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Newspaper
Barre Daily Times
Location
Barre, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1919
Page
8
The Barre Daily Times reports weather for Monday June 23 1919 noting partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures tonight and Tuesday with gentle shifting winds.
Miss Metelle Preston of Goddard femininity visiting in Marshfield and many residents visiting friends over the weekend. Local notices include theater at the Bijou, church choir rehearsal, weddings in Chicago, and community meetings with plans and social outings.
Tonight in the rooms of the Granite Manufacturers association a round up of all committees is held to organize Barro's homecoming celebration for soldiers and sailors of Washington and Orange counties on July 4. Committees, fundraisers, and arch construction plans near City square will be reported.
Miss Mary McKerron of Laurel street began new work in Lowell Massachusetts today after a noon train ride. The Hedding Methodist Episcopal Sunday school annual picnic at Benjamin Falls featured mint spritz and a day of games.
Esther Hopkraft, 61, was slain and found in a Dickerman Street barn. Authorities cited murder but gave few details. Described as eccentric by friends, she lived in a barn by choice and earned enough from various tasks to support herself. She was last seen Thursday. medical inquiry suggests prior maltreatment before death.
Two acres of standing hay at Penielants near Barre offered for sale with notification to Philip Saker. New Zealand blue ribbon stock mentioned with Belgian Giants and related items. Fur coat for sale a marmot mined coat valued at 180 but offered for 50. Framed pictures and doilies also available at 41 Franklin Street Rett. State and local notice style with names and addresses present.
The article recounts the lengthy process at the Versailles peace conference from February through June, detailing the covenant's completion, Wilson’s movements, and shifts on Fiume Shantung and Austria. It notes German resistance, allied pledges to France, and dates of key submissions and responses.
Weimar Germany states it did not admit authorship of the war and declines to accept articles 231 to 235 of the peace treaty. The government protests loss of colonies and asserts readiness to sign only without responsibility for the war, proposing a high council review under League of Nations supervision.
Mink Mary Agnes Fountain and Frederick P Dover wed at St Augustine's church at 8 this morning in front of relatives. Rev P J Long officiated. Bridesmaid Miss Georgianna Fountain, best man Dr Finnigan of Richmond. Music by Mrs T B Callahan. After the ceremony the couple went to Mrs Katherine Fountain’s home for breakfast before a wedding trip. The groom from Burlington, a Grand Union Tea Company veteran, and the bride a Montpelier native with stenography work in city hall. A long list of local resignations and new hires in Montpelier schools follows in the same issue.
Central Vermont railway matter before the supreme court with Chief Justice John H. Watson filing today. The lower court awarded the plaintiff $11,204.15. the case has circulated through the court since 1912 and was argued at the recent term, with Haselton assigned before resigning. Marital notice and other local items follow, including court actions for intoxication fines and a first annual reunion of the Barre Quarriers’ and Manufacturers’ association directors.
A Brooklyn man nicknamed Whiskey gains court approval to legally alter his name to Waters-Boston Transscript, signaling a radical personal rebranding. The case highlights individual identity choices within the legal process.
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