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    FUNERAL OF S. L. GRIFFITH MUSIC

    ​JULY 30, 1903.
    RUTLAND EVENING NEWS

    J.Harry Engels of this city has been engaged to take charge of the music at the funeral of Silas L. Griffith, which will be held, probably at the church at Danby, next Tuesday. 
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    FLAMES DESTROY ACKERT BUILDING IN DANBY VILLAGE

    Rutland and Other Places Send Apparatus to Help Fight Raging Fire.
    STRUCTURES BURN
    Hotel, Fern Storehouse, Edward Kelly’s Home, Restaurant, Meat Market.
    (Special to The Herald.)

    DANBY, (Wednesday) May 23.—The Ackert hotel, a frame structure in the center of the village, a fern storehouse, a meat market, restaurant and the home of Eli Kelly were leveled by fire early this morning and for a time it was feared that other nearby homes would catch fire.
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    FLORIDIANS ARE FLOCKING TO THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE

    ​Vermont
    Floridians are Flocking to the Green Mountain State
    By Michael Strauss

    While driving down Route 7 in Manchester, Vt., several years ago, over to my right I saw a small pond about the size of a tennis court with about 20 men and women standing around its perimeter holding fishing rods in their hands.
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    GREEN MOUNTAIN TROUT

    ​The Rutland Herald
    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 1898.
    GREEN MOUNTAIN TROUT.
    Silas Griffith to Enlarge His Trout Preserves at Mount Tabor.

    The little fish hatchery experiment of Silas L. Griffith at “South End,” under the shadow of Mount Tabor in the town of that name, promises to amount to something more than the fancy breeding of trout as a pastime. 
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    BODY OF S. L. GRIFFITH HAS ARRIVED IN DANBY FROM CALIFORNIA

    Burlington Daily Free Press
    BURLINGTON, AUGUST 3, 1903.
    FUNERAL ON TUESDAY.
    Body of S. L. Griffith Has Arrived in Danby from California.
    (Special to the Free Press.)

    Danby, Aug. 2.-The body of the Hon. S. L. Griffith lies in his late residence here awaiting the public funeral which will be held at the Congregational Church on Tuesday afternoon at two o’clock. The body arrived here Friday evening, accompanied by Mrs. Griffith and W. H. Griffith, a nephew, The party was met at the station by the immediate family and a few friends.
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    THE FUTURE OF MR. GRIFFITH’S BUSINESS

    FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1903
    The Future of Mr. Griffith’s Business.

    Until after the probate of Mr. Griffith’s will nothing concerning the provisions of that document will be given out by those in authority. It is known, however, that Mr. Griffith named; Messrs. Wilbur H. Griffith of this village and George L. Rice, Esq., of Rutland as the executors of his estate.