Lunenburg News Roundup Reflects Community Life and School Work
A long list of local residents visits, travels, and gatherings fills this weekly Lunenburg chronicle. Notes include Adies Edu Flanders in Boston, Mrs. G. W. Gibson visiting Massachusetts, and various townsfolk attending Sunday School conventions, school events, and family visits. Activities span coaching work, church and theater outings, and preparations for a stronger school year with training, housing, and guest students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adies Edu Flanders
Boston
Peter Boscho
Childs
Brattleboro
G. W. Gibson Hn Hol
Mass
Harold Melandy
Grace Whitney
James Southworth
Janames H. Hale
Mr. Jones
Tong
RI. Darling
M. W. Smith
Johnson
Harold Wing
Haptford
Conn
Mrs
A. W. Sibby
Wheelock Riverside Grange Fair Highlights And Exhibits
Wheelock Riverside Grange held its annual fair with a perfect day and crowds all night. A feast at Mechanic Hall, an afternoon address by K H Hallett and Meg Stewart, a Wheelock nine losing to Sheffield, and a large evening dance drew a huge crowd. Premium lists and antique table displays promised further interest next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Grange
Mechanicx Hall
Town Hall
K. H. Hallett
Farm Bureau
Meg. Stewart
Sheffield
Wheelock Nine
Sheffield Teum
Prince Royal
Prince of Wales
Windsor
Bog
Gerry
Geo. Welch
G. A. Robert
J. B. Ripley
Charles Baxter
Hope Valley
K. J
Currie Hyer
N .G. Simpson
W. M. Willey
St. Johnsbury
St. Johnsbury Fair
Mra. H
Eastman
G. L. Gerry
W. Drake
Lyndon Center
Javing Taylor
Claude
Sugar Hill
N. A
State Fair Prizes Awarded to Baxter Entries
Supervisor L. H. Baxter earns multiple premiums at the White River Junction state fair. Top honors include burnt wood panel first, pastel and crayon drawings first and second, pen and ink drawings first and second, object drawing panel first and second, arts and crafts copper work first and second, architectural drawing first and second, and working drawing second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Baxter
White Iiver Junction
Optimistic Thought and Timid Courage in Youth
An old excerpt discusses youth mindset, contrasting optimism with timidity and suggesting a mature stance combines confidence with restraint. The piece references a young man’s demeanor and a measured approach to bold impulses.
Automobile Collision Near Jesse Carlton Curve Details
An accident occurred on a curve above Jesse Carlton involving vehicles belonging to Mr Cross of Canaan and Ernest, with both cars severely damaged but occupants largely uninjured. Witnesses note high speed. Mr Cross reportedly was off his side of the road. Also mentions guests and local social notices including Miss Marjorie Powell, Miss Wilma Hemingway, and Mrs E R Goss, plus an auction and a school contest set for Friday September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Carleton
Workers at Hard Labor Prone to Kidney Trouble Warned
Advice to factory workers railroad men farmers miners and others in strenuous labor appears in a Wisconsin notice. A local testimonial from Green Bay claims pills relieved a months long backache. The rest of the item lists social and clerical notices from Lyndonville to St Johnsbury including visits and resignations, and reports the turkey dinner at Victory Tex Rooms with strong attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Wis
Will Get More Fish Commissioner Leavens Has Plaza for Averill Lake
Linus Leavens, commissioner of fish and game, returned from Essex county where he discussed Averill lakes screening with Coutlook Lightning and Power. The firm is replacing the old dam with a concrete one and Leavens plans screening to keep landlocked salmon. He also arranging a pool for lake trout fingerlings at the inlet of the smaller lake to grow a year before planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavens
Averill Lake Montpelier
Linus Leavens
Fish and Game
Essex County
Coutlook Lightning and Power Company
Averill Lakes
Averill Lake
Swearing and Swearing. When via Ox text show care
A compact note traces how swearing in a particular period or setting leads to more trouble than expected. The phrasing hints at a cautionary view of language use and social consequences across a historical or proverbial context.
Local residents visit, demonstrations, and school updates
Mrs Fanny Bartlett and daughter and Morris Fred and Gewi Hall visited W. L. Bartlett. Fred Gray of St Johnsbury toured friends nearby. Mabel Kelley from Newark spoke on sandwiches and salads. Grange dance upcoming, and social visits noted across Newark West Waterford Barton and Barton areas. John French studies on Long Island. Annie Gould at Lyndon Institute. Families travel to Derby Center and Newport areas. Auto party photographed White Birch Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stannard
Fanny Bartlett
Morris Fred
Gewi Hall
Bartlett
Fred Gray
St. Johnebury
Vella Dogan
Arthur Grip
Folvsie Smith
Fornest Winchester
L. L. Dezan
Wight
Lee Gochee
Wheelock
Newark
Misa
Mabel Kelley
Home Department
Grange
Lisle Wardburne
East Haven
John French
Long Island
Annie Gould
Lyndon Institute
FP. A
Roberts Anisen
Sheldon
M. W
Mra
Re, Blodgett
Bart St
Johnsbury
Carl Blodgett
White Birch
Readings from His Poems by Judge W P Stafford
Judge Wendell P Stafford read from his own works at the Museum elase room on Monday evening to benefit Sunset Home. A musical program featured Mrs H W Blodgett and the Kramboinoff Trio, with Blodgett singing expressively and the trio well received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elase
Wendell P. Stafford
Sunset Home
Solog
H. W. Blodgett
Kramboinoff
Visits Old Home Kinney Tours Growth in St Johnsbury
Willum L Kinney, who left for Pasadena twenty one years ago, visits his aunt Mrs Helen C Thompson in St Johnsbury. He notes the town's growth including the Armory, Methodist church, two hotels, and new factories. Kinney works with the Wilson Observatory on Mt Wilson and its large telescope. He has spent two days renewing friendships and receiving a cordial welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
D. M. Chattee
Springfield
Mass
Vere
Fred Thompson
Lyndonville
J. M. Spaulding
Mamie Smith
Mixx Muloney
M. L. Bowen
Hoonville
Syracuse
N.Y
Dang Fuller
Leslie Skinner
Island Pond
George Bosley
Edith Somerville
St. Johnsbury
Karl Davis
Lakeside Restauratant
George B. Youn
Montpelier
the Bluff
Willum L. Kinney
Herr
Pasadena
Cal
Helen C. Thompson
Kinney
Wilson Observatory
Mt. Wilson
St Johnsbury
Wedding Bells for Ryland Talsey and Laura M Burbank
Ryland Talsey and Laura M. Burbank wed at Montpelier on Saturday afternoon at the bride’s mother’s home. Rev. George A. Martin officiated at four o’clock, couple unattended. Bride wore a beaver colored travelling suit. Reception featured autumn decor and luncheon before a bridal trip. The bride, St Johnsbury Academy graduate, was secretary to the industrial commissioner. Groom, Montpelier High School graduate, travels for E W Bailey Co and recently returned from a year overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryland Talsey
Laura M. Burbank
Montpelier
Edith Bursbank
George A. Martin
St. Johnsbury Academy
Robert W. Simonds
Montpelier High School
E. W. Bailey & Co
Ford safety record praised by firm for low fatalities
Ford Motor Company announced for the fiscal year ending May 21, 1919 that only one fatality occurred among 50 000 Highland Park plant workers. The report credits a safety corps for thorough inspections of existing and new equipment and cites historical wartime injuries to stress industrial responsibility and accident prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Company
Highland Park
Detroit
Corps of Ford Safety Engineers
America
Bedi
Tony
Ford
Lise Elmnces
Ford Organization
United States
Ford Rcord
Two Packard Engines Win Boat Race in Gold Cup
Two Packard built Liberty engines powered the winner and runner up in the Gold Cup regatta on the We Nu cvoit river Labor Day. Gar Wood’s Detroit Yacht Club entry led Detroit I to end a three year run, finishing at 54 mph on a 20 mile race around a 2.5 mile course. Wood aims to push his hydroplanes Detroit II and Detroit III beyond 72 mph in trials on the St Clair River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Day
Gar Wood
Detroit UT
Beta Yacht Club
Detroit
Wood
Packard
Tony Straightaway
St. Clair
Algonac
Tire Repairing Echoes of Summer Wear and Care
The piece stresses early year tire care as warm days draw tourists to squeeze extra miles from aging tires. It highlights frequent inspections and minor fixes to extend life, citing United States Tire Company products like heel-a-cat closures, self-forming patches, tire sleeves, and outside laced sleeves for temporary repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Tire Company
First practical overhead trolley history notes
The article traces the first practical overhead trolley line built in Kansas City in 1884 with conductors wearing a trolley wheel on top of the line, followed by a Baltimore installation in 1886 and a Toronto restoration, then Seraton Pennsylvania in 1887, while experimental systems had existed in Chicago New York and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Baltimore
Toronto
Canada
Seraton
Chicago
New York
Boston
Vast British Empire Claims Largest Global Territory
Fragmented OCR notes claim the British Empire holds the largest territory across regions. The text lists disputed figures for Europe North America Central America and South America with inconsistent figures and garbled spellings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golleh
Europe
North America
Central America
West
Tholley
South
Amerea Wad
Austratesla
Progress Quote Attributed To Bernard Shaw
A quotation attributed to Bernard Shaw frames progress as the result of the unreasonable man who resists adapting to the world. The saying contrasts reasonable flexibility with stubborn insistence to spur change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Shaw
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Thornley FE. Smith
Guildhall
Kyle T. Brown
Annette Sibby
FD. Hale
M.D. Boyker
M. M. Stocker
Danville
Lancaster
G. W. Douglas
Misson Bell
South Lunenburg
St. Jobybury Academy
Evelyn
Mertie Davison
J.P. Davison
Ernest Sibby
Morvill Davison
Amani
Meo
Frank Silsby
Katherine Bowker
Little Hilviot Cowles
Rey
Whitefield
Douglas
Mildead Kimball
Philip W. Sugg
Burlington
A. V. Mears
Powers
Percy
Stephen
Manchester
N. H
Eleanor Morse
G. C. Bell's
Anna. Bean
Marie Laurie
Portland
Marie Onsen
Westbrook
Harry
Hill
Baptist
Charles Turner
Vilas Johnson
Mix
Kennedy
Little Son
St. Jolnsbury
Groveton
Charles McLaughlin
Patrick Monahan
McLaughlin
W. W
Edward McCollough
Jennie Silsby
Berlin
Henry Woods
Prite Woods
Pond Mill
Bay State Artesian Well Co. Kaily
Balch
Ax Jutuy
U. S. Federal Court
G. H W. Perkins
Walter Balch
Mr. Morton
American Legion
Nina Pond
Mixx Helen Jewell
Jewell Chatriet
G. A. R. Hall
Howard W. R. C
the Heights House
Barding
Gaar
Eddie Woods
Malone
Prue Woods
Pond Hill
Bela Blood
West Fitchburg
Orange Blood
Snow
West Barnet
The
Yarvick
Redpath Novelty Co
Walter Eccles
Mies Ellerbe Wood
Mall
Lower Waterford
Barton My
Gilbert Hastings
Wort Danville
A. P. Underwood
Guy Bartlett
Levi Bartlett
Claremont
Laconia
George C. Lang
Mary Shedd
W. P. Stafford
Liberty Aircraft Machines
Eatard
Linus
Priv
Wome Relief Laboratories
Malden
Crystal Lake
Barton
Cloc
M. M. Taplin
C. M. Darling
the Corner Garage Inc
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