The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-07-18
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village TsId
Briefly for Busy Readers
Coming, ION Trial" Adv.

Coming, ION Trial" Adv.
A. ], Cooper has returned from a
business trip to New York.
For sale-Cherries, ten quarts for
81. Lofenzo Moore. Tel 4SS-R. 42ts
Lost-A loose ten dollar bill.
Finder PLEASE return to Banner
office. 44tf
Mrs. Mary F. Hathaway is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Arvin French of
Gardner, Mass.
Rev. George S. Mills returned yes.
terday from a weeks camping and
fishing trip in Maine.
Remember the lecture by Col Pia.
get in the Methodist church tonight
Admission but ten cents Adv
Tilden Mason, who has been in De-
troit, Mich, has returned to Benning.
ton and is again employed at the Ben
nington club.
Kathryn, the young daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Fleming of Main
street fell Monday breaking her arm
in two places.
C. S. gKehoe is making repairs on
his property on Silver street. The ex-
cavating is in progress for the build
ing Of a concrete sidewalk.
A Paramount comedy, a u. s. De-
Tense picture and Blanche Sweet in
THE Tides of Barnegat' showing at
Harte Theatre today only, Adv
Miss Ellie Mccullough of Plough.
keepsie, who is visiting her mother,
Mrs. j. G. Mccullough at North Ben
nington, was in the village yesterday.
Mrs. Freda Willig and Mrs. Eichel-
mann and daughter, Gertrude of
Brooklyn, N. Y, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. William A. Fischer of Dewey
street.
Miss A. Nolan has number of trim
med hats which she would like to
close out at 81 Store will close Fri
day afternoons during July and Aug
ust. Opera house block. ADV 43t2
Blanche Sweet the ever popular
14asky star in f. Hopkinson Smith's
famous story-one of the most popu-
lar novels of the day THE Tides of
Barnegat at Harte Theatre today
only Adv.
The Land of the Midnight Sun. an
| illustrated lecture by Col. Louis A.
Paget assisted by local musical tai
| ent tonight at the Methodist church
under the auspices of the Brother
hood. A splendid entertainment at
movie price. Adv.
Amateur runners of Bennington
and vicinity are invited to take pant
in the 100 and 200 yard dashes to be
held at the F. M. T. A. B. picnic, Aug.
l6, 1917. Liberal prizes will be
awarded Anyone desiring to enter
the contests is requested to notify
Nicholas Morrissey.
A large number of tickets have
been sold for the illustrated lecture
by Col. Piaget tonight. Mr. Piaget is
a member of the Brotherhood in Pat
terson, N. j., and gives his services
| and the use Of his pictures to the To-
| cal Brotherhood which enables them
to make SO low a price for tickets.
enough to cover other expenses. Adv
County Game Warden Il. s. Hig-
| gins sent consignment Of 5000
lingering trout to Middlebury and
Bristol this morning. He will leave
tonight on the sleeper with consign-
ment of 10000 for parties in Hard
wick and John Titcomb, the warden's
assistant will tomorrow take another
| consignment to 5000 to Pawlet and
| Paultney.
David ]. Johnson, a former super
| intendent of the Harmony Mills at
| Cohoes, who committed suicide by
shooting at his home in Troy Mon
day afternoon, was connected by mar
riage with Bennington summer resi-
dents and had many acquaintance
among members OF the summer col
ony at. Old Bennington. He had
been in III health for some time and
had only recently returned from
a sanatorium where he had under
gone treatment for nervous break
down. e
| Fifteen Troy physicians, most of
them with acquaintance in this vii
lage have enlisted in the medical
corps of the United States army and
have already been commissioned lieu.
tenants. They are DR.. A. w. Ben
son, DR.. s. b. Booth, DR.. Archibald
Buchanan, DR.. Stephen Curtis, DR..
Francis Duffy, Dr. Clayton l.. Gift
ford, DR. Peter l.. Harvie, Or. ]. H.
Hogan. Dr. Arson j. Hill, DR.. William
u. McKeon, DR.. Walter d. McKen
ma, DR.. II. p Sawyer, DR.. William
Trotter and DR.. Morris S. Wineck.
| A contribution of 81 has been re-
ceived by the local branch of the
Red Cross from a group Of women in
|