The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-27
STATE NEWS.


versity of Vermont has received a
beautiful bound copy Of the famous
heliochrome copy of the Trivulziano
manuscript of Dante's Divine Comedy,
one of sixty-eight copies presented
by the Italians of the United States
to the chief American universities,
in commemoration of the six hun
dredth anniversary of the death of
Dante, September Ia, 1921. A copy
has also been presented to the Presi-
dent of the United States for the
White House library and one to the
library of Congress.
Earl V Manning, one of the found
ers of the Manning Manufacturing
company and at the time of his
death it's treasurer, died Jan. Is, fol
lowing an acute attack of meningitis,
having been taken i'll on the train
while returning to his home in Rut-
land from the Vermont dairymen's
convention. Overwork following a
grip attack is supposed to have
caused the fatal attack. Mr. Mann
ing was widely known throughout the
country in dairying circles as
manufacturer of creamery and dairy
machinery and equipment.
Walter E Hubbard, for many years
editor of the Brattleboro Phoenix and
one of the founders, and afterward
editor of the Brattleboro Daily Re-
former, has bought the Gardner
(Mass.) News. He took possession
January I'd Two years ago Mr. Hub
bard sold out his interest in the
Brattleboro Reformer and bought
the Beverly (Mass.) Times. This
property he recently sold at hand
some profit, it is reported On Sat
urday evening, Dec. oath, Mr. Hub
bard and Miss Germaine Lacrosse of
Greenfield, Mass, were married at
Greenfield. The bride is trained
nurse and a native Of Turner'S Malls,
Mass.
The North Troy Palladium, estab-
lished forty-eight years ago in North
Troy, has been purchased by the Ex-
press and Standard Corporation of
Newport, owners of the Newport
News and Express and Standard, and
consolidated with the News, under
the name Palladium and News The
paper will be issued from Newport
With the consolidation story there is
another story-that of the dominat-
ing figure in the printing and pub
fishing business in Orleans county
That person is Wallace H Gilpin,
born and reared in the county and
the office of the Orleans
County Monitor at Barton when
seventeen years of age to learn the
printers trade Before young Gilpin
was twenty-one years of age he pur-
chased the Monitor. TIL ugh not
possessing a cent, he was able to
make the purchase because of the
ability he had shown and the con-
fidence his acquaintance placed in
him. He changed the publication
day of the Monitor, placed it's sub
scription list on the strictly pay-in-
advance plan, built new plant,
twice enlarged the paper and served
as president of the Vermont Press
Association two terms before he was
thirty-three years of age. In the
he had associated with
himself F A Hunt, young man who
had been trained in the Monitor
office, -Four years ago the Gilpin-
Hunt interests leased the North Troy
Palladium; in 1919 they established
the Newport News; in 1920 the pur-
chased the Express and Standard |
plant and brick block in the city of |
Newport and formed the Express and |
Standard Corporation, which they
control, as they do Gilpin, Hunt &
Co., Inc, of Barton. These two con-
,erns own all the papers in Orleans
county and maintain two modern
and publishing plants, hous-
ID in especially-constructed build
ngs'