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Newspaper
The Evening Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1918
Page
2
For sale two tenements at Clit St with barn and improvements. Owner moved from town, bargain price listed at 7500 dollars. A tenement near Fairbanka shop is available to rent at 12 dollars per month.
Caledonia Real Eastale Co announces the birth of a baby girl on December 26 to Mr and Mrs Herman Healy. William T. Smith spends the week at F K Allen's. Bernice and Ernest Matthews noted in Wikioe with Mr and Mrs William Clement. The Lyman Morrill family mentioned at Drum Stevens Sunday. Mrs Nettie Burbank ill with erysipelas in Newbury while caring for daughters Thelma Burbank ill with influenza. Miss Burbank improving. No school this week at North Danville due to primary teacher illness. Mr and Mrs Fred Langmids and Janet from Danville visited Burl Langmuid's. Mrs Clara Anderson visiting sister Mrs Ruth Stevens returned to Grinnell Iona. Body of Edwin Tildin brought here for burial last week. bereaved parents receive sympathy. Misses Eva Powers Helen Joyce Theodora Gadapec and Joe Forbes spent Christmas vacation with their parents. They made the quarter famous the American Liver Tablets.
A letter from Mrs Alexander Shaw details a decade long battle with headaches in Miolen ending after using Fruit atives. She reports complete freedom from headaches and endorses the medicine, noting prices of 6 for 2.50 and trial size 25 cents, available through FRUST-A-TIVES Limited, Ogdensburg, N.Y.
A nostalgic look at life twenty years past notes simple prices and habits. It recalls 6 cent cream pints, cantaloupes called muskmelons, doctors checking tongues, a hired girl earning $1.50 weekly, and gas prices of the era. The piece contrasts bygone conveniences with changes like tires once laughed at and Jules Verne’s submarine interest.
Local families from Portland to East Barnet aid in holiday visits and school officers were elected for the year. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day saw gatherings at several homes, with relatives from St Johnsbury Ryegate and Iowa Falls joining Monroe and Barnet residents. A missionary lecture was held at the Methodist church, and a Sunday school meeting elected officers including Superintendent Mrs. C L Carter and secretary Lillian Bort.
A passage on how taste evolves across generations, noting shifts from youth to adulthood. It reflects on a father figure and his children, contrasting past jokes with present attitudes, and suggests time changes how we view innocence, growth, and amusement.
Lunenburg residents shared Christmas visits from Sheldon and Colebrook travelers while a ladies committee led by Mrs. W G King organized cooked meals and aid for influenza sufferers. Reports note illnesses, recoveries, and closures of churches and library due to the epidemic, with many families affected and community support efforts underway.
The text notes garments and ten irks dresses received for delivery on January 10 and invites those willing to undertake the work to contact Mrs. W. King, chairwoman of the work department. It also mentions avoiding gatherings due to the influenza epidemic.
Mrs Fenncis Perry returns to Natick after visiting her daughter Mrs A O Austin. Miss Mollie Wescott visits at Mrs H Lothrop's. Miss Lucretia Gorham a guest at Mrs Lukius Nye's. Dr KE Stevens improves after influenza. Several family members and others ill with influenza. Sergt George B Rowell of Rainbow Division landed in New York. Massachusetts Supreme Court upholds $4000 damages against a bricklayers union for blocking work on a contractor firm. Mrs B O Spaulding of Newport visiting daughter Mrs Ethel Dickens. Marie Darling returns to work at Central Savings Bank. Doris and Betty Dickens return from West Burke visit. Mr and Mrs Ed Milliken return to Portland, Me. Mrs Merton Hall ill with influenza. Mrs Sadie Cowles caring for ill relatives. Lizzie Cameron busy in Barton. 17,000 personal crisis reports vs 25,000 fatal industrial accidents in 1017.
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