Graham outlines duties and state finances in retiring message
In Montpelier Horace F. Graham delivers a retiring message to the Vermont legislature. He highlights accomplishments and calls for continued consolidation of state offices, larger appropriations for charities and tuberculosis efforts, and questions further highway funding. He defends the practice of advances for state funds and notes indirect taxation revenue.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Horace F. Graham
Board of Control
State Board of Charities and Probation
House of Representatives
Fortun
B. Henry Powell
Laws of the Air Delays English Air Travel
London reports that no passenger or commercial air service will run from England to other nations until Britain drafts comprehensive air traffic and customs laws. An Air Ministry official notes the task's enormity, warning against chaos, contraband, and postal issues without proper legislation. Current navigation is banned beyond naval, military, or three miles from recognized aerodromes.
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London
Associated Press
England
British
Air Ministry
United Kingdom
Kely
Apiary Spreads Along Steep Terraced Mountain Slope
A striking image shows a large apiary perched on a terraced mountain hillside. The scene captures many wooden hives arrayed along the sloped terrain, illustrating careful placement to manage altitude and access.
Bees in tall hive terraces threaten Forts
London papers report that Great Britain plans to destroy forts but cites a profitable use for terraced bee hives. More than 300 swarms housed in 12 to 15 foot high terraces are being inspected, with hives placed high and exposed to summer breezes while Medina and nearby regions are referenced in the context of Arabian locations.
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Chanics Magazine
London
Great Britain
Medina
Medina ix
Arabia
Medta
Arene
Tribute to Col Roosevelt at Vermont Bar meeting
Judge Wendell P. Stafford of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia opened the Vermont Bar Association's Montpelier gathering with a tribute to Theodore Roosevelt. He lauded Roosevelt as a great man and force who championed justice, civic causes, and national renewal, and urged Americans to follow his fearless voice and pursuit of victory and moral obligation.
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Wendell P. Stafford
Supreme Court of Theistrict of
Columbia
Vermont Bar Association
Montpelier
Theodore Roosevelt
Cheete
Webster
Fox
Y M C A sells goods to doughboys at cost in war effort
Paris reports the A B C of home production at 1900 YMCA centers supplying every daily necessity from tobacco to soap at cost price. The Quartermaster's Department contracts with a vast retail chain to deliver war goods at cut rates, absorbing losses on items bought at war prices. Goods are priced to ease the doughboy's cost of living as deliveries continue.
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Paris
United States
Quartermaster's Department
East Prussian towns recaptured by Germans report
Berlin reports German forces have retaken several East Prussian towns from Polish control and plan an attack on Pozen. The Evening News notes marked disorder in Warsaw and calls the East Prussian situation "most serious."
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Berlin
East Prussia
Pozen
Warsaw
Vermont Weekly Trade Report Powering Early 1919 Inventory Cycle
Bradstreet's Vermont office reports a quiet first week of the year focused on inventory and house cleaning. Retailers feature clearance sales to move stock, aided by cool weather boosting seasonable goods sales. Vermont shows higher year over year business failures in 1918, driven by one major corporate collapse, with 14 counties reporting failures and 43 percent of failures tied to meat, grocery, and general store stock.
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Burlington
Jan
Bradstreet’s
Vermont
Etail
New England
Addison
Bennington
Caledonia
Chittenden
Essex
Ene
Grand Isle
Lamoille
Orange
Orleans
Rutland
Washington
Windham
Wind
Gen Azgapetian Coming to Speak on Near East Relief
The Vermont campaign for Relief in the Near East announces General Mesrop N. Azgapetian as principal speaker at a mass meeting in St. Johnsbury Armory on Monday evening January 13. Roland F. Stevens will also speak briefly. The event aims to inform and boost Vermont’s quota of the $60,000,000 national drive. General Azgapetian, a Persian military and diplomatic veteran, speaks multiple languages and has served with Red Cross. Capacity attendance expected. admission is free.
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Genfeat Mesrop Azgapetain
Pris 4Pal
Armory
Roland FE. Stevens
Vermont
St. Johnsbury
Sua
Mesrop N. Azapesian
Near East
Sve
American Committee For Relief In the
General Azapetian
Robert College
Constantinople
University of Geneva
Switzerland
Columbia University
New York
Seventh Regiment
Asia
Europe
Persia
America
Legation
Washington
Vladimir
Atyrapetian
Orient
Augapetion
Waterman Not to Seek ReElection as Superior Judge
Montpelier January 9 Judge Eleazer L Waterman told superior judges he will not seek another term as Montpelier Vermont superior judge He plans to retire after twelve years on the bench and departs with good relations among colleagues He will be eighty on his next birthday and remains a popular figure with strong ties to the court.
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Waterman
Montreller
Jan
Sherman R. Moulton
Burlington
Chittenden County
Fevier
American Troops in Russia Confirmed at Fifteen Thousand
Washington reports on January 9 states that 15,000 American troops are in Russia as an important war measure. Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, told the Senate these facts and declined to discuss policy. He noted criticism from both sides over Russia policy and clarified questions about troop numbers.
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Washington
Russia
Senate
Hitchcocks
Foreign Relations Committee
Hitchcock
Great Britain
France
California
Johnson
Committee On Foreign Relations
Rusia
Congress
Springfield Quarry Company Incorporation Filed
Articles of association for Springfield Quarry Company Inc filed in Montpelier. Capital stock set at $10,000. Incorporators are W E B Dix Everard Stubbs Harold Miller and Julian S Jacobs all of Springfield.
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Montpelier
Jan
Springfield
W. EB. Dix
Everard Stubbs
Harold ©. Miller
Juliani S. Jacobs
Will Sail for France From White River Junction
Secretary A. C. Hurd of Windsor county Y M C A plans to sail for France next week to engage in special work as representative of national and county associations. In his absence Miss Alice Jenkerson will head the county office and F P Campbell and the committee will handle association business. Hurd expects to return early in the summer.
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White River Junction
A. C. Hurd
Windsor County
Y. M
France
Alice Jenkerson
F. P. Campbell
Hurd
Countess Returns to Her Chateau in Paris After War Losses
Countess de Chambrun, formerly Miss Clara Longworth of Cincinnati, led refugees from St Mihiel to Paris. Her chateau was pillaged by Germans. many treasures vanished or repurposed. She now resides in a Louis XIV palace, pursuing studies at the Sorbonne and an LL D, while history echoes in the same building that sheltered Mme. Lafayette.
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Countess de Chambrun
Clara Longworth
Cincinnati
St. Mihiel
Paris
St Mihiel
Longworth
San Francisco Chronicle
Tts
Paria
Tahrage
Sorbonne
Mme. Lafeyette
Pin Fiasco Highlights Y M C A Canter Worker
Miss Agnes Pennick of Lexington Virginia A Y M C A canteen worker at Dijon navigates demands for pins amid a wartime show rehearsal. A soldier requested another safety pin as he dressed for a vampire role she deflected playfully yet helped secure both pins, earning praise for prompt sportspersonship.
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Paris
Dan
Agnes Pennick
White Street
Lexington
Miss Pennick
Dijon
Miss Sybil Peace Appointed Vermont Child Welfare Investigator
The emergency children’s committee formed to address the dependent child issue in Vermont met in Vergennes and appointed Sybil Peace of Burlington to lead a statewide inquiry. She brings extensive social work experience in Boston and with the Red Cross and will coordinate with charity and health boards.
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Sybil Peace
Vermont
Te Promiem
Vergennes
Can. T
Burcington
Bo. Chis
Bostor
Associated Charities
The
Little Wanderers
Chil's Aid Society
Red Cross
America
Pepse
Charitiee
of Health
W. Wilson
A.B. Gifford
Byrnington
Mont Neliery Ten
Coneration
Stith
Annial Vermont
Conference of Social Work
Peace conference to probe war causes and Kaiser actions
A sub committee of peace delegates will rigorously inquire into war causes while reports from London Paris and Buenos Aires describe gains by the Ebert government in Berlin sparring with the Spartacists unrest in the city a probable 80 delegates at the peace congress and a general strike in Argentina amid widespread disorders and casualties.
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London
Ebert
Berlin
Paris
Supreme Council
Ain
Buenos Aires
Argentine Republic
War Dispatches From Europe and Washington
Newport News despatch reports Madawska landed over 2200 troops from France with most men gas wounded. Berlin says government forces control section between Brangenburg gate and Vried vichstrasse and prohibit processions after capturing police HQ, Spartacan stronghold. Lichborn notes Spartacan police chief fled while many supporters captured. Washington says Wilson’s effort to settle New York marine strike expected today and Navy subcommittee trims 25,000 from Daniels’ request for the next year's naval bill.
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Berlin
Bettween
Brangenburg Gate
Vriedvichstrasse
Lichborn
Washington
Wilson
New York Marine Workers
Cable
Sayat
House Naval
Daniels
General strike and violence reported in Germany year end
The Sparta vans hive proclaimed a general strike for January 19 to block elections to the national assembly. Government troops arrived in Berlin from Potsdam and seized the Spartacans Red Flag. Fires and gunfire erupted at the Danish Red Cross building. In Dusseldorf three hundred were killed in three days of fighting at a Bolsheviki republic. In Munich five thousand unemployed demonstrated and two were killed in a machine gun clash.
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Copenhagen
Jan. I
Sparta Vans
Germany
National Assembly
Berlin
Potsdam
Spartacans
Dusseldorf
Munich
Straightening Wire from Reused Copper
Stray copper wire is to be straightened for reuse by manual work. Use firm anchor, vise if needed, loop around a sturdy object and pull to straighten. Repeat as necessary, noting that soft copper may stretch and lengthen during the process.
Life's Timetable and Gaps in Time's Flow
A fragmented notice reflects on life’s periods and the passing years, suggesting a five year span of events and a sense of gaps between moments. The text evokes memory and the pace of life, noting changes that appear just beyond immediate perception.
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Ufsaw
102d M G Battalion to Leave France for Home
Announcement that the 102d machine gun battalion with many from old Company A Vermont Infantry is leaving France for home is received by soldiers' relatives via the Welfare association in Boston. A cable noted George's regiment under orders to return, signed by George W Heatley, with a tag day planned in Boston for welfare support. The report conflicts with other news that the division remained near Lengres in the Chaumont region.
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102D
Vermont Infantry
France
Welfare Association
Boston
Lengres
Chaumont
The Difference Between Talent and Genius
The quote contrasts talent as ease with challenging tasks and true genius as doing the impossible. It asserts that easy work reveals skill, while tackling the seemingly unachievable marks genuine genius.
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