The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-04-12

Benoni H. Marshall, who represented
the town of Burke in the legislature OF
1910. died al his home i'm West Burke
April of brights disease. lie had been
oyersecr,e of the poor for Is years.
The Barre hospital received a supply
of radium Saturday. for the treatment of
cancer Vermont was the last state IN
the union without radium until now.
There is enough radium in Barre to treat
every cancer in the state.
Rodney Barber, a farmer of Pownal
Center. is hauling phosphate with a trac-
tor of his own make. which works timely
and shows great ingenuity ON his part: 1t
| is made from parts assembled from three
automobiles and wheels from tordson
destroyed in a garage fire.
| Mrs. Hattie Collins. who recently OBJ
served her 10Th birthday anniversary at
/ her home in Newport Center, the day be
! fore walked to the home Of her son and
! back. a distance of seven miles. She was
able to receive several callers the next
day and felt no i'll effects after her long
walk.
Earl W. Davis, proprietor of the Lake
| side Restaurant at Newport, within an
other month will open and operate a float
| ing restaurant and dancing pavilion on
/ Lake MemphremagOg. The house boat
was purchased by him last fall and at
present is located just off Eagle Point on
/ Lake MemphremagOg.
| Edward Judd. about 10. and an employee
| of the Blair Veneer company at North
Troy. had his right leg 50 badly torn and
! twisted in an accident Saturday morning
that it had to be amputated between the
ankle and the knee. His overalls became
caught in the belt of the planning machine
and his right leg was drawn in. Mr.. Judd
has n wife and a large family of children.
! State house gossip has linked the name
of James Il. Estee of Montpelier with the
Office of state treasurer two years hence
1t also has been rumored that State Treas
urer Walter +. Scott of Brandon will not
be a candidate for reelection. Mr.. EStee
| was senator from Washington county IN
the last legislature. Mr.. SCOTS deputy.
Thomas Ii. Cave, has been also suggested
. as a possible candidate for state treasurer
at the proper time.
/ For the first time in the history of the
! University of Vermont. a woman will de-
liver the Grafton at the annual Founders
day ceremonies May >. The honor falls to
/ Mrs. Jessie Wright Whitcomb. class of
81. of Topeka, Kans. She is the wife OF
G. II. Whitcomb city judge of Topeka. II
is interesting to note that this year marks
the 50th anniversary of admission OF
,
is prominent in the literary field, being
: the author of several books.
Il Articles of association have been filed
with the secretary Of state by the old
West Church association Inc of Calais
for the purpose of protecting and keeping
the church in repair and receiving contri-
J, buttons for this purpose. This church i,
, one of the oldest in the state. being one
r of the few with box pews. 1t has had no
resident pastor fer years. Among the in
icorporators are DOrman +. Kent. libra
rian of the Vermont Historical society
land Ira Kent of Boston, one of the editors
Iof the Youths Companion.
The second robbery in three months was
made in the Office and the warehouse OF
1.-THE French & Bean company at st. Johns
bury. sometime late Saturday night OF
Sunday morning and over $500 worth OF
goods were carried away. Entrance was
lgained by smashing a window near the
railroad tracks. In the office everything
was ransacked. but nothing of any value
is missing In the warehouse large guam
titles of cigars, cigarettes and candy were
taken. 1t is thought that the robbery
must have been carried out by men who
Travelled with an automobile. otherwise
euch a large quantity Of goods could NOT
have been carried of
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