Early American clock and watch industry timeline
The piece traces pioneers who built vast clock factories and notes key firms such as Ansonia, Gilbert, Welch, Waterbury, Sessions, and Willards. It covers Luther Goddard’s 1809 watch factory, Pitkin's 1838 41 effort, and the rise of Dennison Howard and the American Watch Co later Waltham, plus E Howard, Illinois, Hamilton, and South Bend firms, ending with a call to study American clock and watch history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansonia Clock Co
William L. Gilbert Co
E. N. Welch Co
Waterbury Clock Co
Sessions Clock Co
Luther Goddard
England
Europe
Goddard
James and
Henry Pitkin
Hartford, Conn
New York City
Howard F
Waltham
American Watch Co
American Waltham Co
Waltham Watch Co
Edward Howard
Roxbury
The
Howard Clock and Watch Co
Well
Illinois Watch Co
Springfield
Hamilton Watch Co
Hamilton Company
Lancaster
Penna
Hamilton
South Bend Watch Company
South Bend
Indiana
Studebaker Motor Car Co
Bennington Banner and Publishing Details
The Bennington Banner is issued daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.M. Burns
Chimney Point
Bennington Museum
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Bennington
Vermont
Taxpayer burden dominates local school funding debate
Editorial argues voters favor lower taxes yet insist on tax-supported education. It notes schools take the biggest local tax bite while suggesting state and federal taxes take substantial portions of earnings before take-home pay, highlighting the tension between tax relief and education funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
State Tax Department
What price education and what is the value of school funding
The author questions tax dollars spent on national programs and defense, noting limited personal benefit from some services. He argues local school taxes offer visibility on spending and stresses two factors in schooling: cost and education itself, warning against using cost alone as the measure of quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockheed
Washington
Howe
Salt Lake City
Bennington revitalization begins with Pennysaver façade removal
Downtown Bennington sits for a first concrete sign of renewal as the Pennysaver building loses its metal grille. The plan calls for sandblasting or painting the old courthouse wall to revive its historic character, with ample preservation grants matching private investments. Local history surfaces in memories of the clock tower and past tenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Pennysaver
Bennington County
George Hadwen
Pat Brazell
Brazell
School of the Dance
Bennington College
Jefferson Draft and the Declaration’s Birth Pangs
Richard L. Strout recalls Philadelphia in May and June 1776 when the Continental Congress wrestled with a resolution that became the Declaration of Independence. The piece frames Jefferson’s draft as the nation prepares to celebrate its bicentennial with patriotic fervor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Strout
Christian Science Monitor
Philadelphia
Continental Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Mt Anthony school board feud over curriculum debate
Letter to the editor accuses Marion Smith Barth Vander Els and Joe Hall of staging a disruption at a Mt Anthony School Board curriculum committee meeting. The writer claims the adversaries pressured the public, questions hiring decisions for John Murray, and asserts support for curriculum cuts and public input while criticizing resistance and hypocrisy. Bennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Anthony
Marion Smith
Barth Vander Els
Joe Hall
Cummings Committee
Ronnie Knapp
John Murray
Pelkie
Congress sex and the press scandal debate ripples across Capitol Hill
The piece critiques the Washington sex scandal coverage centering on Rep. Allen Howe of Utah and Rep. Wayne Hays of Ohio. It questions police decoy tactics, media amplification, and calls for fair play while weighing the ethics of press surveillance in reporting on lawmakers and the broader implications for Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Hays
Utah
Deseret News
Howe
Salt Lake City
Hays and Young
Long
Har
New York Magazine
Washington Post
Hays
Elizabeth Ray
Miss Ray
Rudy Maxa
Mly
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Eugene R. Kosche
Additio
Willards
Massachusetts
Simon and Aaron
Simon Willard
Simon
Aaron
Lemuel Curtis
Burlington
Joseph N. Dunning
Curtis and Dunning
William Cummens
Burlington, Vt
Aaron L. Dennison
Waltham, Mass
Boston
Tracy and Baker
Howard
Dennison
Springfield Armory
Samuel Curtis
E. Howard Watch Company
America
Dennison, Howard and Davis
New England Watch Co
Waterbury, Conn
Bennington Banner
Fischett
Murray
Congress, Sex and the Press
Tom Wicker
N.Y
Times News Service
New York
House of Representatives
Rep
John Rhodes
House
Wayne Hayses
Congress
FBI
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