The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-16

% years ago, She had lived in Bellows
Falls 90 years
Former Senator George ". Flagg of
East Braintree died at his home Sunday
evening. He was one of the well known
men OF the state and was formerly famous
as wrestler when he met and defeated
many of the best known mat athletes.
When IN the senate he was author for
the so-called Flagg bin requiring that the
American flag should be displayed on all
school houses which became Jaw.
The difficulties between machinjsts ana;
the National Acme Co. in Windsor seem
to be fast disappearing Some of the
men who were hot for unionism when the
movement started in Windsor are becom.
ing dissatisfied with it and have returned
to work. Others have entered CHER lines
OF employment and some have gone to
new pastures. Brand new help has been
hired to work in the Acme shop.
Waterbury is the first town in the state
to make complete returns OF the death
records part of which had to be com
piled from the cemeteries. The secretary
of state has received advice from IS towns
that they have commenced the compila
ton of the data. Some towns are in bad
shape relative to this information. This
work is being done under recent legisla-
ton and returns must be made To the
secretary of state by January, 1920
Harold Hicks the young son of Charles
Hicks OF Bennington has two broken
arms -Four or five weeks ago the lad fell
from a bicycle and broke an arm The
fracture was set by a physician and the
boy has lately been playing with the other
children and carrying his arm in splints
Saturday afternoon he was at play on a |
teeter-board and had fall Having the
use OF but one arm to save himself he
experienced an awkward tumble and, the
result was another broken arm.
An unoccupied house and a barn be-
longing to Middlebury college were burned |
early Monday morning The barn was
parity insured, but the contents. con- /
sisting OF new doors, windows, pulp plas-
Ter and cement to be used in finishing
the new annex to Hil1crest college. all of |
winch belonged to the college, was a to-t
TAI loss, and about nine acres of grain be-
longing to Charles E. Harris. which was
stored IN the barn, and some tools. the
property of Arthur n Brown who is
ouiiding the annex, all of which wilt
amount to over $1,000 was a total loss.
W. ). Ieachout of the secretary OF
states office has invented new number,
plate to be used by the state as a tempo.i
rary plate, which will do away with the
great amount of violations of the automo.
bile laws, relative to temporary number
plates These are of cardboard and will
stand lvedays' use, after which they arei
to be dcstrcse There is a stnh end
which the seller of the, machine sends 70
the secretary of states office The ne,y
card will prevent the use of the tempo-
rary plate for other purposes. such as
Joy riding and drawing of damaged auto
mobiles 1t is possible that the new plate
Will be patented
Ray Hurlburt, who was on his way from
brattleboro to Burlington, was request
"a TO leave his automobile operators IL
'ehse with the secretary of state Monday ,
IS a result of an accident in Williams
own. 1t appears that Hurlburt had the .
wrong number plates on his car and was
Unable to sufficiently satisfy those in ,
harge OF the office. His automobile and
hat of Lincoln Morse collided in vii ,
JAMESTOWN, Morse's car being hit on one
lde. Morse insisted on Hurlbrrt coming
o the secretary of states Office. and to ;
make report which resulted in the IL
ense being retained here until the inves- .
lgatlon is completed.
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Governor Z. w Clement sent the fol- .
owing letter to James Hartness in appre
,ation OF his gift of an aviation field to I
he village of Springfield: please accent !
~ heartlest greetings on the occasion of .
ne flrst commercial flight from one Ver-l =
aont landing field to Vermont,s first mn. :
lcipal landing field, at Springfield. Tt is !.
n exceptional pleasure that this mes +
age is to be borne by nv towpsman. .
lieut. John J. Lynch, to the president .
the Vermont Aero club and the states +
.remost. advocate of avi4tion.. This is a q
ioneer event. and / visa tie greatest =
recess to Nermont's progress in avia- 4
on. II
"Percival W. Clement, Governor. D