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Newspaper
Windham County Reformer
Location
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1903
Page
1
A patent has been granted in Washington to Perley L. Kimball, assigner to the Vermont Farm Machine Co. of Bellows Falls for a centrifugal cream separator.
Oliver Laplant Burgett appeared before Justice A A Butterfield in Jacksonville Monday charged with testing a gun last September. He was bound over to the county court for further proceedings.
The Bullock Manufacturing Co of Readsboro proposes a new wood working shop adjoining its current plant. The structure will measure 120 by 50 feet and will be built of wood. The present plant is among the town’s largest and most valuable facilities.
Patrick McDonald was killed on the railroad about two miles north of Westminster by night. The body was recovered by the morning express and taken to Westminster station and was later placed in the town authorities tomb. McDonald worked for the railroad, riding the new double track and was believed to be returning from Bellows Falls to his work.
The annual Baptist convention for 1903 will convene at the First Baptist church in Saxton's River on September 2, 22, and 2. State allied organizations will hold annual meetings then. Arrangements are led by W. W. Stickney of Ludlow, W. A. Davison of Burlington, and A. E. Foote of Saxton's River.
High Sheriff Wilkins of Windham county seeks Deacon Franklin L. Pierce of Putney on a cruelty charge to horses unfit for labor. Warrant, issued by States Attorney Schwenk, rests on Mrs. Jennie B. Powers Humane Society testimony after neighbors and Putney selectmen pushed for action. Despite multiple visits since last August, including a February check, conditions remained. Pierce blamed a hired man. Sheriff has not yet captured him.
The Northfield Young Women's conference began July 7 drawing representatives from eastern finishing and boarding schools. Speakers include Dr. Gunsaulus of Chicago and Rev G Campbell Morgan, with others such as Robert E New York and Pres ary Woolley of Mt. Holyoke College.
A fragment from the Spectator recalls a weathered figure in a northern town guiding crowds. She steadies the icy street, stoops to place something away, and aids bairns as a watcher speaks of truth and care.
The ailing pope, born Joachim Vincent Raphael Pecci in Carpineto in 1810, rose from Jesuit schooling to papal nuncio and cardinal before becoming pope in 1878. Doctors have abandoned hope as pneumonia worsens, with Leo XIII reportedly arranging funeral and succession plans while expressing calm conscience and duty to the church.
Reports recount Leo XIII’s quiet signs of final days as doctors discuss pleurisy, oxygen and an operation. The Pope and surgeons exchange calm remarks about mortality, with plans for a simple funeral and early morning rites to avoid pomp.
The Fourth of July passed with unusual orderliness as Chief Hall praised the police for lack of arrests and minimal disturbances. A single serious accident occurred when John Francis Smith injured his hand by a misfired cannon cracker. otherwise, fireworks, games, and revelry proceeded peacefully under perfect weather and a near absence of intoxication or property damage.
The papal figure withstood the trial effectively and conveyed satisfaction at the Beal event. On Tuesday, the Pope’s physician decided on a course of action regarding his health and care.
Fred Worrall of Bartonsville fell from the belfry of St. Luke's Chester while painting losing little more than a shock his physician finds no wound and Worrall will return to work for A Spaulding this week after the incident
A colt and gig belonging to Mr. Truesdell of Townshend were found abandoned in a Harmonyville dooryard at 4:30 o'clock one morning last week. The horse was lathered and the gig damaged. Mr. Truesdell, later found at home, was unaware of the theft until morning. No clue to the thief, but the team had been driven some distance before abandonment.
The citizens' committee of Jacksonville reports over 1700 dollars raised to rebuild a mill destroyed by the recent big fire. The effort aims to replace the burned facility with a new mill, signaling community solidarity and recovery progress.
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