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Newspaper
The Evening Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1920
Page
6
The Cassidy family of St Johnsbury thank friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and for funeral flowers. Mr and Mrs Dennis Cassidy and Family express gratitude for support and sympathy dated February 22, 1920.
Max Forbes of Prospect Avenue was taken to St Johnsbury Hospital with pneumonia. Dr McSweeney reports cutting has recovered enough to return home. Frank Phillips fills in at Montpelier Western Union during operator illness. Mrs G W Luce of Montpelier visits her ill parents in town. The thermometer fell to ten below zero. Harry H Carr heads to Burlington for a Republican state committee meeting. Bracker Spence of Montreal visited Rev Dr A P Grint. Tracy Shepard of Springfield Vermont spent the weekend with friends.
Newport visitors greet local families at homecomings and births. Vermont Maple Sugar Makers plan shows and drives, Caledonia County Fair listed among venues. Red Cross meets, church and hospital visits, and a long roster of travel and illness notes fill the page. A film feature titled Teeth of the Tiger headlines upcoming show with David Powell and cast in town today and tomorrow.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company reports a new high in 1919 with total new insurance at 1 418 681 492, including over 500 million in industrial policies. Group policies reached about 122 million, assets rose to 864 821 824, and dividends for 1920 total 7 625 723.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Estabrooks of New York City visit his father Henry Estabrooks over the holiday. Prof. Shirley Patterson of Martmouth College joined Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Walker for a Sunday guest. Mrs. M. R. Smith of Lebanon visits her parents H. A. Thomas and wife. Miss Florence Stanl and Lynn Blanchet a tailor at 34 East ern avenue, died Saturday of pneumonia at St Johnsbury Hospital. Mrs. James A. Spare and Mrs Charles Rattigan are at their home on Main Street. They returned to Boston.
The body of Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary, discoverer of the North Pole, was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery with full naval and military honors. Capt S Q Wright conducted the service as officials, government members, and diplomatic corps attended. The casket was carried on a gun carriage draped with Peary’s North Pole flag while bluejackets and army escort lined the grave and three volleys were fired.
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