Demobilization of Montpelier unit prompts National Guard moves
Gen. H. T. Johnson informs Symon Paine captain of Co. I Vermont Volunteer Militia in Montpelier that the company will demobilize on June 5 marking its end as an organization. New enlistments into the National Guard may proceed after passing physical exams as old home guards appear unlikely to join. Other battalion companies will be based in Rutland Brattleboro and St Albans with the fourth company yet unplaced. A Goshen barn owned by Lewis Baird burned after a Friday lightning strike ignited a rear storehouse at J. H. Lamson’s School Street property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. T. Johnson
Symon Paine, Catain
Co. I. Vermont Volunteer Militia
Montpelier
National Guard
Home Guards
France
Rutland
Brattleboro
St. Albans
Lewis Baird
Goshen
J. H. Lamson
School 1
Platt Case Against Railroad Yields 23000 Verdict
Mrs. Frederick Platt of Rutland wins 23000 in a suit against Boston and Maine for her husband’s death in a Brattleboro railroad accident. The railroad admitted liability. witnesses praised the decedent as a good provider and lawyer. Attorneys Dunnett Shields Conant for plaintiff and Stickney Sargent Skeets for railroad. A lookout tower on Ascutney mountain planned with seasonal ranger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stickney, Sargent and Skeets
Ludlow
May 29 1919 Evening Caledonian notes varied local visitos
Lake Seymour fisherman George LaPoint hosts a May 29 item from Morgan Center. A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Langlois on May 27. Numerous visits and travel notes across Brattleboro Boston Lyndonville Milton Thetford Plattsburg and Barre. A Werrenrath recital at Colonial Theatre prompts a Pythian Hall dance cancellation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George LaPoint
Lake Seymour
Morgan Center
William Langlois
Werrenrath
Pythian Hall
Bill to extend wartime liquor prohibition details introduced
Washington May 20 Representative Andrew J Volstead chair of the judiciary committee introduced a bill to enforce war time and national prohibition. Other committee members presented measures to repeal war time prohibition reflecting sharp party divisions with likely quick reporting. The Volstead bill defines intoxicants strictly and widens the scope to include any beverage with 0.5 percent alcohol, naming prohibition commissioner and associated officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew J. Volstead
Minnesota
Judiciary Committee
Gard
Ohio
Steele
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Volstead
Antisaloon League
United States District
Circuit Court of Appeals
Department of the Treasury
Local News Briefs Touch Up Burlington Visit Recital
Dean Simpson returns to Stiles Drug after a week of illness. Henry Choiniere of Lowell returns home from visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Harry Day and Misses Florence and Hilda Day visit Burlington Tuesday. Mrs Mantie Palmer and Mrs C E Waldron, guests of Mrs F T Taylor at Hardwick, return home Wednesday. Tonight at 8 15, a Werrenrath recital at the Colonial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perley Brigham
Morrisville
Edgar Brigham
G. B. Guyer
Donald
Duncan McPherson
Boston
L. A. Bigelow
Lyndonville
E. C. Graves
Ellis Moore
Canada
Dean Simpson
Stiles
Henry Choiniere
Lowell
Mass
Harry Day
Florence
Hilda Day
Burlington
Mantie Palmer
C. E. Waldron
F. T. Taylor
Hardwick
Werrenrath
the Colonial
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mabel
Hanme
Ares Ue
Urossiee
Usca
United States
A. J. Eaton
Vermont Forestry Deartment
Windsor
Ascutney Mountains
NEW Star Restaurant
Caledonia County
Evening Caledonian
W. A. Gage
Sylvia Crosby
Harry Hodgkins
Gage
Herbert Steele
Lakeside Inn
Gladys Bigelow
C. J. Berry
Centervale
George Newell
Kay
Metropolitan Insurance Co
New York
Mabel Bradbury
Worcester
Lauraett J. Chalmers
Topsham
John Lang
A. M. Lang
E. D. Talbert
Waterford
N. Y
F. I. Paine
M. E. Dudley
Thetford
William McAllister
Richard Keating
Allston
Roy Taft
F. G. Bundy
Charlotte Bundy
Wellesley College
Florence Pitt
Thomas Corfield
Star
H. D. _Marchessault
Milford
Bert Morrill
Lewis Lawrence
Mis
Kathleen Carpenter
Plymouth
Holderness School
Sarah Brockway
J. R. Densmore
West Burke
Barre
Plattsburg
Grown Point
Guy C. Wright
Providence, R. I
Louis Wright
Walter Husband
Red Cross
Fred C. Mayo
Heaton Hospital
Henry Somers
Bridgeport
Metcalf
Eis
White River Junction
Secretary Board OF Trade
J. E. McCulloch
Wright’s
Railroad Street
THE
Peck CO
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!