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Newspaper
The Evening Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1918
Page
2
A testimonial for Benita tives Fruit Liver Tablets claims relief from indigestion and constipation. Donat Lalonde reports cure after trying the product from Fruit A Tives Limited, Ogdensburg New York. Reindeer ranching plans for Canada seek permits for 20 years with Eskimos to be employed as herdsmen.
Advertisement urges men to maintain kidney health to stay in top condition. It claims vitality, energy, and fitness depend on proper body function and overwork avoidance, pitching GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a cure and preventive. Two capsules daily suggested with money-back guarantee if ineffective.
Jersey City firm promotes RAT SNAP for rat control in its plant. The ad claims the product kills rodents, drives them from nests and removes odors. It offers four sizes 25 cents 50 cents 1.00 and 8.00 sold by Searles Smith and others including J A Goodrich in Burnet Wt and W K Sproule Jr assistant cashier.
An advertisement proclaims Lavoptik eye wash brightens eyes with one wash and a week of use. It promises red or tired eyes improve, with a free aluminum eye cup offered and attribution to W. B. Eastman, druggist.
Desirable 150 acre farm for sale just outside St Johnsbury. The land is level smooth and free from stones with good buildings. Asking price $6500.
Music pupils under Miss Edith Virtue will perform at I.O.O.F. hall on Saturday at 2 PM to raise funds for a service tag and Red Cross. Social hour and ice cream follow. Numerous local residents and families are noted visiting, hosting, and attending social events around Thanksgiving and early December.
The text explains Nemesis as a goddess who dispenses each person’s precise share of fortune. It notes her role in preserving proper proportion of prosperity and punishing those who become too prosperous.
Local items report Temple family moving into a partly finished house with Mrs. Nellie Hawes and Miss Agnes Dodge caring for them and for Red Cross officers preparing for Penshen. Wounds to King, Folsom, and Will King noted, plus Ralph Hebb transfer to Bartlett and replacement by J. A. Boucher. Community reports include linen shower gifts, paper mill work changes, church services, and a missionary talk planned by Miss Collier.
The Thanksgiving service and church supper attracted about 120 attendees with Rev. D. D. Johnson delivering an pleasing address. Next Sunday he will address the Jr. O. U. A. M. and the Daughters of Liberty, with hoped for good attendance.
The column notes past snow years in West Waterford and Thanksgiving gatherings. It lists families visiting relatives for the holiday, a reception at A H Lyster's with about one hundred guests, gift details, music by Mrs Knowlington Wright and Miss Lyster, and guest-book duties by Mrs Walter Cushman and Mrs W T Parks.
Walter Kendall Barnet has gone to Skinner Maine for the winter. Several residents attend the funeral of Claude Goodrich in St Johnsbury. Miss Hazel Kay and Miss Nettie Lang visit relatives in Monroe during Thanksgiving. Various locals travel to Burlington Dartmouth College Springfield and Lyndonville for holidays. Red Cross meeting planned Wednesday afternoon. Howard Elliott returns from aviation service to Garden City S I awaiting muster out and excitement about flying.
A Kansas City man, seeking to inform his wife by telephone that he would be late for dinner, tore the apparatus from the wall after failing to connect. He wandered the streets long after midnight, carrying the receiver and shouting into the transmitter, insisting he was detained and would not reach the dinner.
In Peacham, Mr. and Mrs. Hobart visit Newbury while others plan a vaudeville show for the hermit of the Red Grass. A Thanksgiving dance in Brook Hall draws about 20 couples with music by Mrs. Wilkie of St. Johnsbury. Various residents announce travel, social events, and family moves around December and January.
The text lists metric units for volume with unclear spellings and equivalents. Kiloliter or stere equals one cable meter. hectolites equals one tenth of a cubic wpe ter. dekoliter equals ten liters. decimeters equal one tubie degimeter. deciliter equals one tenth of a lifer.
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