125 Years Ago

The Northfield News

October 29, 1884 3 cents a copy/ $1.50 a year

Geo. H Richmond, editor

The bill changing the name of Lewis College to Norwich University has passed both senate and house, and the cadets celebrated the change of name by firing a salute on Thursday afternoon.

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The train on which Prof. and Mrs. Dole started for Michigan last Wednesday met with an accident when just out of Montreal and the Professor received some slight injuries. The engineer of the train was killed, the fireman badly injured and some of the passengers slightly so.

• Northfield's oldest resident at present is, we believe, Rolland about the house and premises, builds fires, splits kindling wood, and does a variety of small chores. His mind is clear and he is able to carry on an interesting conversation. He voted at the last state election and will doubtless cast a vote at the presidential election next Tuesday. "Grandpa Hewett" as he is familiarly called by all who know him, is in reality a great-great-grandfather, and during the past summer representatives of all the five generations were living together in the same house.

100 Years Ago

The Northfield News

November 2, 1909

3 cents a copy/$1.25 year

Fred N. Whitney, editor

Mrs. Laura Locklin, aged 38 years died of delirium tremens in Washington county jail in Montpelier Saturday night. With and selling intoxicating liquor. They could not raise the $500 bail imposed. Arthur Locklin of Northfield Falls, is the husband of the woman, but he has not lived with her for several years and did not feel warranted in assuming the expense of burial. The case is peculiar. The woman had no money, and inasmuch as she was under prosecution by the state, Barre and Montpelier did not feel called upon to bury her, as they claimed she was in charge of the state. Sheriff Tracy received instructions to bury the woman at the expense of the state, which he did yesterday. Joseph Bianchi of Barre, for whom Mrs. Locklin had been keeping house for the past two years, called at the jail Sunday evening and when Sheriff Tracy went to the jail office Bianchi asked to see Mrs. Locklin. A trusty named Frank Durkee was in the office with the sheriff at the time. The instant Sheriff Tracy told Bianchi the woman was dead, he, with a vile epithet, shouted that the sheriff had killed her and sprang at Durkee attempting to draw a dirk knife a foot long which he had in his overcoat pocket. Sheriff Tracy, Deputy Sheriffs Hastings and Durkee grappled with Bianchi and in less time than it takes to tell it the man was ironed and in a cell...Bianchi was in Northfield Sunday afternoon and left for Montpelier about four o'clock evidently going directly to the jail. It is thought Bianchi learned of the woman's death before he reached Montpelier and had worked himself into a murderous rage before reaching the jail.

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As the outcome of some legal difficulties, a suit for the foreclosure of a $200,000 mortgage has been entered in Washington County chancery court, being brought by the Thompson, Stannett company against the E. B. Ellis company. From the papers in the suit it appears that the mortgage was given on July 24, 1905. Attorney Clark of Castleton appears for the plaintiff and Plumley and Plumley of Northfield for the Ellis company. The case has just been entered and probably will not be take up for some time.

75 Years Ago NEWS AND ADVERTISERNovember

1, 1934

5 cents a copy, $2 a year

John E. Mazuzan, editor

The Northfield fire department responded to two still alarms last week, both case being serious chimney fires...This is the time of the year when everyone is starting fires and chimneys should be looked after and repaired.

50 Years Ago NEWS AND ADVERTISER

October 29, 1959

5 cents a copy, $2 a year

John E. Mazuzan, editor

Schools in Washington South District - Berlin, Northfield and Roxbury - are conducting a drive to gather clothing for the Save the Children Federation, a nonprofit, non-sectarian organization dedicated to the service of children in underprivileged areas at home and overseas. Friday will be the final day for the collection. Clean clothes of all types and sizes, including shoes, is needed. The shoes should be tied together so they may be kept properly paired.

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The Mothers' Club annual fashion show entitled "Fall Fashions and Fun," will be held Thursday at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium.

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Until it is possible to get a reasonably competent ski instructor on the staff, Northfield High School will drop its interscholastic ski program. We hope that competent coaches may become available in the near future.

25 Years Ago

NORTHFIELD NEWS

November 1, 1984 25 cents a copy, $2 a year

Erik Nelson, editor

Driven to tears by the sheer effort of it, the Northfield girls battled Black River for the Division III soccer title but came home co-stars in one of the longest running shows this season. Two overtimes and four sudden-deaths left the score at 1 - 1, ending a sparkling season. The girls ended the regular season 10 - 3 - 1 and went