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Newspaper
The Evening Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1920
Page
4
A local item notes an editor appointed as secretary of agriculture. The snippet mentions a 4 percent beer bill and remarks on scissors trimming grape vines, with a nod to Bolshevik concerns. The piece preserves oddball humor and brief political context in a compact editorial fragment.
The piece notes wage gains of 200 to 800 percent in government circles and Socialist calls for force. It says 276,000 Austria Hungary prisoners died in Siberia and voices regret, while a $20 million pork cut from the driver and harbor bill promises political squealing from affected Congressmen.
Local notes report the American Legion plans a Ford touring car giveaway as part of a New England event to raise funds and unite veterans. A ball with music by Sargent Bros orchestra and a home talent concert will be run by chairs Ball Carlyle L Sargent Webb Batchelder Earl Chok Edward Hudson.
The Bonett family expresses gratitude to friends neighbors and the pastor and his wife for their kindness and the beautiful flowers during illness and death of their loved one.
The Eastman family of St Johnsbury thanks neighbors friends and shopmates for acts of kindness during the last illness of their dear one and for the beautiful love given. Such expressions of friendship will be gratefully remembered. Feb 18 1920. Bring home a tube of Nazal the whole family need it.
St Johnsbury locals report county Red Cross relief work and volunteers visiting the sick. Joseph K Beck and his son Philip travel to Boston for specialized care for Philip's injured arm. Isabel Masse of the Spaulding Neighborhood has recovered from illness.
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