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Newspaper
The Evening Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1919
Page
3
The Evening Caledonian publishes its 1919 masthead and publication details. It lists D Pelley Publishing Co Inc as the publisher in St Johnsbury Vermont with mail rates four dollars yearly and monthly carrier delivery, plus Associated Press rights and second class matter notice dated February 7 1919.
A compact miscellany of reflective vignettes and quips on life ambition aging homes and culture. It touches on the allure of magazines crafts tastes and the entertainment industry with tongue in cheek remarks about public figures and daily rituals.
An advertisement promises nearly immediate relief for stiffness and body aches with a “GOLD MEDAL” product. It describes rapid effect after exercise and notes laboratory testing, claiming relief from gas and body pains. The copy is unclear but asserts swift benefits.
The piece praises druggists as advertisers and publicists shaping shopper choices with color signs One Cent Sales and Cut Rate Drugs. It notes pricing tricks and psychology of bargains while acknowledging pharmacists provide essential medicines and community services. The column cites local figures and moves, including Mrs. Ellison and Mr. Lafleur, with brief notices of deaths and relocations.
Several from East Barnet attended the Farmers Association meeting in St. Johnsbury on Tuesday. Mrs. Herbert Wormwood is sick with tonsillitis. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Moore were business visitors in Hanover, New Hampshire, Tuesday. Mrs. Ray Welch of Lisbon and Miss Gladys Bigelow of St Johnsbury visit Mrs. Welch's mother, Mrs. Lizzie Kendall. Rev. Mr. Fisher of Meindoe will preach here next Sunday.
Mrs. Humphrey keeps house for Horace Gleason. Mrs. Henry Wallace visited sister Mrs. Oliver Cowan at East Peacham. Mrs. C Lean went to Newbury for Miss Janet Johnson then to Lowell for bronchial illness of sister Mrs. Kennedy. Mrs. E L Field was at East Rye gate over Wignicht. Miss Flora Winch and Mrs. Fred...
Mrs. Fred Moore, chaplain of the Woman's Relief corps in Bennington, fell while descending the G. A. R. stairs Monday evening and suffered a broken ankle in two places.
O. H. Harding of Rutland was injured among 25 when a Hartford bound New Haven and Hartford passenger train struck a locomotive and car near Danbury. The incident occurred Tuesday night on the Danbury division.
The column reports illness and visits including Frank Kerr of Twin State Gas Co and Mrs Sullivan in town, travel plans to Boston Sherbrooke and Cambridge, a Cottage prayer meeting on Main street, upcoming social plans, and various church services at the City Mission Hall M C A building Union Baptist North Congregational Globe Theater. It notes Y M C A overseas work by Don Stiles and a February stockholders meeting for the Caledonia Fairground Company with potential sale and reorganization actions.
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