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Newspaper
Windham County Reformer
Location
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1903
Page
8
Local notices report Frat day closure at area schools and new pastor appointment at the Methodist church. Rail of Shore Acres advance tickets draw strong demand for tonight’s opera house show. several community updates cover birthdays illness fires, school absence, and a double wedding in Weston.
Mrs HL B Morgan visited Boston on Monday while Mrs Wil Lowe and Jon Henry traveled from Riverside for the festival. Mabel Amidon began school in Stoddard and Edith Chamberlain spent weeks in Boston with Mrs Nellie Dugham. Over 100 tickets were sold for the BC U festival where the play drew strong praise.
The largest petition in bankruptcy filed in the state by a woman was led Thursday by Mrs A. A. Pery at Rockingham. Her assets are described with liabilities of $10,000 and exemptions of $200.
Chester reports a man named Herbert Perry, about two years old, committed death by his own action at his home on Depot Street. He took Laudanum following family trouble. Jess Reus was named as the alleged cause. Perry had recently lived in Chester, with no fixed trade, previously working as a junk dealer to some extent.
Members from Massachusetts New York and northern Vermont gathered at Bellows Falls on Sunday as M E Fitzgerald of Boston installed the newly elected officers of St Charles council Knights of Columbus. The council based in the town carries a strong list of leading local business and professional men. Installed officers include Grand Knight Dr J T Rudden Deputy Grand Knight Edward Saylor Chancellor De B H OConner Recorder P Keane Treasurer John Kelley Advocate Edward Barrett Financial Secretary J E Byrne. F L Wheeler traveled to Newfane last week. Mrs F A Albee returned from Astoria New York. Mrs Groce Latimer who stayed with Mrs Albee returned to Williamstown. Mrs Larissa Brown is home after illness. Arthur Wheeler was in North Adams last week. Mrs Newton Upton’s daughter-in-law and child of Fitchburg are visiting. Miss Mary Eldridge teaching the village school is boarding at Newton Upton’s. Road commissioner H E Knowlton recently purchased four heavy work horses for road work this season.
An advertisement extols Hyomei as the sole scientific method to cure catarrh by killing germs in air passages and bloodstream. It cites testimonials from J S Nugent and mentions a money back offer by George E Greene if the remedy fails to cure.
Community items from Peru reflect ongoing school work under teachers Nordo, Carlton, Whit, Woodard, and others amid local dining and visiting updates. Memorable editorials recount Pleasant Memories of experiences as a local school teacher, describing boarding round life and the warmth of rural hospitality in Guilford district.
Alya Stacy gathers arm to Beta. May he Mins Batilun Miller enters the Home for the Aged. Mr. Van Doorn notes reword and 14 chicks hatched from 15. Charles Putnam visits Hyde Park. Horace Prefontaine moves family to Brattleboro. N A Wood suffer from bad colds but improving. Squlers works on old academy cellar. Debate at academy on press as public bene factor. verdict favors negative. Mrs Madden dies after years of suffering. Rev F W Lewis to preach Union church. Elder W Williams to preach in Edinboro chapel. Charles E Davis granted pension rise to 12. George Stebbins markets beef in town. Mr Shea visits Westfield. Mrs J G Weatherbed guests of Miss Johnson. Mrs Warren returns to West Brattleboro from winter with niece Miss Johnean.
A disrupted medical anecdote discusses a man described as a stout eater with severe dyspepsia and a damaged digestive organ. The text references pictures labeled No 1 and No 2 showing a grotesquely distorted stomach, noted as dwarfed, knotted, and twisted. The account implies drastic relief only after rest and cessation of overfeeding.
Fragmented text appears to mention individuals in Veron and New York. Names like Robert F and Mr Mire Clk Tatil surface, with scattered dates such as April and March. The piece references a New York clip and Columbia University context, but details are obscured by garbled OCR.
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