Vermont Week in Review Selections and Local Notes
The Rutland Daily Times reports weekly average circulation at 4,750 for the week ending Saturday, with coverage of Vermont political and social items. Milroy Kent indicted, Harry Thaw case, a Randoph lunatic committed, a big creamery fire in St Albans, and Bethel clergyman John Wesley Miller discussed as a potential House prayer chair.
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Marre Daily Times
Rutland Herald
Vermont
Bethel
Herald
John Wesley Miller
Water Famine Threat Seems Imminent in Barre
Barre faces severe drought as reservoirs drain. the water department warns all users to stop wasting a single drop. Orange White reservoir is dry, West Hill nearly exhausted, and the city braces for minimal supply while urging immediate self restraint to prevent fires and further waste.
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Barre
Orange White
West Hill
Drowth
Vermont
Water Committee
Williams Town Branch Railroad Threatens Public Safety
A citizen writes the Daily Times urging state railroad commissioners and travelers to scrutiny of the Central Vermont line on the Williamstown branch. The letter cites worn rails, joints held by few bolts, and degenerated right of way, describing a dangerous, skeletonized roadbed from South Barre to Hooker Cut and warning of imminent risks to passengers.
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Williamstown
Daily Times
State Railroad Commissioners
Central Vermont
Apa
South Barre
Hooker Cut
Citiven
Caledonia County Fair Set to Run Despite Fever Fears
Caledonia county fair officials deny reports of a postponement due to valley typhoid fever. The fair will run Tuesday to Thursday with record entries across departments. Doctors report 45 typhoid fever cases since January in a town of 4000, three fatalities, linked to two springs now treated.
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St. Johnsbury
Caledonia County
Ben
Caledonia
Bern
Irish Immigrant James Barron Found Destitute in Waterbury
The man named James Barron, born in Ireland and aged about 65, was found wandering from Canada through the United States. He was confined by the selectment and probate judge, placed in Waterbury’s asylum, and provided a suitable suit and underclothing before departure.
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Jorge
Mr. Kent
Sr. Beedle
Waterbury
James Barron
Ireland
Canada
States
Jingles and Jests at Mrs Wrost and Snow
Neighbors discuss the morning habit of scattering scraps in a dooryard to attract birds. Brooklyn Life notes Mrs Wrost and Mrs Snow debating the issue and its relation to keeping cats while a curious public weighs the etiquette and impact on wildlife.
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Brooklyn
Busy shopper buys yardwork and garden supplies
In a Louisville Courier Journal item a distraught man visits hardware and a large department store buying six screens and garden items including forty yards of mosquito netting a hammock a croquet set and later seeds bulbs and plants. His wife notices he forgot a sprinkling can priming shears and a lawn mower.
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Lonelyville
Louieville
Montpelier alumni banquet and regional exams in Vermont
Montpelier hosts a Young Alumni banquet with many seminary graduates. Postmaster J G Brown attends events in Canada. Capt F B Thomas to report in Brattleboro for major exams. Rural free delivery exam set for October 13 at the federal building for the Calais and Adamant route. Funeral services for Mrs Frank M Eastman planned at Tracy Street home with burial in Green Mount cemetery. The Wood Art gallery displays a Burgess statuette from the Prussian government, to be exhibited today and tomorrow before departing for New York.
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Montpelie Seminary
Young Alumni Association
J. G. Brown
St Bernard Club
Canada
FB. Thomas
Bratflabora
Et Vermont Regiment
Federal Building
Calais
Adamant
Brooks Post
al R
J. H. Luce
Tralede
Brooke Relief Bors
Daugh Nearies
Rene
San Degery Cal
Peveral Aeatie
Kat Pe
Tracy Street
A. J. Hoagy
Burin
Green Mount
Eastman
Prlnay
Wood Art Gallery
D. W. Burgess
Govie
Free
Tomostow
New York
Vermont State Electrical Association Meeting in Bennington
The seventh annual Vermont State Electrical Association convention will be held in Bennington on September 16 and 17. Henry D. Doherty of New York will give a lecture at the Bennington Club, with village officials invited. F. E. Larabee serves as president.
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Convention State Electrical Association
Bennington
Vermont State Feletrical Association
Henry D. Doherty
New York
Bennington Club
F. E. Larabee
Famous Gems of Proge Editorial Page Teases Globe
The Boston Daily Globe previews its editorial page feature titled Famous Gems of Proge and promises more news and valuable features in tomorrow's edition. Readers are urged to buy the Globe to see the full content.
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Boston Daily Globe
Globe Tomorrow
Heat drives man to seek cool church shelter
In a letter from Catholic Standard, T Daly recounts a man driven by extreme heat to seek refuge at Santa Peter's church, describing parched streets and the relief found inside. The narrative conveys a sense of urgent relief from the hot day and the pull of a sacred space.
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Santa Peters
Ren Church
Signor
Santa Peter's
T. Daly
Jury Deliberates Long. Judge Threatens Twelve Suppers
A jury in a simple case unable to agree is sent back by the judge who warns he will order twelve suppers if they linger. The foreman quips that eleven suppers and one bundle of hay would suffice, revealing the comic edge of courtroom discourse.
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Everybody’s Magazine
The Masculine Idea and the Dishes Misunderstanding
A humorous Baltimore American snippet shows a man misreading a scene as he haltingly clarifies that the woman did not steal the dishes. The exchange pivots on a stray impression and a quick correction.
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Frank E. Langley
Omy Daily
Milroy Kent
Elroy ‘Kent
Tuttle Rutland Grann
Noiso
New York State
Segivatore
Pittaford
Court of Justice
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Randolph
Wate Metne
Bt. Albans
Franklin County
Standish
Na and Frankforts
Tate
F. H. Rogers & Company
Garden Howe
Waitn
Montpelier
Montpelier Seminary
The
Peoples National Bank
Worthen Block
James Batron
Quantiy
W. Badger & CO
Morse Block
Funeral Rence
Vaughan Store
Browning's Magazine
May
Formien
Baltimore American
Alice
Childred
Lipplecott
Yonkers Statesman
Walt J. Smith
North Main St
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