Weather snapshot for Barre area
Partly cloudy conditions with possible thunder showers tonight or Saturday. Temperature expected to stay nearly steady with a moderate wind shift noted throughout the period.
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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
8
Partly cloudy conditions with possible thunder showers tonight or Saturday. Temperature expected to stay nearly steady with a moderate wind shift noted throughout the period.
Local notes cover a Saturday evening dance at Howland hall with Gilbertson's orchestra, an auction sale at 7 Eastern Avenue tomorrow at 1 o'clock, and various Barre events. Updates include staff changes at Adams Co dry goods, estate lease by Georgianna DeBlois, and multiple community gatherings and farewells in Barre and Rutland area.
Regular communication of Granite lodge No 36 and ALM announces meetings on Friday June 20 at 7 30 pm with M M duties and work. A second call notes a 12 45 street car for Red Men parade at Cale donia park on Saturday June 21 urging all Red Men to attend.
Advertisements and notices include an automobile for hire and auction items such as a Singer sewing machine on Saturday at 1 PM. Local residents mentioned: N D Phelps Co, Sibley Young, Howard Cole, Miss Julia Carter, Mrs Thomas Jones, Patrick Brown, John Brown. John Brown obituary noted with funeral plans for St Johnsbury Saturday. Goddard Seminary baseball game tomorrow at 3 PM featuring Barre players and Norwich college alumni.
Waterbury police chief George M Beach bans strike meetings following last night's riot. About 200 officers on duty patrolled the Brooklyn area as searches continue for rioters and two men John Ernesky and Alex Dramac arrested on charges of assault with intent to kill. In city court 20 people were bound over for hearings, nine others for similar charges, Hilal Altho fined for carrying a gun. Further searches target those identified among the disorder.
Ansonia and Waterbury reports say a stranger detained as Joseph Etter, later identified by authorities as 8. G. Beidenkapp of New York, arrived amid a strike at the American Brass company. Workers upset by the stoppage planned a mass meeting and a Monday return to work after concessions talks. A committee was formed to liaise with company officials and the strikers’ committee.
Ex Governor Joan A Mead president of Rutlands Howe Scale company says officials decided eight hours will be a days work at the plant starting June 20. The plant likely opens at 7 30 and closes at 4 20 with a one hour lunch break.
Rutland man Charles A. Hoar had his operator license revoked after a Rutland city court conviction for careless and negligent driving. A complaint from Plainfield described a vehicle speeding through the village, making identification by two occupants difficult. A church service is announced for Sunday at 3 pm with Rev. B J Lehigh preaching.
Dr M B Hillegas announces four Vermont college of mines scholarships from Colorado School of Mines at Golden Colo One will be available July 1 for the top candidate recommended by the education commissioner The four year course covers engineering and waives tuition and lab fees Open to any state student with high school or academy standing.
Joseph Jones of Rutland, attorney for a man named Warner under sentence, has approached Gov. W Clement about a possible commutation. No record of any action exists in the State House, and Clement was at his Montpelier office today then departures planned for Middlebury. The Windsor prison repairs and farm electric line extension were approved, along with a refrigerator project, under the Ingra ta ture board’s authority. The woman's dormitory decision appeared not yet made due to a small scale demand.
Ameri can cities face a shortage of hoses as owners of unimproved lots are urged to feel responsible for boosting housing. A Kenosha conference with city committees and business groups discussed encouraging vacant property development with water and sewer connections, noting an estimated 600 unimproved lots along streets.
A garbled classified page lists items for sale including an antique refrigerator, a stove burner, and a heater. It also shows notices of housework help wanted, cows for sale, hay for sale, and a low rent tenement with rooms for light housekeeping. Names include J. Jarvis, Edith M. Carr, G. L. Woodworth, and a Barr Vied address fragment.
Citizens see a chance to finance owners and buy property at initial prices as part of a city wide housing and improvement plan. Kenosha's attractive cityscape and existing structures support an ambitious vision for future development amid returning soldiers and a broader national outlook on art and civic progress.
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