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Newspaper
The Evening Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1919
Page
4
In a July 2 1919 issue the Evening Caledonian prints a political jab list including General Edwards urging arrests of uniformed beggars and a comic volley on Bolsheviks. Jokes touch on pay for soldiers and League of Nations, plus a quip about democracy and rubbers by women and a rubber stamp signoff.
A fragmented press voice muses on wartime mood and social conduct in trolley car scenes. The piece references Woodrow Wilson and the July Thirst policy, hinting at promises to lift the alcohol ban after military demobilization and imagining relief after Europe.
The Barnet Kitchen Band under the Ladies Aid entertained at Academy Hall on Tuesday evening July 1. Proceeds funded electric lights for the Academy lawn. Ice cream and cake were sold and a promenade followed. W. Co. T. A. Barnet to meet at the church Wednesday at two. Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Parker hostesses inviting all.
The Vermont Home Guards unit at Newport ceases on June 20 after orders from the government. Company H V V M turned over remaining equipment, with officers and members presenting gifts to captains and lieutenants in appreciation.
A new health law takes effect July 1, transferring reporting of communicable diseases from local to district health officers except in towns with populations over 2,000 that keep their own health officer. Physicians must quarantine families by placard and notify the head of the household. Quarantine ends when a physician certifies safety. Burial permits move from health officers to town clerks.
With 160 members the Boy Scouts of St Johnsbury are forming Troops at French Catholic School Pairbanks School Methodist and Episcopal churches. A local council will oversee all boys. L H Baxter thanks donors as funds support youth development including $21 from Scout night at the Please-U Theatre and $27 from Co 16.
C A Briggs joyfully welcomed an 8 pound baby girl on Tuesday morning. Nurse Backett caring for mother and child. Lorimer block on Coventry street bought by Beaulieu, occupied by Blake market. Canty buys two Eastern Avenue buildings from Boomer group. Mr and Mrs Levy of Mamaroneck visit city. Dorothea Shepard visits Esther Brown. Adelaide Humphrey camping at Eagle Point with Ray Hunt and Melvin Wil. Laurence Mercier returns from overseas for furlough after ten months service.
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