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Newspaper
The Evening Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1919
Page
3
At a village meeting in St Johnsbury a municipal building project was proposed. A committee was appointed to find a site and estimate costs for a building housing town offices and departments. The group aims for a hall with an auditorium and potential convention use, noting current fire station relocation needs and public gatherings constraints.
Passumpsic items report Grayton Miles visiting his mother Mrs. Nellie Miles while Fred Spires of Montana arrived after his father mother and brother died. Arthur Welch is on the sick list and Miss Helen Judkins works at A Denio's tenement. Mrs Fanny Symes died of pneumonia and influenza. The text notes remarks about influenza and life expectancy with references to Norway and climate.
Reverend William Shaw argues for unified rural development through training centers, church based workers, and Morgan memorials in several cities. He cautions against multiple competing agencies and urges a single strong regional agency to revitalize rural life and education.
London reports a new communal food scheme to raise four national restaurants. The plan, coordinated by the National Kitchens division and the National Caterers Protection Society, will establish buying co operatives, cooperative equipment, and uniform menus with fixed prices to ensure fair profits and good conditions. The project aims for high efficiency and cleanliness, with a net weekly profit cited from a London restaurant as evidence of feasibility. In Southampton Colonel Swalm presented sword handle candlesticks to General Balfour in gratitude to American troops passing through the port.
Local residents travel and visit relatives from New York to Groveton Junction New Hampshire and Pensacola Florida. The Hawaiian Concert Co performed to a full Town Hall crowd and Red Cross Finance praised. Seven Elliot returns to University of Vermont and Virginia Elliott goes home from Readsboro. Community activities include Every Member Canvassers meeting and upcoming annual business dinner at the schoolhouse hall.
On January 1 the Czecho-Slovaks celebrated their first free New Year in four centuries. Prague was festive with flags and American flags visible as awaiting American aid. Scarce food and high prices did not dampen joy. relief supplies and food were arriving from Italy by automobile trucks.
The amnesty led thousands of American women in war work to abandon uniforms for civilian attire. Women learned pockets are essential and adapted fashion to military influences. The era marks the first time women wore uniforms, with new styles and accessories reflecting wartime practicality.
Rev Arthur Vincent Allen named pastor of the Main Street Baptist Church in Newport succeeding Rev George Pomfrey. Allen, 28, has served as chaplain car evangelist and superintendent in Vermont, with ties to Colgate Temple University Crozer Seminary and Albany Business College. He will lead a congregation with strong railroad worker outreach as his prior work with the Vermont Baptist State Convention and American Baptist Publication Society broadens.
A short editorial urges regular exercise fresh air and consistent hours as prevention for influenza. It cautions that neglect or other factors allow a cold to develop despite a healthy lifestyle. The piece emphasizes daily discipline and timely action.
In tablet form for 70 years the standard cold remedy contains no opiates. Sold at Hill's drug stores.
Influenza cases in Greensboro cause no church services at the Congregational church again next Sunday. Local residents note illness among Miss Moretia Gessarah, Mrs. Allen Tall, and a small child. Numerous townspeople, including W S Ingalls and William Thompson, are mentioned with travel and visits in nearby Barton, Cabot, and Lyndon as the illness spreads.
Mrs Lillian Bullard and Wesley Cole are mentioned among town residents. Influenza kept many from services at the Methodist church. The Vi ie District No 1 annual meeting is planned January 6 at the Hose House. Neve Holl is ill with influenza at the Curtis home. Rev F A Collins of South Ryegate visits. he previously pastored here. Willie Woods recovering from pneumonia received funds on Christmas. A new principal is expected January 6 as Ray Pestle resigns for a job in North Bennington. Also notes on sterilization as the only safe method to kill bacteria in dairy utensils.
An article notes the Young Women’s Christian Association as the world’s oldest women’s group, run by women for women for over fifty years. Men serve only as janitors or trustees in rare, high‑stewardship roles, while women fill executives, secretaries, and office tasks.
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