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Newspaper
Windham County Reformer
Location
Brattleboro, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1906
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows Windham County Reformer publication with references to Vermont Faining Company and individuals Rick, Crane, and Moore. Content is garbled but hints at a paid notice or obituary style announcement in Windham County.
The Brattleboro St. Alliance Messenger argues against universal manhood suffrage as a political expedient. It contends widespread voting is essential for government and criticizes disfranchisement that would target the ignorant or the uneducated, insisting on education and accountability over removal of voting rights. It asserts high office abuses by capable elites, not mass voters, and weighs the role of reform versus democratic participation in Vermont.
The piece voices frustration with Judge Wheeler's secret ballot law and criticizes political tactics around Governor candidate Percy Clement. It notes Vermont women’s clubs pushing pure food laws, discusses local option liquor sentiment, and questions Clement’s stance, with editorial quips on newspapers amplifying his ads and counterarguments.
Fragmented text from the Handolph Herald discusses Vermout Marine's Prestor venture, workers’ pay and duties, labor campaign tensions, and references to Proctor and Clement. The passage blends commentary on labor politics, wages, and family reminiscences with scattered poetic lines about winter and toil.
A federal order directs government departments to curb tuberculosis spread in buildings and hospitals. It also outlines sanitary inspections of public facilities and mandates reporting to a designated minister, with further measures for military and civil health services.
A scattered, archaic paragraph mix discusses hen profitability by egg output, mentions Governor Bell, a person named Willette, and a criminal note about a four to five year sentence for keeping a hen in poor health during winter. It also references Windown days of cold weather, S. Page of Hyde Park Vermont planning a hotel, and shipments of barrels prepaid via railroads in New England and New York.
A fragment outlines a dispute involving the Working Men and Hon Vlotelor about wages at the Vermont Marble Company. The note suggests a mutual business interest and a broader concern for the state, without clear dates or names beyond the referenced officials.
Vermont investigators press Rutland house of correction inquiry as Dr Seaver defends lack of legal evidence against management. Attorney General Fitts asserts the investigative board’s broad power while witnesses decline to answer questions. Deputy Sheriff ordered to arrest a witness for contempt as board asserts authority under Act 149.
Mrs. I. D. Wilder of 45 Elliot Street Brattleboro reports relief from backaches and insomnia due to kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She cites two back pain attacks lasting months and says headaches eased, sleep returned, and she now widely recommends the remedy. Sold by J. H. Holden dry goods store and Buffalo posters Millairn Co as US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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