The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-12
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HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
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HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
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In a final drive, Rutland sold the al
loted 500 tickets to guarantee the Chau
tauqua there this season.
S. c. Rich, for 10 years a baker Il
Mortified, has purchased the Dayligh
bakery of Z. G. Hoisington in claremont
n. H., and has taken possession.
The death of Mrs. Harriet w Sander
Battey OF Brattleboro Monday brough
10 mind the fact that in family o
ten children the initials of all the chill
dren's names were the same, II. w. 5.
Miss Nina A. Smith, for two years su
perintendent of nurses at the Mary
Fletcher hospital, Burlington, and befor,
that of the hospital at st. Adams, ha,
entered Columbia university for cours,
in hospital administration.
Emeric Seymour, an ll-year old Bur
lington boy, has been taken to the in.
dustrial school to serve the remainder
of his minority for stealing $40 from
the cash register OF the Richards drug
store in Burlington last Sunday.
II is estimated that at least 40 stu
dents who intended TO attend the sum
mer school at johnson were kept away
by living or having taught in Washing
ton county, where poliomyelitis condi-
lions kept them from the school.
Leon E. Peabody, son of Rev. and Mrs.
Leon Z. Peabody of st. Johnsbury gave
his parents a good scare recently when,
after fishing expedition, he failed to
appear. Search was made along the riv-
er bank without success and then some
one thought of looking in his room at
home, where he was found asleep.
Burlington is TO be covered with post.
ers for the U. S. navy and anyone who
refuses to allow space for such posting
will be reported to the government and
placed on the list of those who will bear
watching There is also a $1,000 fine for
anyone tearing down or mutilsting the
posters.
Minard pond, the source of the Bellows
Falls water supply, has been under guard
since early in May. These guards are
paid by the village and the town has
now so special onstables, whose commits
sion will be in force for one year One
man is on duty at the dam in the day.
time and two at night.
Articles OF association have been filed
with the secretary of state by the Jay
Mountain Recreation company, Inc, with
business in Jay and Westfeld. The cap.
ital stock is $4,000. The mcorporators
are: W. Edward Benson of Greenfield,
Mass, John S. Dorsey of Rutland, Will
liam II. Bostford of Rutland, Charles F.
Clark of Greenfield, Mass, and Ernest
w. Stone of Greenfield, Mass.
The state board of health and the |
Mortified health officer have put strict !
regulations in force in that place, al.
though there are no cases of infantile
paralysis there. All travelling shows are
barred from entering the place until fur
Their notice, which is understood to in
clude the Community Chautauqua, due
there soon. The picture houses and
churches are not included in the action.
Edgar Fletcher Of Milton jumped from
the motor launch in which he was taking
pleasure trip in that place Sunday and
sank in deep water, the body never COM
ing to the top and it has not yet been
recovered. Fletcher without doubt made
the leap with suicidal intent. His wife
died about two years ago and there is
no family. He was so years old. Sew
eral other men were in the boat when
Fletcher called out, Good bye boys"
and jumped
Edward Fl. r. Green, son of Mrs. Hetty
Green, was married July 10 in Chicago
to Miss Mabel Harlow. Mr.. Green is
48 years old and his bride is AZ. They
had known each other for Is years. Mr..
Green Lived during his boyhood and for
some years after at his mothers home in
Bellows Falls. He gave his bride we'd |
ding gift of 1926, 00O-S500,000 in the
form of check and the remainder in
Liberty bonds.
The report of the Vermont customs d
district at st. Adams for the month of a
June shows total imports of S4,ll3,0l0;
duties collected $52,37550. In June, 1916,
the imports amounted to $3,5l3 $50, and :
On these duties of $25,02S53 were col
ected. The free merchandise imported 5
last month amounted to S3,sl5,3l6 as a
with S2,3l9,025 for the CORES. o
bonding month last year Last month e
me dutiable merchandise amounted to Il
1907 1914 compared with sl94 500 in June, Ii
1915 h
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