mrs Fairy Bren of Colam visited Mr Eames and Mister Glenn Martin, with Harry Parks of Marre among town visitors last week.
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Fred L. Page
Barre
Mre LE. Page
Riskarille
Orem
Lakredde Rottagr
Giltram
Mra Cate
Plasfeld
Montpelier
Mra
Kens Chapin
Colam
Eames J Ant
Glenn Martin
Harry Parks
Marre
Wwe Visors
Towne Fraley
Local News Briefs From Bethel and Woodstock Area
Bethel Ralph Sneiling of North Hillerica Mass arrives to visit his parents and prepares to enter camp at Rockingham Park Salem. Mrs W C LaRock visits Randolph with sister Mrs HL Noble. Judge L B Stanton Congressman Frank Plumley and Dr D D Grout attend Bascom House event. Whitcomb high loses 19 to 0 in 10 innings at Woodstock. Miss Myrtle Parrott wed Warren F Saunders at home in Jamaica Plain. Dorie and Evelyn Kent, village students, return home to South Lincoln tomorrow.
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Ralph Sneiling
North Hillerica
Mass
4Th Regiment of Engineer Reserves
Rockingham Park
Salem
N. HL
W. C. LaRock
Randolph
J. Noble
L. 8. Stanton
Roxbury
Frank Plumley
Northfield
D. D. Grout
Waterbury
Boston
A. J. Nazarian
The
People's Temple
Grosvenor Road
Jamiaica Plain
Mistes Dorie
Evelyn Kent
Schol
Formorrow
South Lincoln
Orange Grange notes and Ladies Aid meeting report
The Ladies Aid will meet at the town hall Wednesday afternoon June 2 to tie quilts. The grange meeting Friday night was well attended with degrees worked on five candidates, three members reinstated and a good program. Charley Curtle is recovering from illness and Mrs Charles Johnson has returned from Chelsea. Heaven eater tribute expresses sympathy to the bereaved family and resolutions to drape the charter in mourning.
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Mont
G. A. Cutler
C. W. Emerson
Fragmentary Diplomacy Fragment in The Lamb
The text shows a damaged OCR fragment with garbled phrases about a wife and a cook. It includes stray words like country, burn, and lamb, but no coherent event or identifiable people, dates, or places to form a proper news item.
Randolph High School Class of 1917 Exercises: Orations and Honors
The Randolph high school graduation events filled Chandler Music Hall with guests. The program featured student orations, salutatory by Winifred Lewin, class history and prophesy, music, and diplomas presented by Pris. E.G. Ham. Hazel Tewksbury topped scholarship among girls. Laurence McKanna led boys with a similar scholarship. Reflections on Wells' future vision appeared in a local column.
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Randolph High School
Chandler Music Hall
Randolph High Sbout
H. E. Hinkley
Winifred Lewin
Helene Ranney
C. Laurence Stockwell
Wilmer Angell
Hazel J. Tewksbury
Pris
E.G. Ham
Powers
Misa Hazel Tewksbury
Vermont University
Laurence McKanna
Husband's Bravery in Night Noise
A Fort Worth Star-Telegram reader weighs a husband’s imagined nocturnal struggle, arguing bravery shows as breathlessness when he hears a noise, detailing a dramatic, imagined grappling and choking scene to illustrate courage.
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Weill
Claude Ce
Fort Worth
Pepra Diary Excerpt Mentions Killigree Technique
The Pepra diary notes Thomas Killigree's method for gaining access to young boys. He would reach the boys with coded phrases, then enter and act lewdly on stage to see plays.
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Pepy
Thomas Killigree
Plase Boy
Lesini
Father and child debate goats intelligence in odd tale
An unusual dialogue centers on whether goats are intelligent. The child asks about the heads of goats and people’s perception, while the father answers with cautious wonder. The fragment hints at a broader folk notion linking eyeing a goat’s head to intelligence.
Serial Lemonade Social Lemon Phrase Confuses Readers
A fragmented text references social lemon slang and a query What’s that hinting at a playful phrase. Toledo Binder is mentioned amid garbled lines about teamwork and affection, suggesting a puzzle or experimental note rather than a clear event.
Time to Cut Alfalfa and Harvest Rye Says County Agent
Washington County Farm Bureau notes week ending June 16 with guidance on alfalfa and rye harvesting. Proper alfalfa cutting timing preserves vigor for second and third crops while curing methods prevent mold. rye should be harvested before dough stage to avoid ergot risk and maintain palatability. County Agent FE. MW. Abbott provides actionable steps for curing, handling, and top dressing to optimize yields.
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Nts
Telda
Abbott
Washington County Farm Bureau Names Local Representatives
At the Washington County Farm Bureau annual meeting in Montpelier on June 7 the executive committee appointed four community representatives who chair their local committees. They form the advisory council to promote bureau interests, share information, and collect dues for 1917 to sustain county work and the county agent.
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Washington County
Washington County Farm Bureau Association
Montpelier
Tine
Man Darey
Pierce
South Payston
North Payston
M. Ladd
Worcester
John Mobus
Rist Warren
John Spaulding
Warren
W. Partch
West Roxbury
W. P. Shepard
Barre City
C. W. Pervons
The Stay at Home Vote and Civic Duty
A public note urges emplacing citizen duty as the guard against graft and excess in government. It argues that neglect of voting and responsibility fuels harm, and questions whether tools like initiative or recall would be used if available. Senator Borah is cited on the measure as a cautionary view.
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Senator Borah
Tomb of Eve Said to Rest Near Jeddah in Arabia
A column reports a likely Bible tomb of Eve near Jeddah north of Mecca with Moslem legends. It notes Eve supposedly spent her last years at Jeddah and burial near the great Meccan temple. The grave is described as nearly 400 feet long and ten to eleven feet wide, with a small middle building and walls covered in penciled names.
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Arabia
Eve
Jeddah
Mecca
Mohammed
Adam
Ceylon
Ttle
Pearson’s Weekly
Familiar Motives Trigger Palace Construction Clash
A New York Sun item recounts a domestic misstep at a grand construction site. An architect’s casual question about children provoked a harsh response from a powerful wife, leading to a new superintendent being appointed and a shakeup in the project’s leadership.
Changing the Remedy and Fire Extinguisher Siphon S
Professor Richet reports to the Academy in Paris that microbes quickly acclimate to poisons and suggests daily varied antiseptics for wounds. The Nature editor notes possible internal medicine relevance as remedies yield brief gains then fade. A soda siphon acts as a fire extinguisher, carbonic acid gas helping put out flames.
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Richet
Academie Des Sciences
Paris
la Nature
Marine Varn Flipper and the Knotty Skipper
A nautical scene shows a tense exchange as the skipper explains the ship’s tangled knots and the crew’s struggle to untie them. The dialogue suggests a shipboard mishap and a sailor’s perspective on the difficulties faced at sea.
Foresight Poem Fragment Amidst Confusion
A fragmented text evokes a speaker questioning foresight and perception. Obscure phrases reference listening, home, and distant voices, hinting at a confused scene where understanding and clarity are sought amid muddled speech. No clear events or identifiable figures emerge.
Iron of the Future and Sugar Dressing Reported
A discussion on iron ore futures notes that rising global consumption will press on supplies, arguing ore content declines yet ore quantity rises with tech advances. Also reported is G Magnus finding that sugar dressings aid wound healing, forming a nonstick daily dressing.
Wound Healing Stages Describe Tissue Regeneration
The text explains wound healing progression from necrotic crusts to granulating tissue. It notes that once healthy tissue forms, treatment shifts from sugar dressings to salves or transplantation to promote repair.
Naval gunfire ranges compared from Napoleonic to modern times
A British naval authority describes how Napoleonic ships opened fire at about 800 yards while modern ships can engage at 22,000 yards. Gunfire becomes highly effective around 18,000 yards, and torpedo fire from surface vessels is effective to 10,000 yards, necessitating ships to keep beyond that distance to fight their guns.
Bold Trekker Rides a 1890s West Eastward Walkabout
In 1890 1 an American woman walked from San Francisco to Franklin Square New York City with two male companions and two dogs. She left Aug 27 1590 taking a ferry from San Francisco to Oakland then trekked the rest of the distance on foot.
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San Francisco
Franklin Square
New York City
Oakland
Liquid Fire and Its Historical Use by Greeks and Muslims
The text describes an early form of liquid fire made from the naphtha or bitumen with sulfur and pitch from green fires. Water worsened its spread, while sand or vinegar could check it. Greeks guarded its recipe for 400 years until Muslims later adopted it.
Formosa Camphor Industry Under Japanese Monopoly
Formosa camphor production is a Japanese monopoly with an afforestation area of 10 650 acres. Trees reach ages between five and a thousand years. In coming years the cultivated area is expected to expand significantly.
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Formosa
Japan
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