One Year Extra Pay Plan Favored by Soldiers
A letter from National Headquarters urges Congress to enact a law providing a full year of pay to service members. It argues the plan costs three to five billion dollars but saves the nation long term, cites the stark wage gaps between military pay and civilian jobs, and appeals to patriotism and fairness.
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Norfolk
Armory Hall
Congress
United States
Germany
National Treasury
National Headquarters
Vermont Press Association to Meet March 7 in Montpelier
The Vermont Press association annual meeting set for March 7 in Montpelier with about 50 attendees expected. President W C Belknap notes hotel space will guide final plans and Frank L Greene will speak about his Siberian experiences alongside writer William Dudley Pelle y. Weather forecast: fair tonight and Saturday with strong west and northwest winds.
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Ina Seca
Burlington Free Press
Wounded Lieut Tierney Hosts Hospital Chat
Lieut Tierney visits Ward No 13 to tend Private Houser of the 14th Infantry while fellow soldiers recount vivid battle stories. Private Enstadt and Romans share close calls and a shell mishap, with Romans correcting reports of friendly fire as drill and courage shine amid recovery.
The Holy Alliance draft turns out to mislead Europe
A reading of a treaty text from 1815 in Vienna reveals Napoleon as the defeated warlord and Alexander I as author of the Holy Alliance. The piece notes how the alliance’s pious precepts failed to prevent revolutions across Spain France Portugal Poland Germany Italy and the Netherlands within sixteen years, hinting morality in politics is often hollow.
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Europe
League of Nations
Vienna
Napoleon
Alexander I
Russia
Prussia
Austria
Spain
France
Portugal
Poland
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Clement Announces Municipal Court Judges Across Counties
Governor Clement released a list of appointments to municipal courts covering Addison Bellows Falls Brattleboro Essex Hartford Montpelier St. Albans Windsor Orleans Orleans Fair Haven Winooski Colchester and Bennington. Additional appointments were announced this evening.
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Montpelier
Clement
Addison County
Albert W. Dickens
Middlebury
Bellows Falls
Thomas E. O’brien
Brattleboro
Addison E. Cudworth
Londonderry
Essex County
Kyle T. Brown
Lunenburg
Hartford
Arthur G. Whitman
South Royalton
Erwin M. Harvey
St. Albans
Nathan N
Post
Windsor
Herbert H. Blanchard
Springfield
Orleans
Willard M. Wright
Barton
Bennington
William J. Meagher
Fair Haven
Leo E. Pratt
Winooski
Henry Conlin
Colchester
Nevada Loyalists Split Over Hearst During War
Nevada state defense director reports Hearst papers distributed pro German propaganda and biased editorials. He criticizes Hearst for praising the Kaiser and Bolo Pasha, and for undermining U S war aims while urging loyalty to the nation.
Two Hangars Burn at Rockaway Naval Station—12 Planes Lost
Fire swept the Naval Aviation Station at Rockaway Point New York City destroying two hangars with six planes each. Firefighters and navy personnel worked to prevent spread as all aircraft were removed before flames reached them.
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Rockaway Point
New York City
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Usher
Glasgow
Nyack
Aniline Products Corporation
Paris
Allied Council
Hayas Agency
League of Nations
Arabia
Mesopotamia
League
Water Regulated by Pedal in Wash System
The system uses a four-peg pedal to admit cold water when pressed one end and hot water on the other end. When both ends are pressed, the pedal mixes the streams to produce moderately warm water.
Valuable New Metal Patent Hailed for Bright Polish
A white metal that keeps its brilliant shine in air has been patented. It is said to be an alloy of bismuth mercury tin zinc and copper. The article notes its claimed properties and potential uses.
Condensed Milk Plant To Be Built At Plymouth Creamery
C B E Kirk sold to John W Davis of the Plymouth Creamery Co Boston the Perley Russell place at the upper end of Railroad Street seven acres with river frontage. The Creamery Co plan a condensed milk plant with their creamery requiring new buildings. Estimated cost is $50,000 and will boost local industry.
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C. BE. Kirk
John W. Davis
Plymouth Creamery Co
Boston
Perley Russell
Railroad Street
The
Creamery Co
Texas Rookie’s Lament From Brownsville War Camp
A WorldWar era verse, allegedly by a New York militia man, complains of prison-like conditions in Brownsville Texas. The speaker laments forced removal from New York, red khaki uniforms, number 494, labor in ditches, strict camp routine, and a church inspection ending with ten days in the guardhouse after a reply about being footsore.
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New York
Brownsville
New York State
Ice Crop This Year Discourages Vermont Ice Men
Ice dealers in Burlington report a poor outlook for the season. Mild weather keeps Lake Champlain unfrozen and bay ice too thin for harvesting, with gathering conditions unfavorable. Ice men fear a repeat of 29 years ago when the lake did not freeze.
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Burlington
Lake Champlain
Vermont Hotel Key Found On French Battlefields
Special to the Caledonian Burlington January 29 Second Lieut George Carpenter just back from France found a key to room 75 of the New Sherwood House on a shell torn road in France He mailed the key to his Vermont home but it never arrived and there is no explanation for how the key ended up on the battlefield.
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Burlington
Jan
George Carpenter
France
New Sherwood House
Carpenter
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