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    FUNERAL OF S. L. GRIFFITH MUSIC

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    ​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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    FLORIDIANS ARE FLOCKING TO THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE

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    ​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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    FLAMES DESTROY ACKERT BUILDING IN DANBY VILLAGE

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    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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    REV. MR. THORPE PREACHES AT 25TH ANNIVERSARY SERVICE AS PASTOR

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    A special service of appreciation was given by the Congregational church of Danby, this morning at 10:45, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the pastorate of Rev. William A. McIntire. The service was conducted by Rev. Walter Thorpe of Rutland. A large congregation had gathered on the lawn of the church where the service was held. The occasion was surprise to the pastor and expressed in part something of the respect, admiration and love for the service of the past and present years.
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    VERMONT TOWN CELEBRATES ITS 150TH ANNIVERSARY

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    The Troy Record
    August 22, 1911
    Danby Greeting Its Returning Natives and Combining Old Home Week Features With Historical Pageant

    Danby has the distinction of being one of the very few small towns in Vermont whose population increased during the last decade. There have been no large new industries to cause this development; it has been the steady influx of those who realize the natural advantages of clean village life and good farm land, an influx which has counteracted the constant drain of the city.