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Newspaper
Windham County Reformer
Location
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1905
Page
8
Hinsdale hosts annual Firemen’s Ball at the town hall with Leitsinger’s orchestra, oysters in dining room, and out-of-town guests from Brattleboro. A 14th and vermary event featured G A R hall activities, a corps history read by Ballou, and refreshments after speeches.
Chesterfield reports Mrs. Cora Tisdale visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Hubbard for several days. Rev HM A Jones suffered a severe lumbago attack and stayed home for days. Emerson drew the third chair at B A Safford's with Mrs Jennie Spaulding taking the first two, and C F Gage owned the Harvey Mas. year, ented st Athol, hie. local natives Deas take a niesa.
Community notices describe a masquerade dance this evening, Sunday services, and a Universalist meeting led by officers including Mrs Larkin and Mrs Burnham. Landlord society elected officers, library exchange, and a school term ending with Grace Darr. A University festival Thursday Jan 19 raised funds with quilts and prizes, drawing for a quilt and a doll, a well attended floor filled with dancers.
Charile Dragoon is very sick with typhoid fever. Rev Roscoe will preach on Liberty Sunday afternoon January 29 at the brick church south of town. The night school girls plan a musical and dance at the town hall Friday evening June 27 to raise funds for graduating expenses. Supt A A Whitman hauled two loads of fomater at the county farm for a sleigh ride last week, treating riders to candy, fruit, and cookies. the ride was enjoyed highly.
East Westmoreland highlights include visits by Mrs Webster Aldrich and Miss Stella Cherry with sleigh ride tales, upcoming Pomona Grange meeting on February 1, and local deaths such as Mrs Lucy Burgess aged 80 and Mrs Augusta Fisher of Springfield buried in town. Also reported are concerts, a Harvard quartet, a North Adams ball, and memorial preparations for local residents including Mrs Retzey Lymuen and the Willard family.
Ioe Milles returns from Boston. Mrs Elyn Houghton of Roxbury and Harry Campbell visit local residents. Parsonage library opened with book distribution. Ladies' Aid and Grange events recorded. Weather notes show extreme cold. various visits, moves, and social gatherings across Dummerston, Cambridgeport, Rawsonville, and surrounding towns. The piece also mentions a widow’s death, a church meeting, school activity, and broader regional notices.
Mrs Dascomb and her son visiting J B Leach in Dodge of Ayer Junction board with K Le Finton. Walter A Johnson awaiting sister in Springfield MA. M M Notting attended agricultural meeting in Brattleboro yesterday. Margaret Allen and Maria Woodbury confined to house by illness. The funds of B A Futhill will be glad to hear that he tips from his mine on the line. A youth party rode to Saxtons River Tuesday evening and dined at the Saxtons River hotel. Sleeper and Myron Blanchard chosen to fill vacancy on Congregational church funeral committee. The Feetplintly sink set at church parlor Wednesday evening. Mr De Bevolse toasted and a pleasant evening reported. Ti Hi Reed began sawing turbine atts mill, moving from Saxton River area last spring.
Williamsville news item set records with social visits from Mrs. E A Kenyon of Townshend and Miss Bailin Chavewood of Brattleboro. Dance attendance climbed with fifty two couples at the schoolhouse hall and plans for an upcoming masquerade ball in Newfane. A long list of visitors, church events, and a notable tale of a dog saving a man’s life in Fairfield are recorded along with Vermont inaugural preparations and general town chatter.
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