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Newspaper
The Evening Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1919
Page
1
The American Legion basketball team beat the newly formed Company L outfit 55 to 24 in a brisk Friday evening contest at School Mall. About 150 spectators watched as the veteran Legion men, more polished and experienced, controlled play throughout. The Company L squad showed strain from being newly organized and struggled to match the Legion's pace and defense.
A fragmented advertisement lists subscription deals for the Daily Caledonian Record and the Weekly Caledonian, offering three months for $7 and a full year for $1 if subscribed before January 1st. It also touches on comparing prices to beonsone meat, milk of shoes, and salt, noting limited value for smaller payments.
Three men Willum Phillips Alcide Toldue and Harmidas Boldie were jailed in Newport on burglary charges after a shanty raid tied to a theft spree. A turkey from Hawkins’s roost and Cutler’s saw were recovered, with Phillips’s wife Mrs Phillips charged with aiding and concealing stolen property. The men face a Monday hearing before Judge Will Wrest. bail set at $1,000 for Mrs Phillips.
About 100 Vermont school directors and superintendents gathered in Burlington to push higher pay for teachers. They sought minimums of 800 dollars for district and graded schools and 1000 for high schools, adopting a compromise recommending a general salary rise by at least 50 percent over 2016 levels, though the meeting had no legislative authority.
London reports Premier Ling George aims to craft an Irish bill resembling the U.S. state department system with separate subposts and local representation to Parliament. The plan includes an imperial affairs role and Christmas-hour considerations while officials expect a Jan. 4 decision from Washington.
A freight train collided with a passenger train near Onawa Maine injuring 35 and killing eleven as two sections of the immigrant carrier were wrecked. Injured passengers from St. John New Brunswick and the Steamship Emyness of E Pavifie Tai l were involved in the disaster with lingering cold and wind affecting survivors. The report notes the wreckage and missing bodies as authorities work to recover victims.
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