Smith College club frames relief drive and fund aims
At a St Johnsbury College club meeting in the Museum class room, Smith College women outlined a 1.5 billion relief and a 4 million college fund for Smith. M. B. Cummings led statewide Smith College efforts. Slides from France and Philippine teaching hats highlighted the program as muffins and a recipe card circulated.
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St Johnsbury College Club
M. B. Cummings
Burlington
Smith College Club
France
Rides From Harvard To St Johnsbury On Bicycle
Chester Southworth of Meadville Pennsylvania, a Harvard College student, tours to St Johnsbury with companion Edward Young. Both served in the 217th field signal battalion. Southworth rode from Boston by bicycle, crossing mountains and noting road conditions, even pushing his wheel eleven miles on a railroad track.
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Boston
France
Vermont women press for Governor to call special session
Some 60 to 90 women from Johnsbury and across Vermont gathered at the state house on Wednesday urging Governor Clement to convene a special legislative session. The demonstrators carried suffrage banners and pressed for action, signaling broad support for the cause.
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Vermont
State House
Clement
Maple sugar crop far above average in Vermont and Canada
In St Johnsbury and across Vermont and Canada the maple sugar crop is well above average with Vermont over 25 percent higher and Canada about 50 percent higher. Sap flow remains strong despite warm days and frosts. Advancements in piping to boiling stations ease handling. Cary Maple Sugar Co. sees steady shipments and no imminent scarcity.
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Cary Maple Sugar Company
Vermont
Canada
Cary
Local Talent in Friday's Concert at Athenaeum Hall
St Johnsbury fans look forward to a Whitney Folk concert at Athenaeum hall Friday night. Two popular local girls Misses Lipit and Jovie French with Miss Chirk of Boston offer music readings and column dancing for the Redpath Chautauqua circuit this summer to benefit the Woman's Club piano fund.
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5000 Strikers Remain Out Await Railroad Board
About 5,000 railroad workers met in Jersey City and decided not to return to work. They pledged to appeal to all railroad men to stay out until the railroad labor board issues its decision. The movement leader said they will remain out if needed until the board acts and the next move comes from the general managers.
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United States
Teader
Yail Youd Jaber
Vailroates
French Premier Seeks to Emphasize An American Friendship
Premier Millerand of France spoke to American newspaper correspondents in Y REMO on April 22. He discussed the ongoing conference, asserted a long friendship between France and the United States, and recalled the enduring value of American services as a precious memory.
School Children Raise Monument Fund in New York
New York school children have raised nearly $110,000 toward the $250,000 needed for a MacMonnies statue on the Maine banks commemorating General Joffre’s 1914 victory. The contribution totals $19,547.47 from about 900,000 pupils.
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Joffre
New York City
Venice population up 23 percent since 1920 census
Venice California reports a 23 percent population rise since 1920. The current population stands at 10,284, an increase of 7,206 people over the count from the previous census. The figures are released by census authorities in Venice.
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Quebec Woman Convicted in Gruesome Patricide Case
Marie DeGotnon found guilty of murdering her eight year old step daughter after four blows with a red hot poker in Quebec. She was sentenced to be hanged though defense argued insanity. The chilling case rests on testimony about driving the child into the snow and forcing poison.
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Marie DeGotnon
Grout Explains Newport Armory Plans to Business Group
A Newport business men’s meeting in the City Council rooms heard Liwge Aaron H. Grout explain the armory proposal and the need for additional funding. He outlined costs, the state’s potential $25,000 contribution, and the plan to house city offices within the complex, noting higher material costs and the risk of disbanding the company if the project stalls.
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Johnson
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Board of Armory Commissioners
Fourfold plan to fund soldiers relief bill proposed
Washington April 22 republican Ways and Means leaders adopt a fourfold tax scheme to finance soldiers relief, including a stock exchange tax, a 1 percent tax on final sales to consumers, a 5000 income levy, and about a 15 percent tobacco duty. The plan spans two years and aims to raise 1.5 to 2 billion dollars with ultimate consumer burden. Also notes a Paris speech urging Ireland’s home rule and an indictment in New York for the murder of Dr Murkoe.
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Thomas W. Simpkins
Murkoe
Eliuveh
Supreme Council Deliberates on Dardanelles San Remo
The Supreme Council assembled at 11 this morning and heard military and naval experts on the Dardanelles administration. The council approved all clauses related to this matter from the published peace treaty.
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Dardanelles San Remo
Dardanelles
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