Concord Fire Holds Firefront as Town Fights Inferno
A large fire in Concord destroyed the homes of Mrs Ellery Ford and Mr and Mrs Fred Hastings and damaged barns. Seven central houses burned or were threatened as townspeople and visiting crews battled the blaze, aided by trucks and river water. Fire started in a Joslin shed, likely sparked by boys with matches, with five tons of hay feeding the flames. The community rallied, rescuing additional properties and keeping the fire from spreading further. Losses totaled several thousand dollars with insurance covering much of the damage. quick actions spared key structures and neighboring residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Ellery Ford
Fred Hastings
Ford
Frank Joslin
Joxon
St. Johnsbury
Beaider
W. O. Reeheleau
A. Strewer
George Howard
N. Southworth
M. Lewis
Carl White
Tichud Southworth
Tagel
Telephone Company
Fred Woods
Mets
Lafayette Hastings
Calvin Histings
Joslin
Mra. O. 1
Hastings
Tea at Brantview for Mia Fairbanks guest in St Johnsbury
Mrs. Rebecca P. Fairbanks hosted a 4 to 6 pm tea and reception at Brantview in honor of Mia Joseph Fairbanks, Washington based Major Fairbanks chief. Over fifty notables from St Johnsbury attended. Hosts, servers, and guests described a pleasant event with decoration and cordial hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brantview
Rebecca Fairbanks
Rebecca P. Fairbanks
Mia Joseph Fairbanks
Fairbanke
Washington, D
Philip M. Fairbanks
Myra
Fairbanks
St. Johnsbury
Hiram Pearl
Cornelia Fairbanks
Sayah P. Cameron
Margaret Merrill
Arthur Sprague
Major Fairbanks
Washington
Grange urged to probe high cost of living at field day
Oliver Wilson of Peoria NL master urged that the National Grange take over investigations into the causes and remedies of high living costs. Speaking before about 200 farmers at a county Grange and Farm Bureau field day, he blamed labor, machinery, feuds, and fertilizers for rising costs and urged farmers to demand action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
National Grane
Oliver Wilosa
Peoria
National Ganage
County Grange
Farm Bureau
Wilson
Swanton grain elevator burns in Vermont blaze
Swanton Vermont August 5 Fire last night destroyed the Park Pollard grain elevator in Swanton causing losses estimated above 100000 The plant had been built about a year earlier after Oswego New York plant burned
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanton
Park & Pollard Company
Oswego
N. Y
Danville Couple Escape After Auto Flips Near Lyne
Danville residents James Boland and wife narrowly escaped death when their car overturned near the Lyne donville road. Brother Arthur Boland was thrown clear. the two were arrested for drunkenness by Chief Finley after an onscene beer search yielded no liquor. Mrs Boland suffered a crushed thumb and a left leg contusion. Bail posted, they await the court next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aarrow
James Boland
Danville
Boland
Lynedonville
Authur Boland
Miiws. Cin
Massachusets
Finley
Boland Brothers
Vermont fair announces $1148 in prizes this year
A new department in the Vermont state fair offers 1,148 dollars in prizes across 152 classes. Exhibits include home garden products, foods, poultry, potatoes, sewing, maple sugar, crafts and teams with awards, free trip to the Eastern States Exposition for top two all round teams, and free return shipping for winning exhibits. No entry fee. Contact Be L. Inwalls, Assistant Superintendent, Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Juxt Sky
Iumong
Springfield
L. In
Walls
Burlington
Third Vermont Regiment Reunion at St Johnsbury Hall
The thirty fourth annual reunion of the Third Vermont Regiment will be at the G A R hall in St Johnsbury Vermont on Tuesday September 2. Business meeting at 11 am W W C dinner at noon All Vermont veterans and associated members of G A R and Sons of Veterans with their families are invited Attend or be notified If no reply future notices will not be sent in case of a comrade death notify us Signed Charles H Woodbury Carlton Felch Owen B R Vesper Executive Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sd Vermont Regiment
G. A. R. Hall
St. Johnsbury
W. It. C
G. A. TR
W. It. CL
Comradon
F.C
Charles H. Woodbury
Carlton Felch
Owen BR. Vesper
Simonds Enters Garney Simonds Blake Law Firm
Robert W. Simonds former Vermont commissioner of industries joins Garney Simonds Blake in Fitchburg and Gardner Massachusetts. He will soon visit Fitchburg to locate. He declined a Boston based industrial department post after leaving government office. Simonds formerly lived in St Johnsbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Simons
Vermonts
Industr
Garney, Simonds & Blake
Fitchburg and Gardner
Mass
Fitchburg
Leavin
Simonds
Boston
St. Johnsbury
Autoist Drives Car Into Ditch and Disappears
An Abbott-Detroit roadster numbered T0018 slid twenty feet on West Danville road yesterday turning on its side and vanishing. Tracks show the front wheel hit a culvert, a grass spire marks the landing, and a possible passerby may have carried the unconscious driver to Montpelier. An order book from Davis Baking Co and a film order for the Colonial Theatre of Andover were found beside the car near the unoccupied Ainsworth cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Danville
Danville Center
Fin
Montpelier
Abbott-Detroit
Davis Baking Company
Colonial Theatre
Andover
Mass
Ainsworth Cottage
Danville
Teusaline
Fairbanks Promoted to Colonel Rank in War Service
Lieut-Colonel Joseph Fairbanks of this town is promoted to the rank of Colonel. The St Johnsbury veteran, one of the earliest to enter the service, served in the Quartermasters Corps, Judge Advocate General office, and as royal advisor in the War Department. His promotion honors his organization and admin work and is praised by General Burr and other officials. St Johnsbury friends extend congratulations on his distinguished wartime record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fairbanks
Brantview
Fairbanks
St. Johns+ vary
Madison Barracks
N. Y
Quartermasters’ Corps
Camp Dix
Judge Advocate Corps
Washington
General Crowder
Pairbanks
Judge Advocate General
War Department
Goethals
Burr
Col. Fairbanks
Board of
Congress
Secretary of War
St. Johnsbury
Col
Plans Made for W. C. T. U. Convention Here
Twelve ladies of the W. C. T. U. met at Mrs. Elsie M. Harvey s home on July 31 to organize for the state convention set for October in St Johnsbury at the Methodist church. State president Mrs. M. L. Pearson attended to coordinate with the St Johnsbury Union. Dates are October 22 23 and 24. Mrs. M. H. Gost named chair of the entertainment committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie M. Harvey
St. Johnsbury
Methodist Church
M. L. Pearson
U S Bought First Aircraft Ten Years Ago
The Air Service sends congratulations to Orville Wright on the tenth anniversary of the first U S Government airplane delivery. It recalls early flights by Lahm Foulois and Wilbur Wright, noting trials at Fort Meyer and a 42 mph cross country test before 1909 fatalities and a 1925 price summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LD. C
Air Service
Orville Wrights
United States
Wright Brothers
Menchertt
Wilbur Wright
Frank 2. Lahm
B. L. Foulois
Orville Wright
Fand
I. D. Foulois
Wright
Frank P. Lahm
Lahm
James Allen
Fort Meyer
Thos. E. Selfridge
Lieut. Selfridge
Wrights
Board of Ordance and Fortification
Handley-Page
Robert H. Selif
Hampton
Pennington
Kisale
Hamilton Named Vermont Federal Director of Employment Service
Edmund P. Hamilton of St Johnsbury has been named federal director of the Vermont U S Employment Service, succeeding KR W Simonds who resigned. He will base in Montpelier and expects a revival of the service statewide after recent office closures due to funds shortage. Hamilton previously spent 18 years at the Fairbanks Scale factory and ten months as traveling senior examiner for the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund P. Hamilton
St. Johnsbury
Vermont U. S. Employment Service
KR. W. Simonds
Hamilton
Montpelier
Fairbanks Lcale
Scale Factory To Add Help In Near Future
The Fairbanks scale plant in Fairbanks will keep full time work and add helpers soon as business has surged in three weeks. General Manager IP C Brooks led a major meeting with 28 sales managers from Morse and Fairbanks Morse, East and West, aiming to expand new business and trade. The local factory is in excellent condition with a promising outlook and plans for new scale types to meet commercial demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ip’. C. Brooks
Morse Company
West
E. and T. Pairbanks Company
East
Yesterdy
Brooks
Paivhinke-Morse
Henry J. Fulley
New York
Sident
Dt. Fair and Co
C. W. Pank
Chicago
Pairbanks- Morse Company
J. J. Peters
Harvey Miller
T. Fairbanks and Company
E. and
T. Fairbanks and Co
E. KE. Pendray
St. Louis
K. W. Jones
Detroit
FB. Church
C. J. Laforge
J. M. Condit
Chicagros
J. F. Saarenberger
Louisville
Bailey Named Acting President at University of Vermont
At a special trustees meeting in Burlington on August 5, Guy W. Bailey was unanimously elected acting president. Dean George S. Perkins resigned as president. Bailey will remain as controller while Perkins continues to head the College of Arts and Sciences and teach sciences, his life’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
University of Vermont
Guy W. Bailey
George S. Perkings
Bailey
Tonn Perkins
College of Arts and Science
Tech Sciences
Local notes from Lyndonville and area
Lyndonville and surrounding towns report travel and visits. Campbell and son Raymond join Mrs Campbell at Ocean Park Maine after her ten days there. A. T. Christopher and others travel to Groveton for a wedding. Harland Fisher and Winchester visitors in town. Earl reports arrival from overseas and Camp Dodge.
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G. M. Campbell
Raymond
H. P. Silsby
Ocean Park
Mes
Campbell
T. V. Blaiswall
Episcopal Rectory
A.T Christopher
Wesley Emerson
Groveton
A. J. Coniveau
Bethlehem
Lyndon
Henry Burns
Cecil
Newport
Blanche Burns
Harley Fisher
Winchester
Mass
Earl
Dodge
Town
A. D. Paige
Walter Ranger
Weirs
Mrs. Haven
J. Kennedy
New
Hotel Lyndon
Victim of shell shock found in Vermont camp
Lieut Willi Stuart, son of Duncan Stuart of Oneonta New York, was found yesterday at a Rich Lumber company camp on East Mountain Manchester Vermont after seven months of search. He had returned from France January 18 and vanished after telling a friend he would go to Oneonta. A Spiritualist in Pownal claimed he would be found at the lumber camp. doctors say shock verified but mental recovery possible with proper care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Willi
Stuart
Duncan Stuart
Oneonta
Rich Lumber Company
East Mountain
New York City
France
York City
Pownal
Fathican
Hay
New York State
Wahakena
Rie Lumber Company
Governor Clement Won't Call Special Session
Montpelier Aug 2 Governor P W Clement announces he will not convene a special legislature session to ratify the federal equal suffrage amendment. He cites cost and notes the constitution revision is now before the commission led by W B Stickney of Rutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement
Montpelior
P. W. Clementina
W. B.G. Stickney
Rutland
B. F. Butterfield
Derby
State Fair Commission
Governor Names St Johnsbury Man Judge of Municipal Court
Governor Percival W. Clement appoints George C. Frye of St. Johnsbury as judge of the Caledonia County Municipal Court. Frye previously held the post in 1915, serving until Morse’s appointment this year. Frye’s reappointment follows broad support from the St. Johnsbury delegation and Caledonia County Bar. he did not apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johnsbury
Legislative Delegation
Caledonia County
Frye
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Hastings Howe
Gardner
M. Ford
Mixx
Helen Reed
Ruth Hastingge
Mrs. Fairbanks
Grange
Arthur Boland
THIRD
Vermont Regiment
Robert W. Simonds
Massachusetts
U. S
U.S. Employment Service
John
Ruth
Wilward
Werd
Ruthie
Gen. Mer. Brooks
Dean Perkins
Lyndonville
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