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Newspaper
The Weekly Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1919
Page
1
A reader in California claims kidney pills relieved back and hip pain, crying during housework and swelling in joints. The letter touts the pills as effective and widely sold, urging others to try them for kidney trouble.
Bishop Leete presiding at the 75th Methodist conference announced appointments. Rev Edwin W Sharp of St Johnsbury was re appointed superintendent of the St Johnsbury district and Rev Wm Shaw of St Albans was reelected superintendent of the St Albans district. Rev F W Lewis elected president of the conference claims commission.
A rambling editorial mocks dreary routines and public fuss while listing pastor appointments across Vermont towns and reflecting on modern life. It lampoons media vanity, home noises, and consumer habits, ending with a quip about prosperity and blond money.
A scanned notice from the St Johnsbury Post details second class mail rates. It states one year subscriptions to any address and six months options. The terse ad reflects postal terms and pricing without additional details.
Mrs Olin D Adams died on Wednesday April 2 at age 67. Born January 28 1871 in Concord she lived in Boston before moving to St Johnsbury. She belonged to the Eastern Star the W R C and the South Church Searchlight Club and supported the Red Cross. Survived by husband Olin D Adams and a daughter the family memory notes her strength and kindness. Funeral at 3 pm today at Summer Street home conducted by Rev F A Poole with interment in Concord.
An imperfect OCR fragment describes an apartment at 10 Downing Street used for meetings of the British cabinet. It notes solid furnishing, dimensions about 1 by 20 feet, and double doors designed to prevent sound from reaching attentive ears.
Piles in Amsterdam age three to four hundred years use iron coating to deter pile worms. A coating of talha or cala with fine heads is driven in to form rust on contact with water, protecting the pile from decay. The process is repeated annually to maintain preservation.
Miss Anne V Peck writes from the United States ship George Washington about mid ocean on March 21, 1919. She recounts life aboard the President's ship with nurses, soldiers, and entertainment, notes mail delays, visits Paris and Rheims, and mentions demobilization hopes and maple syrup longing as a brave nurse returning from wars.
In Lincoln the governor joked about local place names, noting a claim that Minnehaha means laughing water while Minneboohoo supposedly means weeping water. Citizens laughed as the exchange highlighted Native American name origins and regional lore.
A boy appeared before an Engle magistrate for atenting gooseberries. With the clerk absent, the magistrate consulted an alphabetical law book to decide. He told the boy it was lucky to face gooseberries rather than a goose, and discharged him.
A German evacuation hospital letter dated February 14 1919 from Fred Bond in Evacuation Hospital New 4waedd Peeves Germany to Mrs George McFarlin describes long hospital days, shows appreciation for Red Cross, notes hope to return home around July, mentions shell shock flu and large old city hospital rooms, and references life in France and Vermont. Also included is Reginald Mumley of Northfield crowned State Potato Club Champion 1938 with yield and profit figures and a $5 prize from the Vermont State Bankers Association.
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