Evening Caledonian Established 1837 notice
Evening Caledonian published daily except Sundays by W. D. Pelley Publishing Co. Inc. in St. Johnsbury Vermont. Subscription rates: $4 yearly, $2 half year, $1 quarter. Delivered by carrier for 50 cents monthly. Associated Press member rights and republication notices included. Entered as second class May 1, 1916.
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W. D. Pelley Publishing Co., Inc
Eastern Avenue
St. Johnsbury, Vt
St. Johnsbury
Vermont
Caledonian Staff Roles For St Johnsbury Newspaper
The Caledonian lists staff positions for its St Johnsbury edition, naming editor W D Pelley local editor C C Lord and staff across reporting bookkeeping office management proofreading subscriptions and production including Ruth Impey Florence Rouse Margaret Robie Raymond Packard Annie Moran Myles Gilman Arthur Boucher Maurice Barrett and others. It notes a phone system to call by name.
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Caledonian
St. Johnsbury
W. D. Pelley
Chas. C. Lord
Alice Massey
Robert Mackinnon
Florence Rouse
Margaret Robie
W. E. Barrett
Raymond Packard
Ruth Impey
Myles S. Gilman
Arthur Boucher
Annie Moran
Maurice Barrett
Life's Dreary Path In 1919 Public Satire
A fragment from a 1919 column comment mixes humor on marriage, Chaplin, poetry, and social habits. It riffs on dignity and manners, notes the public’s flirtation with Bolshevism, and ends with a caution about exploiting others for personal gain.
High Prices and a Turning Point in the Cost of Living
Readers confront the rising cost of living in St. Johnsbury as national papers signal a potential price decline. Literary Digest reports last Sunday’s ordinary family dinner cost one dollar less than a week earlier while editors anticipate easing food costs.
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St. Johnsbury
Literary
Philadelphia Evening Public Ledger
League of Rations
Knoxville Sentinel
Brooklyn
Boston Globe
Bradstreet
Market prices slide as postwar costs settle
New York Journal of Commerce lauds the paper’s bold claim while market reports from New York Chicago Detroit and other cities describe wholesale price declines across corn oats barley and rye with pork cheese eggs and butter following. Editors cite supply glut and open winter as drivers while retailers resist pass through. experts warn the drop may continue but not to prewar levels amid global shortages and currency pressure.
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New York Journal of Commerce
New York
Chicago
Detroit
New York World
New York Evening Post
United States
Schwab
England
Detroit News
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Newark News
National City Bank
When a Man's Married These Are Not Going to Be Reduced
The passage notes that international prices remain high with freight and railway charges not falling to prewar rates. It states profits are sacrificed and production suffered while fundamental conditions for lower prices are not yet established here or in Europe.
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Europe
A Woman's Point Of View On Talk Across The Nation
A poem contrasts women’s conversations with men’s, noting women discuss daily chores and family life while men grow restless during bad weather. It ends with a mock claim that if women were indoors they would gossip as much, and suggests not to heed male complaints.
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Gosip
Local Notices and Family Updates from Passumpsic Area
Passumpsic briefs report Ai Fulford with a jammed toe after a Tuesday incident. A baby of Mr and Mrs Ralph Johnson is ill with a hard cold. Fred Symes returns to Monroe after his father and mother’s death. Albertis Scruton injured his leg sliding, missing school. John Annis visited Victor Roberts in Lyndonville midweek. Mrs Charles Fulford and family visited Mrs Frank Bennett in East St Johnsbury.
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Ai Fulford
Ralph Johnson
Fred Symes
Monroe
Albertis Scruton
John Annis
Victor Roberts
Lyndonville
Charles Fulford
al Fulford
Frank Bennett
East St. Johnsbury
Makers of Heroes and the Call to Duty
Emerson argues that heroism emerges under terror and challenge. The piece suggests human nature holds latent courage that awakens when a great crisis or drumbeat summons action, revealing true character and dispelling petty resistance.
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Emerson
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Henry Wenz
White Company
Fletcher
Castoria
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H. B. Blossom
McLeod Milling Co
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H. K. Ido
Plymouth Creamery Co
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