Howes Army and the Burgoyne Campaign Through Germantown
A compact account notes Vermont Governor and Council records on Herricks Rangers and their disbanding, and traces Howe’s landing, Philadelphia plans, and the decisive Germantown engagement. It highlights Washington’s attempts, Burgoyne’s collapse, and the strategic losses and lessons of the late 1777 campaign.
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Vermont
Herricks Rangers
Rangers
Herrick
Joseph Fay
Bennington
Express
General Gates
State of
United States
Gates
France
Howe
Brandywine
Philadelphia
Washington
Congress
York
United States of America
Valley Forge
Anthony Wayne
Paoli
Pennypackers Mill
Schwenksville
Germantown
Cew House
Bennington Banner Publisher and address note
The Bennington Banner, issued daily except Sundays and holidays, is published by the Banner Publishing Corporation located at 425 Main Street, Bennington, Vermont 05201.
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The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
Energy crisis shadows explain how to face shortages
The Banner cites Catharine Osgood Foster and organic chemist John Coffman urging strict conservation amid looming oil reserves. Coffman proposes truck radius limits, no air conditioning north of the Mason-Dixon line, no throwaway bottles, and industry cuts as a crisis looms. The piece critiques political resistance and warns shortages could unfold within 25 years.
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Catharine Osgood Foster
John Coffman
Coffman
Mason-Dixon Line
Houses of Congress
Ship of State
Congress
Jimmy Hoffa
New Jersey
Perry Merrill to Receive Governor's Conservation Award
Perry Merrill of Montpelier is honored by the Conservation Society of Southern Vermont with the governor's award for decades of public service. Since 1919 he helped timber stand improvement and state land purchases, aiding parks, forests, ski industry, and Vermont history. later he served as a legislator.
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Perry Merrill
Montpelier
Merrill
Vermont
Remarkable New England Lady Outsmarted by Utility Blackout
A kindly New England woman, long familiar with electric outages, preps her home with kerosene lamp s and a full tub of well water. A wind alert prompts extra caution but the storm passes. she slips into the tub with shoes on while closing her bathroom shade, blaming the alerting friend in a lighthearted end to the tale.
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New England
Ladies Dogs and a Thief at the Shopping Center
A suburban Cleveland Heights car scene ends with two labs roaming a parking lot after a window-down escape. A separate tale recalls a whisky theft from a Buick at the same center. A third anecdote notes a Jesuit priest greeting two black Labrador retrievers as sisters in a car.
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Cleveland Heights
Cleveland
Ohio
Thanksgiving Feast at Bennington Teen Center
The Bennington Teen Center hosted its first annual Thanksgiving Feast on November 22. Teens prepared the space by sweeping, dusting, and decorating while two dining rooms were set with red tablecloths. A waiting room formed for overflow as turkey, pies, and sides were readied.
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Bennington
Second Annual Thanksgiving Feast at Bennington Teen Center
Teens hosted a Thanksgiving gathering at the Bennington teen center with a crowd, food prep chaos, and shared meals. Leftover turkey went to Meal on Wheels, others took food home as the center planned next year’s event.
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Manchester
Col. Herrick
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Sec’ry
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Trenton
Princeton
Morristown
N.J
Staten Island
New York Harbor
Maryland
George Washington
Saratoga
England
Chew House
60Th Royal Rifles
Bennington Banner
House
Senate
Carter
Editorial
Dorset
Robert D. Thum
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