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Newspaper
The Evening Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1920
Page
2
An old column lists hostile letters from readers in 1578 about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It notes critics claim it causes illness, deception, and female woes while praising the product’s supposed happiness and health benefits. The piece mentions nationwide demand and appeals to readers to try the remedy.
A Vermont article from St Johnsbury urges residents and visitors to protect arbutus plants from destruction. It stresses teaching children and adults restraint in picking, avoiding root damage, and leaving plants intact for future blooms. It calls on teachers, parents, scouts, and community groups to model careful stewardship and prevent wanton destruction of hillside blossoms.
Miss Wilma Jones of Sheffield returns for the weekend and plans to marry Harold Fox in Billings Montana next month. Vermont events include the American Legion stage show From Reveille to Taps, the Oventals May Ball with the Ideal Orchestra, and village improvements in progress at the Library and Park. New births, move updates, and a village meeting highlight community life.
The column lists neighbors and relatives visiting and staying with families across Lyndon Hardwick Walden and St Johnsbury. It notes Mrs B A Piers Mrs Joseph McCarthy Dorothy Esteele Alice King and others, with visits to W Hatch Hatedwick and St Johnsbury. Chicken pox concerns and school openings are mentioned.
Six room cottage near Postoiier with cement cellar furnace electric lighting and bath. Two hundred dollars early new house. Six rental houses with furnace bath and electric lights on Webster Street. One thousand dollars. Ten acres with buildings for poultry and vegetables joining village limits. Eight thousand four hundred dollars. B. Dow's Agency.
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