Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-03-11
ODD ITEMS FROM rvERYwHERI
(rrom the Boston Globe)


Resting iengthwise on the tail Of
giant airplane Of an army flyer.
flower laden casket containing the I'D
Of Charles J. Abrames. an army await
was borne 2oC0 feet above the city Of s.
Jose. Calf, plainly visible from
ground. and carried to its final rest
place in Oak Hill cemetery. in the fl
aeroplane hearse in the history of
world. II was the dying request of Lie
Abrames, whose death was the result I
being gassed in France. that hts body
taken TO the cemetery in this way.
Six children-two sets of triplet
within 10 months have been added to
family of Mr.. and Mrs. Posey Livir
stone of Albany.
Before Paris became the mistress
modes, Milan give the fashion to |
world; hence the word mlliner.
Miss Kathcrin Nichols telephone q
orator at a Chicago hotel has invented
combination telephone which expeI
declare will revolutionize the telepho
appliance business. Besides the rou
piece it has a double receiver which 4
cludes all outside noises and so increa !
efficiency in hearing.
Proceeds of $4,000 life insurance pol
were bequeathed 70 A. P. Winkler al
Mrs. w. r. Winkler, $500 to tho form
and $50 to the latter by the will
| Edward D. Egley Of Louisville to rel
,urse them for losses sustained in md
ing Investments suggested by Mr. Egly
A business man at OIL city, Penn, vi
took q drink from a bottle of whish|
sent him by mail just before leaving
home for the Office. was sure that he n
been tricked by wood alcohol and vi
/ stricken by sudden blindness when
looked up and could not see the chur|
clock, which he had consulted evd
morning for - years. Rushing to 4
doctor. he got great relief when d
doctor told him that the church had blu !
ed down in the night.
With the clothing turned in by Josef
Richardson, of Madison. Ind, when
was discharged from the army was
pair Of shoes in which he had stamped
initials. Last week he bought a pair
shoes at government sale at Lexingtd
Ind. and found his initials stamped
side.
To haul logs through the deep sn}
in the great pine forests of northe|
! Arizona one big lumber concern has jq
I put IL WOTh tWo WHlppct tdHho' pout@
| from the war department, each tai
! displacing 30 horses and IA men.
: Sergeant Haverly, Of the United Stat
marine corps, and his wife have MANI
their new daughter born in San Fra
! CISCO Marine Cora Haverly.'
John Govatos, a real estate man at WI
mington. Del, who recently bought thu
large ONCE buildings. has found time
last to go with his wife on a honeymo|
trip. He was too busy when they wA
married. % years ago. and he has bel
/ too busy ever since til. now. When
came to Wilmington, before he was md
ried, he had &c cents capital.
Walter A. Gadient. secretary of tr,l
company at New Albany, Ind, has n
missed attendance at Sunday school on
for "a years-since he was six years old
Chester Smith. Of Roaring Spring, Pen|
says he cought 10 fish during 1919, Il
largest a carp that weighed four pound
Mike Ennis, an illiterate Austrian, finI
at st. GATHERINGS. Ont. for making
false income tax return. earned S5,5T dI
ing single year of the war as Labor
at the Welland steel foundries
The captain of the Red d liner, Ma1
caibo. arrived at New York, reports til
the ships mascot. Julia. the beer-drinkiI
cat, which was raised on beer instead
milk, deserted the vessel at the last VI
port touched