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Newspaper
The Londonderry Sifter
Location
South Londonderry, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1901
Page
4
A brief society note reports on activities led by a group described as the sister staff of correspondents. It highlights local social events and community involvement with a keen sense of neighborhood observation.
LondonDerry residents attend Simonsville concert and praise the LondonDerry Dramatic Club for a standout W estern Vermont performance. The event includes music by H A Hayward and Carl Wright, with a plan to repeat the show Tuesday Sept 3 at reduced admission as the club receives broad local acclaim.
Readable items show visits by Dr. Henry Eddy and family, George Bronson kin, and Miss Annie Sheridan among local residents. Mentions travelers, farm work, a Norcross marble job dispute, a water bottle entrepreneur, underage marriages crackdown, and a short tale of Joppa and Sodom with a family.
Sickness sweeps Chester with typhoid fever in Mrs. Wellman and daughter and scarlet fever in Rev. Crocker’s son. A death and funeral are noted for a Wheelock twin babe and Rev. Henry Crocker officiates. Estate auction for Geo. H. Lovejoy results in Edwin Carlisle buying the mill for 1120. Local praise service, travel to Bennington county, a run away scare, a trade dispute settled by a seven dollar verdict, and updates on Bennie Fields’s recovery after appendicitis. Comical horse-and-cart incident with a headless motor vehicle. Rev. Fisk’s Chicago departure and family farewells. Local ads tout Spectacle 25 cent glasses.
Mrs. John Allen of Brattleboro visits J. B. Muzzy. Mrs. M. E. Bradley plans a South Ashburn ham trip this week after not returning last week. Mrs. L. B. Newman’s son returns to Boston. Rev. and Mrs. Coon of Cossaguna N Y visit William Castle’s group. Miss Elsie Hawkins of Massachusetts visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Castle. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Daggett and others enjoy pleasure trips in area towns. Mrs. Grace Noble and children of Westfield Mass visit Daniel Sherwin’s family. John Butler returns to New York. Rev. Mr. Glazier of Greenfield Mass visits town. John Clark sells 25 cattle to Mr. Robbins of ?
Miss Ethel Bears left Monday for Buffalo for a week, Ona Lyman joined by his bride Miss Lillie Burbee then returned home, and Mrs. Burbee tending her mother ill in Windham. Visitors include Mrs. L. A. Hammond Bradford and others from Brattleboro Worcester and Newark. Cr Ryder and Mrs A A Morse not as well. Earl Putnam at Buffalo Exposition. Sawyer family visiting in West Townshend.
Road work progresses as Kelley finishes highway improvements through town. Henry Leonard of Wendall Massachusetts and brother George from California visit relatives. Sprague Burbank returns to New York after Old Home Week in Bondville. The potato crop shows signs of blasting but may yield a fair result if they do not rot.
The advertisement touts G. G. Smith and partners as agents for Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption. It claims vast demand, offers free trial battles to sufferers, and guarantees cures for coughs colds bronchitis asthma and throat and lung troubles. Prices are 50 cents and 1 09.
Eva Weeden started a new school term in the Howard Hill district. Guests and visitors from Londonderry, Worcester, Hamp-ton and Arlington Heights helped with a Monday concert that grossed 14.80. Local residents Mr. and Mrs. Leighton and Marsh families returned home from Bellows Falls, Cambridge, and Boston respectively.
Mrs. Nannie Galleger of LaGrange Georgia used Bucklen's Amica Salve on great head and facial sores and reported a quick cure beyond her hopes. The product is advertised for sores bruises skin eruptions cuts burns scalds and piles. Sold with guarantee by G G Smith S Londonderry F E Smith Jamaica.
An old advertisement claims Cascarets Candy Cathartic cures constipation with a money back guarantee if not effective. It touts bold health benefits and urges readers to try the product.
An old advert promotes Allen's Foot Ease powder to ease swollen hot feet, tiredness, and ingrown nails. It claims relief for corns bunions and blisters, offering a 25 cent price and a free trial package, with address in Le Roy New York.
Several local happenings fill the town paper with social and church activity. Additional swing chairs appear on the common, Mrs. Hamlin assumes singing and organ duties at the Congregational church, and Rev. Hardy’s brother preached in the absence of the resident pastor.
Maynard Reynold of North Adams arrives for a short stay as the old Pacific Fire Engine Co. No. 1 reorganizes and practices for a muster in Hoosie Falls New York on September 2. Local readers are urged to foster summer tourism with a weekly market and a public intelligence office to connect cottagers and room seekers. Levi Pond and family return from Glens Falls while Pond, foreman at Bradley's, plans to resume duties soon.
Landgrove residents host relatives from Salem Depot and Londonderry while Boston visitors visit Woodwards in town. West Acton and Shaftsbury guests stay with Lyman Hulett and family as Norwich visitors call on M D Bates. Clarksville school opens Sept 21 with Mrs Alice Bowen as teacher.
The body of Daniel Wood of West Lebanon New Hampshire was found in a Connecticut River eddy about three miles from White River Junction. He had been missing since Thursday afternoon. Authorities say the circumstances indicate death by his own action amid mental low mood.
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