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Newspaper
Windham County Reformer
Location
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1902
Page
8
A garbled OCR fragment from Windham County Reformer Ullery 4 Co publishers mentions subscriptions and anti wearsh items. Readable names include A Bie Copies and Verne. Fragment provides few clear facts beyond publishing and subscription notes.
Windham County reformers critique Dr Parkhurst and Rev Markhurst amid Vermont Prohibition debates. The piece argues reformers emphasize clean government, note heavy funding and organized campaigning by Prohibitionists, and urge voters to focus on candidates Proctor McCullough and Clement. It highlights town voting patterns, campaign tactics, and calls for political accountability.
Editorials and letters from Vergennes to Burlington weigh in on Prohibition, party splits, and Gov candidate prospects. Dissent centers on Prohibition efficacy and reform quorums, with Vermont towns debating liquor policy and political leadership amid a widening partisan rift.
The platform outlines candidates stance on local option and prohibition. Clement proclaims unconditional local option support while Fletcher Proviur reaffirms his prohibitionist position. McCullough endorses prohibition as Vermont policy, with debate on constitutional moves and legislative processes shaping the campaign.
Fragmentary notes from Guilford Center and surrounding towns recount sermons, visits, and family updates. Names such as Lorri, Iraen Cores, Greenfield visitors, the Wellman burial, and Dr Marshall Tawe appear among community notices and personal movements.
County and vicinity report on the Bellows Falls Trust Company meeting held Monday with about one thousand stockholders present. After discussion the motion to increase capital from 61000 paid to 6100,200 one-half paid was defeated 805 to 126. By-laws were approved and seven directors chosen to serve until the annual meeting in January.
The obituary notes the death of Sophronia Cobb 44 at the Dome of her daughter in Gageville After birth in Westmoreland NS she married Minasa Wynn and later S M Coli of Westminster She leaves several relatives including daughter Eugene Clark and brother Hollis Shelley The report references a separate obituary of John Francis Whitney in St Augustine and mentions his role in early American newspaper ventures
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