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Newspaper
Burlington Free Press
Location
Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
8
The largest factory for exclusive gloves shows off Trefousse & Co products with a notable display today. Featured items include Tampa at 1.00 dollars Beatrice Suede Dorothy at 1.50 The Delorme Suede 2.00 with 12 16 and 20 button lengths of Evening Gloves and a large variety priced 1.25 dollars.
Probate Court hears administrator settlements for W C Arewster Huntington and Hannah B Enright Tiertireton Brancs Sinclale names. Examinations for government service set at the customs house on March 25 and April 22. Bankruptcy petition filed by Richard Straub St Johnsbury with assets 225 and exempt 210. Local notices include a son born to John and Mrs Thompson of No Jiaven Conn. Champlain Transportation Co to begin Lake Champlain navigation April 7. Various court dispositions and commissions in estates and appointments. Weather and river conditions noted with rising water concerns on Lake Champlain and nearby towns. Deaths reported in Monitowoe and Burlington area with brief obituaries.
In Chittenden County Court Tuesday Dan Prince, recently convicted of furnishing liquor, was fined 20 dollars plus costs and sentenced to not less than ten nor more than twelve months in the House of Correction. He also has a 100 day sentence in another case, with alternate terms bringing about two years at Rutland. Bastardy actions against Milner Harriman and others were defaulted, divorce proceedings in Delany vs Delany yielded no disposition, and Allen Chessmore versus Wo Thorp continued with plaintiff’s attorney allowed to file anew after paying costs.
Obituary notes: Martha J. White dies at 72 in South Burlington and funeral in Shelburne. Funeral details, burial in Shelburne Village. Court and probate items: Chinese embezzlement case in St Albans, bail set. estates of Woolner, Howe, Dobbie, Bacor processed with administrators and appraisers named. Tumor North American plant expansion plans described. Humane Agent investigates Stevens theft allegations and overworked horses. fines issued.9
The annual Junior Promenade will be held in the college gymnasium on April 7 with Giovela's orchestra from Albny, N.Y. Tickets are $3 including carriage. Free bowling alleys will be available to students Saturday and daily 2 to 6, with evenings for faculty use. Play rehearsals are set for Tuesday 8 PM and Thursday and Saturday afternoons. A Vermont item notes Maj. John F. H. Duval, U.S.A., has been detailed as military instructor at the University for four years, with a long service record and a somber note on his passing. The piece closes with word of a Y.M.C.A. camp plan at Camp Mohican and a fraud alert for Hall's Catarrh Cure in Toledo.
Sheriff Reeves locates Walter P. May alias Walter Stevens, wanted for passing a forged check. Held in Brookline jail, he will be brought to Burlington after serving seven months there. May escaped from Brookline in January and traveled to Underhill and Shelburne, using a forged check at Merchants National Bank and paying for clothes with altered funds.
The article notes Americans eat potatoes and vegetables 365 times a year, proposing recipes to vary everyday meals. It mentions May having a four month term and a 117 day term, and that May was indicted by a grand jury at the fall term of court in 1899.
In Rutland a federal hearing discussed illegal Chinese migrants, a Brookline capture update, and plans by a telephone company to modernize with underground wires in Burlington Barre Montpelier and St Albans. A sale of unset diamonds in Rutland drew bidders from New York and Syracuse, with Stearns & Co. purchasing the stones seized at St Albans. Recipes and household tips filled the rest of the page.
Instructions describe preparing a young chicken split and bacon wrapped, baked with butter and water, then broiled to brown. A creamed onion celery carrot flavored sauce is made, enriched with cheese, eggs, and crackers, followed by a minture broth with farina dumplings. Serves with hot soup.
A garbled OCR piece blends bakery instructions with local court notes. It mentions butter sugar milk and various flavorings, then shifts to Washington County Court postponements and a wedding interrupted by a subpoena, followed by obituary notices for Joseph Mushy of Montgomery who died at 104 with surviving children.
Summary of business for the week ending March 19 lists probate actions in Vermont towns including Williston Burlington and Colchester. Appointments include W Ferguson W M Barber W H Metcalf as commissioners and appraisers and Corrie M Peck executrix. Also mentions administrators for estates of Hannah E Enright Ida ze Read Howe Margaret A Dobbie Walter J Dobbie and others with hearings and inventories.
A fragment describes cooking steps for scalloped onions and a milk batter, including butter sugar lemon rind and flour. It mentions preparing a savory sauce with green pepper, onion, stock and tomato, and serving with cold mutton, fried bread with ham and a deviled sauce. Ends with a layered onion bake with cracker crumbs and sweet milk.
Well advertised. Downs Elixir is praised as the best advertised medicine for coughs colds and lung troubles. Word of mouth from mothers and fathers spread reports of cures for croup whooping cough and related childhood illnesses, fueling broad sales and wide availability.
Bradefrost surveys Vermont business as flood impacts ease. Manufacturing remains strong statewide while retail lags on poor roads. Burlington and Montpelier report steady activity. Barre Brattleboro St Albans factories busy with fair retail trade. White River Junction and Cambridge show bright maple sugar prospects, though forest logging suffers from late snow. North Kennington sees fires disrupt a large plant.
Four bankruptcy petitions were filed Tuesday in Clerk George E. Johnsons office. Notable is Frank M Eckles of Avenue House St Johnsbury with liabilities 10808 53, assets 4925, furniture valued 7000, and 4700 03 unsecured. Hallet Newton of Sane don claims 397 47 liabilities and 10 assets all exempt. Frank W Stone of Springfield shows 1 liability and 20 assets with 5 exempt. Curtis A Squires of Lynden reports 3288 62 liabilities and 1770 assets. Also listed are unclaimed Arlington post office letters ending March 18 102.
Chamberlains Cough Remedy described as a sure cure for croup. Used at first sign of hoarseness or when croupy cough appears, it is said to prevent the attack. Widely trusted by mothers, priced 26 cents for a large size BU cen
A historical recipe describes stewing shin bone broken into pieces with cold water. Skim, add sweet herbs onion celery peppercorns allspice, simmer until tender, add carrots turnips, then prepare gravy from the cooking liquor with flour and mushroom ketchup, pour over meat.
Joseph Butler, jailed for intoxication, faced Judge Hawkins on a second chicken theft charge. He admitted stealing two more chickens sold for 50 cents each and received a sentence of two months four days to three months in the House of Correction, to be served with his prior sentence for intoxication.
Mary Barry versus Martin Barry occupied much of yesterday’s court with many witnesses and no final disposition. Other cases were heard with no decisions. The term may adjourn this week. Lizale Yaple versus John H Yaple featured the petitioner on the stand about living with her husband, possibly over a year. Lillian Meacham versus G G Tobey and G B Catlin seeks damages for a child run over in Winooski by a team owned by the defense.
Hygiene Milk Company, facing financial distress, is placed in the hands of receiver W. O. Baldwin after an agreement among stockholders and creditors. The capital stock totals 10.6 thousand dollars with 9.4 thousand paid in. Indebtedness reaches about 4 thousand dollars. The receiver will continue operations and manage the assets, with E. G. Evans as president and J. J. Cowles as secretary treasurer. Major stockholders include Wetherby, F. L. Akerman, George Babcock, B. Parker, and A. D. Willard.
William Cilley, jailed for resisting disclosure of a liquor source, told the city court he bought whiskey from a woman who would not name her supplier. He identified Frank Savoie as the person from whom he obtained a pint and said Jennia Thornton supplied a half pint and has since left the city. He was remanded to await officers’ search for Thornton while facing further intoxication charges.
We have on hand sixty five second hand pianos and organs in exchange for planes. Prices range from 15 to 60 dollars per month with 5 dollars down. Brands include Taber Estey Mason Hamlin Sterling Burdett Worcester and others. Write Mc Kannon Bros. & Co 45 Church street Burlington Vt. Died notices follow Helen Le Durritt died suddenly of heart failure in this city March 14. Mrs C IL Stevens aged 38 in Southern Times NLco March 18 182
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