Newport Locals Church Services and Social Notes
First Methodist Episcopal church with H T Coontz as pastor holds a 10.45 a m union service with Congregational church. Baccalaureate by Tey L A Edwards Sunday at noon, Sunday school at our church led by P W Lawson at 7.30 p m, children's day concert at 7.20 p m Thursday, prayer meeting announced. Mrs J B Hart reports a great grandson born May 7 to Roy Hart and wife of Bellows Falls, plus a great granddaughter born June 5 to James Williamson and wife of Concord. the Williamson child is a grandchild of Clark William. Charles Noakes, just back from overseas, visits town relatives. Mrs Sadie O McCaffrey elected state director of the Children’s Aid Association in Vermont for the year.
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First Methodist Episcopal Church
H. T. Coontz
Congregational Church
Tey. L. A. Edwards
Our Own Church
P. W. Lawson
J. B. Hart
Clyde Street
Roy Hart
Bellows Falls
James Williamson
Concord
Clark William
Charles Noakes
Sadie O. McCaffrey
Children’s Aid Association
Vermont
Local Notes and Appointments Across Orleans Community
Mrs Dr G B Rowell and son Hugh of Boston arrived at the Rowell homestead. Lt Robert Renfrew, long stationed at El Paso, Texas, visits his parents and sister. Baseball team presents Rev Hamilton a ring for coaching. Mrs Nellie Deveney of Barre visiting Dr Lamphear and Everett Tripp. Mrs F C Brown visits Ray Skinner in St Johnsbury. B & Converse and wife visit Hardwick on business. Charles Taplin buys a new five passenger Paige car. Principal Shelton declines return. Leland Green of Innsburg named next year’s principal. Lucy Hancock and Donald Dickena honored pupils at O H S receiving four year University scholarship. Rev W S Smithers and wife of Randolph donate to O H.
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G. B. Rowell
Hugh
Boston
Rowell Homestead
Robert Renfrew
el Paso
Texas
O. HH. Renfrew
A. H. Swett
Rev. Hamilton
Nellie Deveney
Barre Ig
Lamphear
Everett Tripp
F. C. Brown
Ray Skinner
St. Johnsbury
Converse
Hardwick
Charles Taplin
Shelton
Portraits, inmates move, and Goodrich mileage update
A local news page lists social visits and errands across Rutland and surrounding towns. It notes an exodus of inmates from a house of correction to Windsor, the planned Rutland jail purchase, a kidnapped child’s recovery in Burlington, and then highlights Goodrich Tire mileage adjustments announced via The Peck Company with dealer recommendations for Safety Treade and Silvertown tires.
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Goodrich
Silvertown
Peck Company
Silvertowns
B. F. Goodrich Company
Goodrich Silvertown
Goodrich de
Hears from Niece in Slovakia Through War Years
Letter to Mrs. John Barch of Proctor from her Slovakia based niece Z Roman describes family hardship since the war. Mamma ill for three months, Grandmother died in November, stores robbed, food scarce, only six pounds of flour per month for four people, requests a reply.
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Slovakia
John Barch
Proctor
Austria-Hungary
Lucene
Z. Roman
Giant Forty Ton Load Demonstrates Solid Tire Strength
Allen Brothers of Los Angeles moved a 40-ton marine engine cylinder 23 miles on a specially built trailer truck. The rig used Goodrich solid tires and 100000 pound capacity, with a 12700 pound truck and 2600 pound rear wheels each. Demonstration claims highway weight limits can be expanded with proper tires and equipment.
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Allen Brothers
Los Angeles
Cal
Goodrich
Btruck
San Pedros
Fort McArthur
Packard
Community Notes and Wedding Poem by Myrtie Aldrich
Local notices include baptisms at the Methodist church led by Rev W Sturtevant, a children day program, and readings of personal moves and visits. A school graduation baccalaureate sermon is planned at the Congregational church. A spring wedding poem by Myrtie Aldrich closes the column.
Rutland Girl Wins Thayer Prize At Art School
Miss Amy L. Perkins of Rutland, a four year pupil at the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, earned a diploma and a Thayer prize of 30 dollars for best design. The Thayer money totals 150 dollars and is shared among five pupils, with Perkins the only fourth year student to win one of the prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Amy L. Perkins
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Boston
Thayer
Miss. Perkins
Ararat Quest for Noahs Ark Fails to Prove Landing
The Ararat region is described with its high snow covered slopes and historic climbs. Early explorers claimed ark remains at the summit but later expeditions found no evidence. Armenian tradition links Garden of Eden nearby and Noahs vineyard near Argurl.
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Republic of
Ararat
United States
Armenia
Nowh
Johann Parrot
Evera
Araxes
Marsand
Nols
Argurl
Moountain
Noah
Turkish Promises and the Broken Treaties Over Christians
A historical review notes more than a hundred treaties forced on Turkey promising Christian protection within the Ottoman realm. None were kept as European powers repeatedly saved Turkey from dismemberment, prompting sultans to vow equality before the law. After the Crimean War, the 1850 Hattihumatoun pledged Christian equality, a pledge later ignored under Abdul Hamid's reign, amid widespread persecution of Christians and Jews.
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Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Russia
France
England
Tasadd
Abdul Hamid
Radio compass aids ship navigation at sea
The radio compass or direction finder lets a ship receive wireless messages from shore stations to determine its position when sun sights are impossible. A vessel 200 miles offshore can locate its latitude and longitude with exactness, solving navigation during bad weather.
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Naval Communication Service
Their Surprising Way
Gabe Gosnell of Grudge recalls being deeply disappointed in his cousins during a visit to the Big Burg. He notes the family’s habit of insisting everyone goes to bed between 9 and 10 o'clock nightly despite all that might be happening.
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Kay Lee
Gabe Gosnell
Grudge
Big Burg
Mable
Kansas City Star
Animals in War Service Report Totals 477262 Ready
The War Department lists on November 2 1918 a total of 477 262 animals ready for use including 13 725 country and riding horses 186 548 draft horses 144 013 draft mules 17 298 pack and riding mules and 15 280 analysed animals.
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Haut
War Department
Daily Thought on Comfort and Redemption Scholar
A compact reflective line notes that a scholar who cherishes the softness of ease is not suited to be a redeemer, contrasting wisdom with comfort. The text hints at a tension between scholarly aspiration and ideal service.
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Daily Thought
Whit
Redeemer
Ogafuclus
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E. F. Humphrey
Humphrey
Orleans
U.S
Tate
Roosevelt
Mr. H. W. Buchanan
Mattie Little
Rockland, Me
Harvey Allen Bartlett
Turner
Cabot
Seth Woods
Pat McGill
L. J. Hovey
Jessie Penington
Ewell's Hollow
Patience Nutting
Mildred
Edith Moore
Austin
Mia
Walter Hatch
Ben Moore
Walden
Joe Bryér
Hick
Windsor
House of Correction
Rutland County Jail Commission
Dr. M. R
Dorothy May Cameron
Massachusetts
Burlington
Tatro
Cameron
Canada
North Adams
Mass
The
Goodrich Rubber Company
Lyndon
Methodist Church
W. Sturtevant
Methodist Sunday School
Beulah Bradshaw
Marion Murphy
Irene Murphy
Murray Paris
Roland Davis
Arthur Gaskill
H. P. Bradley
L. K. Swett
Fannie Wilcomb
George P. Ide
Springfield
Harvey Kinne
Littleton
N. H
Swett
Mooney
Topeka
Kansas
Graded School
Parson Jack
Myrtie Aldrich
Beautiful Mountain
Twin State Gas & Electric Co
Passumpsic Saving Bank
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Morgan Horse Club
Vermont State Fair
White River Junction
Co. C
A. B. Noyes Insurance Agency
Ce Citizens Bank Block
Plumaby
Intioblakrrs
Troy, N
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