From the Vineyard Gazette edition of Nov. 14, 1918:

The Great War began August 1, 1914 and lasted 1,567 days. The United States entered the Great War on April 6, 1917. Fighting on the battlefronts ended at 6 o’clock Monday morning, Nov. 11, 1918, Eastern time in the United States. The armistice with Germany was signed on the Eleventh hour of the Eleventh day of the Eleventh month.

From the Vineyard Gazette editions of Nov. 1966:

In a letter to Gov. Volpe this week, Rep. Benjamin C. Mayhew Jr. of the Vineyard made clear his opposition to reducing the number of members in the state House of Representatives from 240 to 160, as has been called for in an initiative petition. Such a reduction would in all likelihood eliminate not only Dukes County’s individual representation in the legislature but also Nantucket’s as well.

From the Gazette editions of October, 1908:

“Did you ever hear about the fish that was cut in two, away back, and has been cut in two ever since?” asked the etymologist as he passed the fish market and saw the fishmonger pouring a barrelful of porgies into a tank of ice. “Those fish used to be called ‘scuppaugs’ by the Indians, and the natural human tendency to shorten things cut the word in two.

From the Vineyard Gazette edition of May 9, 1905: By the heart of West Tisbury I do not mean the geographical center of the little town, but the starting-point or points of its social, intellectual, educational, moral and spiritual forces. If you start from the beautiful residence of Squire and Mrs. Everett Allen Davis on the state macadamized road, which is the Main Street of the town, past the Parsonage and the delightful old Whiting manse, past “Brandy brow” and S.M.

From the Vineyard Gazette edition of Oct. 18, 1946: The Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass Derby wound up in a blaze of glory at noon on Tuesday when the last fish were entered for weighing, and the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club held open house for all entrants, with dinner served in the club rooms in the evening before the prizes were awarded.

From the Vineyard Gazette editions of October, 1979: We are the second poorest county in the state, but it’s a hard thing to find out how many poor people there are.” Margot Moore, director of the Edgartown Council on Aging, shares this problem with most of the Island’s social service agencies. And with winter and high fuel costs approaching, the problem of getting financial assistance to the Island and to eligible Islanders is increasingly urgent.