The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-02-14
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Miss Benlah Evans is i'll of the grip
Mrs. Sherman B. Thompson of
South street is confined to her home
with severe attack of grip.
John Gilrain OF Depot street was
called to Rutland Sunday afternoon
by the death Of brother-in-law.
| Mrs. Frank McDermott went to
Pittsfield this morning TO spend the
| day with her husband who is employ
ed in that city.
Mrs. Edward +. Hart announces the
| engagement of her daughter, Hazel
| to Harold NJ. Sweet OF Boston former
ly of Bennington.
| 1t will be of interest to lovers OF
| educational pictures to know that
Pathe News No. 8 will be shown at
| Hartes theatre today. Adv.
Special added attraction at opera
house, today. Miss Kla-wah-ya, so
far as known the only North Ameri-
can Indian harpiest. Adv.
I William j. Lonergan of Scott street
visited friends in Rutland Sunday.
| Miss s. Keough OF Beech street,
visited her parents in Arlington over
Sunday.
| Miss Wilhelmina Hicks, who is in
the senior class of nurses in training
at the Samaritan hospital, Troy. was
with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. w. j.
Hicks over Sunday.
The body of Eugene l.. Graves, who
died several weeks ago was brought
to Bennington Saturday from his
home in Cleveland. Ohio. 1t was
placed in the Graves mausoleum al
Old Benningtonf pending intermen'
here in the spring.
| Yes. it's tonight, get the date right
come without fail, call for your mail
Join in the song, help it along. Enter
the feats, help on the eats. Valentine
social, Baptist church pariors, 745 p
m. for adult and intermediate depart
ments and teachers % 0ig gsGuips
Today is st. Valentines day ant
Bennington celebrated the holiday By
ushering in one OF the coolest days o
the winter. Despite perfect weatnel
the thermometers in various parts o.
the village recording between 10 ant
IL below zero this morning which i;
the lowest figure reached this season
AS an indication OF business pros
| perity the sale of Valentines has beer
extra heavy this year. The bulk Of
the business has been the fancy ar
ticles. The day of the old-fashioned
comic valentine seems on the wane
not is percent OF the amount pur
chased 10 years ago finding sale
today.
The Bradford Hooks truck was
called out shortly before O'Clock this
morning by burning chimney at a
| tenement on Main street occupied by
William L. Long and owned by DR..
lJ NJ Potter. Ano extinguisher and a
[ quaiftlty0 of lsalt soon put out the fire
without any damage. The fire start.
cd by a small wood stove
The Tenement House Evil' the
second complete story of Graft" writ
ten by Louis j. Vance, author of 1.-THE
Brass Bowl and The Trey of Hearts
is driving indictment against the
corrupt practices of INSCRIPTIONS
politicians featuring Hobart Henley
Jane Novak and Glen White. opera
house today. Adv
Fred Thebarge was the guest OF
friends in Rutland Sunday.
4 The funeral of Mrs. William Win
slow. who died Thursday at the home
OF her daughter, Mrs. Frank HOLSTER,
was held from the Methodist church
at 2 O'Clock Sunday afternoon, Rev.
P.L. Dow officiating The bearers
i were K T. Griswold, Andrew Maurer,
j. 0. Burt, K. A. Wood, John Rock.
wood and S. A.. Burt. Burial was in
the Winslow lot in the Old Bennmg-
4 ton cemetery. - s.Dagg 4soglt
1 John Y. d. S. Merrill gave an inter-
esting address on the life and person.
ality of Abraham Lincoln in place of
the regular Sunday evening sermon
at the Methodist church Sunday
night. Mr. Merrill took up the vari-
| GUS phases OF the great mans charac-
| ter, his wit, his honesty, his ability to
surmount great obstacles and bis IN
, swerving devotion to the right, and
| discussed them in scholarly and yet
entertaining manner that caused
| much favorable comment. Mr., Merrill
has vivid memory and brought to
bear on his subject many themes
based on the life and times of Lin
coins day. A large audience applaud
ed him at the close, an unusual cir
cumstance at Methodist Sunday
service and tending to show the man
L nnr In which tho addracs ruac daliuar