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"ARTIE"
By DORA NOLAN

10, 1920. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
When Sarah MOlthorpe married Ar
thur Allen she changed the style of
doing" her hair. Grandmother Mol
thorpe disapproved Sarah" she said
in her precise, mild way, "your hair
was very becoming parted in the mid
die as you have always worn it, Now
that you have changed the parting so
far to one side it gives you a very un-
balanced appearance. And have no.
ticed in my long life" she added
whimsically, "that exterior looks ex-
ert pronounced influence on ones
mental processes" To which Sarah
answered one word: "Nonsense."
Two months later Grandma Mol
thorpe again spoke to her favorte
grandchild on the same subject: "Sa-
rah," she said gently, but decidedly,
'you are giving too much time to
your house and not enough to Arthur.
Part your hair in the middle again,
child. 1t will give you more bal
anced set Of values" Sarah shut her
mouth tight on some words she would
have spoken had this repeated advice
come from anyone but her beloved
grannie.
It was directly after supper that
night that Arthur proposed to his
wife that she accompany him over to
the Sykes house next door. 81 hate
to miss day day, dear. The poor
fellow looks forward so much to my
visits. It's no joke to be confined to
one room so many months, you know,
and I've made so many excuses to Mrs.
Sykes on your account" he pleaded;
"do come along this time"
''It's not necessary for you to make
any at ALL" Sarah answered. "YOu
know what think Of that woman
what every one around here thinks.
She's altogether too free-and-easy in
her manner and in her dress. Anyway,
it's impossible for me to 60 now. /
never leave my supper dishes, you
know"
That this was q thinly yelled ac-
cusation of Mrs. Sykes housekeeping
methods Arthur knew. Eyes, 1 know
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so Year Old
Cache Found

with direction given). Record will
be found in house."
"Lieutenant McClintock," says Cap
tain Bernier. who was commander of
the Intrepid and second in command
to Captain Kellett, early showed his
great activity by making sedge jour
neys of a hazardous nature across
Melville island from the locality in
which the ResOlute and Intrepid were
frozen in near Dealy island. The
tracings made by McClintock around
the shores of Melville island and
Prince Patrick island, on foot, added
many hundreds Of miles to the coast
surveyed under Relcher and Kellett.
The cairns established by him be-
tween 1852 and 1854 are mentioned in
his reports with the PAPERS found at
Dealy island.
Built Half Century Ago.
1t is probably one of these cairns
that was discovered by Stefansson
and built by McClintock more than
half a century ago.
Continuing, Captain Bernier says of
McClintock: "His subsequent career
in navigating the waters in Lady
Franklin's yacht Fox of Peel sound,
Regent inlet, Bellot strait. King Will
liam island and around Montreal is
land and Boothia peninsula are we'll
known. His brilliant achievements
and discovery of definite information
regarding the fate Of Franklin point
to him as the most fortunate of all
voyagers who pursued the most re-
markable search known in the his
tory Of navigation"
One of the documents left by Nc
Clintock in copper tube and under
pile Of rocks was found by Captain
Bernier. Another was found outside
of Kel1ett's depot, probably disturbed
from it's resting place by a polar
bear, for it bore the marks of the paw
Of an animal of considerable size.
Much of the information found in
these documents was utilized by Cap
tain Bernier while cruising through
northern seas in the Arctic.
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you never leave anything you may
want to do on my account?" With
these words Sarah's husband slammed
the kitchen door behind him.
For a moment Sarah felt stunned.
1t was the first time Arthur had ever
spoken GROSSLY to her. Then she
thought even harsher things of
her next-door neighbOr, who had only
recently moved into the village. A
married woman who wore her hair
bobbed and went on the street dressed
as Mrs. Sykes did was capable of any
thing, Sarah decided. Could Grand
ma Molthorpe's words have carried a
hidden meaning? Were they intended
as a yelled warning? Was the inva-
lid the only attraction next door? In
spite of her queer dress, Mrs. Sykes
was pretty. Here Sarah's thoughts
were interrupted by the sharp ringing
of the telephone bell.
1t was an out-Of-town call. Mr.. AL
len was wanted. Sarah ran out to
the edge of her lawn and called. There
was no answer. She went farther
to the foot Of the Sykes front steps
and was about to repeat her call from
there. But she didn't. And this is
why: Through the screen door came
the soft contraltO voice of Mrs.
Sykes: ooh, Artie, dear you don't
know how heavenly it is just to sit
in your lap awhile and feel your COM
forting arms"
1t was enough. Sarah paused to
listen no longer. Even ignoring the
receiver left off the hook, she ran
straight down the street to Grandma
Molthorpe. That wise old lady lis
tened silently, stroking the one-sided
part in her favorite grandchild's hair
meanwhile.
"My dear" Grandma MOlthOrpe
spoke in her usual gentle voice, "yOu
stay right here. l will go and see
what all this is about" Sarah didn't
demonstrate, just buried her head a
little deeper in the sofa cushion and
waited. All her life she had gone
to Grandma Molthorpe when in trou-
BILE, and she had never failed her
yet.
1t seemed hours since grandmas
zane had tapped down the front walk
1ut in reality only short time had
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ENJOYED His Own Funeral.

HiIlsboro. Pa.-James H. Houser,
seventy-five years of age, is all ready
to die now. In fact, he has already
buried himself. Believing funerals
should be enjoyed while living, he has
had his staged here recently. Many
friends attended. They sang Nearer,
My God, to Thee" and a lot of other
funeral songs after a minister deliv-
cred Houser's burial services. Houser
has prepared his own obituary. The
ceremony was held at church and at
the HOuser home.
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Phrasing of BIackbirds.

Before ''the time of the singing of
birds" is overland the nightingale is
beginning already to 'jug-jug' rather
than to launch Tennyson's liquid
note"-some musician ought to do full
Ter justice to the blackbird.
He is the most ineligible of all
birds-that is, he has intervals like
those of our human music; his
phrases may be, and have been put
down on our five-lined music paper.
There is a West Sussex blackbird
who sang all last May the first five
notes of "The Campbells Are Coming"
and he is at it again, in the same gar
den, this year.
Other blackbirds have composed
prettier phrases, but all sound equally
jolly and sweet in their trolling.-LoD.
don Chronicle.
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RUSS REDS SELL CZAR'S GEMS
Lenine Government Trading in Hol.
land Through Germany to
Avoid Blockade.

Amsterdam, Holland.-The Lenine
government in Russia, baked by the
money abroad for propaganda pur-
poses, now is conducting an extensive
traffic in confiscated jewels through
Germany to Holland markets, accord
ing to the Handelsblad, which COM
ments on a charge that the COM
munist member Lisser of the Am
sterdam council offered the Russian
emperor's diamonds for sale.
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"ROSY-FIT"
If Bilious. get your
Pep and Color back
with "CaScaretS"

ton, Sallow Skin, and Miserable Head
aches come from torpid liver and
sluggish bowels, which cause the stom-
ach to become filed with undigested
food which sours and fermentS, form
ing acids, gases, and pOisons. Cascarets
tonight will give your bilious liver and
constipated bowels thorough cleans
ing and have you feeling clear, bright
and as fit as a fiddle by morning.
Cascarets never sicken or incOn-
venience you like nasty Calomel. Salts,
Oil, or gripping Pills. They work while
you sleep.-Adv.
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Compound so I tried it. Now feel all
right and can work better. You have
my permission to publish this letter"
-VICToRIA KoPPL, q Oak Ridge Ave-,
Summit, N. j.
If you have warning symptoms such
as sense of suffocation, hot flashes,
headaches, backache, dread of i'm
pending evil, timidity, sounds in the
ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks
before the eyes, Irregularities, con-
stipation, variable appetite, weakness,
inquietude, and dizziness, get a bottle
Of Lydia p PinkhaHs hams, Vegetable Veg Com
once. We know it will help you as it
did Mrs. Koppl.
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the finch, and 10000 of the albatrOss.
Indications are that, while the teal
has increased, the other species have
probably decreased.
The islands composing the reserva-
ton are Laysan island, Ocean or Cure
island, Pearl and Hermes reef, Lysian-
ski or Pell island, Mary reef, Dowsett
reef. Gardiner island. Two Brothers
reef, French Frigate shoal, Necker
island. Frost shoal and Bird island.
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Most Remarkable Refuge in the
World in Danger From
Hunters.
MANY RARE SPECIES THERE
Bird Reservation Is Under Control of
the Department of Agriculture
Protecting the Birds There Is
Precarious Business.

Washington.-Stic out in the
Pacific ocean 900 miles beyond Homo
lulu is group of little islands, the
largest not more than two square
miles in area, and several of them
barely rising above the waves at high
tide. Yet on those islands are many
hundreds of thousands of birds and
among them are at least six species
The Benson signal., 1920-01-31
lnvents Typewriter on
Which to Write Music

Wichita, Kan.-Will Kansas
wonders never cease? A type
writer on which one can sue
cessfully write music is the in
ventiOn of H. p. Flauth, a COM
poser of this city.
The machine is said to have
1876 characters which can be
written on, below or above the
staff. The typewriter differs
from the ordinary model only in
that the printing surface of the
roller is fiat.
Flauth is understood to have
worked more than Is years on
the invention.
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order. "Avoid too much meat, alcohol
or tea. Drink plenty of pure water,
preferably hot water, before meals, and
drive the uric acid out of the system by
taking Anuric." This can be obtained at
almost any drug store.
Send a bottle of water to the chemist
at DR.. Pierce's Invaids' Hotel, Buffalo,
N. Y, and you will receive free medical
advice as to whether the kidneys are
affected. When your kidneys get slug
gish and clog, you suffer from backache,
sick-headache, dizzy spells, or twinges
and pains of lumbago, rheumatism or
gout; or sleep is disturbed two or three
times night, take heed, before too late.
Get Anuric (anti-uric-acid), for it will
put new life into your kidneys and your
entire system. Ask your nearest drug
gist for it or send DR.. Pierce ten cents
for trial package.
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WOMEN OF
MIDDLE AGE
May Pass the Critical Period Safely
and Comfortably by Taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
Summit, N. J.-'T have taken Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound dur

ing Onange OF Lie
and l think it is a
good remedy in such
a condition. l could
not digest my food
and had much pain
and burning in my
s t o m a C h a fter
meals. / could not
sleep, had backache,
and worst o f a IL
were the hot flashes.
/ saw in the papers
a bout Vegetable
The Benson signal., 1920-01-31

A company is known by the man
who dominates it.
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''Cee-Whiz! How
it Hurts-The Pain
in My Foot !"

"Sometimes it is in my arm. Merciful
Heaven, how my back hurts in the morn.
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ing!" It's all
due to an over.
abundance of
tn at poison
called uric acid.
The kidneys are
not able to get
rid Of it. Such
conditions you
can readily over.
come, and pro.
long life by TAX
ing the advice Of
Dr.. Pierce, which
is "keep the kid
neys in good
The Benson signal., 1920-01-31

A man is never sure he knows until
he makes good.
The Benson signal., 1920-01-31

Hesitation seldom prospers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09

iran task,'' NJ. Dlai~ said, to raise the
quota of $350,000 assigned for national
committee purposes in counties like
Cuyahoga, Ohio, where is the city of
Cleveland Nor did he approve of the
secrecy as to the doings of the field
agents at their luncheons, as enjolned
by the form letter that never went out,
and as for the words "cream list, -
he said they We're probably inserted
by one of his men "who has n facile
pen.
Senator Reed demanded of Mr.. Blair
list of all the paid workers and their
salaries. 1t developed that Mr.. Blair
gets 5000 a month and his expenses
E. c. Barber, director of the Chicago
drive, 5000 a week and his expenses
and the field directors from 800 to
5000 week, with an allowance of $50
week apiece for expenses. 1t was ex-
planned that the discrepancy between
the salaries of Blair and Barber is due
to the fact that Blair is employed for
the whole campaign and Barber for
only one week Mr. Blair said he
thought 100000 would be collected in
the Chicago drive of seven days, start
ing last night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09
WEST BRATTLEBORO

The Hillside Farmers club will hold
meeting Wednesday at w. II. Hescock's s.
Mr.. Hescock will have charge of the pro-
gram.
Mrs. J. S. Stafford has received news
of the death by drowning of Mrs. Al
bert E. Beebe, 81, wife of Rev. Mr..
Beebe, pastor of a Methodist church in
Brooklyn, which occurred Aug. % in
Moosehead lake. Mrs. Beebe spent
eight weeks here this summer in Mrs.
Stafford 5 home and left here with her
husband and a party of friends for a
camping trip to Moosehead Lake. 1t
is not known definitely how the acct
dent happened, but Rev. and Mrs. Bee
be were out in a canoe and she fell
overheard. She was taken out of the
water by Mr.. Beebe and was carried
to shore and to hospital, where she
died after several hours. Both were
good swimmers. She leaves, besides her
husband, a mother 50 years old and
three brothers. The body was taken to
Brooklyn for the funeral and burial.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

The Woman's guild of st. Michael Is
Episcopal church will hold a meeting
in the parish house Friday afternoon at
3 o o'clock.
Mrs. C. J. Paro of Clark street enter
tanned the L. G. B. A. last evening.
Cards were played and refreshments of
ice cream and cake were served
G. Baxter Reed has sold through Will
liam c. Horton g real estate agency his
cottage house on Highland street to
Bert L. Frost, who buys for home.
The stockholders of the Morningside
Cemetery association viii hold their an
nual meeting Tuesday afternoon at 40
o clock at the Vermont NATIONAL bank
rooms.
After the meeting of Protective
Grange last evening a program ar
ranged by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter f.
Spear was much enjoyed, including vo-
cal solos by Miss Ruth Hinckley, an
original poem by Miss Eleanor Harmon
entitled A Strange Experience, piano
solos by Miss Mildred Yeaw, and read
ings and geographical questions to be
answered. All who wish to take the
obligation for the fifth degree viii be
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09
OVER 3,OOO,0OO,0OO
BUSHELS OF CORN
Record Crop Observation-Disclosures Also
Promises to Break Record
Other Crop Figures.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-The great
est corn crop in the country's history is
! in prospect for this years harvest. Fore
cast of production based on Sept. l condi-
tions was placed at 3,l3l 100000 bushels
| yesterday by the department of agricul
| ture Such yield would exceed by
100000 bushels the previous largest
crop on record, which was in 1912.
1t would be more than 200,000,000
bushels above last years crop, and
tnearly 400,000000 above the five years
leverage.
| The indicated yield per acre of 30.2
bushels has been exceeded but twice, and
then only by fraction of a bushel, dur
| ing the past So years.
| A crop of even larger proportions will
be harvested if frosts hold off until late
I and permit maturity of much late corn
now rated as of doubtful promise.
/ Tobacco also is record crop this year
and viii probably exceed the best pre-
vious production by ll4,000,0O0 pounds.
| Forecast of production places this years
icrop at ,553 100000 pounds.
| August growing conditions proved
highly beneficial to most of the country's
important crops and as a result produc-
ton forecasts generally were higher in
yesterdays government report than the
! forecasts of a month ago.
| Spring wheat, however, suffers loss of
| 25,000,000 bushels because of drouth, and
fax lost 100000 bushels from the same
cause.
The forecast for spring wheat is 237,-
100000 bushels and for all wheat 100000
900 bushels.
Other crop indications are: Oats.
/ LAP, 100000 bushels, condition, Ss.3; bar
| ley, l95,000,00O bushels, condition S2.5 !.
buckwheat, l5,5OOOOO bushels, condition
OIL; white potatoes, 4l3,000,OO0 bushels,
condition S4.3; sweet potatoes, 1O2 200, 900
bushels, condition SOS; flax, IL 100000
bushels, condition 1913; rice, 81 200, 900
bushels, condition SS.3; hay (tame(
sS,20O,000 tons; hay wild, is, 300 900
tons; sugar beets, 100000 tons, condi.
ton $50; apples, 223,OO0,000 bushels
peaches, 44,900,000 bushels; kafrs, I34.-
/ 100000 bushels, condition 9l0; peanuts,
38,OO0,000 bushels; beans (six states
100000 bushels.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09
PUTNEY.
Bryant-Littlefeld.

Miss Edith Fanny Littlefield of Wal
than, Mass, formerly of Putney and
Brattleboro, and Fred Eugene Bryant,
ir., of Waltham were married Monday
morning, Aug. 30, by Rev. A. A. Hobson
of Waltham in the minister's home, a
double ring service being used. The bride
wore a travelling suit of blue trieotine
with hat to match and a eorsage bou-
quet of bride roses. She was attended
by her mother, Mrs. Annie M. aLittlefeld
of Waltham, as matron of honor, the
latter wearing black embroidered silk
georgette crepe over black satin with hat
to match.
The bride, after her graduation, en-
tered the employ of the American Wal
than Watch Co., but left three years
ago to remain at home. Shells a mem
Der of the First Baptist church, teaches
in Sunday school and sings in the choir.
Mr.. Bryant is a son of Mr.. and Mrs T.
Z. Bryant of Manchester, n. H., is a
graduate of the Manchester high school,
class of 1913, also of the Chambers nor
NAL school in Boston, and was a ser
geant overseas in the Both machine gun
battalion in the World war. He is a
member of the American Legion and of
the Isaac Parker lodge of Masons of Wal
than. For the past few years he has
had charge of the shipping department
at James Brothers.
The couple received many gifts. They
left on motor trip to Maine, and after
Oct. ] they will be at home at the home
OF the brides mother on Lincoln street.
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POSTMASTER SOLICITED.
Continued from Page u

tee s budget of expenditures to carry
it until after the presidential election
is $3,079,0 0e, the sum yet to be raised
in cash or promises is $1,180,000.
And Mr.. Upham says he viii let
me off if we get that said Mr.. Blair.
The weak spot in his testimony was
his inability to say whether any of the
So, 079, 900 to be raised for the national
committee was to be returned to those
states which are collecting money and
turning it over to the national COM
mittee under the joint plan frequently
Mr.. Blair could not answer
this question because his job is merely
getting the money. Treasurer Upham
viii be heard on this point later.
Through Mr.. Blair's testimony and
kilograms submitted by Upham, it was
proved that the much discussed .'Form
letter .101, - from which Governor Cox
has been reading and. which. apparently
directed the state workers to take sub
scriptions up to $4,000 despite the ST.
600 limit set by Will Hays, was never
adopted or distributed and was killed
by the national committee itself at the
New York headquarters Mr.. Blair had
the letter prepared and thought it
would be approved, but when Mr.. Up
ham took it to New York it was re-
jected. As for the $1,000 limit. Mr..
Blair said frankly he thought it ought
TO be removed, because as men of great
means who ought to give $4,000 could
give only $1,000, others were scaling
themselves down to gifts of much less
than $1,000. So it became ''hercu-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09
EAST DOVER

Pearl Brown spent the weekend with
his brothers at Carl Browns.
Mrs. Earl Yeaw is in Wilmington car
ing for Mrs. Spiller and infant son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merton Lazelle of Brat
tleboro were weekend guests of the
Snow Bros.
Frank Laport finished saving for Mr.
Lahmy Saturday and returned to his
home in Gardner Sunday.
Miss Ruth Hale has returned to her
work in Brattleboro after spending her
vacation at her home here.
Mrs. c. II. Bemis went Monday to
Brattleboro, where she will visit her
three daughters and families.
Henry Brown of Brattleboro, Mr.. and
Mrs. Stewart Brown and daughter, Mar
jorie, spent Friday at Carl Browns.
Thelma Gallup of Green River visited
over Sunday with Louise Hale and Ha-
eel Roberts at Miss Hales home here.
Forrest Wentworth of Springfield,
Mass, visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. l.. Wentworth, from Saturday to
Tuesday.
William Manning returned to his home
in New Haven, Conn, Saturday after
spending 10 days with his cousin, Hiram
Clinton.
Matte Metcalf returned to her home
in Marlboro Sunday after caring for
Mrs. Kenneth Jones and infant daugh-
ter two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs William Clinton, jr., and
daughter and friends came from Hart
ford and spent Sunday with his brother,
Hiram Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs William Porter and two
children are spending several weeks IN
Amherst, Mass, with relatives. Mr.. Por-
ter is helping harvest tobacco.
Raymond Willard Of Greenfield, Mass,
and Sherwood Willard of New York city
we're callers at w. d. Howe's and Mar
ion Howe's one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Erwin Smith returned "a
their home in Brattleboro Monday after
spending week with Mrs Smiths par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. c. II. Bemis.
Harland Wentworth and Miss Corona
| Bell of Brattleboro spent Sunday and
Monday with Mr. Wentworth's parents
| Mr.. and Mrs C. j. Wentworth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nutter and daughter
lTrene, and Mr.. and Mrs Walter G. Hal
l{ladav and three children of BrattleborC
were guests Sunday at w. c. Halliday s
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Halliday am
son. Sherman, of Providence, r. l.. arr
spending two weeks with Mr.. Halliday
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Halliday
Leone Turner, Marion Gould anC
| Maude Moore returned to Brattlebor'
thigh school Wednesday after spending
| the summer vacation at their homes
| here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09

returned home after spending several
days with Charles III. Summer.
Mrs. w. G. Clark and son, Theodore,
returned Thursday from the north part
of the state, where they visited friends
and relatives.
Over 90 people of the Congregational
church attended the morning services
at the Congregational church at West
Dover last Sunday.
The ball game between Wilmington
and Mountain Mills was well attended
Labor day. The score was 6 to 3 in
favor of Wilmington.
The household goods of B. W. Hale
have arrived and Mr.. Hale has rented
George Corson's upstairs tenement.
Miss Eva Parent arrived last evening
and will make her home with Mr.
Hale's family.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09
EAST JAMAICA.

Mrs. B. NJ. Sage has recovered so as
to be able to ride out.
Mrs Ethel Patterson returned home
from Simmonsville Saturday.
Mrs. Ned Peirce and son, Guy, mo-
tored to Brattleboro Tuesday.
Miss Doris Robinson went to Town
shend Tuesday to attend high school.
The River school began Tuesday
with Miss Charlotte Twitehell of South
Londonderry as teacher.
Miss lone Allen, who has been visit
ing relatives some time, returned to her
home in Springfield, Mass, Friday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09
MARRIAGES.

In East Concord, \. H., Sept. 2. by
Rev. +. w. Fitzpatrick of Belmont, \. H.
James A. Clattendurg and Miss Kate a.
Shine of East Concord, formerly of South
Vernon.
In Waltham, Mass, Aug. 30, by Rev.
A. A. Hobson, Fred Eugene Bryant, jr,
and Miss Edith Fanny Littlefeld, both
of Waltham, the bride formerly of Put
ney and Brattleboro.