24 May 1920
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Newspaper
The Evening Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1920
Page
1
Newport High School defeated Vail Aggies 7 to 3 at Palrground Park on a rain soaked field. Weather caused many miscues and errors with ten miscues recorded in a slippery contest. The game marked Solon Il Newport's "Tron Man" in a third game within a week.
New York May 21 The America Sugar Refining Co advanced the sugar price one cent to 22 42 cents marking the third increase in a week due to higher raw sugar costs. Marlboro Mass May 24 Three Rice Hutchins shoe factories will shut for a week starting Wednesday to curb general business conditions. about 2,500 workers affected. Washington May 21 The government reports a gross loss of 900 million on railroad operations under federal control with 477.51 million due to operating expenses surpassing revenues. small lines sleeping cars inland waterways add 45 million.
John W. Gordon declares his Republican bid for Congress in Vermont’s second district. He favors a strong national defense, a large navy, tariff reform, but not a monopolistic tariff, better diplomacy, a national budget, veterans benefits, and Prohibition revision. Gordon faces Porter H. Dale Raymond H. Trainor and Ernest W. Gibson in the nomination race. he is a Barre lawyer, Dartmouth graduate, former banker and state senator, already twice challenged Congressmen Haskins.
President Paul Deschanel escaped serious injury after plunging from a train window near Montargis while traveling to dedicate a monument. He walked several miles in darkness to a track worker who aided him, and doctors later said his condition was satisfactory with only scratches.
A car driven by Harry Wawiers una may be a close call when the steering gear broke on Wet Burke row, sending the vehicle up the bank and overturning at the foot of the hill into Lyndonville. Mrs Witters was pinned beneath the windshield and bruised. others spilled out. No serious injuries, the family left the scene in a nearby car for St Johnsbury.
An old advertisement extols constipation as a chief health cause and promotes The American Little Liver Tablets and The American Throat Tablets as general regulators and throat cures. Nazol nasal ointment, an antiseptic formula, is also advertised with use for catarrh and colds. Products offered by The American Chemical Company of St Johnsbury Vermont.
Washington May 24 Railroads urge a 30 percent freight rate rise to meet the six percent return target under the Transportation Act. Eastern territory expected 20.43 percent, Southern 80.95, Western 23.01. Howard Hilcott, chair, cites low returns on property investments in all regions. Elliott notes overall national return just over one percent. He underscores need to fund wages costs and dividends amid congestion and supply bottlenecks. (Continued on page three)
Frank H. Hitchcock, a Wood campaign manager, told a Senate Investigating Committee that Maryland saw the second largest spending in the Wood effort and that New York and Michigan campaigns funded locally. He noted Chicago handled Illinois and Ohio primary expenditures and described Wood operations as a network of eastern and western headquarters with state units. He said some contributors sent money directly to him, but details were restricted under guidance.
Ed Duchesneau on Pleasant Street has planted 100 strawberry plants in two barrels with earth and a central pipe for even watering. Plants sit about eight inches apart through holes bored around the barrels, part of his intensive gardening effort.
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