Vocational School Opens Second Year At St Johnsbury
St Johnsbury's vocational school enters its second year with 20 students. The program, run with H & T Fairbanks Co, trains boys in shop work, mathematics, science and English to prepare them for technical college and higher pay. Students earn from 12 to 24 cents an hour across four years, with potential earnings of up to $1000. The project is aided by the Smith Hughes act and the scale company. The post office appropriation for the town, backed by Congressman Plumley, advances toward a first class building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johnsbury
Linter
H. & T. Fairbanks & Co
Lucme
Wall
Telephone Corporion
Setle
Technical College
Smith-Hughes
Plumley
Yrass Ave
Commercial Club
Washington
Taft
Congress
Wilson
Bullard
Eastern Avenue
W. W. Thushand
Treasury Department
Assured Future for Co D as Cheney Reorganizes
Captain Stewart Cheney has gathered 100 men to join a new Co D organization and will continue recruiting as some may fail the physical. A meeting at the Armory is set for Wednesday at 8 o clock to organize and elect officers with all members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. D
Commercial Club
Stewart Cheney
Cheney
Surprise Anniversary Party For Mr and Mrs McClure
Friends and relatives from Lyndon Danville and St Johnsbury gathered at Railroad street after a picture show to honor the couple on their 13th anniversary. The party included games cake and coffee with a gift of an electric grill and toaster from Mr Quimby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McClure
Railroad Street
Lyndon
Danville
St. Johnsbury
Quimby
Diamonds of Many Colors Spark Interest in Gems
Diamonds occur in many hues from red and yellow to green blue and orange. The saying that stones free of castor are of first water hints at their quality while color variety fascinates collectors and traders alike.
Auction Seals Sale of Nine Circus Tents to Paul Gilman
One bid from M G Garfield sold the Coop Lent circus tents at Fairground to Paul W Gilman for 130 dollars. The purchase includes a 1000 seat big tent with lights and eight small tents. Tents will be rented at the upcoming fair with the big tent for livestock and smaller tents on the midway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell
M. G. Garfield
Fairground
Paul W. Gilman
Canvar
Gilman
Joseph H. Moore
Gilman Brothers
Coop & Lent Circus
Lancaster
Searles & Graves
Carrie A. Bennett
Conway
N. H
Mr. Garfield
St. Johnsbury
Morrisville
Stanley Garfield
Bids Open for New Government Post Office at St Johnsbury
The treasury department invites bids for a new post office in St Johnsbury. Bid opening is at 2 o clock on October 6 1919. Drawings and specifications available from Postmaster Gleason or through the Treasury in Washington via James A Weymore supervising architect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
St. Johnsbury
Gleason
Washington
James A. Weymore
Neling
Car overturns on Concord Hill injures child
Mrs. F H Perkins was driving down Concord Hill when a tire blowout sound caused her to look back. The car struck a bale and overturned. Her daughter was badly hurt with no broken bones, while the other child and Mrs. Perkins escaped with minor scratches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord Hill
F. H. Perkins
Rnige
Impey and Cummings Form New Insurance Firm
James A. Impey and Oscar Cummings resign from Metropolitan Life to start Impey and Cummings a general fire life and accident insurance business. Impey ten years with Met and was deputy superintendent. Both men are described as hustling popular agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Impey
Oscar Cummings
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Impey & Cummings
Impey
Metropolitan
Electric Shotgun Patent Sparks Controversy
A patent has been granted for an electric shotgun that discharges cartridges spark-filled with gas liquid or powder. The device uses electric spark ignition and may involve explosive materials raising safety concerns among researchers and lawmakers.
Fairbanks Field Day Draws Thousands for Local Sports and Nines
About 3,000 people attended the third annual Fairbanks Field Day in Fairbanks grounds on Labor Day. Events ran from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with prizes, candy for children, and winners in multiple contests including sprints, pie eating, three legged race, and shot put. A village team beat the shopmen 7 to 2 in a concluding baseball game witnessed by hundreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. & T. Fairbanks & Co
Whiell
Martin
Jenne
Foundry and Machine Shop
Demers
John Wiley
Desrochers
Roscoe
Miss Lavine
Cate Firal
Miss Dates
Yace
John Bilis
Machine Shop
Sealing Room
Machine Department
Elmer Mastman
Burrows
Rathbun
Miss Winn
Mervtin
Manning
Johnson
Harry Dean
Johnosn
Andrew W. Dean
Walter Rowe
Witty
Hocrle
Clark
Shopmen
Choice Musicale at St Johnsbury Woman's Club Concert
The St Johnsbury Woman's Club met at Grace Methodist Church with many guests. New members joined and a picnic was announced for Toc's Pond. The concert featured Ruth Tyler, Marjorie Cramton, and G B Howes with Helen Warden as accompanist. Roy Cropper was replaced by Paul Farnham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johnsbury
Elisha May
Ida P. Brooks
Roy Cropper
Boston
Paul Farnham
Joseph Fairbanks
Ruth Tyler
la Grange
Marjorie Cramton
G. B. Howes
Williamstown
Mass
Alice B. Warden
In Large Supply When You Start To Borrow Trouble
A concise aphorism from the Boston Transcript notes that when trouble seems plentiful and you begin to borrow it, the loan tends to be oversubscribed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
St Johnsbury Academy Opens New Year With Notable Address
St Johnsbury Academy begins its fifty year with 630 pupils registered, a late but strong number. Judge Wendell J. Stafford of Washington D C addressed students, comparing Shakespeare era education to today and warning about labor movements influencing schooling. New staff include Violet White English Leroy Penhouy mathematics Donald Steadman history Chum Bushman stenography Rachael Vaughan domestic arts Mrs Jean Stanley Goodrich piano and orchestra conductor. No science teacher or athletic director yet hired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johnsbury Academy
Joseph A. Davis
Wendell J. Stafford
Washington, DD. C
Academy
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs Isaac Moore
Over 100 friends and neighbors gathered Monday to celebrate the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Isaac Moore. Flowers letters and $150 in gold arrived by afternoon. nearly $50 more in gold presented at a reception. The couple and Rev Bliss spoke. guests from Monroe Me Indoes and nearby towns attended. Both born in Monroe they married Sept 1 1869 and have deep Civil War histories and family ties.
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Isaac
Moore
C, B. Bliss
Ms. Moore
Monroe
S. Moore
Hale Mason
Boston
Mrs. Moore
Mrs. Wilson
Bradford
Mr. Moore
Barnet
Archibald
Nancy Moore Moore
MeIndoes
Lewinsville
Fair Oaks
Warwick Creek
Frederickshuro
Chapin
Massa
G. A. Tt
McIndoes and
Royal Order of Road
The Roman Way and Vermont Dairying Pride
Editorial contrasts Diocletian price edict with modern regulation and calls for free market forces while noting 90 percent of the $20 000 Hardwick Jerseys herd sold at Bronson auction stayed in New England and Vermont bidders participated. The herd founded 1858 by William L D Bronson and developed by Timothy G Bronson remains a state pride for superior dairy stock.
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H.C. S
Rome
Diocletian
Senator Page
Tiber
The
Hardwick
Vermont
Rain Dampens Elks Outing at Harvey's Pond
A heavy thunder shower ruined the baseball game between two groups at Harvey's Pond on Saturday but could not spoil the Elks fellowship. Members and guests enjoyed dancing in the pavilion despite the downpour. Page and Whitehill of Groton have bought Leonard Varnem's fixtures and stock and will run the Peachum undertaking business with Frank Pollard overseeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey's Pond
Fats and Jeans
Ring Recovered From Gull Off Maine Coast
A valuable engagement ring dropped overboard in the mid Atlantic was recovered from a gull guarding it off the coast of Maine. The finder reported the ring after months at sea and the bird’s vigilance led to the recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Maine
New England Farm and Food Foundation Advocated
The PRESS COMMENT urges support for a new New England Farm and Food Foundation formed to back a marketer backed by strong men of means. It aims to bridge producer and consumer gaps, lower living costs, boost farm production, and improve marketing of New England agricultural output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Harold
News
New England
New England Farm and Pood Foundation
Congress
Call for Expanded Technical Training to Meet War Demand
The essay argues that war drives a critical need for skilled mechanics and craftsmen. It notes wage competition with professionals and urges expanding practical training and liberal arts direction to prepare youth for technical fields, citing Vermont as a model and noting high training costs for overcrowded professions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Vermont and Area News Roundup From Estey Employee to Comet Discovery
Obituary note for Eyebert FE. Eraser longtime Estey Organ employee in Brattleboro dies at 87 after long service and illness. A Burlington youth 11 confesses to starting fires in Printon over two months, facing consequences. Post Office food sales in Burlington exceed 2100 dollars prompting further consignments. Grand sale of 55 pure bred Shorthorn heifers at Greatwood Plainfield marks a major Vermont cattle deal. Harold Spafford sues four assailants for damages after a Fourth of July incident in Chester. Two small deer shot in Rutland County open zones near J A Stewart orchard and Mendon station. Discovery of a new comet by Rev Joel Metcalf announced from South Hero, first of year, visible in early evening sky.
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Greatwood
Plainfield
Willard S. Martin
States
New England Milking Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
Mr. Martin
Vermont
Rutland County
Fay M. Anderson
Wallingford
J. A. Stewart
Stevens
Rutland Railway, Light and Power Company
Mendon
Joel H. Metcalf
Winchester
Mass
Burlington
South Hero
Harvard Observatory
Metcalf
Bingham Drug Store Soldiered On For 60 Years
C C Bingham retires after leading the family drug store in St. Johnsbury Vermont for 60 years. The shop, begun by J C Bingham and later run by his son, has landmark status on Main Street near the Cross bakery and St. Aloysius church. Bingham studied at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and worked in notable southern New Hampshire and New York pharmacies before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Bingham
Shirley K. Bingham
Luther Jewett
St. Johnsbury
J. C. Bingham
Vermont
Cross Bakery
St. Aloysius Church
Main Street
Steele, Taplin & Co
Bingham
Pst
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Boston
New Hampshire
New York
Woman's Club Picnic Planned at Joe's Pond
The Woman's Club president Mrs. Robert E. French announced a picnic at Joe's Pond on Thursday with coffee served at noon at the summer cottage. Automobiles depart from North Church at 10 30 returning at 4 80. members asked to bring lunch and dishes and bring husbands and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Robert E. French
Joe's Pond
Church Street
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Sheriff's Sale
ST. Johnsbury’s New Post Office
Impey and Cummings New Insurance Firm
Fairbanks Field
Choice Musicale
OUR Academy
W. P. Stafford
Isaac S. Moore
St. Johnsbury Caledonian
Evening Caledonian Publishing Company
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
Arthur F. Stone
Editorial
Elks Outing
Ring
Wells River Savings Bank
Wells River
Wells River,vt
Rutland Herald
State News
Eyebert FE. Eraser
Estey Organ Company
Bratleboro
William Labelle
Prington Police
Hfe
Reform
Harold Spafford
North Springfield
Chester
Edward Parker
Exar] Rowe
Sanford Barlow
Robert Stevens
H. H. Blanchard
Woman’s Club
Joe's
Caledonian
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