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Newspaper
The Evening Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1919
Page
4
The Evening Caledonian prints today’s issue from St Johnsbury Vermont published by W D Pelley Publishing Co Inc The paper details subscription rates by mail and carrier and notes AP news use rights and Second Class matter designation for May 1 1916.
A stream of dated opinions mocks Christmas neckties Ford popularity and a public publisher. It notes a Ford on Eastern Avenue hill and jokes about friends poor help while imagining Calamity Howlers predicting a war to 1921.
The New England born Hattin Homes, established nearly 25 years ago, have faced earlier financial hardship but gained supporters and a growing endowment. Despite wartime cost increases, income and expenses remained balanced, allowing continued operations though receipts lagged behind.
An annual deficit prompts a donor drive this week to fund the Homes with gifts of all sizes. Officials seek $25,000 to clear the deficit and establish an emergency fund. Mail campaign invites gifts via treasurer E. L. Walker in Bellows Falls Vermont.
The piece satirically describes how public anger targets railroads and public service companies, portraying lawsuits and strikes as frequent theatre. It argues costs are passed to consumers, not corporate pockets, while highlighting repeated legal and personal damages from everyday incidents.
Poem celebrating wartime songs that lifted spirits and inspired soldiers. References to Keep the Home Fires Burning Over There The Star Spangled Banner and Home Sweet Home praise songs of unity. Named place St Johnsbury Vermont and author Laura Lovejoy.
A reflective column argues that the public bears the bill in long run and questions crowd sentiment toward big corporations. It notes past corporate profits and current public backlash, then shifts to Concord war letters and local Red Cross activity. The piece includes a tribute from Major General G B Duncan on George E B Lillicrap killed in action, along with weekly notes on Red Cross sewing, illness, visits, and local residents in Concord and surrounding towns.
The Federal Packing Co. at Enosburg Falls handles a heavy flow of milk to meet daily carload shipments of condensed product to seaboard ports. Milk arrives from local farmers and the area creamery, with large quantities also coming from Whitefield New Hampshire Frelighsburg and Sutton Quebec and nearby Vermont towns.
Apollo Lodge No 2 Knights of Pythias calls a meeting Tuesday evening February 11 at 7 20. Page to be worked on with H W Clark C C H B Anderson K BR and others listed in the notice.
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