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Newspaper
The Evening Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1919
Page
2
The Caledonian issue from June 24 1919 lists staff and publishing details for St Johnsbury Vermont. It includes subscription rates and rights declarations and carries jokes about German dynamite and public interest items. It mentions car strikes in Eastern Massachusetts and Ford Motor Co labor tensions.
Trivley Roberts visits Island Pond and North Stratford while B H Hallett and others attend a Lyndonville grange meeting. Several St Johnsbury residents and Springfield guests tour Willoughby Lake and Eyegate. Dr T R Stiles heads to Worcester Providence and Hartford June 20 to July 1 with office closed. Dorothy Farnham joins trip. A frost a year ago damaged gardens in northern Vermont requiring replanting.
The piece laments July 1 postage reductions and junk disposal. It questions Randall’s readiness for new timetables and notes Germany’s abstentions on signing the peace treaty. It hints at vigilance over five German signatories and mocks current diplomatic caution.
Miss Elizabeth Thomas of Cambridge Visites her parents Mr. and Mrs. F B Thomas. Frank Vi Johnson and family from New York City visit Stonecliff Farm. Mrs H S Barnard dies after short illness. funeral held and burial in Bradford cemetery. Dr Henry Spafford called by grandmother’s illness. Academy baseball wins two games 6 5 after 11 innings and 3 2 at Lebanon. Various locals spend weekends with relatives across New England and Michigan.
East St Johnsbury reports welcoming visits from Mrs William Melia and Mrs John Simonds while Miss Theo Goodall sells property. Mary Wark graduates from the Academy and may stay nearby. Several locals travel, haying prospects loom, and farm trade grows. Adelle Cushman, grammar teacher, receives a farewell party, with graduation exercises planned at the East School church next Thursday June 26 featuring an operetta A Golden Gift.
The Boulders Tea House opens on Lake Willoughby shore as the season begins with visitors joining cottages already opened. The Village Improvement Society of Lyndonville runs it and proceeds aid the Red Cross. Camp Westmore construction, twenty bungalows and a 45 by 80 dining hall with veranda progress, opening July 1 with about 150 girls expected for the first season.
Several investment opportunities listed include four tenement houses in good repair within a two minute walk of the Y M C A offering 12 percent yield, a small cottage near School Street, three cottages near Fairbanks factory, a two tenement on Maple and Pearl with barn and large lot, and three tenement on Elm Street at 11 percent. Also a six room tenement near Goss Garage is advertised.
A collection of short items from Barnet and nearby towns notes visits prayers and social calls. Mentions Mrs Emma Hastle Mrs X Somers and several residents including Ina Basnar Wilbur Nelson family car accident without injuries and the marriage of William Nelson and Gladys Craig. Edward J Butler of Utica visits Preston Lake during a Savage Arms outing amid family notices.
Fe I Russell Undertaking shines in Concord while repairs continue in Lower Waterford. Students enjoyed a June 20 school session, a picnic with ice cream, and a flower contest with 174 entries. Several locals earn marks for attendance and absence. family travel and visits are noted across St. Johnsbury Hardwick Montpelier and Canada. Lena Ross assists Vermont probation and charities with a nine child family case.
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