Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-01
NEWPORT NEWS.

Archibald Wells has closed his labors
with the EXPRESS AND STANDARD.
c. S. Moulton starts Saturday morn
ing for Washington to attend the Grand
Army Encampment.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM V. Foster spent a
part of last week in Boston.
St. Marks Guild will meet with Mrs.
Will Jones, Thursday, Oct. 7.
J. E. Clarke has resigned as coach of
the Newport High baseball team.
Nelson G. Jones has purchased the
l.. A. Macie farm in Irasburg. Sale
made by P. G. Blanchard & Co.
DIR. j. B. MacIver is moving his Office
from the Aubin block to IS Prospect
street, taking possession October 1st.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. j. Powers of Iras-
burg were visitors in town the first of
this week.
Geo. d. Walworth of Island Pond was
in town over Sunday the guest of E. G.
Blanchard.
Gerald Flint of Woodsville was in
town Tuesday for short visit to home
and friends. g..
Buy your carbon paper and ribbons at
the EXPRESS AND STANDARD Office. Or
der by mail. ,...
Guy Ward is moving from Central
street into the Whipple tenement at
West Derby. .- &c..
Edison Hope is building an addition to
the Newport Grocery building which he
recently purchased.
P. w. Lawson has just received q
carload of Ford machines for which he
has taken the agency.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Cover have rent
ed the rooms over the Newport Grocery
and moved in Tuesday.
Miss Evelyn Alden. who taught in the
high school last year is in town for a
few days visit with friends. 3. 49, "a. .
Charles Richard, young son of Eman-
mel Richard. had the misfortune to cut
off two fingers of his left hand while
playing with straw cutter last week
Saturday.
Building new store fronts on Maine
street seems to be contagious. When
all are finished there will be a decided
improvement.
Miss Stella Rivard, daughter of Mr..
nd Mrs. Claude Rivard has been very
all with the inf animation of the bowels;
lshe is getting along finely at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. G o. Grimes are visiting
Mrs. Addie Bradley on Second street
While here, Mr.. Grimes will give psy-
chic or other readings to those who de-
sire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cook, who have
been visiting at |. J. Parker's, left Mon
day for their home in Milford, Mass.
Mr.. Cook was the architect who de-
signed the new school building in Glen
Derby.
Lee o. Drew went to New York Sat
urday night TO get the latest models in
ladies' ready to-wear garments. He
expects to return the last of the week
with full line of up-to-th minute
goods.
Mrs. Alfred Matten sends US a small
box of raspberries and bunch of rasp-
berry blossoms picked from the same
bush in her garden on Sept. goth. This
would indicate that there might be a
way to raise late fall berries if the
secret of training the bushes correctly
was known.
What is said to be the largest freight
train ever hauled out of Richford, went
south from there over the C. P. R. a
few days ago. The train consisted of
65 cars loaded with horses for the Brit
ish army and were procured in Western
Canada. Three big engines hauled the
train.
A party composed of members of the
Brotherhood of Freight Handlers had
an outing at G. R. Moore's camp Sun
day. Their vacation was unavoidably
prolonged, as on account of the storm
part of the company could not return
till Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Cook of Stone.
ham, Mass, weie at their cottage in
Farrant's woods over Sunday. Owing tt
probable inability to get up here often
in the future they are placing their cot
tage property on the market. The in
creasing popularity of this section of the
village in summer ought to insure then
customer.
Harold Kennison went Monday NIGH
to Garden City, Long Island, where he
will enter st. Paul's school in the senior
class. He was fortunate in securing 6
scholarship through Bishop Burgess OF
New York. Harold was member Of
the senior class in Newport High ant
has been prominent in athletics connect
ed with the school, being strong mem
Der of the baseball and basket bal
teams. Forty-six of his friends ant
= schoolmates, including the entire base
ball team were at the station to give
him good send off. Ernest Smith o
} the faculty of st. Pau's, who has beef
! spending part of his vacation at tn
home of his parents here, returned t
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