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Newspaper
The Evening Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1919
Page
4
The Evening Caledonian is a daily newspaper published in St. Johnsbury Vermont since 1837 with morning and Saturday issues. It lists subscription rates by mail four dollars a year six dollars for three months and sixty cents monthly delivered by carrier in St. Johnsbury. It notes Associated Press membership rights and copyright statements and tax details.
The Caledonian announces its staff roster for St Johnsbury with roles for editor manager W D Pelley local editor Chas C Lord reporter Alice Massey bookkeeper Robert Mackinnon office manager Florence Rouse proofreader Margaret Robie subscriptions W E Barrett foreman Raymond Packard operators Ruth Impey Myles Gilman pressman Arthur Boucher ad compositor Annie Moran press tender Maurice Barrett and a reminder to call the desired person by name.
A 1919 column naively riffs on daily life during wartime, contrasting small comforts with hardship. It muses on bedtimes, cinema goers, bank fears, a crying child, and quirky households while wittily noting the ease of spelling Smith and the labor of a housewife washing dishes after meals.
Citizens in Caledonia County push back at government control of telephone and telegraph systems after a Public Service Commission hearing. Critics attack Postmaster General Burleson and the telecom rate actions as autocratic and unwarranted, with senators and newspapers voicing strong opposition.
A sweeping critique argues Postmaster General Burleson suppresses publications and inflates telephone and telegraph charges. It cites delayed telegrams and rising rates, calls for reduced control of communications, and warns of monopolized nationwide circulation harming public information and efficiency.
Armour and Company releases The Livestock Producer and Armour arguing a hungry world will rely on American stockgrowers. The U S Food Administration targets 2 600 000 tons of meat exports for year ending July 1 1919, amid European famine. Prisoners of war and breeding herds face losses. pure bred stock boosters see high prices as replacements are needed.
In our science class we studied heavenly bodies and learned many lessons about them. We used experiments on the playground to compare relative sizes of the sun, moon, and earth. We found the sun five and a half inches in diameter on a hundred foot scale.
Lillian Lucas explains how a hot Nebula cloud spun and cooled to form rings that became stars and planets. Earth is a planet and others include Jupiter Mercury Mars Venus Uranus Saturn Neptune. Astronomers speculate the sun could be a satellite orbiting a larger heavenly body as space appears endless.
Rev Francis Poole of St Johnsbury spoke in McIndoe Falls Thursday afternoon to a small gathering about a drive to gain half a million new members before next year. The men’s canvas committee plans an oyster supper and social Friday with the losing side hosting. Attendance urged.
A memorial service for George E. Lillicrap who died in action on the fields of France will be held Sunday at 3 pm at St James church. Rev. Alfred Poole Grint will deliver the sermon. Local social notices follow about visitors and lodge meetings.
A tardy Wednesday evening tea at the Methodist church added $15 to the Ladies Benevolent Society treasury from their efforts. Delegation from Moose Lodge No. 82 attended Ralph Bell’s funeral in Lunenburg. Multiple residents visit family, illness, and travel updates appear, with care for the ill and ongoing social committee work and delayed Cord Grange installation until February 23.
Andrew Morgan of Barnet spent Sunday at M K Bruce s. S A Denio is sick with a hard cold. Lindsay Stanhope of Lyndon has been visiting at Fred Converse s. Victor Roberts and two daughters Veera and Velma of Lyndonville, Mr and Mrs Harold Wood and son Sherman were at C H Annis Sunday. Olive Road spent Sunday with her parents in St Johnsbury. Mrs Eugene Allard of Manchester NH is visiting Mrs Nelson Rush. Pomona Grange meets here Wednesday night.
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