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Newspaper
Windham County Reformer
Location
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1905
Page
7
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Worthfield notes the death of James Mattoon at age seven, with funeral details and tributes to Mrs. Mattoon and her late husband. The item references local church ties, family movements, and community reactions, including addresses and nearby residents. Also reported are school events, church activities, and local social notices surrounding residents and town affairs.
A Vernon town report details formation of Arcetylene Light Co with officers J W Chapin T W Johnson L D Slate and list of local moves sales and new building plans including a hotel erection. It records the death of Rev. Green and Gary Edmunds and notes grange activities library trustees election and a special town meeting for a free public library.
J Cc Allen shows improvement while Prof William Shiporn returns to Boston. The Newton weed is to be worked this week and road work continues amid heavy machinery. Mrs Helen Nelson of Brattleboro teaches in No 5. J C Frost is in critical condition. Dr L Combs has returned to Becket. Rev I M Blanchard will preach at 11 a m Sunday. Mrs J G Weatherhed stays with her daughter Mrs C Hy Newton. A Harley travels to Springfield and his son Clifton goes to Stonington Conn.
The week features several small town items: work has resumed on the dam and reservoir after a long wait while the basin hole draws attention as the bank crumbles. Local residents host guests, school openings begin with teachers in place, transfers of land occur, and Julian Mowry returns from hospital for a vacation.
Howard Keen and other workers are on the drive at Glastonbury and Searsburg while the D R Co reports over 100 feet of activity at their camp. A near drowning occurred as logs swept down a bank near Tudors pond. A fire at the lower Main street hotel gutted the building, destroying furniture and alarming several waiting men. Ruby Church in New York is ill.
Mrs Wheeler on sick list. Gorham moved into George Wilder house. Alvah Higgins filled dry house with white birch and beech stock. Mrs Lydia Clough widow of A P Clough died April 5 at age 59. She belonged to Brattleboro Baptist church and Jamaica W R C Scott post No 64. Funeral by C E Smith with Rev Beman preaching.
A Brattleboro crowd of druggists endorses Comfort Powder as a cure for a three month old baby's chnafed skin and a neighbor’s severe eczema on face head and body. The ad claims the product has no equal for nursery use and skin ailments.
The Northfield area records a flurry of family visits and relocations as residents, including P. W. Preston, Mrs. Henry Howe, Mrs. Frank Plier, Alma Hazeltine, Mrs. Mary Gates, Mrs. George Hilliard, and others, exchange hosting duties and move between farms and towns. Edna Gates visits Putney relative, while Edward Gerrish relocates to Howe's farm and multiple households shift tenements and addresses around Northfield and nearby communities.
Mrs R J Daggett comes home from New York with millinery and invitations to view the spring styles at her shop. Indies are invited to owl and see the new looks and creations.
Pekin Indiana resident W M Smithart faced an incurable consumption verdict from leading physicians. Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds kept him alive. He reports a decade of relief and credit to the medicine for saving his life and curing his throat ailment.
Obituaries from Putney note Mrs Mary Townshend widow of William Townshend of Grafton dies at 50 after a Baptist church life and Sunday school work. Survived by son George L Townshend. William Wallace Ford dies at home after short illness, born Brookline January 14 1890, survived by wife Elia Benson and two sons Harold L Ford and Porter Ford, plus siblings. Funeral services held in town and burial at Roberts Cemetery.
Miss Ida R Boyden dies in Charleston S C after a Boston departure for Florida. Born Wattsfield 1873 she taught in Jaminson Windham Townshend and Boscawen before a bookkeeper post in Everett Mass. Her sudden death while visiting relatives prompts tributes from friends and family. Local notices report illness of Mrs Bayden school reopening April 17 and a carriage shop sale to F A Kimball amid repairs. A legal suit favoring Fred Smith over Arthur Greenwood closes the town meeting week.
12 year old Hugh Findley of Isl and Pond, son of Mr and Mrs Edward Findley, was attempting to board a train when incident occurred. Police and emergency crews responded as bystanders assisted until aid arrived. Further details forthcoming from local authorities.
In South Wardsboro Fritz Speckman loses another horse. The sugar makers report a fine sap run over the past week. Mrs S J Gould is at home from Greenfield Mass. Louis Golind visits his wife, returning to Orange Mass. N H Putnam spends week in Nashua NH returning to his daughter Mrs C Gould's. Mrs Charlies Gleason returns home from Newfane to help care for Mr Gleason's mother.
Over sixty five percent of men suffer bladder issues and enlarged prostate. Foley's Kidney Cure is urged at the first sign of danger to correct irregularities and has reportedly helped many older men. Rodney Burnett of Rock Port Missouri says two bottles eased his years of kidney and prostate trouble, leaving him feeling much better at age 61. Sold by All Drugglists.
Win Hosley reported a work horse found dead in the barn. J. B. Pier began county court attendance on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Viron Styles of Saxtons River visit relatives here. Miss Jessie Dorsett returns April 8 to work in Boston. Mrs Rachel Cobb of South Londonderry stays with daughter Mrs B Rawson for several weeks.
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