Wallingford Pvt. Allen Dies by Own Action at Devens
Pvt. Bert M. Allen of Wallingford, in Company A, 68th Infantry, was found dead in a Camp Devens dugout after two months in camp and a failed transfer attempt to the medical corps. Frank O Neil of Portland, Maine, a traveling man and former Vermont legislator, died at a hospital from shock after being in White River Junction and Cape Elizabeth. leaves a widow and seven children.
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Bert M. Allen
Wallingford
68Th l Ragiment
Camp Devens
Pirate Allen
Infantry
Frank O'Neil
Portland
White River Junction
Vermont
Cape Elizabeth
Evening Caledonian social notes June 16 1919
Linbon visitors Dr and Mrs Boynton and Chandler Heath of Danville seen in town. Grace Unity Club to hold a Methodist church food sale June 16 at 3 pm. Various locals and visitors listed with camps, housing moves, graduations, and community events. Senior class 191 will hold their event June 19 in the Armory. WC T U leader Mrs Van Bolkenburg to meet at 7 30 pm Monday at 1084 Main Street.
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Boynton
Linbon
N. H
Grace Unity Club
Adv
Chandler Heath
Danville
Weaver
Baltimore
Frederick Brown
Boston
R. W. Turner
Reginald
Forest Lake
B. French
Joe's Pond
Wilmer Cheney
Burke and
Luther Murray
East Burke
Nellie Guild
J. W. Smith
Southern Fines
8. C
Girl Scouts
North Church
Lee
Hianchard
Margaret
Groton
Ralph Sherry
LD. van Bolkenburg
Albany
George Short
Main Street
WC. T. U
Guardian of the Light Miss Winifred Holt Angels of the blind
Miss Winifred Holt, head of the Lighthouse home for the blind in New York City, earned the nickname the angel of the blind for guiding the visually impaired to useful work. She helped blinded veterans in France, founding Phare to aid men without sight and teaching over three hundred to support themselves. She served in the Somme trenches during WWI.
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Winifred Holt
New York City
Tose
France
Phare
Daily Thought by Parnell Sparks Homely Sage Cheer
A brief quotation attributed to Parnell frames daily life with homely wisdom. The line links comfort at home to gained wisdom, delivering a succinct, reflective mood typical of period summaries.
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Parnell
Always Have Hope A Prospectors Way Of Belief
An extended meditation on hope and the prospector archetype. The piece contrasts dreamers in the desert with everyday ambitions, urging persistent hope as fuel for life. It praises the prospector's faith amid hardship and urges readers to keep at least one forward-looking hope alive to sustain the heart.
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Los Angeles Times
Prospector
Tanger
Bnys
From the Heart Journey Alcott Inspired Quote
A reflective note on favorite books, asserting that only works born from the heart truly endure as they travel through voices and places where love and letters travel. The passage echoes transcendental themes of heartfelt literature and enduring human connection.
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Alcott
Name changes echo history in local memory
A fragmented note recalls a German bank once known in a US city as a nickname for a tank, and a New York restaurant formerly called Kloster Glocke that rebranded to Liberty Bell. The former monastery bell now serves as a replica symbol of Independence, illustrating how names shift with time.
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United States City
New York City
Hell
Colonies
Prominent Businessman Seeks Flight Role for $50,000
A prominent business man offers 50,000 for the privilege of being carried as mechanic on the first transatlantic flight attempt by airship. The Springfield Republican notes the odds and questions the mechanic’s skill and enthusiasm.
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Springfield Republican
Ingenious Excuse Describes Green Apple Mystery
A Chicago American item recounts a curious exchange where a girl is questioned about eating a green apple. She smiles and explains Donly ate the ripe halt, revealing an odd misunderstanding observed by the speaker and the father.
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Donly
Chicago
Ameria
London will restrict marriages to age twenty seven
In a London will a testator directs most property to his citizen and provides that the children’s shares be paid to their mother until each reaches age twenty seven. He also expresses a strong wish that no child marry before reaching the age of twenty seven.
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London
Fragmentary Note on Medicine Doses and Formulas
A partial, unclear text discusses dosages for a caster and mentions four wins and a measure of 128 ounces. It also references three women and two men needed for a boy caster dose of one dram. The fragment lacks clear attribution or context.
Bennington Receives Union Jack from England Amid Flags
State news notes Bennington England sent a Union Jack in acknowledgment of the American flag previously forwarded to Bennington, England. The English town, with under 450 residents, mourns Dr. Rolla Miner Chase a longtime Bethel dentist who died after a brief illness at 64. Oscar Cross convicted for selling liquor to minors in Bennington County Court. James G. Batchelder and Collin M. Graves argued cases. James Leffel & Co. sues Vermont & Quebec Power Co. and Thompson and Richford trustees for $850 note value and interest. Also, a brief on horse hearing and a reflection on oratory.
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Bennington
England
Pari Council
Rolla Miner Chase
Bethel
Bright
Oscar Cross
James G. Batchelder
Cross
Collin M. Graves
James Leffel & Co. Corporation
Springfield
Washington County
Vermont & Quebec Power Co
Charles H. Thompson
Town of
Richford
Beaver Memory Report Reveals Historic Beavers In Europe
In France beavers thrived along rivers until hunted for fur and now exist only near Avignon by the Rhone where no trees have stood for three centuries. Once moved to Poland the animals again began cutting trees as their ancestors did two centuries earlier.
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France
Rhone
Avignon
Poland
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