Fire at Beechers Falls destroys Riverside Hotel and two tenements
Thirty five guests at the Riverside hotel fled in their night clothes when the hotel and its contents burned Saturday. Three men leaped from a second story window, one injuring his spine. A general store and a two family house nearby also burned. Stock in the store valued at $11 000. With no village fire department a temporary bucket brigade worked as aid was summoned from Canaan.
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Beecher Falls
Riverside Hotel
George Wood
Wes
Canaan
Community notices and visits fill local pages
The Evening Caledonian reports social visits by Martin Gibson and others from South Ryegate and Lyndonville, motor trips to Lancaster and Newport, plus a memorial address in Hardwick. It notes the St Johnsbury Women's Club June meeting, a Notre Dame wedding at Notre Dame church, farewell events for local residents, and a Red Cross plan to close the work room for summer with layette production continuing.
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St. Johnsbury Women's Club
Civics Committee
Charles Stanley
K. St. B. Flint
Norwich University
Vermont
S. J. Somerville
Charles 8. Peck
Arthur Gleason
E. W. Moore
John Halliday
John Carey
Ford
Miss Underwood
Miss Peck
Benjamin Page
Fred Follensby
Laura Burt
J. B. Weeks
Milo Ladd
Lancaster
N. H
First Church of Christ Scientist of
Red Cross
The
Armory
Rossie
St. Johnsbury
R. C
Lisit
Simonds Certificates Accepted to Avoid Federal Audit
R W Simonds received federal notice that his certificates approving the use of minor children by manufacturers will be accepted. The documents protect against federal inspection and Vermont penalties, with noncompliance risking a 10 percent tax on output. In Middlebury, Hubert Trudeau caused a storeroom fire by handling hatch handles. damage was contained and insured.
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Montpelier
R. W. Simonds
Internal Revenue Collectors’ Department
Mr. Simonds
Middlebury
Hubert Trudeau
Tameau Trudeau
Vermont Children’s Aid aims Rutland home for orphans
The Vermont Children’s Aid Society executive committee met at the Rutland Business Association to plan a Rutland children’s home for influenza orphans. They may use Charles M. Smith’s residence, named the Stark Smith home in honor of his son. A campaign aims for $25,000 with three $500 subscriptions announced and Earle St. Kingsley to lead the finance committee.
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Vermont Children's Aid Society
Rutland
Stark Smith
Smith
An¢L
Earle St
Kinsley
Thte Snance
Kingsley
Bernice R. Tuttle
James A. Lillis
W. Hi. Heywood
St. Johnsbury
B.A. Linderholm
A .R. Gifford
Burlington
C. W. Wilson
Vergennes
Charles Tuxbury
Windsor
Mortimer R. Proctor
G. H. Eggleston
Proctor
WANTED MEN AND WOMEN FOR CENSUS CLERK JOBS
Help wanted notices list Census Clerks needed nationwide with 4000 positions at $92 monthly. Applicants must be 18 or older. no stenography required. Written by J Leonard a former Government Examiner at 1175 Equitable Building Washington.
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J. Leonard
Equitable Bildg
Washingtons
June Term Docket Promises Busy Civil Court Session
Caledonia County court opens next Tuesday with a June term trial calendar of 81 cases, including 15 jury trials and 16 by the court. Docket lists numerous civil actions such as Elisha Bigelow versus Town of St. Johnsbury, Lake Erie and Western R R Co versus Fletcher, Mount Ida School versus Gilman, and many others, along with an above average number of divorce cases indicating a busy term.
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Caledonia County Court
Elisha Bigelow
Mary D. Morse
Town of St. Johnsbury
B. Ensign & Co
George Birch
Joseph Branello & Son
W. D. Polley Publishing Co
McDoneld
Dwight Burnham
W. C
Gertrudy Morse
George L. Shaw
C. H. Davis
H. A. Stafford
F.S. Woods
Ernest Longcoin
Frank A. Cranery
Charles E. Mills
Lilla D. Mills
Taplin, Taplin, Long and Webster
Charles Curtis
Florence Curtis
William Wetherbee
Miranda True
Thomas Reeves
William C. Hazelton
E. Kirk
Perry
A. Runea
M. Ambrosini
William Blair
Alton Maynard
Margaret Maynard
H. J. Bushway Lumber Co
Merchant Marine Training Offered For Sailors and Firemen
Men ages 18 to 30 are invited to train as sailors firemen and stewards for ocean going ships. Pay during training includes board and quarters. Apply to F G Landry 83 Railroad Street agent U S Shipping Board with birth certificate.
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F.G. Landry
Railroad Street
Shipping Board
Shelburne Creamery Destroyed By Fire Early Saturday
Shelburne Co operative creamery at Shelburne Pal le burned early Saturday morning. The origin is unknown but believed to lie near the boiler. A temporary structure contract has been let and work starts immediately. Plans for a new building near Shelburne village station will be rushed to completion. The old creamery, once a residence of Rev Isham Bliss, had shown big gains this year and handled 25 000 pounds of milk on Saturday with about 120 patrons shipping to Boston dealers.
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Shelburne
Isham Bliss
Burlington
Boston
Platt Case Seeks 50000 Against Boston and Maine
May 28 Rutland suit seeks 50000 damages for the death of Mrs Frederick Platts husband in a Brattleboro railroad accident. The railroad admits liability and the trial will determine liability amount. Read more witnesses from Rutland testified to earnings, legal ability, and provider role.
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Invincible
Leach & Waterman
Globe Theatre
the House of Guaranteed Entertainment
Florence Reed
International News
Dorothy Phillips
Riverside
Bundy
Evening Caledonian
Martin Gibson
South Ryegate
Porter
Orleans
Barton
George Caldbeck
Conrad Lynch
Walter Palmer
Maine
Carpenter
Ramsey
N. J
Carl R. Smith
J. W. Tinker
Major Tinker
New York
U. S. S. Huntington
James B. Campbell
Hardwick
Frederick G. Fleetwood
C. H. Stafford
Morrisville
Frank N. Carr
Charles Carr
George Burbank
Newport
Fred Carr
L. A. Estabrooks
Lebanon
A Lawrence
Henry Stone
Lyndonville
George Taylor
Greensboro
R. M. Cowles
Albany
Reinald Werrenrath
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
the Celonial
Adv
Mhert. Teauregard
Donadd Dumas
Notre Dame
Father Drouhin
Pleasant Street
Miss Dumins
Lougee Smythe
Beauregard
Frm
Beauregard Bros. Market
M. N. Brough
George A. Martin
E. N. Brough
Helen Brough
Edward
Baltimore
Riggs
Otis Skinner
Buxton Corner
Nancy
M. E. Church
United
Miss Reed
the Globe Today
Simonds
Children's Home
Vermont Aid Society
Cowles Press
Charles Street
St. Johnsbury Center
Lyndon
Waite
Our
Garment Department
Berry-Ball Dry Goods CO
Leclerc’s Hall
Hill's Novelty Orchestra
U. 5S. Merchant Marine
Selburne
Fletcher
Castoria
Aernald
Werrenrath
McLean
Victor
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