The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-10-19
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
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house today. Adv
! Tonight's the night at Foresters
hall. Mnler's cabaret orchestra, con
4 cert and dance 8 until IL. ADV.
Branch No. 5 of St. Mary's Guild
4 will meet with Mrs Philip Endress
| Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Midnight at Maxim's' featuring
the Maxim Beauty, Alice Rodier, is
showing at the Harte Theatre today
Adv.
| Mrs. p. L. Dow will entertain circle
| No. 5 of the Methodist church at the
parsonage Wednesday afternoon
| from to ).
+ Edward Mulligan, former resi-
dent now living in Springfield, Mass,
is spending few days visiting
friends in the village.
Mrs. Lawrence Moore of Prospect
street and Mrs. Earl Darling OF
Weeks street left this morning for
Pittsfield to visit friends.
! James II. Livingston has complet-
ed the removal of his household
goods from the Gardner house on
Main street to a house on Booth
Terrace.
The woman who picked up poe
textbook on Main street this forenoon
is requested to return it at once to b.
S. Loomis' grocery store If she desires
to avoid further trouble.
Sidney A. Edison has started work
on his new house on Silver street hill.
The new structure will be cottage
house and upon completion will be
occupied by Mr. Edison and family.
The last chapter Of The Goddess
at the Harte theatre today, See the
finish of this greatest OF continued
pictures featuring the beautiful Anita
Stewart and Earle Williams. Adv.
Mrs. L. L. Riekert of Boston and
Mrs. Robert r. Hall of Watertown,
Mass, and Charles Sweet of Rutland,
also Mrs. Joseph Abbott of Boston
were the week end guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. AImon Sweet of School street
The Bennington Box Co, whose
factory has been run by steam power,
have completed the installation Of
electric motors throughout The
steam plant will be left in the build
ngs and will be utilized for heating
purposes.
Carl H. White of Poushkeepsie and
friend Milton Towne, yice-president
OF the j. A. Richards Advertising
company OF New York, returned Mon
day after a weeks visit TO points Of
interest i'll Vermont, their hike COW
ering over 12O miles.
Samuel Haynes. travelling sales
man for the II. T, Cushman company,
has returned from an extended SOU
thern trip and from the large amount
Of business reported on hand does
not expect another sales trip will be
necessary before Christmas
Mrs, Charles A, Carpenter of the
Lyons district has been presented by
the Walbridge store with the model
Acorn range which was offered in
exchange for the oldest range now in
use in Bennington and vicinity, the
old range being dated 1858.
James p Hogan has sold his 16-
acre farm in West Bennington to
Laurine Squires, the sale being nego-
tiated by Nash & Hutohins. MIR.
Squires' father owns farm adjoin-
ing the transferred property and the
two will be joined and worked as
one
Several, who attended the cabaret
dance in North Adams last night re-
port a swell time with excellent
music and big attendance. Among the
many different instruments played
are the organ chimes a great addition
to the modern dance orcestra tonight
at Foresters hall. Adv.
Buel d. Miller, for the past five
years employed on the repertorial
staff of The Evening Banner has re-
signed and expects to leave Benning-
ton in the near future Mr. Miller is
succeeded by William d. Pelley who
came from Springfield and has been
employed in the mechanical depart,
ment of The Banner.
C. O. Richmond of North Adams,
manager of the Berkshire street rail
way, has returned from a trip to Cal
iIornia. Mr. Richmond made the trip
in company with several prominent
railroad men of the country. They
visited the Panama-Pacifc exposition
and stopped off at several of the larg-
er cities on the return trip, to inspect
the railroad systems in other places.
William Palmer, the aged veteran
who was struck and severely injured
by an unknown automobile near Ben
nington Falls Friday evening is re-
ported as gaining somewhat since his
entrance to the Samaritan hospital in
Troy and that despite his age the
old soldier may recover The author
tiles have not yet been able to learn
anything definite regarding the identi
ty of the occupants of the car.
A man who said his name was
Ayres and later Bouchard was taken
In tha NcrtI, kdan1s hcgOita1 from,