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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-09-15

Mrs. Raymond Fisk, was baptised
Sunday at st. Andrews church.
The sponsors were his grand-moth-
er, Mrs. Robert Fisk, Mrs. Robert
Nichols and Howard Fisk of Drum
mondville, Que.
Miss Madeline Cary has been
spending the week in Portland, Me,
guest at a house party given by
Smith college friend.
Among the interested visitors at
the fair Wednesday was Charles
Gaskell of Whitcfcld, a former
well known resident. Mr.Gaskell
was the popular janitor of the
Summelville schools for number
of years.
Archibald Hunter of Spring
field, Mass, has entered Jonhs Hop
kins, Baltimore, to take four
years medical course. Mr.. Hunter
has been studying chemistry in
Brooklyn since completing his
work at Norwich. He is a grad
uate of st. Johnsbury Academy.
The regular meeting of the w.
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HABIT" POWERFUL
DRAMATIC TRIUMPH

A delightfully."- lkeable drama
dealing with the tremendous GRIP
Habit can forge. Notable for the
display in an Atelier of Fifth
Avenue importer and designer,
-'cre models wearing over
hundred thousand dollars worth
If furs and furbelows parade. the
climax is one so smashing and
intense in its dramatic power that
you'll feel YOU never spent a moro
enjoyable hour between the four
walls of theatre. Habit had done
it--and the web around her suo-
denly became the dragnet of the
law. See Habit, the lightning
flash of truth-at the Globe today.
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St. JOl,nsbury Locals

Funeral services tor Wilbur F.
Proctor, who died at Brightlook
hospital on Tuesday following a
lingering illness. will be held at
his late home, No. Q Cliff street,
at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon. Blu
rial will be in Mount Pleasant
cemetery. Mr.. Proctor was 81
years old. He was born May 25,
1864 in Franklin, N. H. He is
survived by wife, Mabel NJ. West
rector.
Dr.. and Mrs. r. B. Thomas of
Enosburg are visiting Mrs. Thorn
as sister, Mrs. F. H, Taylor
Miss Lois Burbank of Dan
Vile is recovering from an opera
ton at Brightlook hospital.
Miss Ida Hill is spending some
time with friends in Worcester,
Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Cummings
and daughter, Doris, and Mrs. Eli
zabeth Shillite and Chester Wor-
then took a trip through the White
Mountains Wednesday.
Robert James, son of Mr.. and
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X. c. will be held Thursday even
ing at G. A. r. hall
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EDMUND F. COBB HAS
GOOD PART IN PICTURE

Edmund F. Cobb, who plays the
,adinr role in THE Desert Scor-
Won. at the Please U To-Day is at
'o~,e thruout the entire story,
which IS based on the eternal war
between the cattle man and tho
sheep herder. Born and raised
IN New Nevico. and havino herded
sheep and branded cattle before
~ciuy on the stage, Cobb secured
frst-hand information of the
METHODS used by the cattle men in
their attempt to rid the plains of
rrazing sheep. Cobb is seen to
ADVANTAGE in the role of a sheep
herdcr His many feats Of darino
easily stamp him as a true son of
the broad plains. He is capably
supported by Vida Johnson.
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is visiting his son, and daughter
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert W.
Barney.
Burroughs orchestra will
give a dance at Leclerc's hall to-
light and Thursday night.
Use Nazol for catarrh. Adver-
Snment.
Mrs. Horace F. White and MI.
and Mrs. Carroll Hubbell and
daughter Laura of New Haven,
Conn, and Mrs. Margaret H
Pierce of Boston are spending the
week here, the guests of their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harvey,
IT Harvey street.
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ST. JOHNSBURY
Local News

Word has been received here of
the marriage in Los Angeles, Cal,
September 8, of Miss Doris Nor
rill, only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
B. W. Morrill,, to Alfred Stanley
of Los Angeles. Mr.. Morrill, and
his family moved to California a
year ago, locating in Los Angeles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley will make
their home in that city.
Regular meeting of Mystic
Star Chapter, 0. E. S. Friday ev-
ening. Advertisement
Mrs. Roy 7. Hodgdon and her
twin daughters Barbara and Ply
lis of Boston are the guests this
week of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar K.
Lang of Concord avenue.
come to the Fun carnival
Tuesday night at the Methods
church. Advertisement.
The September St. Nicholas has
4 thrilling story Of big electrical
torn and much property damaGc
nd the interesting feature of the
story IS that Ii tells OF an alleget
occurrence Mt the St, Johrsbury
far. Two boys come down the
sumpsic river, step at the
Avenue House and attend the fair,
famous all over the northern part
q the state" While at the fair
Aiy storm comes up and does All
l,'1de Of DAMAGE, but the electrical
knowledge of the hero saves the
day.
Austin I. Morrill, of Danvillc,
P. O.. a former St. Johnsbury
,esident. is visiting his st. Johns
Jury friends.
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liable. If you haven't read the
laws. do so. You will be enterta-
ined. There are some sections
that are a little foggy like Walt
Whitman or Browning, but never
mind. If you don't understand
them, neither do the makers.
From all accounts it has been a
hot summer all over the East, as
ell rs here. We also hear there
has been long protracted dry
spell, climatically speaking. BY
the way, how thrives the home
brewer in those parts? | suppose
everybody is doing something
along these lines. Must be with
the price of raisins where it is.
Sincerely yours,
SAM.
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y.
June %, Lyndonville, 6 to }
Polh.
July 8, CRANKY. to 8 Bond
July 10, CRANKY, to ), Witty.
July II, Island Pond 4 to II,
Bond.
August 6, Berlin, to /, Witty.
Aug. IA, Plattsburg, = to 8, Wit
ty.
Aug. II, Newport, . to A, Bader.
Aug. IS, Groveton, l to 8, Dow
ney,
Aug, 20, Barton, 10 to 2, Dow
ney.
Aug. pr, Newport, 0 to 0 Witty.
Aug %, Bethel, to 7, Goode.
Aug, go, Moretown l TO 9, Witty.
Aug. 81, Orleans, 8 to 4, Dow
ney..
Sept. l, Sherbrooke, 8 to Z,
Goode.
cent. 3, Ausable Forks, 0 to j.,
Witty.
Sept. 4, Elizabethtown, / to 2,
Goode.
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FAIRBANKS A. A.
WON 26 OUT
OF Al GAMES
D0wney Has Best Average
With Witty and G0Ode
Trailing

OuL OF Al games pay VI uui LIE
the 1921 season the Fairbanks A.
A. base ball club captured 26
which means that St. Johnsbury
won 1913 rer cent Of their con-
tests. For a team, III which it
was necessary to make so many
changes during the course of the
summer this average of victories is
considered very good. Seven
pitchers altogether were used in
the II games staged, four of them
being hired in on special occa-
sions.
The regulars on the twirling
staff included Clarence L. Witty,
Edward Goode and Alexander
Downcy. The others who hurlei
for the locals were Chick Da-
vies, former ren}her Of Connie
Nack's athletis, King Bader, for
ner Red s. finger ard knight
of the shine BALI, Americas Pol
il, clever youngstor from Barre
and Timothy Bond of Everett,
Mass.
Witty pitched the largest mum
Der of games, twirling a total Of
twenty full contests while he
Toured as a relief twirler il
others. He won Is and lost sever
one OF these being the forfeited
anne to Newport on August q.
WHY'S percentage is $50. Alex
Downey has the hirhest averaot
hcving won and lost but !.
Coode comes next with six wins
and two defeats. with percentage
Of $50. POLL was on the peak Tor
one game and emerged victorious.
Davies won 1 and lost as many.
Bond took / cut Of attempts
while Bader lost two in as many
ries.
Practically ell Of the losses SUI
erred by the Fairbanks boys TINS
-ea5on have been BY close scores.
Several Of them have gone to the
opposing side through pure hard
luck, while others have been lost
as the result Of poor base funnin7
or costly errors at critical mo-
ment. All in all, however, the To-
cal team. has experienced a very
euccessful season.
The record OF games follows;
The results of the home games
were as follows, giving date, team,
result, pitcher:
May 80, Lyndcnville, 7 to ,, Wit
ty.
Jure II Lebanon, IA to l, Wit
ty.
June %, Windsor, 5 to ,, Witty.
June 20 Woodsyil,e, 4 to 3, Wit
y.
July 2, Boston Y. NJ. c. A, to
2, Bond.
July 4, sherbrooke, 9 to 3, Wit
ty
July G Newport, 3 to ;, Bader.
july T., Berlin, Il to 2 Witty
July IS, Boston Tigers, s 10 .,
Witty.
July p, Island Pond, 8 to /,
Goode.
July %, Bethlehem, Is to 8,
Witty
July 27, Barton, 7 to 0, Witty.
july 80 Boston Tigers, 5 to :,
Goode.
Aug. 2, Croveton, ) to ,, Witty.
Aug. 3, Cranky, to ., Goode.
Aug. 4, CRANKY, 6 to 3, Downey.
Aug. 9 Orleans, , to 0, Downey.
Ann 10 Ncr-,,o,+ "A IN IA
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ST. JOHN SBURY
Local News

Use the American Liver Tablets.
Advertisement
A good sized crowd attendeJ
the dance at the AMmorv TuesdaV
evening and enjoyed the excellent
music rendered by Henault's pop
ular orchestra.
Tadame Marie, cla;rvoyant and
palmist Of Santiago, California,
VII be in St Johnahurv this week
only at the Cummings House, 50
Railroad st.
Elmer Bar hey of Orange, Mass,
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED-Girl for general
housework. Mrs. George W. Cald-
beck. Telephone 226M. 70 If
WANTED-Girl for general
homework, one who can go home
nights. Mrs. John Puffer, Y
Winter street. Ct It'd
TENEMENT TO RENT for
small family, A rooms and BATH.
All modern improvements. Price
reasonable. Tel. 403 J. 67-70
FOR SALE or exchange for house
in st. Johnsbury. Good 200 acre
farm fairly good buildings big
sugar place, large pull tract. Or
chard, II mile from a village.
Apply to Ellie Giroux, 1915 Elm
street, st. Johnsbury. 67-70
Evening journal., 1921-07-07
PARKSTDE-EDEN
In FINAL TUSSLE

The championship Of the first half
Of the recently bisected Whining
ton League schedule will be decided
this afternoon at Harlan Field.
South Side Eden and Parkside. who
were tied for the lead when the
schedule was split, will meet in the
final tussle of their three-game
series. The gates al Harlan Field
will be thrown oDsn at 4.3O o'clock
and the game will start at 6.
The pitching choices have not
been announced. Manager Brady of
Parkside has Hayes. Russell and
Ntchie to pick from, and Manager
Grant of Eden will select either
Wiueys. Stone or Armstrong. Presi-
dent Melia announced two umpires
to take charge OF the game and as
kick was registered against his
selection a conference will be held
today to decide who will be the
arbiters,
A special meeting OF the An-Wil-
mington League will be held tonight
| for the reorganization for the sec.
ond half A new schedule will be
adopted and six clubs will compose
the circuit instead of eight as here
tofore.
Evening journal., 1921-07-07
KFYsroNE EXCURSION.

The Keystone Field Club will give
its fifth annual moonlight on Monday /
evening. July is. The steamer Bran
dywine has been chartered to make
the trip. and when she pulls away
from Fourth street wharf It is ex-
pected she will be loaded to capacity.
which is 500.
This years event promises TO sur
pass the one given last year. which
was. without doubt. the best moon
light that left the city The quartet
contest. which made such a decided
hit last year, will be repeated. Among
the quartets expected TO enter are
the Third Ward. the Diamond State
Four. the Moose and the Keystone.
There also will be a prize waltz to
decide the State champion. McCrea' s
Melody Boys will furnish music for
the occasion. This is the famous
string band that has been making
such hit in this city during the sea
son. Tickets may be obtained from
any Of the members or at the clubs
headquarters. 204 East Fourth street.
The committee in charge consists
of Charles Hayes, chairman; James
Unsworth. Stephen Roman, Johr
Maloney. George Allen, Alber
Barnes, F. Furshie, Walter Moor'
and o. Hackett
Evening journal., 1921-07-07

Two games were played in the
Newspaper League yesterday, and
although they were contests between
ancient rivals" the victors were
never in doubt The Evening Jour
nal hung a 5-3 defeat on its old foe,
The Morning News, and the Kiwanis
Club stung its selected and hated op-
ponents, the Elks, 81.
journal. 5; News. 3.
The News continued it's custom of
appearing with a small number of
men and picking up the rest of its
lineup at the field OF play. "Damager
Midge" gathered a much better club
from around Second and DUPONT
than he has on his roster, but it did
not do him much good.
The Journal with the same order
it has had all season put men across
the pan in four of the seven innings.
Joe Osowski was at his best in the
pinches and nine News runners were
left stranded.
Marty Malloy unleashed the feat
ure with a four-bag ciout that hit the
steps on one of the houses over on
DUPONT street. "Spig" Delikat, the
first man to face Joe Tobin. who did
mound duty for Mclaughlin, hit one
in the same spot but was held to a
triple. "Spig" stumbled over a bal
of Beechnut and wasn't able to make
Evening journal., 1921-07-07
DEFIANCE FELLOWS
TN OWN BATTLE

The fur will fly at the Third and
Adams street diamond this evening
when the officers and athletic COM
mitteemen of the Defiance A. A. set
tie a long standing dispute. Some
clever tossers grace the rosters OF
Both teams and when the umpire
sends them into action at 6.15 a nip
and tuck battle should be the result.
Jimmie Mclaughlin will toss them
over for the Officers with George
Geizler doing the receiving. Johnny
Filliben will hold down the initial
sack and will be held in reserve
should Mclaughlin falter. i
Gillespie will work the Keystone
sack with Johnny Dougherty cover
ing short. Mott Shannon will take
care of the hot corner. Bill Delsh-
an will work in the right garden ana
Jim Ford and ice" Morgan VIII
be drafted from the ranks to play
center and left field respectively.
Chairman John Murphy OF the
Committeeman will hold down hrs'
base and will pin his hopes on the
following men to bring home the
bacon over the officers. Marty
! Walsh on the receiving END VIII
wild Man" Hession doing the twirl'
/ ing. Calvin at second, Corrigan a
short and John Mulshenock at thlru
Luck" Welsh, Jack Riddle ah'
! obey O'Brien in the outheld. Ih'
feeling is at a high pitch over tn
battle and a record breaking GROVE
is expected to turn out
Evening journal., 1921-07-07
INDIANS COLOR
BASEBALL

Indians can still dig up some
mighty good baseball players.
A team Of all-stars from Nebraska
are touring the east.
They have a record Of AZ victories
and 10 losses. having played the
crack semi-pro teams Of the middle
west this summer.
There is something about an Indi-
an ball team that attracts the fans
through the turnstiles.
Some Of the major leagues most
colorful stars have been Indians.
Chief Bender, great redskin pitch
er and still going as good as ever in
the Eastern League.
This year Moses yellow Horse is
helping pitch the Pirates to a Ma
tional League pennant
Jim Thorpe had his fling at the
big show and is still a drawing card
in the American Association.
Indians make good ball players
because they look at the profession
as play-not work.
Evening journal., 1921-07-07
MendO, Hines in Wind-up
on BOiIermdkerS Card

with another classy bill, the Boil |
ermakers' Union will stage its sec
ond open-air athletic show at Har-
Ian Field, next Wednesday night
July 13. starting at o'clock. Fight
fans who witnessed the premier pro-
duction were we'll satisfied and it is
expected that they will all be back
with plenty of their friends.
on the card for the evening are
some of the best fist fingers in VIII
mington pitted against some out-of-
town talent which is we'll known by
reputation. Two old timers Of the
local squared arena are among those
on the bill, Kid Chadwick and Kid
Baltimore. The former has been in
action more of late than the latter.
Both are remembered for their will
| ing efforts in the ring, always Civ
| ing the fans their moneys worth
] Chadwick meets a tough customer in
| Joe Dundee. of Philadelphia, and
] Kid Baltimore will have Johnny Bail,
! of Chester. as his Wis a Wis. Mem
ton of Baltimore brings back mem-
ories Of the old Olympia and Imper-
ial and also the DUPONT A. c. Them
were the days" the old timers will
tell you. Fight was always known
as "Baldy's" middle name.
Kid Boots, of St. Hedwig's A. A
will appear in the curtain raiser op-
posed to Mickey Brown, of Philly
Boots has a lot Of followers who
have been boosting him and he viii
be given a real test by the Quaker
City fist finger.
Kid SuRd the local flash and at
tached TO the Delaware a. c., wh'
has displayed his wares with credi
at both Chester and Philly hgh
clubs. will he in one of the sta
bouts. He will take on Willy Allei
in the semi-windup.
The windup should produce on
Of the best bouts staged in Whining
\ ton in recent years with Johnn
Mendo and Billy Hines, both anon
the leading pugilists in Philadelphi
> as the principals. II will not hav
the local attraction as some Of tn
settos. but as an exhibition of tn
manly art there has been no ,tw
men as good as they are on a car
= in this city since the bouts of year
I ago.
= only one other Of the mills on I'll
u program has not been mentione
and that will he between Joe BE
mont. Of Phfly, favorite with II
Evening journal., 1921-07-07

local fans. and Johnny Mayhock,
from the same city. Belmont has
appeared at several smokers in VIII
mington and has always left a good
impression. The little Italian is
noted for his willingness to mix
things.
One Of the features which brought
much praise at the last show put on
by the Boilermakers, was the excel
lent lighting effect. With the mon
ster dome over the ring and the rest
of the lights out, every move Of the
boxers could be seen plainly from
any part of the park.
Seating arrangements have been
made to handle a capacity crowd.
The ring will again be pitched near
the home plate. Tickets can be Sc
cured at the Boilermakers' Union
COS French street Winters sporting
goods store and any member of the
/ committee in charge of the affair.
Evening journal., 1921-07-07
ST. HEDWIG STARS
WANT PLACE In sun

ST. Hedwig's All-Stars. composed
of some of the best talent from out
in the village of hedges. will make
another bid for a place in the sun
in local baseball when they tackle
Fourth Ward, at Fourth and Church
streets tonight. The game will start
promptly at o'clock. A few days
ago the st. Hedwig's All-Stars de-
feated Five Points of the Suburban
League in an 1S-inning game, Joe
Osowski going the full distance. Joe
was in fine form throughout the
long battle. The st. Hedwig's All
stars would like to hear from any
club in and around Wilmington, es.
pecially Krebs. of Newport Games
can be secured by getting in touch
with +. Mikolewski, 400 Porter
street.
Evening journal., 1921-07-07
Hard Luck, Boys!

Three Wilmington pitchers,
an from out Browntown way.
two youngsters and one old
timer. one of them twirling
against the other two. and all
of them being subsequently re-
moved from the mound. labored
in a game up in Philly on the
Fourth.
Il was the second setto OF a
twin bill between Shanahan and
American Steel OF Chester,
shanahan winning both ends,
6 to and 16 to Q. "lnkie"
Nitchie was on the rubber for
the winners and was relieved
and Jimmy Malloy started for
the steelmen. His assignment
was taken over by the veteran
frankie Duncan and he was also
relieved.
Nitchie is signed up regular
with Shanahan and yesterday
pitched against Monmouth
Park at Gloucester City. n. Y.
shanahan lost, but II was no dis.
credit TO the Wilmington hurler
He allowed only five hits. errors
behind him being responsible
for the defeat.
Evening journal., 1921-07-07
FIRES
NOT INCENDIARY

William F. Groome, chief of the
Minquas Fire Company. of Newport,
denies that any of the three fires
reported IN the suburbs recently had
been of incendiary origin
Mr.. Groome said that although
the number of fires was rather un-
usual for the district in which they
occurred, he did not consider 1t like
ly that 1t was the work Of a fire.
bug. In one case" he said, Il am
sure that the fire resulted from
sparks coming from small wood
FIRE in the stove of the house earlier
in the evening. One Of the other
fires started about 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, and It is not probable that
fre-bug would operate at that
time"
Evening journal., 1921-07-07
BRONZE TO MEET FIVE POINTS

The Five Points team, Of the
Suburban League, which fought
through an eighteen inning game
with the Fame A. A. here on the
Fourth of July will cross bats with
the Delaware Bronze on the local
diamond this afternoon.
Manager Maxwell has greatly
strengthened the Five Points nine
since taking il over last week, and
expects to give the Bronze boys a
run for their money.
Evening journal., 1921-07-07
Watching the
Sc0reb0aFd

Yesterdays hero-Grimm. The
pirate first baseman doubled IN the
thirteenth inning after Cutshaw had
singled, beating the Cards to 2.
Buleigh Grimes not only bafiied
the Giants with his splitter, but he
got a homer, a double and two singles
helping Brooklyn win IL TO 4.
The Braves mauled three Philadel-
phia pitchers and won IL to 6.
Honey in his first game with the
Pills got three hits and drove in
four runs.
Red Faber let the Tigers down
with four hits and the White Sox
won to 0.
Washington and the Red Sox split
double header. The Sox won the
opener 2 to 1 in twelve innings and
dropped the nightcap 1 to 0.
Evening journal., 1921-07-07
NEW VINE LITTER
PROVES SUCCESS

Special to The Evening ouJrnaL
BRIDGEvILLE. July Work OF
grading the road from Collins Mill
to Bridgeville has been resumed
after the heavy rain of last week.
The Bridgeville Packing Association
has opened a large packing house
on Railroad avenue and is now
packing and shipping early apples.
Mrs. Charles Todd, who was oper-
ated on last week at the Cambridge
Hospital is in a critical condition.
Mrs. Robinson. of Smyrna, has
been here as the guest of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Luther G. WEIGH.
Mrs. Emerson Wiley and daugh-
ters Of Wissahickon. Pa, have been
the guests of Mrs. Victor Lewis, Sis
ter of Mrs. Wiley.
Chelton Virden. of New York city.
spent the weekend here as the
guest of Miss Lillian Sudler.
John e. Harris. of Wilmington.
formerly of this town. who for fifty
years conducted a blacksmith shop
here, has secured a patent on a vine
litter and has about one hundred OF
them in operation lin this commun-
| ity. The litter has been recon-
mended by all who have used it.
Mr.. Harris has had various oppor-
tunities to either lease or sell the
patent.
After spending several weeks here
manufacturing and demonstrating
the implement, Mr.. Harris has re-
turned to Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1921-07-07
Isl" Did IT.!

There's always a reason. Ask
Postum.
The annual outing Of the en-
ployes of the Mullin Clothing
store has been postponed until
Thursday, July IA. The reason
is:
A ball game. the main feature
Of the picnic, could not be play
ed. And the reason why the
BAH game could not be played;
Isl" Powell. the one and only
"si," premier slab artist OF
Hartley, Del, left his uni down
ito hum" In fact, he forgot H.
And there's a reason for that,
tool
In all the excitement after
hurting a no-hit, no-run game
down at Hartley recently, 81
didn't know what became OF
his baseball regalia- Informa-
ton has trickled forth that the
uni has been hung in the towns
hall OF fame. alongside of the
village pump. to remind all the
natives OF their diamond hero.
with the permission of the
constable and the paying OF the
proper interest on the loan ad-
vanced by uncle it will be
possible for ''Si" to be in uni
form on July IA.
ISL" you know, couldn't play
without being bedecked in the
proper outfit. And in the proper
outfit. we shall see what we
shall see.