Red Cross drive urged as Vermont army aid grows
Barre Daily Times urges readers to contribute to the Red Cross campaign in Vermont, urging immediate donations at the Barre Montpelier traction waiting room. The piece notes national guard losses on bridges and calls for public support to aid soldiers, hoping for a $10,000 Vermonter pledge and widespread local subscriptions to fund relief efforts. It also mentions the Ruth Cruger case and a police shake-up in New York after a persistent examination uncovered the victim in a hidden cellar.
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Red Grass
Barre & Montpelier Traction Company
Aldrich
Ranvanters
American Red Cross
Tery
Ruth Cruger
Italy
United States
New York
Paticet
Metropolis
Grace Hamiston
Dorothy Arnold
New York City
Ruth Crager
Williamstown Oilers hold annual meeting and notices
The Home Study club Oilers met June 14 with Mrs Laura Lainsworth presiding. Officers named include President Mrs Anne Randall and Secretary Treasurer Mrs Carrie McAllister. Committee plans to forgo printed programs and fund Red Cross aid. A summer meeting is planned under committee heads Annie Gale and others. Several members traveled to Alstead for a funeral and social visits noted.
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Home Study Club
Mra
Laura L. Ainsworth
Anne E. Randall
Annie L. Wilber
Carrie McAllister
Mary Waterman
Annie Wilber
Laura Alnaworth
Olive Beeman
Martha Clogston
American Red Cross
Annie Gale
Frank B. Hoyt
Thom
Drury
Ida Whitcomb
Millie J. Drury
Helen Kimball
Alstead
N. H
Mise Kimball
G. B. Watson
Myrle Hutchinson
Clyde Hutchinson
Grover Hutchinson
Bortiseeton
Miss Hutchinson
Rainfax
Hellows Pree Academy
Ray Thresher
Mr. Her
George T. Colby
New York
Frank A. Brockus N
New York Harbor
Slayer named in Piper death case shocks New Brunswick
Prosecutor Stricker declared an arrest would come within forty eight hours in the Vincent Piper case. He claimed to know the killer and that a 32 calibre revolver used is in his possession. Piper disappeared February 17 after leaving home to tend furnaces and was found dead near Spotswood days later.
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New Brunswick
Stricker
Vincent Piper
Spotswood
Piper
University of Vermont
Rutgers College Farm
Bey
Ghost of Abigail and the Tarrytown stranger
A long-winded reminiscence questions a tale of Abigail Meriweather of New York and a mysterious pale visitor on Independence Day. The account hints the man was Major Andre connected to Arnold and the Tarrytown papers, leading to Abigail’s tragic life and death six months later.
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United States
Ben
Arnold
West Point
Andre
Tarrstown
Washington
The
Hudson
Meriweather
New York City
Abigail
George van West
Ambrose Constable
Constable
van Wert
Abe
George van Wert
Abigal
Major Andre
Tarrytown
Evening concert at church bids for Epworth mission fund
A quartet from Mine Birk performs at a Methodist church to raise funds for the Epworth mission. Tickets are on sale now for the program titled Theirl Gram Broadway.
Antiquities and Noah’s Ark Tools Aboard Brooklyn Chat
A humorous exchange in the Brooklyn Citizen features a dealer touting old items from a chair once linked to Washington to a cradle associated with Jenny Lind, while a customer seeks Noah’s ark era tools. The text shifts to a China population density note, stating most people live in a small land area with high density.
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George Washington
Jenny Lind
Catherine the Great
Russia
Ansious
Noah
Brooklyn
Curious remark on dove and Columbus origins
A lady asked Bulwer Lytton why a dove sent to seek the old world and Columbus finding the new. The novelist replied that even more curious is that one originated from Noah and the other from Genoa.
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Bulwer Lytton
Atin
Colombe
Columbus
Genoa
Dainty Boxes in Sicily Describe Orange Skin Boxes
In Sicily small circular boxes, pale yellow and heraldically painted, release a sweet orange scent. Used to hold pins, small jewels, or collar buttons, these boxes are essentially orange skins repurposed for storage.
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Sicily
Doubts and Dent's: Letters and life advice linked
A Bulwer-Lytton quote about writing letters echoes through life, urging action when in doubt. The aphorism cites Talleyrand’s counsel to avoid hesitation, applying beyond correspondence to everyday decisions and uncertainties.
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Dent
Talleyrand
Bulwer-Lrtton
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North Main Street
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Ansco Film Pack
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C. M. Willey
Treas
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Eastern
Abbott
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Me Miles
Eke Scott
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Jooker
HS He Uckoon
Vermont Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of
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Berlin
Orange
E. S. Brigham. Commisser of Agriculture
St. Albans
Barre Electric Company
Main St
Barre, Vt
Barre Times
Kiemalt
A. W. Badger & Company
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