Barton Works of Concord Reaches Age of Ninety
A hundred friends gathered Tuesday at the First Universalist church vestry to honor Barton Works on his ninetieth birthday while Mrs Works turned eighty five. A program featured songs a recitation and remarks by Rev P J Macinnis Lieut Charles Ross and Capt RE P Lee. The event included cakes gifts and a bouquet from grandchildren and out of town relatives attended from St Johnsbury Danville Waterford and other nearby towns.
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First Universalist Church
Barton
Works
C. Eugene Harrington
Bradford
Penn
A. Millmore
B. A. Bazin
Herbert Quimby
P. J. Macinnis
Charles Ross
RE. P. Lee
Vermont Regiment
My Works
Milo Ladd
All Singing America
Walter Harvey
Mr. Works
George Palmer
W. C. Harvey
John Pratt
John Corcoran
Richards
Lafayette
Pred Hastings
St. Johnsbury
Orange Ladd
Waterford
Oscar Wallace
Charles Owens
Charles Hill
Edgar Cushman
Er. P. Lee
East St. Johnsbury
Edson Ranney
Kirby
Lyman Morrill
Danville
Leslie Morrill
California
Card of Thanks for Sympathy and Flowers
We thank friends lodges and office associates for loving sympathy and for the beautiful flowers after the sudden bereavement of our husband and father Mrs Fred G Moore Mr and Mrs Thonas F Burcougha
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Fred G. Moore
Thonas F. Burcougha
Bank Messenger Robbery At Entrance To Elevated Station
In New York six men halted two Colonial Bank messengers at the entrance to the uptown Manhattan Elevated station. They attacked the pair and sped away in a car with a large sum of money bound for the Federal Reserve Bank. One robber was shot and carried to the auto by accomplices. Bank officials declined to disclose the loss.
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Manhattan
Colonial Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
SIEZE RECORDS OF SOVIETS TO AID IN EXPOSING OF REDS
New York dispatch reports June raid on the Russian Soviet Embassy at 10 West Fortieth Street. State troopers seized papers and subpoenas issued for L. A. Martens and aides to testify before the Joint Legislative Committee. Documents include Bolshevik agent lists and bank records linking to foreign and domestic interests.
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New York
No. 10
West Fortieth Street
L. A. Murtens
United States
Joiit Legislative Committee
Attorney General
Martens
Russia
State Department
Soviet Republic
Mr. Martens
Gregory Weinstein
Muorteva
Isaac Hournieh
A. A. Heller
Weinstein
Books for Children at the Athenaeum Library
An Athenaeum display delights children and adults with Jessie Wilcox Smith illustrations of Mother Goose characters and Aileen Cleveland Higgins Dream Blocks scenes. Carolyn Wells's The Seven Ages of Childhood adds verses appealing to all ages. pictures will hang at the library until July.
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Miss Muffett
Jack Horner
Jack and
Jill
Jessie Wilcox Smith
Aileen Cleveland Higgins
Carolyn Wells
Mad as a Hatter in Anglo-Saxon lore alternative meanings
Fragmentary note discusses the phrase mad as a hatter and its possible roots in Anglo-Saxon language. It suggests connection to venomous creatures and asserts the saying has no relation to hatmaking, highlighting linguistic confusion about terms nad hatter.
New Declaration Against League Opposes Covenant
Washington, June 14. The League for the Preservation of American Independence, with prominent Republican and Democratic members, denounces the Covenant for the League of Nations as lacking Monroe Doctrine recognition and U.S. sovereignty. It calls for the Senate to reject the covenant and urges independent American thinking before any treaty.
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Washington
League of Nations
George Wharton Pepper
Philadelphia
League For the Presention of
United States
United States Senate
Senate
League
Vermont Library Association Annual Meeting in Montpelier
The Vermont Library Association will hold its annual meeting in Montpelier on July 1. The gathering will feature library trustees and citizen conference talks on the library’s role in community activities and cooperation. Short talks by leaders from across the state will precede general discussions.
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Vermont Library Association
Montpelier
Vermont
Boy Scouts Hold Banquet and Movie Fund Drive
The Commercial Club hosted a banquet at the Methodist church for the Boy Scouts. Afterward, scouts attended a showing of The Littlest Scout at Please A theatre with proceeds partly donated by chairman Mr. Gilsdn. The camp closed by 8 am, the athletic meet was postponed to next Saturday, and scouts continue a house to house canvass for funds.
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Methodist Church
Commercial Club
Boy Scouts
Gilsdn
Boy Scout
Baxter
Silks of Seville and Spain's Silk Industry
Four hundred years ago Seville silk exports made it a world leader as Spain pioneered western Europe's silk culture. The climate proved ideal, and silk worm sources near the Sierra Nevada foothills remained abundant. The worm's life cycle spanned 69 days with rapid growth in early stages.
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Seville
Spain
Europe
Sierra Nevada
Steps Taken to Settle Wire Strike in Chicago
June 14 mark initial move toward ending the Telegraphers strike. Union officials submitted settlement terms tied to postal wage adjustments and full company control by the wire administration. Postal officials reportedly asked for these conditions.
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Chicago
Postal
Agitation Grows in China Against the Japs
Advices from China report a serious spread of anti Japanese agitation, notably in Shanghai Hangkow Nanking and Canton, with risk of broad anti foreign movement. Several warships of the Japanese China squadron are rushed to Shanghai as shipping halts at Chinese ports due to a boycott causing large losses to steamship lines and exporters.
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Tokyo
China
Shanghai
Hangkow
Nanking
Canton
Old Peabody Pew at Grace Methodist Church Delights Crowd
Local critic praises Kate Douglas Wiggin play The Old Peabody Pen staged in Grace Methodist Church. The performance drew strong applause for its sentiment and strong rendition, despite quips about religious seriousness. Cast and reader Mrs. W. P. Smith opened with a projection of Tory Hill church life.
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St. Johnabury
Grace Methodist Church
Kate Douglas Wiggin
John Wee~ley
Jane
State Districts Created Under Health Law In Vermont
The State Board of Health announces ten sanitary districts with District No 3 including St Johnsbury and Dr Victor P Genge as Health Officer. The plan requires placards on houses with communicable diseases and directs reporting to district officers or local health officers. Local towns over five thousand may hire their own officer, district operation to begin July 1, with maps posted publicly and training for district officers. Vermont joins Ohio and Alabama in launching this system, aiming to set a national example. The districts list includes Bakersfield to Wheelock, with district borders and officers to be finalized.
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State Board of Health
Rutland
State Board of Halth
Burlington
Vermont
Ohio
Alabama
Rogers Gire Returns Home With Story Of Adventures
Madeline Bowers, missing for two days, returns home claiming she ran away after being reprimanded at school. She says she stayed with a Lynch girl, hid in a pasture, and only returned when a worker found her near the scale factory bridge. She denies meeting scouts or passing through the village yesterday.
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Madeline Bowers
Mysterio
Maple Street
Railroad Street
High Street
British bid to reopen reparations question in Paris
On June 14 in Paris the British pressed an eleventh hour proposal to reopen the reparations issue. They urged permanent reparations commissions with control over raw materials and a commission to manage Germany's economic development during its operation. The proposal met little sympathy from the commission it was submitted to.
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Paris
Func
Furniah
Germany
Hansen Sets Out On Expedition To Find Amundsen
Captain Godfred Hansen leads the Danish Amundsen relief voyage from Copenhagen aboard the Greenland. The plan: march via Tasiueah to Upernayik, cross Melville Bay, reach a North Star Bay station, winter there, seek Eskimo aid for sleds and provisions to Etah, then push to Cape Columbia and Port Conger. They will depot one year’s rations and maps for Amundsen to find, then return to Fort Conger.
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London
Godfred Hansen
Amundsen
Copenhagen
Greenland
Morning Post
Hansen
Tasiueah
Upernayik
Melville Bay
North Star Bay
Etah
Cape Morton
Kennedy Channel
Port Conger
Greeley
Cape Columbia
Fort Conger
Relics of a Past Race in New Mexico Cave
Describes a ceremonial cave in New Mexico two thirds up a cliff, with a rock carved temple partly natural and partly man made. Mentions forgotten people once living in the area, with symbols of a past culture visible in interiors of recently found homes.
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Kiva
Thie Teouth Falret
New Mexico
Modern Spelling Challenge At Minnesota University
Professor Miller of the University of Minnesota led ninety students in a spelling test of ten words. The best score reported was seven correct spellings with words such as repellent collectihia plenicking noc ulate consensus inferred sacrilegious dissipate billows gillty.
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Miller
University of Minnesota
Nortal
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