Vermont Hearing on License Bills Draws Little Public Interest
The joint committee on temperance opened hearings on license bills amid light attendance as lawmakers weighed a new approach. Delegates debated state liquor agency options, local option, and penalties with figures from Rep. Davenport and Rev. G W Morrow, while opinions from towns like Montpelier and Woodstock shaped a tentative path toward a unified bill.
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Montpelier
Senate
Senier Jaimery
Versmont
Maguhor
Minney
Bridgewater
Tuckai
Dor
Representative Hall
Emery
Chelsea
Beim
Trey
Revo
W. K. Tavenport
Montpelier Seminary
Davenport
Peek
Branton
Dr. O'Sullivan
St. Albans City
Joint
Committee On
Travenport
Dillons
Chater
Henery
Choiemay Bailes
Eiemmbietet
Eeamittten
Ticonse
Ditidet Pavche Stati Liquor Agency
Walbinfige
Vermont
Russell
Vaughan
Benster Russell
Mr. Vaughan
Mr. Villeghin
White
Woodstock
Woodstock Inn
Heath
Fairlee
Dunklee
Vernon
Cowland
Brattleboro
Goodhue
Westminster
Jackson
Waterville
G. W. Morrow Sparks
G. W. Morrow
Burlington
State Senate Debates Bills on Cruelty to Animals and Embezzlement
A Senate committee tabled a cruelty to animals bill after a committee report with no opinion. Legislature introduced eight bills including actions on corruption, hospital discharge, embezzlement laws, temperance petitions, and a grand list legalization. The House referred grand list preservation and surveyor general papers bills before adjournment.
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Senate
Stnate
Emery
Green
Phelps
Vermont
Brownell
Turlington
Philips
Rexbury
Walbridge
Russell
Charlotte
Joint Committee On Temperance
HOUSE
Proceedings in the House Introduce Mercures and Pass Auto Bill
The Vermont House records several new Mercures and an automobile bill passage. Debates cover temperance, women’s suffrage referendum, road safety, weed control, and fiscal reimbursements. Various members from Franklin Wells Hamtwick Reading Castleton Enosburgh and Waterbury are cited as sponsors or recipients. The session adjourned after votes on deer hunting regulation amendments.
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Chaplain Journal of
Senate
Hiram A. Huse
Hammond
Franklin
Crandall
Wells
Dixon E
Hamtwick
Temperance Hills
Batten
Stannard
Preble
Shoreham
Shoreham Telephone and Telegraph Co
Listers
H. Si
H. Lifty
Durick
Castleton
Allen
John
Mecfeeters
Enosburgh
Kelley
Elaine
Board of Censors of
Vermont
Quarryman killed by derrick sweep at South Main yard
Arthur Thompson aged 14 years was killed in Kearre at Rogers Meee crate dealers stone yard when a two ton granite load swung beyond control. He and fellow worker Ceborn Gongo were guiding the lift as the sweep struck Thompson in the head. He died within an hour. His family includes a Corinth father and two Barre town sisters. Funeral plans not yet set.
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Kearre
Arthur Thompson
Rogers Meee
South Main Street
Ceborn Gongo
Jiel
Gongo
Log
Thompson
Nini
Lhe
J. W. Jackson
W. D. Reid
DD. J. Deziel
Posello
Tie
Leaves
Corinth
Mra. Leonard
Mrs. Blake
Barre Town
Osear Thompson
Fatal shooting near Bellows Falls claims a woodsman
Fred Mackinar of International Paper Co died after a shot fired in Mount Bilburn woods. Conductor I Young was wounded in the face and arm as the concealed hunter fled. Authorities search the area for the unknown marksman, believing the incident to be accidental.
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Bellows Falls
Fred Mackinar
International Paper Co
Plattsburgh
N. Y
Mackinar
Mount Bilburn
Conductor I
Young
Rutland Road
Conductor Young
Markamiun
Walpole
College football scores from eastern venues this day
West Point loses to Harvard 14 to 6 in Annapolis Navy edges Lehigh 5 to 6 while New Haven Yale shuts out Penn State 11 to 0. Princeton beats Washington and Jefferson 5. Brown defeats U and P 15. Carlisle Indians topple Cornell 10. Dartmouth loses 18 to Williams 4. Columbia routs Hamilton 35 to 0. Bowdoin 12 over Hebron 6. Exeter Maine? Bangor University of Mathe 2 fufta 0.
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West Point
Harvard
New Haven
Yale
Penn State
Princeton
Washington and Jefferson
Philadelphia
Brown
U. and
P. G
Ithaca
Carlisle Indians
Cornell
Newton
Dartmouth
Williams
Syracuse
Amherst
New York
Columbia
Hamilton
Annapolis
Navy
Lehigh
Middletown
Wesleyan
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Hlrounswick
Bowdoin
Hebron
Bangor
University of Mathe
Fufta
Oldest Vermont couple, George J Felt and wife die within a day
Manchester report of the death of Mr George J Felt and his wife within 22 hours of each other. Felt, born 1819 in Stratton, once a pioneer stage driver, lived in Vermont until his later retirement. They left ten children, five surviving.
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Vermont
Manchester
George J. Felt
Mrs. Felt
Mr. Felt
Mr Felt
Keene
N. H
New Tingland
New York
New England
David Rice
Stratton
F Felt
Judge Bliss Seriously Ill In Middlebury Home
Middlebury October 20 Judge W H Bliss in poor health all summer now seriously ill at his home with a complication of diseases A council of doctors met this morning and will reconvene tomorrow Dr Martin of Middlebury and Dr W N Platt of Shoreham attended The judge’s brother D W Bliss of Bethel was summoned and arrived late tonight
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Middlebury
W. H. Bliss
Martin
W. N .Platt
Shoreham
Bilss
D. W. Biss
Bethel
Vermont WCTU seeks prayers to uphold prohibitory law
At the national convention in Portland Maine the Vermont delegation of three Women’s Christian Temperance Union members rose to request prayers that the Vermont Legislature in Montpelier move to favor retaining the prohibitory law. The plea was acknowledged at the noon prayer hour.
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Portland
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Vermont
Montpelier
Tuthind Hallroad Co
Emery
Williamstown
Vermont National Guard
Spencer
Joint
Committee On
Bailey
Newbury
Miouw
Dillingham
Assembly
M Bailey
Tl House
Connal
Newport
Us of Representatives
M W. Farman
Pittefield
Porter
Wilmington
Plurality Vote System Reconsidered in Vermont
Vermont legislature debates plurality election for the General Assembly with Brownell leading the original plan and Stiles Emery amendments. The bill passes the Senate but is laid aside for Tuesday afternoon while officials consider implications and related measures on Burlington Light and Power, with extensive remarks by multiple senators and a crowded chamber.
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Senate
Franklin County
Brownell
General Assembly
Emery
Orange
Cartmell
Stiles
Spencer
Russell
Chittenden
Hinesburgh
Walbridge
Essex
Jackson
Lamoille
Fitness
Burlington Corporation
Burlington Light & Power Company
Ree
Morris W. Stroud
Philadelphia
Burlington
Stickney
Liscum
McCullough
N. &. Phelps
Barre
J. W. Stewart
Middlebury
Bartell
Gov. McCullough
Franklin County Court House
John W. Currier
Troy
Joint Assembly
Currier
Vermont Cattle Commissioners
State Board of Caste Commissioners
Montpelier
Brown
Cartwell
Combs
Ismery
Graves
Howard
Lamm
Mayo
Sibley
Sprague
Styles
Downer
Greene
Lawrences
Phelps
Royces
Sheldon
Tracy
Welling
Wilcox
Viva Vous
Viva Voce
Senator Combs
Richard S. Read
First Vermont Infantry
Burlington Light and Power Company
Sheiden
Judiciary
Greeny
Tiles
Lamoiiio
Madden recounts health miracle with Williams pink pills
Former St Ignace mayor Thomas F Madden tells how indigestion and related ills plagued him for twenty years until he tried Williams Pink Pills for Pale People on a Gulf of Mexico voyage. He credits relief and full recovery to the pills and urges others to use them.
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Thomas F. Madden
St. Ignace
Mich
Gulf of Mexico
Dr. Williams
Galveston
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Vermont Senate Debates Plurality Elections Bill
The Vermont Senate opens at 10 o'clock with devotional, reads yesterday's journal, and receives petitions on prohibitory law from Charlotte and Hineburgh. Debates on plurality elections begin with Brownell and supporters arguing it reduces corruption. amendments and votes proceed amid party lines and calls for yeas and nays.
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Senate
Journal of Yesterday
Russell
Charlotte
Hineburgh
Emery
J. K. Waldron
Joint
Proposals and Petitions In House Proceedings
The house sessions featured many petitions and new bills including authorizations for steam boiler inspections and licenses for engineers. Petitions urged municipal and presidential suffrage for women. Bills on grand lists, school land rents, and prohibition were considered with committees named for judiciary education and temperance.
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Cowland
Brattlehorn
Holton
Conland
Brattleboro
Catherine G. Dunleavy
Lawrence
Rutland City
City of Rutland
Bundy
St. Johnsbury
Jidges
Athens
Senate
Franklin County
Rouse
Pember
Rochester
Women of
Judiciary Committee
Vermonters Receive Small Pensions in 1911 List
A Vermont pension ledger lists payments to widows and dependents including Harriet A Ryder of Springfield and Albert Chopra of North & Sprinified, with amounts ranging from $8 to $26. The document names several recipients: Bryant, Lochew, Wilcox, Bushnell, Chajin, and Nally, among others, with notes on widows and minor dependents. It references cities like Washington and Swanton and dates in October.
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Washington
Jaeredae
Leet Wilcox
West
T. Bushnell
Bilinenett Highs
Rutland
Albert Chopra
Richford clocked in crash hits and hay fire
A collision near Richford involved Michael Bevrs causing damage as a field of hay and grain burned. Emergency crews responded quickly with minor injuries reported to Terry's sons. Insurance details and an anticipated New York excursion are noted in the ad.
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Sen. Emery
Morrow
Reading
Hauer
Miller
Burlington Drug Company
Iliaa
I Johnsons
Liniment
Johnson & CO
Boston
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Chicago
Miss Pratt
Mra
Pryxuam
Alma Pratt
Holly
Lydia FE
Pinkham
Eybia Pinkhams By
Gold Dust Twins
N. K. Fairbank Company
St. Louis
Bas
Capital
Vermont Historical Society
Vincent
Anil
Jonathan Ross
St. Johnbury
A.W. Rockwood
BE. L Hates
Bennington
C. J. Russell
Emmett MecFeeters
Woosturgh
C. &. Emery
Chelses
B.D. Welling
Isylvne Royee
Proet
Cornwall
T Bi Barton
W. J. Clapp
Barretown
C. H. Howard
Ladlow
Harland Graham
H. A. Jackson
F. H. Hastings
Weet Concord
Middletown Springs
H. FF. Wilcox
M. A. Wilcox
Thetford
J. K. Fuller
Kittredge Haskins
J. J. Estey
George Beckett
J. K. Lynde
Williiamstown
William Patchelder
Anna Patchelder
G. G. Benedict
Renate
W. W. Stickney
Ludlow
Fiat
1. F, Madden
Michigan
House of Representatives
Chaplain Farman
Mouton
Rockingham
Vicinity
Joint Committee On Public Health
Wilder
Woater Abbey
Masex
Sessiong
Brattlehar
Witten Eorngte
Por Wr
Wihidharm County
Willa
Willy
Cate
Guilfort
Tae Chatter
Gale
Guilford
Bee
Melis
Vincrnt
Burliwater
Jidge
Goldierey
Donee
Wheeter
Woile
rySot
Vermont 1 By Railroad Co
Battell
Midler
H. W
Board of Censors
Beleetic Medical Society
Harald J. Stevens
H. Wi
Harry Blodgett
Dexter Woodward
Yesterday's Journal
Starksboro
St. Jonnsburg
Temperance
Jenne
Derby
Indies
Vermrijt
Restorate Teese
Cte
Thremie
Bryant
Lochew
Harriet A. Ryder
Spring
Avelin Dotter Ippeimrieth
RNARN
Richford
Dmsrtianoy
Free Press Association
H. C. Humphrey
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