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    DANBY AND MOUNT TABOR

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    ​DANBY AND MT. TABOR.

    Danby, Vt., which is located at the extreme southern part of Rutland county and on the Bennington and Rutland Railroad, is not by any, means the least among her sister towns in the county. The town was granted a charter in 1761, and therefore takes its place among the earliest town organizations in this part of the State. 
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    DANBY'S CELEBRATION

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    ​​THE TROY RECORD.
    AUGUST 28, 1911.
    DANBY’S CELEBRATION.
    Program Concludes With Unveiling of Monument and Big Corn Roast-Special Services in Churches.

    The residents of Danby, Vt., have a right to feel proud of their success in celebrating the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the town by the authorities of New York state of which Vermont was then a part. 
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    DANBY'S GREAT LOSS

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    ​Southern Vermont Mirror.
    FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1903
    DANBY’S GREAT LOSS
    By the Death of Hon. S. L. Griffith Danby Has Received a Blow, the Effects of Which Will be Felt for Many Years to Come.

    Although more or less prepared for the shock, the people of this community keenly felt the blow that was dealt them when the news of the death of Hon. S. L. Griffith reached here early last Wednesday morning. 
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    ​DANBY SPLIT OVER CONGDON ACTION

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    ​DANBY SPLIT OVER CONGDON ACTION
    Attempt to Commit Man to Institution For Insane, Results In Political Fight That Ousts Town Clerk Otis and Three Selectman.

    Split into factions, the town of Danby is still seething with excitement after an election as bitterly contested as any that Rutland County has ever known. Friendships of years’ standing have been broken, and the town is mired in a political turmoil which has disrupted its ordinary quiet and serenity.
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    ​Danby Goes to Top of Three-Star Honor List

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    ​Danby Goes to Top of Three-Star Honor List

    Danby has topped the county’s three-star honor roll with a four-star record. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall J, Baker of Danby have four sons serving in the army, three of whom enlisted. The fourth volunteered and was rejected, later being accepted in the draft. 
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    ​Death Of Harry E Griffith.

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    ​Death Of Harry E Griffith.

    After a painful and severe sickness of three weeks, Harry E. son of S. L. and Elizabeth Griffith of Danby died Sunday April 8 [1883]. Although but two months and five days over five years old, he was a remarkably bright and intelligent child. The Immediate cause of his death was a brain difficulty that had slowly followed a protracted illness last fall, since which time the little fellow bad been an almost constant, but patient sufferer.

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