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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-21
ICE STORM CAUSED
LOSS OF WILD LIFE
Many Birds and Animals Perished
in Michigan Because Food
Was Not to Be Had

Detroit, March 21--The humanitar.
ian impulses of the people of Michi.
gan have never been better exempli-
led than during the recent storm,
when the wild animal life of the entire
state was threatened with extinction
by the sleet and ice that covered the
ground for days,
Desp te the heroic measures taken
by the people of the northern part of
the state the storm was so severe
that it is feared that on the western
side years will be required to replace
birds and beasts lost and starved.
TAX S already being heard OF asking
the next leg stature to tifiten the
game laws for long number of years
to avert the passing o. the birds al
togethe!.
The stories of the hardshlps volun-
tarily shouldered by the citizens Of
northern Michigan In order t,lat their
friends of the air and the forest might
de end the forces of nature that sought
to stamp them out, are Just beglnn ng
to come into Detroit Countless in.
stances are recorded of the self-sacri.
Ice of these northern Michigan folk
who forgot their own comforts to min.
iEter to the things that usually receive
but scant attention.
When the ice king descended upon
the district he left behind coatng
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-21

of ice through which bird claws and
beaks could not break to reach the
natural food underneath Deer ana
other animals. usually able TO scrape
away the snow with their hoofs and
gain substance found their effort
baked by the icy barrier The birds
and beasts we're unable to lind food
on trees and bushes beeanse they
like the earth, were encrusted with
the ice mantle
Although farmers and townspeop,e
alike rallied to the call and placed
food where 1t could be reached quick
ly by the suffering inhabitants of tie
woods, the task was so sTeat and the
need so urgent that thousands of birds
and animals are known to have died
by starvation before aid could be TAX
en- TO them. Hundreds of dead part.
ridges and small animals have been
fount in the Petoskey district. Near
Cadll&c the number thai starved was
even greater, according to reports, be
cause birts found buds OF bushes and
trees completely coated with ice.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-21
c. ". WRIGHT. NJ. D.
eve, EAR, NOSE AND TIRoAT

GLASSES PROPERLY FIT IcU
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,ospItsl Recently IN charge Of eye
var. nose and throat services at POe'
Iosrita Eastern Department Head
luarters
rel 372.M powlln Brock. No. Adams
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-21

pound and Liver Pills | would be re-
heved. After taking the first bottle |
felt better, and neglected it awhile, but
found | could not do my work until l
was stronger. So took the Vegetable
Compound again and now am the
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been for your Vegetable Compound.
recommend your medicine to all women
although am young to be advising some
one older. !" - Mrs. CHRIST. PETnoFF,
31S w. Liberty ST., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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can be taken in safety by any woman.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-21
Quick Relief for
All Rheumatics
II So Crippled You Can't Use Arms or
Legs Rheuma viii Help You or
Nothing to Pay.

II you suffer from rheumatism In
any form do not miss this generous
fer. Get from your druggist today
bottle Of Rheuma. use according
TO directions, and II you don't think
it has given quick and sure relief
say so, and YOU can have your money
re unded.
Rheuma is reputable physicians
prescription, free from narcotics and
perfectly harmless. II acts on the
kidneys and helps to force the uric
acid from swollen joints and other
lodging places. 1t should p ease you
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Rheuma has released from suffer
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will supply you and guarantee money
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Commissioners Notice.
sfp urys MS MARY L. NEWTON


The Undersigned. having been APP
pointed by the Honorable Probate Court
for the District of BENNINGTON. Com
missiouers. 10 receive. examine. and adj
just the claims and demands OF all
persons against the estate OF Mary l.
Newton. late of Bennington, in said
District. deceased, and all claims eX-
hibited In Offset thereto. hereby give
notice that We viii meet FOR the pur-
pose aforesaid az the Office OF William
a. Wills of bennington in the town OF
Bennington. IN said District on the
Ord day Of April 1922 and card day of
i.Icus. lace next from o'clock 7.
NJ. Intil I o'cl0cK y. NJ on each OF
said days and that six months from
the card day Of February 4. ~ 1922
Us the time limited ly said Court tor
said creditors TO present their clans
TO US for examination and allowance.
Dated az Bennington. VI. this goth
IA" of March \. u. 1922
+ HANILAND SIBLEY,
A. VI. TORRANCE
Commissioners
5lar. el-ss.-Apr4
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village and
Advertisements.

Full line OF fresh vegetables.
Checkerline.
A. f, Buck OF Arlington was in town
Monday forenoon.
Rev Il. e. Benn OF South SALISBURY
was in town Monday.
d. II. Grady has resigned his posi-.
ton at the Allen A mill
MIS-. Ella Murray is confined to her
home on Main street by Illness.
Mr.. and Mrs Maurice Levin are
spending lew days in New York.
Miss Elizabeth Hard is confined to
her home in South SALISBURY by i'll
ness.
Watch for the date Coming soon.
Way Down East to the Opera
house.
Ruth Roland in THE White Eagle
real thriller, opening episode, Harte
theatre tomorrow.
Mrs. II. c. Armstrong of Main
street is confined to her home with an
attack OF tie grippe.
4 Tie best serial Ruth Ro,and has
ever appeared in THE White Eagle"
opening Harte theatre tomorrow.
Henry Casio of Hazen, Ark, and
James Callahan OF Marcelles, N. Y.
are guests at the American house.
Mr. and Mrs Bernard Barclay left
Monday afternoon for Lakewood, N
J.. where they will make their home.
Mrs. Harry Fi9nberg left Monday
afternoon for New York. where she
will spend week or ten days with
relatives.
Miss Florence Fienberg. who was
the que of Mrs. Samuel Solomon
asst week, returned Sunday to hel
home in Albany.
The White Eagle" clean, whole
/, some. iull OF action, featuring Rutl
Roland. Opening episode at Hart'
theatre tomorrow.
Dewey Jenn ", who is employed "a
an electr' clan on the big dam job a
Nottingham, spent Sunday at hi
home n Bennington.
The greatest picture in cast ant
. ri'h enyesture ever made since photo
} play began, The Affairs of Anatol.
Opera house Friday and Saturday.
r A regular meeting OF the Gaia
mount Commandery will be held thi
evening at o'clock in their rooms
Every member is urged to be present
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-21
ESTATE or MARY POWERS
state of Vermont.

District of Bennington, So.
The Honorable Probate Court for the
District aforeSlid
To the heirs and all persons inter-
eS'ed IN the estate OF Mary Powers
lated OF Bennington In said District.
deceased
GREETING:
WHEREAS, application hath been
made TO THIS court in writing. by Mary
Powers Murphy administratrix Of said
estate praying for license and authori.
~ to sell all OF real estate OF said de :
,Sased TO wit; Located at North Ben
mngtoh and bounded on south by
anus formerly owned by the Watson
estate on the east by the highway.
leading from North Bennington to Bon.
llnEton; on the west by lands of w
< White and Of Charles Morse and on
ne north by lands belonging to Henry
Morse representing Ia said court that
~ ~, would ne beneficial to the heirs and
VI persons interested IN the estate NJ
sald decoased TO sell said real estate
ma convert the same into money
Ana bringing into court the consent
w Writing of all heirs to said estate
residing In this State. aud setting forth
the situation OF the real estate.
WHEkEU pom, the said Court an
lolnted ard assigned the 18th day o.
Nprll, lA22, at the Probate Office In
Senhington IN said District. To- benr
ma decide upon said application ana
leuuon, and ordered public notire
thereof to be given TO all persons in
crested therein, by publishing said
order together with the time and nlaen
nearing three weeks successivew
na .ne bennington Evening Banner a
newspaper which cireuates In Inc
leighborhood OF those persons inter.
rsted IN said estate, all of which nun.
hcatlons shall he previous 10 tho dnv
assigned for hearing. "''
THEREFORE,. you are hereby mott.
u .te,u TO appear before said Court al Tho
ume ana place assigned then and
IN ~, W salu Court TO make objections
see cnuse - F"u
dlNen under my hand at bennington
~ Sfld District this 10Th day of March
AMY u HARBOUR Register.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-21
CommiSsloners' Notice
ESTATE OF MARGARET McCONERN

The undersigned having been APP
pointed by the Honorable Probate
Court for the District Of Bennington.
commissioners 10 receive. examine.
and adjust the claims and demands of
all persons against the estate of Mar
garet McGoyern. late of Bennington.
In said District deceased, and all
claims exhibited in onset thereto.
hereby give notice that we viii meet
Tor the purpose aforesaid at the Store
Of J. y Morris in the Village Of North
Bennington In said District, on the 7th
day OF April and 18th day of August.
next. from o'clock A. NJ until I
o'clock p NJ on each OF said days, and
that six months from the 10th day Of
February y, u. 1922. is the time lin
tied BY said court for said creditors
% Present their claims 10 us for exam
iaatiou and allowance.
Dated at Bennington this 10Th dnv
II February \. u. 1899
II. :. WALBRIDGE,
ARTHUR COLE.
Commissioners.
Mar. 2S-eS.-Apr. l.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-21
WORN OUT AFTER
She COOKED
A MEAL
Took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Read the Result

Cincinnati, Ohio. 81 suffered for a
year with nervous troubles andirregular.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-21
LISTENING IN" MADE EASY
ey New Link Between Radio and the
Telephone.

Providence, r. l., Marco 2l,-Albert
Z. Protiitt scoverer OF new link be
-Ieen the radio and the telephone, by
which he can listen in on telephones
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-21
POLICE DIE ON FIRING LINE

Chicago, Ill.,. March 21--Twenty.one
police officers were Killed. while on
duty during the past three years, ac
cording to the committee on police
OF the Chicago Crime Commiss on. OF
these six were slain in 1921, ten in
1920 and nine in 1919. Among = vic
Tins last year was Detective Sergeant
Patrick O'Neill, fatally shot while
trying to arrest Tommy 0'Connor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-21
SOUTH sHAFTssuRY

THE Comical Country Cousins"
VIII oh was to have been he'd at Co e
hall this evening, has been postponed
80 account OF the death of Mrs. Mat
tison.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-03-21

tiles before / took
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We ge table Com
pound, M y back
panied all the time
and l was unfit for
Homework. | was
worn out if l cooked
a meal, and was I'M
able to do my wash
ing. My girl friends
and my sister told
me if | would take
yourVe Com
The public ledger., 1922-03-28
NO FEAR FOR SHORTAGE
OF GASOLINE NOW
Production of seas" Increasing By
Leaps and Bounds as Demand
Increases.

| Washington, ID. c. - The millions
! Of motorists concerned over the mat
ter of the nations gasoline supply
may experience at least temporary
rlief in the announcement of the Unit
ed States Buerau Of Mines that the
stocks of this vital liquid fuel were
increased in the month Of January by
119 ,O00,O gallons. On February l,
there was a reserve of 705, 100000 gal
Ions, which is 13O,O0O,0OO gallons more
than for the corresponding date in
1921. The figures are rapidly ap-
preaching the sOO,O00,0OO gallon re-
cord mark hade in May of last year
Production OF gasoline in January
amounted to 44i,622,7S3 gallons; i'm
ports were S,250,393 gallons; domestic
consumption amounted to 2S2,717,16S
gallons; exports to 49,S56,310 gallons;
and shipments to insular possessions,
C75,659 gallonA Present stocks are
equivalent to fifty days supply based
on the total daily average consump-
ton for 1921. Operative refineries In
the United States numbered 292 Oh
February /, with an indicated daily
capacity of 1,753,940 barrels. Plants
hunning continued to operate on an
so per cent basis.
The public ledger., 1922-03-28

Professor Irving Fisher Yale University is fair sample o.
the European propagndst in the United STATES he mas JUS
Germany where he went to look into the claim OF
chemist been able produce synthetic god which
good saying that he has been tsburg examining ne"
perpetua motion machine Newspaper Enterprise Association
putting circulation articles by Professor Fisher on the
world suationhe following extracts give an idea OF
their drift
Sound economics demand America should make further
loans to Europe instead of hagglng war debts.
I Europe along perhaps twenty years from now there
will be prosperous Europe paying handsome dividends
"War debts practically hopeless anyway No reasonable
Europe expects of the international debts to PAID
excepting perhaps Great Ban debt America and part OF the
German repaations They laugh sleeves the idea They
think they willing to let whistle for
our money!
great Europe dangers and their reactions
America the depression of trade due the refusal OF
America join the League of Nations Without it has only
feeble power
short because of the allies and saved
them from defeat territorial loss and the imposition of huge ndemn
@ the best indecisye conclusion of the World War; we
have thereby incurred justly Professor Fisher and others of his
k ag the gratitude but the i'll will of the allies because hav
this capital reconstruct E
lope economic system rather than to restore and having
asked nothing of territory indemnity while millions OF
miles of land and billions of dollars materials and
shipping being divided by associates the World War;
hesitate about paying the German indemnity ourselves
Our associates in the World War Laugh in their sleevs the
thought payn back the eleven billion dollars they borrowed from
United States although that what them ffom the
many the result of defeat the World
Nevertheless would be unreasonable refuse lend
few billions nations which ready rpudae loans
made to them in hour of dire necessity.
1t duty, in other words mpoverh America in order
industrial fabric of Europe may
European League Nations confessed feeble without
pedgng wealth and of the United States the
support nations have only made and ungaf by the
dollar expenditure already their
behalf
conception
responsibility and duty asoundng there of
especially of higher learning They just
a
through Wilson
thh pretty
1e bamboozed while under the spell of
Republican.
The public ledger., 1922-03-28

colored lady of Louisiana induced part with 500
600 oil property for S. cash. the ATTEMPTED
Paris few when the wealth of til" United States was
offered in exchange for much personal gorcaon.
The public ledger., 1922-03-28

use this letter as q testimonial. -
STELLA NEWTON, R. R. 8, Portland,
Indiana.
Mothers-You should carefully guard
your daughters health. Advise her Of
the danger which comes from standing
around with cold or wet feet, fromlifting
heavy articles. or overworking. Do not
let her overstudy.
II she complains Of headache, pains in
back orlower limbs, or if you notice q
slowness Of thought, nervousness or>ir-
ritability on the part Of your daughter,
give her careful attention.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is an excellent medicine for your
daughter to take, as it is especially
adopted torelieve just such symptoms.
Remember it contains nothing that can
injure and can be taken in safety.
The public ledger., 1922-03-28
HOOVER on UNEMPLOYMENT.

Secretary of Commerce Hoover
Chairman of President Harding's Con-
ference on Unemployment is conf
dent that the day will come when a
cure for the vast calamity of nation
wide idleness will be found AS he
says:
"One OF the causes of ill-will that
weighs heavily upon the community is
the whole problem of unemployment
1 know Of nothing that more filled the
mind Of the recent Conference, while
dealing mainly with emergency mat
ters, than the necessity to develop
further remedy; first, for the vast
calamities Of unemployment in the
cyclic periods of depression, and. sec
The public ledger., 1922-03-28

An Increased demand for gas and
fuel oils may be anticipated If the
pending coal strike becomes a reality
Stocks Of these oils on hand Feebru-
ary / amounted to 1,319,4S1,S59 gal
Ions. Based on the daily average do
mestic consumption for 1921, these
stocks are equivalent to sixty-eight
Gays supply. The production Of these
oils in January amounter to S5S110.-
SIT gallons.
During January the nations output
Of kerosene amounted to l72,S17,14l
gallons, an increase of 100000 gal
Ions over the preceding month. The
fact that, despite this increase in pro-
ductpn. stocks Of kerosene decreased
13,500,000 gallons indicates enlivening
in tthe movement fthis product
Stocks of lubricating oil on hand
February l were o45,OO0,O0O gallons,
an increase of 2S,465.0OO gallons over
the month previous.
The public ledger., 1922-03-28

For Wayne NewsSentine-By the way hearing nrh
about the League Of Nations these days About only thing ap
be doing pne mp expenses against the sgnaory nations
The public ledger., 1922-03-28

Chicago Newst has ben such thriller In Paris ". hg.
ton that Japan and China feel mpeed reproduce at Genoa
ther famous shantung knookabout net.
The public ledger., 1922-03-28
HONEY PHILOSOPHY FOR 1922

TIE greatest thing nthe world for nothing it
education half of don't know where look for it. We
have idea is locked up little
raatal university fhe mind and heart the knowing
things and the expansion qualities
begn until schooling ends It is then the
other and the BIRDS the flowers the soul of books
expane Soobefore work wei pick up
er and the people in India Good morning boys
fellows getting olang then learn The
invisible school house has Just opened.
The public ledger., 1922-03-28

ond, some assurance to the Individual
reasonable economic security - to
remove tho fear Of total family disas-
ter In loss Of the Job.
II am not one who regards these
matters as incalculable. Thirty years
ago our business community consid'
cred the cyclic financial panic as IN
evitable. We know now we have cured
It through the Federal Reserve sys-
tenn. The problem requires study. It,
like our banking system, requires a
solution consonant with American IN
stitutions and thought
MANY American industries are
themselves find solutions. There Is u
solution somewhere and its working
out will be the greatest blessing yet
given to our economic system, both to
the employer and the employee.
There are also in this great ques-
tion of unemployment the problems OF
seasonal and intermittent industry.
Some of them are incurable, but some
are not, and every one cured Is con-
tribution to the solution Of these mat
ters"
The public ledger., 1922-03-28

WOulu OIUcH nave W
lie down because of
pains. One Sunday
my aunt was visiting
Us and she said her
girls took Lydia E.
|Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
got well, 80 mother
said she guessed she
would let me tryit It
is doing me good and
] praise it highly.
|You are welcome To
The public ledger., 1922-03-28
SEASONAL TIPS
FOR GARDENERS.
SooO0oOoo @ OOoooooO

Planning succession crops for the
garden will make it possible to grow
the greatest number of vegetables on
the space available. Early pees can
be followed by fall beets or celery
early radishes by lettuce and this IN
turn with late turnips, and early cab
bage by late potatoes, fall beets or
turnips.
As soon as the ground is dry enough
the asparagus bed should be thorough
ly worked and the manure that Is not
worked into the soil raked of to the
side OF the row.
About April +, beets, early cabbage
plants, lettuce parsely and arrots can
be planted 1 nthe garden.
The public ledger., 1922-03-28
GIRL HAD
PAINFUL TIMES
Mothers-Read This Letter
ard Statement Which
Follows

Portland, Indiana.-'T was troubled
with irregulsrity and constipation and
The public ledger., 1922-03-28
l3hlIloM
A,Z.,.NOIFS

The Sunday School Attendance Sec
retary Mrs. J. Fl. Wells reports the at
tendance at local schools on Sunday
March 26:
The public ledger., 1922-03-28
THINK THIS OVER

man from South Dakota proposed plan pay
of the foreign debt United Treasury
that each American tourist travelling purchase
credit from this government which accepted as cash
European hcers railroads. which, in them
their estimated that abion
dollars will be spent annually Europe the
years adopted proposed scheme
that amount would b" sbacted from the debt year
The public ledger., 1922-03-28

People who anxious have the United the
debts due this country asserting that only the United
the world 1t ism true but if world
that depends nation is worth The
however that the world will begin itself
finds out that Uncle Sam open his treasury
ration applies
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-15
ODD FELLows.

The regular meeting of Uneas lodge was held Monday nigh in Odd Fellows hall, Main street. routine business be- ing transacted. The meeting was presid- ed over by Noble Grand John Hawk CT.
 Tine regular meeting of Palmyra En- eampment, No. 8, was held Thursday ev- ening at Odd Fellows hall The newly elected officers were installed as follows c. P, Fred V. Amburn; H. F., Herbert Wiley, Sr.; warden. William c. Bltcq junior warden, Walter D. Kelley scribe, John F. Auburn; treasurer. Ed ward F. Kinney; o. s. S., Frank R. Smith l. S. S., Albert T. Fairbanks 1st W. Joseph W. Curren; End W, John A. lFawker; 3rd w., William H. Hop kins 4th w, Luther C. Andrews :: guide, William G. Froehmander; G. of T. Edward Smith; c. of T., Leslie W. Fowl CT.
 The officers were installed by the fol- lowing grand officers: D. D. c. P, Edward F. Kinney D. c. H. F., John F. Auburn ID. G. ST. Warden Herbert Wiley; D. G. Scrihe. William c. Am burn; D. G. Treas, James H. Smith ; D. c. Jr. Warden, Frank M. Green.
 Following the meeting the members adjourned to the banquet hall where light refreshments were enjoyed.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-15
LEONARD BRIDGE

MT. and Mrs. Frank G. Gruebel of Brooklyn, N. Y. spent Tuesday and We'd nesday with their cousins. MT, and Mrs David Walsh. Mr. and Mrs.. Gruebel were on their wedding trip. having been mar ried in Brooklyn. N. T., Saturday evening, July Sth- Their trip took them up the Hudson river to Albany, thence to Pitts field, Mass, Winsted and Hartford, with a brief visit at Leonard Bridge. They returned to Brooklyn through New Lon don, from which point they took the steamer. Mrs. Gruebel was Miss Rose M flares and is a cousin es David Walsh.
 MT. and Mrs Frank G. Gruebel of Brooklyn, N. T., Mir. and Mrs. David Walsh of this place, with Otto A. Kettle ton of Wil1imantic at the wheel motored to Willimantic, Norwich, New London and Ocean Beach Wednesday. Mir. and Mrs. Gruebef remained in New London taking the boat in the evening for then home.
 John Ryan vas in South Mancheste. Saturday.
 Rexford E. Cummings played baseball in Andover Saturday afternoon with thu Lebanon nine. The ga1-c was a tie a the tenth inning and owing to rain nt more innings were played.
 John Ryan. 2d, and David Walsh spen Sunday afternoon with the formers par ents, Mir. and Mrs. John Ryan, at Leba non.