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Newspaper
Windham County Reformer
Location
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
1
The Montpelier and Burlington scenes reveal gubernatorial and senatorial contests, with candidates from Wilmington and Bellows Falls shaping the field. Local option debates surface, with influence from the Vermont Myword League, and party lines blurred by Prohibitionist leanings and legislative jockeying.
A London despatch reports King Edward’s rapid recovery and continued improvement. Services at St Paul’s drew thousands, with prayers for the sick monarch and attendance by peers, premiers, envoys, and foreign dignitaries. The scene mirrored prior rites as Westminster and Marlborough speeches honored the king’s health.
A rough scan of Southern Vermont mining notes reports the Rendahoro, Wilmington, and Whitingham mines showing promising ore with gold and silver. Tests at Baldwin Readstore and nearby sites indicate expensive processing is required, cyanide methods not yet tested, and overall extraction may become a regional Eldorado if profitable. In civil matters, the Mears case headlines a Bennington court, with indictments for alleged whiskey mixing and a separate Addison County injunction case. President Roosevelt defended his administrators in a period speech amid partisan criticism.
A new industry seeks a $5000 incentive and tax exemption, with a factory planned at Hunt meadow opposite the canteen. Citizens prepare for a special meeting to discuss the project, its employment impact, and road, rail, and timber requirements.
Judge Wheeler delivers a Brattleboro Professional Club talk on Brattleboro a century ago noting settlement patterns, mills, bridges, and trade. He traces initial land grants, prominent merchants like Hullirorne and Thines, the absence of a river bridge, early roads, the Pope schoolhouse, and village life including mail routes, boats, and social customs.
Merchants and businessmen of Scothlale Pa form an association to curb fake advertising and limit spending to two weekly newspapers. They say prior schemes funded by promotions and church programs failed, costing them substantial sums with little return, and endorse newspapers as the best, most reliable medium.
The Christian Endeavor union held a convention in Putney after a day of weather delays. Rev EB Ry Perkins opened with a devotional, and EG Ostaud of Bellows Falls spoke on Endeavor ideals. Delegates from Bay?g and Concord attended. resolutions opposed changing the current prohibitory law.
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