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...Newport, N. H., twelve skiers jumped on pine needles instead of snow. One Jack Holden of Putney, Vt. made the best jump-31 feet...
...Newfane, Vt...
Thaddeus Fairbanks invented the platform scale in St. Johnsbury, Vt. in 1830. It was the first substantial improvement in the art of weighing since the Romans developed the graduated steelyard. Before he died, the taciturn, ingenious Vermonter was honored as one of the great inventors of the 19th Century. He was knighted by the Emperor of Austria, awarded high Saracenic orders by the Bey of Tunis. In the U. S., Fairbanks scale were used in every general store, post office and coal yard. Their accuracy was proverbial. Huge freight car scales were supposed to respond to the weight...
Peter E. Strauss Scholarships: Albert A. Leveton, 4Dn., of Springfield, Mass; Edward S. Hansis, 4Dn., of Needham, Mass.; Joseph M. Baker, 4Dn., of Brattleboro, Vt...
Born in Lisbon, N. Y. 64 years ago, Dr. Stocking was educated at Amherst (1895), held his first pastorates in New Haven, Bellows Falls, Vt., Newtonville, Mass. He has been at St. Louis' Pilgrim Church for the last seven years. Tall, grizzled, genial, he is the father of four daughters to each of whom he gave the middle name Porter. Much in demand as a college preacher, Dr. Stocking has written numerous ethical-whimsical books for children (Query Queer, The Golden Goblet, Mr. Friend...