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Newspaper
The Weekly Caledonian
Location
Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1919
Page
6
Mrs Adson Marsubane shares two years of torture from constant postmeal pain and bitter mouth, doctors’ failure, then relief after taking Pra Liver Tablets mixed with fruit juices. A six pack cost $2.50, trial size 250. Available from Pratt-ativoo Limited in Uden Sulug, New York.
The adjourned annual meeting of the stockholders of E and T Fairbanks and Co will be held at the company office in St Johnsbury Vermont on Thursday July 17 at two o clock in the afternoon. The meeting will review officer reports, elect directors for the coming year, and transact any legal business. By order of the President J C Clark Secretary St Johnsbury Vermont June 26 1019.
From Moose River Lodge no 82 F and A M nine members joined the annual Owl's Head pilgrimage. Rev P J Mae Ginnis united Geore Davis Clyde Crowell H A Quinby C F Cutting EC Lewis F W Chapman O W Baker J G Chapman Elmer B Roberts of Gorham Maude B Hewitt of Belgrade in marriage on June 25 at the Universalist Parsonage. Miss Marcia Stuart departs Fairfax as former assistant principal of Concord Junior High. Several residents travel and visit relatives at Danville St Johnsbury East Ryegate Island Pond Goddard Seminary and Barre.
Lower Waterford reports visiting by Mr and Mrs A G Clay in Littleton. Ruth Bullock and Agnes Stoddard return from Littleton for summer break. C A Morrison ill. Darle Pierce works for H H Bullock during haying. Highway work completed until after haying. Mr and Mrs Persons and daughter return to St Johnsbury from E E Hale’s. Mrs Ida Bolton and Mrs Carr of St Johnsbury visit Charles Hemingway’s house.
Mrs. Robert Blair of Terre Haute Indiana credits Foley Kidney Pills with easing two years of kidney and bladder trouble. She reports backaches, fatigue, headaches and blurred vision diminishing after a few weeks. The ad claims the pills clear impurities from blood and ease pains in joints and muscles.
A weary veteran recounts extended battlefield tours from Seicheprey to Saint Mihiel and the Meuse arc, detailing ruined villages, fortifications, and civilians. He describes Hattonchatal and Vauquois, the Verdun watch by the Crown Prince, graves along the Meuse, and the stark impact of four years of war on towns, trenches, and landscapes. The narrative blends personal memory with observations of ruins, cemeteries, and the remnants of a long campaign.
A Vermont library week program outlines schedules for conferences of librarians and trustees, talks by Montpelier and Montpelier area leaders, and a series of sessions on community library work. Notable speakers include Miss Mar gery Quigley, Miss Vera H. Griffith, and Miss Alice Blanchard. Various locations across Montpelier, Danby, Proctorville, Rutland, and more host sessions from Wednesday through Saturday with demonstrations, book binding, moving pictures, and discussions on cooperation and historical materials.
The Vermont infantile paralysia case involved Dowell Donaldson of Grand Tala nd, confirmed by Dr Amore after local physician Doctor Many diagnosed paralysis. The boy, once injured when his left leg was caught in a harrow, was quarantined and has nearly recovered. Previous cases and two deaths occurred in Grand Tale, but none in 1918.
A livery car from Bellows Falls collided with a tree two miles north of Brattleboro. Patrick O Conn or drove from Greenfield, Mass, with no injuries reported. Twelve quarts of liquor found. Woodbury fined five and costs. rest unclaimed or held by sheriff. Further developments hinted.
Several cases were disposed of Thursday in county court. Notable items include the McDonald vs Dwight Burnham matter with Scales and Graves for McDonald. Daigle case left for future hearing with Genest represented by Dunnett Shields Congar. and Skinner divorce cases involving Orville F. Skinner and Nellie M. Skinner, both represented by Guy W. Hill. Marion L Joslyn vs Charles H Joslyn granted divorce for intolerable severity with Marion Joslyn allowed to resume her maiden name. William Blair vs Alton and Margaret Maynard contract trial continued into Friday with James B. Campbell for plaintiff and William W. Reinlen for defendant.
A Montpelier Vermont post office carrier explains a four week old pig shipped from Whitefield New Hampshire on a route two miles out of town. The pig survived the trip but required one meal at night. The post office declined to confirm the name Alexander connected to the owner. The hoax and mixed commentary follow.
Postmaster Arthur H. Gleason announces national postal rate changes effective July 1 and lasting indefinitely. One cent postage replaces two and three cent rates on cards and stamped envelopes, with full value exchange for unused two and three cent items by original purchasers for one month. No cash redemption. Three cent stamps remain valid for mail needing three cents or more.
Joseph C. Jones of Rutland has asked Gov. Clement to commute the sentence of George Warner who was found guilty of murdering his parents in law Hay and Georgianna Wiggins. Warner, condemned in Woodstock in 1914, was affirmed on appeal in 1917 and is slated for execution in July. Jones, serving as his attorney, reports meetings with the governor but no action recorded yet.
The underwear factory of the TH, E. Bradford Co Inc shut down Thursday for the first time in 15 years due to wage disagreement. Seven knitters demanded a 1d per cent pay rise. management said orders were based on the current scale and could not grant it. The plant, employing 275, kept open during armistice slack, making the shutdown notable in Bennington County.
A Friday morning shooting affray occurred near Fort Ethan Allen when Joseph Campbell entered Mrs. Rose Taft’s house and fired at Catherine M. Demag Sprague, who had lived there for six to eight months while Campbell and Sprague had been involved. At Wilder the International Paper plant vented steam when a cylinder head blew, nearly injuring engineer Kibby. superintendent Macey shut off steam and Kibby received burns, with recovery expected at home.
Rutland aviator Charles S. Jones left Roosevelt Field Mineola N Y at 10 00 a m Thursday and landed at Addison County Fair Grounds Middlebury at 4 45 p m Friday to attend Middlebury College commencement. Ralph H Mann of Worcester Mass accompanies en route to University of Vermont ceremony. plane departed Glens Falls at 3 20 p m with Jones’s home town as a probable stopover. They plan to stay several days in Burlington amid local interest.
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