The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-12

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The Rutland hospital has 80 cases Of
pneumonia.
Elmer Allard committed suicide at his
home in Albany recently.
Wayne Sargent, a Brattleboro boy, is
dead at Camp Upton with influenza. He
was 20 years old.
Benjamin L. Brown, SO, Of Troy, com
initted suicide Oct. A. No cause for the
deed is known
Rev Fl. b. Rankin Of Newport has
reached Europe, where he win do Y. NJ.
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Pvt. Henry A. Goewey of West Town
shend died of spinal meningitis in Camp
Devens Wednesday, He was born in
Chester in 1895.
Ellsworth H. Russell, who died at his
home in St. Johnsbury this week, was
the third in the family to succumb to
the influenza, both of his sons dying
few days before.
Two Fair Haven men died in camp this
week of influenza, Lieut.. Charles ingalls,,
son Of Mrs. Genevieve Ingalls,, and Har-
ley Streeter, the former at Camp Humph-
rey, Va, and the latter at the Puget
Sound naval station in Washington.
Pvt. Floyd A. Whitney of Co Fl, lO3d
regiment, who was wounded twice, gassed
once and was confined in the hospital
with humps, is visiting his parents in
Brattleboro. lie is on crutehes, his last
injury being to one foot,
DR.. H. A. Folsom, st. Johnsbury
dentist, died Oct. of pneumonia. He
was 81 years old His death was the
third in the family within two weeks
His grandfather and mother both died,
thus removing three generations
The Vermont Mix Chocolate company
whose plant is located in Burlington, has
already signed contracts to furnish choc-
olate for the United States government,
the Belgian government the Belgian re-
lief commission and the French govern
ment.
Thomas BradIee, director of the extern
sion service Of the University Of Yer
mont, was married Wednesday evening
at the home of the officiating clergyman,
Rev l. c. Smart, to Miss Jennie L. Row
ell of Burlington. The bride graduated in
chemistry from the university in 1909
and since then had been a chemist at
Morrill, hall
In a thunder shower Sunday morning,
the barn on the farm of John Benson in
Shoreham was struck by lightning and
destroyed with his entire crop OF wheat
and oats, and some hay was also burned,
together with his herd Of six cows.
As reported from Westfeld, Jay peak
has been white with snow at times in the
last two weeks, and it is reported that
the White mountains in New Hampshire
have been snowcapped for three weeks.
Bronchial pneumonia caused the death
of L. j. Griffin Of Barton at Camp Colt,
Gettysburg, Pa, last week. His body
was brought back to Barton along with
that of Elbridge Mahoney of the same
place. The two men enlisted the same
day, went to Burlington together, volun-
teered for tank service together, were to-
gether in Camp Colt and Griffin died Oct.
Q, while Mahoney died Oct. 3.
Richard Miller, 26, son of Mrs, Addie
Miller of Burlington, was killed in ac-
ton in France Sept. IS, according to word
received by his mother He sailed for
France May T. Mr.. and Mrs, Nelson II.
Riley OF the same city have received word
that their son, Edward Riley, was also
killed in action Sept. Is. He was %
years old, sailing for France in the 10th
division on July s.
Robert Stenson Of st. Johnsbury is the
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