Red Cross Membership Drive Sold to Community
The St Johnsbury Red Cross calls for a Christmas roll call from December 16 to 23. The drive promotes membership for one dollar or two dollars with a year of Red Cross Magazine. A union church gathering at Globe Theatre opens the campaign with music and a keynote address by New England Record quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johnshurg
Jta
American Red Cross
Red Cross Magazine
Bancaln
Red Cross
St. Johnsbury
Globe Theatre
Musie
New England Record
Plin
Vermont Coal Allotment Not Increased Says Washington
Montpelier December 10 Vermont officials report no rise in hard coal allotment from Washington. The fuel office has learned there will be no increase and the total allotment remains about 30 000 gross tons. Officials urge conservation and warn only another month of cold weather could stretch demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Vermont
Washington
Wide Awake Home Project Club Adopts Eight New Members
The Wide Awake Home Project Club met Tuesday afternoon at the junior high school at 4 15. The president called the meeting to order and the secretary read the roll and submitted the report. Eight new members joined and took their oath. Miss McDonald played piano as Jack Leonard performed magic tricks. Rev Harold Guy Don Scott spoke on Industry Work and Habit. Refreshments followed and the group adjourned to the second Tuesday in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss McDonald
Jack Leonard
Harold Guy Don Scott
High Game Prices Hit Paris Hunters This Season
Paris reports opening of the hunting season with fewer sportsmen in the field. Cartridges cost six times prewar prices and heavy taxes apply. Markets show sky high rates with a consignment of ten rabbits selling for $30 and a brace of rabbits at $10.50 while pheasants go for $4 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Pariz
Vermont War Effort Urges Quick Jobs For Returning Soldiers
Montpelier December 10 Vermont branches of the National Council of Defense urge local effort to place returning soldiers and sailors in civilian work promptly. Offenders in communities should assist via community labor boards and allied organizations. They note no labor surplus and say preference may favor servicemen but jobs will be filled quickly to support timely reentry into civil life.
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T Montpelier
National Council of Defense
Vermont
Army
Navy
Community Labor Boards
German Wire Tap and Trench Rescue in The Hearing Ear
A WWII vignette from The Hearing Ear tells of a German listening post found by soldiers who recover a telephone receiver and overhear an enemy line. Gereas the receiver is listened to, Mitchell learns the raiders’ plan and the trio fights back as an American trench battle erupts. Mitchell is wounded while Phipps-Herrick carries him to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bazail Phipps-Herrick
Butt
Mitchell
Phipps-Herrick
Outlook Club Meeting Notes and Upcoming Show
The Outlook club met Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. John Ricker on Caledonia street. Mrs. C. H. Moffett read a paper titled The Pilgrim's Thanksgiving, and Miss Sylvia Ricker gave a piano solo. Friday afternoon the club was hosted at the Museum by Miss Inez Howe who presented an illustrated talk on The Winter Habits of Fur Bearing Animals. The annual meeting is set with Mrs. Erma Goss at 28 Caledonia street on December 18.
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Outlook Club
John Ricker
Caledonia Street
C. H. Moffett
Sylvia Ricker
Museum
Inez Howe
Vermont Surpasses War Work Drive Quota Across Counties
Vermont reports final statewide War Work drive figures with a total of 729,109.66 dollars raised, exceeding the 50 percent over quota target. Caledonia and Rutland counties lead in pledged money, while Windham shows the strongest per quota effort among counties. The Victory Boys and Girls divisions record 9,383 boys pledging 25,824.65 dollars and 9,894 girls pledging 25,375.18 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United War Work
Vermont
Publicity Bureau
Harold P. Himman
Barre
Addison
Bennington
Caledonia
Chittenden
Essex
Franklin
Grand Isle
Lamoille
Orange
Orleans
Rutland
Washington
Windham
Windsor
Victory
Windham County
Rutland County
Ada
Chitenden
Addison County Fair Dates Set for August 26 29
The 1919 Addison County fair will be held August 26 to 29 as decided at the Addison County Agricultural Society meeting in Middlebury. Officers included secretary Frank C. Dyer of Salisbury, who has served the association for 36 years. assets total 5242 22 with liabilities 2080.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison County
Addison County Agricultural Society
Middlebury
Frank C. Dyer
Salisbury
Community Labor Boards Named Across Four Vermont Counties
The Caledonian lists county labor boards with men named and women confirmed this week. Notable members include St. Johnsbury chair Charles A. Shields and chairman Kyle T. Brown of Essex County, with several managers and labor representatives across Orange and Orleans counties. In West Philadelphia, residents oppose the trolley skip-stop by rolling rocks on tracks to force stops, blocking cars as crews remove them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Caledonian
Associated Press
Washington
Robert W. Simonds
Caledonia County
Charles A. Shields
St. Johnsbury
Perley F. Hazen
Albert Desrochers
Nabor
William G. Ricker
Mildred Dees
West Philadelphia
Odd Fellows encampment in St Albans with grand officers
About 50 members attended the annual encampment of district No 3 in St Albans last night with Columbia Encampment No 9. Grand Patriarch J M Jewel Grand High Priest E F Nash Grand Scribe G F Walker and District Deputy Grand Patriarch W H Duncan attended. A banquet and instruction session followed. A hospital wedding at Camp Upton saw the groom feverish from influenza and the bridal party wearing masks and full protective garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Albans
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Columbia
J. M. Jewel
Newport
E. F. Nash
Burlington
G. F. Walker
Bellows Falls
W. H. Duncan
Camp Upton
Unrest in Germany as Bolsheviks push revolt
Berlin proclaims martial law while Karl Liebknecht vows to overthrow the government within a fortnight. Spartacists march demanding arrests of Hohenzollerns. tens of thousands of Krupp workers idle as Potsdam counterrevolution gains ground.
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Paris
Karl Liebknecht
Berlin
Zurich
L'Information
Berne
Spartacus Group
Spartacusians
Hohenzollerns
von Hindenburg
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Krupp
No Peace Without Organized Russia Statement
Paris, Dec 10 Dy Masaryk the Czecho Slovak President said in Paris that without a strong organized Russia no complete peace is possible. He argued a future Russia must counterbalance Germany and that a chain of Czecho Slovak Polish Romanian and Jugoslav states from the Baltic to Italy could shield Russia from German influence. He urged Entente aid for Russia as the peace conference considers the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Masaryk
Russia
Germany
Baltic
Italy
Entente
Influenza Toll in Army Camps Reaches 288257 Cases
War department summary reports 288257 influenza cases in U S army camps and centers through December 1 with about 17000 deaths. The report cites widespread impact across facilities and stresses the epidemic's severity on military operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
War Department
American Cookies in France Support Soldiers
The American Red Cross reports over 6 million gold-fashioned cookies produced in France and distributed to soldiers, the wounded, and canteens. Output stands at 200,000 daily, with expectations to reach 700,000 per day within a month, and officials believe production will not be affected by the war’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Red Cross
Fifth Liberty Loan Named for Spring Victory Issue
Washington reports national war loan planners will name the spring loan the Fifth Liberty Loan with possible Victory issue subtitle. They will meet in Atlantic City with district directors to draft plans and to coordinate Liberty loan and War Savings activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National War Loan
Atlantic City
Liberty Loan
War Savings Organizations
Americans Released From German Camps Headed to Switzerland
Two hundred Americans in dispersed German camps depart via Holland and Denmark. Three thousand six hundred prisoners travel to Rastatt, moving toward Switzerland. The exodus is expected to finish by midweek as the last Americans leave German camps.
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Berlin
Dec
Camp Rastatt
Switzerland
Germany
Holland
Denmark
Smith College Relief Unit plans German hospital canteen mission
Mrs Hannah Dunlop Andrews of Smith College, director of the Smith College Relief Unit, cables from Paris to the Northampton alumnae office stating several girls must go into Germany with a hospital canteen and others plan return to Somme early January. Devastation indescribable. great need of material relief.
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Northampton
Hannah Dunlop Andrews
Smith
Bronxville
N. Y
Smith College
Paris
Germany
Andrew
Somme
Collection of Furs in Vermont Draws National Buyers
Burlington reports the largest fur collection outside New York is at the Burlington Rendering Company plant. Buyers from across the country converge as trade remains strong with a 25 cent rise from last year. Last Saturday saw 3 000 musk yats shipped from Burlington, another shipment reached 4 000. The firm operates 20 branches across Vermont and northern New York.
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Caledonian
Burlington
New York City
Vermont
Burlington Rendering Company
Allea
Burlingston
New York State
Belgium to press claims against Germany and Holland
A London despatch reports Belgium will seek redress from both Germany and Holland. The talks reference President Wilson’s freedom of the seas plan with Britain holding concrete counterproposals. The London Express notes Britain cannot surrender the right of search and blockade.
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Belgium
Germany
Holland
London
Wilson
London Express
Great Britain
Amsterdam
Krupps
Cologne
Ruguie
Fashion notes on Paris frocks and new trim details influence
The piece surveys latest dress trends with Paris inspired embroidery and trims on blouses and tunics. It highlights black velvet and copper colored metal embroidery, rust Titian cherry Alpine blue accents, and the rise of three quarter length sleeves and capes in new styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pvt Ross Folsom Wounded in France Reports Improving
East Concord Mrs. John Folsom relays word from her son Pvt Ross Folsom of Co B 102 Machine Gun Battalion that he was wounded October 23 but is recovering well and can walk on crutches. He reached France in September 1917 and believes he was lucky to escape more serious injuries after his foot wound.
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John Folsom
Pvt
Ross Folsom
Pvt. Folsom
Co. B
France
Nine Vermonters named in casualty list
Washington reports the casualty list from the American Expeditionary Forces. Killed in action Corp. Glen W. Bassett of Wilmington. Wounded severely Pvt. Fred Ferris of Northfield and Pvt. Frank Ballou of Randolph Center. Wounded slightly Pvt. John McCarthy of Newport Pvt. George O'Brien of Searlsbury Pvt. Glenford P. Moore of St. Albans. Wounded degree undetermined Pvt. Merritt G. Chapman of Enosburg Falls Pvt. Herman J. Wright of Grafton and Pvt. Edward C. Kennedy of Wallingford. Rain or snow with warmer temperatures tonight into Thursday.
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Washington
American Expeditionary Forces
Corp
Glen W. Bassett
Wilmington
Fred Ferris
Northfield
Frank Ballou
Randolph Center
John McCarthy
Newport
George O'Brien
Searsbury
Glenford P. Moore
St. Albans
Merritt G. Chapman
Enosburg Falls
Herman J. Wright
Grafton
Ti Ie
Edward C. Kennedy
Wallingford
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GLOBE
Home Project Club
Ational Council of Defense
Henry van Dyke
Waveaqre Drive
Vermont News
Martin F. Ingram
Marlboro
International Garment Co
Richford
Alfred G. Whittemore
Clara, Whitemore
Whittemore
Chitttenden
Burlington Traction Company
Howard National Bank
Essex County
Kyle T. Brown
Lunenburg
John F. King
Fitzdale
Carl Foss
Brighton
Jane Schoff
Canaan
Susie Moore
Orange County
March M. Wilson
Randolph
Harry G. Hunter
Corinth
Pe Reilly
Graniteville
Orleans County
Frank D. Thompson
Barton
Chauncey S. Skinner
Arthur F. Pierce
Fanny T. May
Florence Wood
Laor
C. F
Dr. Liebknecht
Potsdam
Hamburg
Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Council
Bolshevists
Czernin
Kaiser
Arts of Peace
Lille
The
Liberty
Smith College Unit
New England
Canopic
Boston
Camp Devens
Vienna
Count Czernin
Austrai
William
Enter
Romania
New York
Guantanamo
Kroonland
Arraw
East Concord
Thoreday
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