I have come across another one - September 16th, 1886. The size of the pages on this thing is huge - 24" x 30" so the images are correspondingly huge. I have scanned a section from page 2 that contains "State News" and "General Notes". There are a smattering of names in this but only a few references to local events. None the less you might find something. There is also a short bit on some Manchester families and another bit on some Readsboro ones. This image is a bit smaller to download than those some of you have previously requested so it should not be a problem. (Request this by asking for "Page 2 from 1886"). The one I think is most useful is page 3. Its titled "Local Intelligence" and is full of snippets about local people. Some quite interesting: "Miss Allie Field is still giving pleasure to her acquaintance and friends...". It is actually quite innocent and I apologize for the innuendo if its someone's dear departed grandmother. Unfortunately, this image is just under 2.5 Mbytes. I'm willing to try and send it, but some of you may find it is too large to be accepted by your ISP. All we can do is try. Expect about a ten minute plus download if you do request it. (Refer to this as "Page 3 from 1886"). The first page of the paper (not copied, nor going to be) is dated September 16th, 1886. I cannot for the life of me figure out why it was kept. There does not seem to be anything particularly noteworthy about it. It was in a box of old photos and other newspapers from a grandson of Frank Squires of Arlington. (Frank's name is handwritten on the top of the first page.) Everything else I have on Frank suggests he probably did not read or write. In fact an old tin type photo of him with a brother and cousin looks more like something from "Deliverance" than anything else! None the less, he had this copy of the Banner delivered to him so maybe he did read after all. If you want either of these pages, the rules of engagement are same as before. Request what you want, I'll send it then you request the next and so on. If any of you are still waiting on pages from the 1903 one, just send me another email saying what page you need. There's about a dozen folks requesting specific pages so I'm not attempting to keep track of who has what. David E.

Hello, all: Regarding the mystery of why the paper was saved, I was thinking of why anyone would save a paper for "general principals" - that is, if nothing personal about them was in the paper, maybe it was just that saving a copy of the paper on this particular date was important. Was he estranged from his family and this is the date his son was born? Is it a paper from the date he himself was born? Something significant may have happened on this date which may never be apparent to anyone but him! You never know. See, I have a copy of the paper from the day I was born. If I ever died and it was saved in "Old Aunty Cheryl's Trunk in the Attic" my great neieces and nephews might never know what the dickens it was doing in there! Cheers Cheryl Higgins ----- Original Message ----- From: "David J. Ellis" <djellis@gsinet.net> To: <VTBENNIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 5:31 PM Subject: [VTBENNIN] More about newspapers... > I have come across another one - September 16th, 1886. The size of the pages > on this thing is huge - 24" x 30" so the images are correspondingly huge. > > I have scanned a section from page 2 that contains "State News" and "General > Notes". There are a smattering of names in this but only a few references to > local events. None the less you might find something. There is also a short > bit on some Manchester families and another bit on some Readsboro ones. This > image is a bit smaller to download than those some of you have previously > requested so it should not be a problem. (Request this by asking for "Page 2 > from 1886"). > > The one I think is most useful is page 3. Its titled "Local Intelligence" > and is full of snippets about local people. Some quite interesting: "Miss > Allie Field is still giving pleasure to her acquaintance and friends...". It > is actually quite innocent and I apologize for the innuendo if its someone's > dear departed grandmother. Unfortunately, this image is just under 2.5 > Mbytes. I'm willing to try and send it, but some of you may find it is too > large to be accepted by your ISP. All we can do is try. Expect about a ten > minute plus download if you do request it. (Refer to this as "Page 3 from > 1886"). > > The first page of the paper (not copied, nor going to be) is dated September > 16th, 1886. I cannot for the life of me figure out why it was kept. There > does not seem to be anything particularly noteworthy about it. It was in a > box of old photos and other newspapers from a grandson of Frank Squires of > Arlington. (Frank's name is handwritten on the top of the first page.) > Everything else I have on Frank suggests he probably did not read or write. > In fact an old tin type photo of him with a brother and cousin looks more > like something from "Deliverance" than anything else! None the less, he had > this copy of the Banner delivered to him so maybe he did read after all. > > If you want either of these pages, the rules of engagement are same as > before. Request what you want, I'll send it then you request the next and so > on. > > If any of you are still waiting on pages from the 1903 one, just send me > another email saying what page you need. There's about a dozen folks > requesting specific pages so I'm not attempting to keep track of who has > what. > > David E. > > > > ==== VTBENNIN Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >