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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1974
Page
5
The narrator compares Vermont’s natural pace to New York’s urban bustle, detailing fashion overtones, consumer excess, and the pull of simple, earth‑bound life. They value time with friends and gardens, noting the energy of home versus metropolitan noise and the seasonal rhythms observed in nature.
In a prescient view, the 1920s are the heroic age of the American middle class as Lindbergh’s solo flight and Ruth’s baseball revolution symbolize individual possibility. The piece links postwar changes in sports to broader shifts in culture and energy, noting how speed, risk, and spectacle redefined American life.
A nostalgic column recalls wild raspberry patches along Rowe's Neck near Lily Cove and how suburban development and private land access ended those days. It shifts to a Maine logging road harvest, bear sightings, and a Melbourne style memory of wild jam ventures, then reports on a sheriff raid on gambling at Manchester Fair Grounds, Vermont senators visiting Bennington, local water and milk price concerns, a piano tuning diploma, and school district reforms proposal, ending with the First National Bank of North Bennington returning to its origin.
A bank staff moved goods back into a remodeled lobby while the Bennington liquor store opened in new quarters near Super Dupermarket on Depot Street. The piece also references historical events from 1788 to 1927 with varied notes on politics, spaceflight, protests, Attica, sports revolutions, and cultural shifts.
In Milwaukee the opinion pages argue vandalism draws less concern than other antisocial acts. Readers note that vandals often escape with a lecture or a fine, with damage assessments sometimes sought. The piece contrasts today’s wanton destruction with past pranks and laments vandalism’s lack of apparent gain.
Some argue senseless vandalism poses as much public danger as crimes with clear goals. Critics urge focus on causes, early detection, and treatment to curb expensive, widespread damage rather than only punishing acts.
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