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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
2
Public appeals urge buying war savings stamps to support the war effort. Leaders like Secretary Baker and Samuel Gompers emphasize savings as a patriotic act, noting that proceeds fund soldiers at the front. Citizens are urged to invest according to earnings and to resist wartime luxuries.
Washington reports say the administration may propone a bill to extend selective service to ages 18 through 46. Class 1 could be exhausted by October 1. Congress faces opposition to including 18 to 21 year olds. Crowder and Baker shift position as Senate weighs the change with new statistics forthcoming.
On June 20 near Marne the American forces attacked northwest of Chateau Thierry and pushed the German line back by five eighths of a mile. The Germans withdrew before the infantry assault, abandoning material. Americans took no prisoners and did not seize machine guns. A small salient remains in Belleau Wood.
WAITS RIVER June 23 Epworth league at 10 45 a m led by Charles Dodge with Rev A D Green away in Montpelier. Last Sunday a successful children's day with a good program and six children baptized. Grange meeting set for June 26. Please come on time.
A call urges Americans to back soldiers by buying war savings stamps. It argues civilians must match military sacrifice, question why they hesitate, and stress that exposure risk and lives at the front depend on home funding. It portrays WSS as essential to national effort and a duty of every earner.
Letter from Sam Hirst manager of the New England Sawmill Units to James J. Phelan describes British plans to enlist American sawmill workers in the 20th Engineers battalion for wartime timber production. It notes drafting status, potential military service on return, and asks executives to share the information.
A brief notice describes a hair remedy claimed to halt hair loss and promote growth. It names a seller and hints at a treatment path, noting availability and cautions against false claims.
About 175 attendees at Spaulding High School alumni banquet thanked retiring principal Henry St Jackson after 10 years on the faculty. Lyman Hunt will assume duties as principal July 1 as Mary Frattini presented a loving cap in gratitude and speeches praised the school’s spirit.
Plans for the International Patriotic Athletic association were announced in Indianapolis. The organization will use funds from tournaments featuring all forms of athletics for patriotic purposes. Proposed four day events would run in twenty cities including New York Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington St Louis Toronto Brooklyn Scranton Reading and more. Figures named include James J. Corbett John McGraw Barney Oldfield Jasmine Kilbane Harry Hempstead and Garry Herrimann.
Newport native Earl Calhoun who lived in Fitchburg Massachusetts was arrested in Joliet Canada after fleeing the draft. He registered in Fitchburg but did not file his questionnaire and fled to Canada where he worked as a fireman on the Grand Trunk railroad. Calhoun claimed Vermont officers are in the army and mentions local officers. A Burlington officer helped apprehend him as he stepped from a train. A hand concert is announced for Montpelier by the MM band on Friday June 21 at 7 30.
Senath Afien Soule of Fairfield and others from Marshfield Warren Vergennes Huntington Lunenburg Randolph Barre East Corinth and more took part in a school farewell at Goddard. Harold W Wallace delivered rules for class unity as Mona C Meleef of Williamstown addressed the seniors. Red Cross gifts were presented by class presidents and accepted with praise as the program closed with an orchestral piece.
The Castleton state normal school held graduation in the Congregational church on Tuesday June 1. Hon. Milo B. Hillegas, state commissioner of education, gave the address stressing mental training, value of teachers, and the need for rural schools to produce leaders for the nation. The speaker urged graduates to influence others to enter normal teaching. Insurance promotion material from National Life Inc. Co. of Vermont was also noted in connection with the event.
Goddard seniors held outdoor class day exercises and donated gifts to the Red Cross including sweaters socks helmets mittens and money. Barre Red Cross president V B Ayers attended to accept and praise the patriotic gesture as students alumni and faculty gathered on the campus green.
Rough talk aside, a Corns remedy claim promotes a drug called freesone that supposedly stops pain and dries up corns. The ad boasted easy relief for tender feet with a sticky solution from drugstores, pitched to American women after a new administration.
Eight Goddard seminary students competed in a chapel contest with strong wartime orations and humorous sketches. Annie L. Martin won first prize for girls with When Independence Was at Stake, while Abbie Arbuckle took second for Girls. Earl W. Winter earned second for boys with Why We Are at War with Germany as Miss Elizabeth Bingham and others delivered notable musical and dramatic pieces. The audience, Rev. Emar Crossland, Rev. George F. Fortier and Miss L. Hollister Jackson awarded prizes amid enthusiastic acclaim.
The showing features Chaplin in two acts as the first program of The Fighting Trail. Also on the bill is Evil Thereof in five acts plus a good comedy, with Paramount presenting a strong night program.
A woman on a farm describes recovery from nervous breakdown after using Vinci. She attributes improved health and strength to its beef and cod liver peptones iron and manganese peptonates and polycalates. Red Cross Pharmacy Floyd G Russell Prop distributes.
Judge Henry W. Tracy of Shelburne announces candidacy for senator from the county south side. He is senior partner at Tracy & Mack, a firm he has served 40 years. Tracy previously represented Shelburne in the lower house in 1804 and has been assistant judge for four years.
A grateful mother credits Tree's Elixir with saving her child after six doctors failed. The letter touts the remedy as toning the stomach, expelling worms, and curing worm-related symptoms. It urges readers to obtain De Tree's Elixir from local dealers, with price notes and a mailed offer from Dr. J. F. True & Co. Auburn Maine.
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