Walden School Event and Local Notes
A Walden school plans a Saturday night entertainment on February 22 with scholar performances and maple sugar doughnuts. Proceeds fund a school bell. The Valentine social at G H Kingsbury’s last week drew a jolly crowd despite a snowstorm with over $5 from refreshments. Wood sawyers are plentiful locally. Frank Kittridge and Mrs Martha Ainsworth wed at Danville Methodist parsonage on February 6. C A Burbank and family return to the Heights from Haverhill. Henry Bachelder buys army horses from Mr Silver of Greensboro Bend. Lilian Calhoun left her Derby school for a family illness. G H Kingsbury visited Ryegate, two days last week. George Hanna spent Sunday home from the Fairbanks mill on the Mountain.
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Walden School
G. H. Kingsbury
Wood Sawyers
Frank Kittridge
Martha Ainsworth
Danville Methodist Parsonage
Derby
Ryegate
George Hanna
Fairbanks Mill
Mountain
Dorothy Parker
Methodist
D. J. Burns
North Haverhill
Monroe Cemetery
William Maynes
Roland
Orrin Chamberlain
St. Johnsbury
Laura Bort
Herman Chamberlain
Lisbon
Stamford
Maurice Green
Julia Fisher
D. L. Burns
Cecil Hinman
East Rye
Woodsville
Metcalf
Monroe
Piermont
Lois Beattie
France
Forrest Emery
Charles Hoye
Carl Williams
Burlington
Orleans Hops Toward New Hospital Occupancy
Local notices report the new Orleans hospital nearing completion and ready for occupancy. Several town residents are mentioned including Miss Clemma Converse taking influenza leave, Miss Rae Astle visiting St Johnsbury Center, and the death of Hon H H Somers in Newport after two weeks illness. Multiple community moves and positions are noted with teachers resigning and others taking posts, plus local travel and store changes.
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Clemma Converse
Ayers Cliff
P. Q
Rae Astle
St. Johnsbury Center
H. H. Somers
Newport
Tillotson
Jak Washington
Clara Dwinell
J. G. Turnbull
Randolph Turnbull
Chase
Evansville
Eva Bassett
Brown and Skinner
Inauguration Delayed For Washington's 1789 Entry
The article notes the first presidential inauguration was set for March 4 1789 by law but delayed. Washington was inaugurated April 30 1789 after delays in congress and travel. The term is treated as starting March 4 1789 and ending March 4 1793 per the Constitution.
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George Washington
Continental Congress
First Congress
New York
Washington
Mount Vernon
Constitution
New York Times
Evening Caledonian Established 1837
A brief newspaper item notes the Evening Caledonian dating back to 1837 with archival reference to its publication on a Wednesday in February 1919.
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Evening Caledonian
Local notices from Lyndonville and surrounding towns
Norman McLean, John O Connor, Mrs H W Lyster, and others are listed as visiting or residing in Lyndonville and nearby towns. Several residents travel for work or illness, births reported, and students study or recover from operations. The Red Cross treasury gains 50 dollars from a St Johnsbury Center event, with remaining funds aiding a piano fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman McLean
Lyndonville
John O'Connor
Hanover
H. W. Lyster
Charles Begin
Why Is It Said the Butcher Shop Price Triggers Thoughts
A facetious seller remarks on chuck roast at 55 cents a pound provoking a humorous reflex about flesh and the devil. The line appears in a Indianapolis Star quotation, illustrating playful banter about meat economics and temptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Star
Nazimova Starred In Eye for Eye and Doll of Fame
The article hails Nazimova as the screen’s greatest attraction, compares her to stage and opera luminaries, and notes the success of Eye for Eye following earlier triumphs Toy s of Fate and Revelation. It also records a local funeral for Mrs. Dorothy Parker, with family details and attendance from out of town, plus brief community notes on residents and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazimova
Bernhardt
Caruso
Curtis Services Held As Bradford Remembers Local Pioneer
The funeral services for Mrs. C. H. Curtis were held Tuesday afternoon. She operated a Main Street millinery shop for many years and was a prominent local business figure.
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C. H. Curtis
Fay Beede
Albert Beede
Beede
C. Brickett Bailey
Metric Denominations for Capacity Measures
The text lists metric units for capacity: kiloliter or stere equal to 1,000 liters or one cubic meter, hectoliter 100 liters equal to one tenth cubic meter, dekoliter ten liters equals ten cubic decimeters, deciliter one tenth of a liter equals one tenth cubic decimeter, centiliter one hundredth of a liter equals ten cubic centimeters, milliliter one thousandth of a liter equals one cubic centimeter.
Washington's Peculiar Fitness for the Revolution
Historians agree George Washington alone matched the Fathers of the Republic in mental and temperamental fitness to lead the American Revolution. He bore the burden of building an army from raw volunteers and shaping patriotism through extensive correspondence with colonial governors and leaders while guiding military and political efforts through years of defeats and disputes.
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Washington
George Washington
The
Republic
Devil's Bell on Long Island Sound Maps From Revolution Era
The Long Island Sound in New York was once known as the Devil's Bell before and after the Revolution. Sauthler's map of New York during the Revolution era marks the Devil's Bell between Hell Gate and the Race, noting its tumultuous passage.
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Long Island Sound
New York
Sauthler
Hell Gate
Powdered borax cleaner for wool grease stains
An ounce of pulverized borax added to a quart of boiling water and bottled for use proves useful for removing grease spots from woolen goods.
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MR Hiccs May
Hope
Bess
Don Caee
Tom Dick
Rufus
Aler
Orleans
Jane Smith
Passumpsic
William Parks
BE. S. Cobb
Jeffersonville
W. E. Blodgett
George Swett
Augustus Clark
Schenectady, New York
Brightlock Hospital Association
W. H. Sargent
Rutland
W. H. H. Robie
E. J. Gates
East Burke
S. E. Bonnett
Concord
George Bonnett
Sceva Spear
Nashua
A. M. Goodrich
Lillian Stevens
Clara Tabor
Sadie Tabor
Haverhill, N. H
B. B. Scribner
East Berkshire
Warner Seaman
Augustus Clarke
Schenectady
N. Y
George K. Swett
J. C. Taylor
BE. C. Potter
Brightlock Hospital
G. H. Albee
East Hardwick
Charles W. H. Hoyt
Boston
Albee
A. Glenn Woolson
Springfield
J. M. Gile
N. H
Clara Woods
Rochester
Eastman Kodak School
Randall and Whitcomb
A. J. Corriveau
C. L. Stacey
the White Company
F. W. Taylor
Henry Wenz
White Company
E. A. Strout Farm Agency
Brown's Cigar Store
Main St
Kyanize
THF Peck Company
Bradford
Foley
Kinneys
Blad
BFE
National Blank Books
National Secret
St. Johnsbury, Vt
E. V. Price & Co
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