War Bonds Drive Sparks Heavy Vermont District Sales
In an interview with F B Jacques the New York conference notes show St Johnsbury staff selling War Savings Stamps and Bonds totaling 120 million for the year 1915 with additional charity work by clerks and doctors. Senator Lewis warns the United States cannot abandon Wilson’s fourteen points in peace talks.
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F. B. Jacques
New York
Sife Ins.radpany
Iself
Jacques
St.Johnsbury
Actso
France
Europe
Vermont
St. Johnsbury
James Farailton Lewis
Ilinois
Lawyers’ Club
League of Nations
United States
Wilson
Germany
America
Italy
Turkey
Prussia
Peorte
Monument to Expeditionary Forces Proposed in Washington
A movement by the American Third Army plans a Washington monument honoring the American Expeditionary Forces. General Pershing would appoint a committee to oversee the project, with contributions limited to Expeditionary Forces Navy and Merchant Marine personnel.
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Washington
Third Army
General Pershing
Expeditionary Forces
Navy
Merchant Marine
Berry Family Visits in St Johnsbury Center
Mr and Mrs C J Berry visited their daughter Mrs George Newell in St Johnsbury Center on Tuesday. Mrs S Johnson was a business visitor on Wednesday. Mrs Rosetta Hutchinson and Jittie Son, recently at Brightlock Hospital, returned home Thursday. Weather fair.
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C. J. Berry
George Newell
St. Johnsbury
S. Johnson
Rosetta Hutchinson
Jittie Son
Brightlock Hospital
Vanity of life or work a call to action in May
The speaker argues life is what you make of it, urging action over despair. He notes that happiness stems from effort, not vanity, and that busy, purposeful living beats dwelling on futility. A tale of resilience and personal responsibility closes with a call to persevere.
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Universe
Earth
Home Office
Jimmie
Direct primaries in Vermont debated by Dr J D Bachand
Dr J D Bachand defends direct primaries and urges Vermont to continue the system for choosing state officials. He recalls campaigning for direct primaries, notes Chicago Roosevelt era debates, and warns that a return to packed conventions would render Republicans mere figureheads in elections.
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Vermont
Chicago
Roosevelt
Death of Adelphi Academy registrar Charlotte Morrill
Miss Charlotte Morrill registrar of Adelphi Academy and longtime educator died at a Bay Ridge sanatorium after a short illness. Born in St Johnsbury on January 9, 1841 she served Adelphi for 50 years and was a Mount Holyoke College graduate and former trustee. Funeral at Trinity church with interment in St Johnsbury.
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Charlotte Morrill
Adelphi Academy
Bay Ridge
Miss Morrill
St. Johnsbury
Board of Regents
Adelphi Street
Trinity Church
Morrill
Mount Holyoke College
New York
Alumnae Association
Brooklyn
West
Lockwood
Academy
Adelphi
Facult
George Chamblain to Open General Hardware and Plumbing Safe
George Chamblain moves into the LeClerc building planning a general hardware and plumbing safe. Gerald Briggs of 165 Railroad Street appears on yesterday’s faculty list as slightly wounded. Sergt Lambert Ward, formerly in Washington DC, has been discharged and is at home. Everett L. Gould of the Medical Supply Depot, Finance Dept, is discharged and visiting his aunt Mrs Somerville and friends.
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George Chamblain
LeClerc
Corp
Gerald Briggs
Railroad Street
Lambert Ward
Washington, D. C
Everett L. Gould
Medical Supply Depot
Finance Dept
C. E. Somerville
Peace Conference Rejects Full German War Cost
The conference will not force Germany to bear the entire cost of the war. Bolshevists issue a decree supporting prohibition with a death penalty. Belgian socialists refuse to meet labor delegations if German socialists attend.
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Bolshevists
London
Evening Mail
Germany
Stockholm
Petrograd
Paris
Emile
Vandervelde
Berne
M. Troklee
Senate ratifies Sheppard bill in Vermont amid heated debate
Vermont Senate adopts in concurrence the joint resolution ratifying the Sheppard federal prohibitions amendment by a 26 to 3 vote after suspending rules. Senators Kingsley Root Hall and Maurice oppose the motion. Tenney absent. Other business includes insurers' hearings and a group portrait at the State House.
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Vilas
Senate
General Assembly
Ballou
Chittenden County
Root
Bennington
Kingsley
Rutland
Maurice of Lamaille
Vermont
Maurice
Hall
Schott
Steele
Tenney
United States
Mason S. Stone
Page
Tone
State House
Belows Falls Clergy Resigns. Turpentine Cruelty Reported
A St Albans Congregational pastor Rev Allan Conant Ferrin resigns effective April 1 after arriving from Boston in May 1918. In Vergennes, youths poured turpentine down a hunting dog’s throat in a post office lobby, also killing a cat by the same method. authorities threaten prosecution as the incident draws attention to animal cruelty.
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Wallace V. Camp
Bellows Falls Trust Company
Springfield National Link
Springfield
Mass
Allan Conant Ferrin
Congregational Church
St. Albans
Boston
Vergennes
Birthday gathering honors Mrs Adams in Springfield
Mrs Helen Delaney visits Springfield to care for Mrs M J Delaney ill with influenza. A small group meets at 31 Summer street January 28 to celebrate Mrs O D Adams birthday with refreshments and cheer.
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Helen Delaney
Springfield
Mass
M. J. Delaney
O. D. Adams
Summer Street
Adams
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Mastrela
Uffique
Life
Nater Lewis
ST. Johnsbury Center
J.D. Bachand
Adelphi School
R. A
Bolsheviki
Princes Island
Vermont News
Clara Barton
The
Bellows Falls Universalist Church
Red Cross
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