Boston official details Welcome Home escort and town notices
A communication from Boston Mayor James M. Cutley refers the Welcome Home escort of 75 planes to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. The town outlines bids for highway gravel due April 15, authorizes a $25 000 tax anticipation note, accepts a bank book for burial lot care, grants a gasoline pump permit at 263 Wood Street, appoints Harry R. Gray as special constable, and dispenses with a caretaker for Vernon Street land. Forty three entities receive victualling licenses.
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James M. Cutley
Boston
Welcome Home
Richard E. Byrd
J. Philip O'Connell
Amos S. Gorham
Samuel Brelsford
John St. Angelo, Jr
Wood
Reba Lodge confers Rebekah degree on eight candidates
Reba Lodge No. 12 adopts eight candidates for the Rebekah degree at its regular meeting. District Deputy President Mrs. Lavenda Conklin of Barrington installs Miss Mabel Dunbar as Right Supporter to the Vice Grand after the death of Mrs. Mary E. Munro. The lodge plans to attend a district church service on April 13 with I O O F lodges from Bristol Warren and East Providence. A buffet luncheon followed the session.
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Reba Lodge
Reba Rebekah
O. F
Lavenda Conklin
Barrington
Mabel Dunbar
Mary E. Munro
First Congregational Church
Bristol
Warren
East Providence
School Traffic Squad Reduced and Stationed at Five Intersections
Acting Superintendent E S Mapes announces a downsized School Traffic Squad to regulate children crossing near the Common. Officers with white shoulder straps and silver badges will work at five intersections on specified hours and days in April, with Bristol police backing them up. Complaints go to Police Chief R J Kavanaugh. drivers who refuse to stop face summons.
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E. S. Mapes
Joseph Ferreira
State and
High Streets
Charles
Church
Wood
John Bettencourt
High
William Serpa
Court
Henry Mello
Manuel Almeida
Manuel Venturi
Tony Rego
John Colte
R J. Kavanaugh
Police Department
Bristol Police
That Steeters west of Us A capacity of being bored is one sign of intellect.
Terre Haute Tribune reads a quirky line about boredom as a measure of intellect, reflecting a humorous local observe.
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Terre Haute Tribune
Baltimore Opens World First Dental College in 1889
Baltimore led the world as the city began the first dental college in the nation in 1889. This landmark institution marked a new era for dental education and professional training in the United States.
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Baltimore
Train of Artillery's Annual Election Re-elects Merriman
The Bristol Train of Artillery held its 154th annual meeting in the armory on State Street last evening electing Col Alfred M Merriman to command for the third straight year. Re-elections included Lieut Col Edwin S Godfrey and Major James J Drummey with a full slate of company officers and staff appointments announced.
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Alfred M. Merriman
Bristol Train of Artillery
State Street
Alfred M Merriman
Edwin S Godfrey
James J Drummey
Edward R Bullock
Charles J Sartim
John St. Angelo
William McKechnie
Joseph Pacheco
John DuPont
Arthur W. Barrett
Albert Hartley
Daniel E. Dwyer
Henry Brown
William Butler
Leutenant
Merriman
Judge Advocate
Edward L. Leahy
Antonio D'Angelo
W Kk Priestly
George W Boutther
Herbert W. McKay
Joseph W. Winward
Henry A Hambrick
Freman Canning
L. H White
Herbert W McKay
Nelson Kellogg
Freeman Canning
Henry Walsh
Providence
118Th Engineers
Merton A. Cheesman
Reynolds School Program Delights With Grade 6B3 Show
The weekly Reynolds school program at John Post Reynolds School featured Grade 6B3 pupils under Miss Eileen D. Moore. They performed songs and poems, recitations, harmonica selections, a dramatization of When The School Bell Rings, an acrostic, a playlet The Best Plan, and a World As It Is poem.
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John Post Reynolds
Eileen D. Moore
Chieftain Honored Bira Name Echoes as Pero
A historical note identifies Bira as a fifteenth century South American chief and notes that the name Pero is an adaptation of Bira. The fragment links leadership legacy to linguistic change in the region.
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Bira
Pero
Busiest Man Next to Red Ants Writes Column
A humorous note from the Daily Oklahoman describes a writer juggling a column with a baby’s help, likening the writer to the man busiest after red ants as the infant assists.
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Red Ants
Oklahoman
Dieters labelled as poor losers in Seattle Daily Times
The Seattle Daily Times quips that dieters who fail to stick to reducing regimens are poor losers, commenting on discipline and self control in weight loss efforts.
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Seattle Daily Times
Topsy Turvy in Japan Sets Male House Roles
In a noted regional view, a settlement shows wives supporting husbands while children are acknowledged as heads of the family. Men manage the household duties.
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Japan
Definition of a Furlong in Early Plowing Tasks
The passage explains that a furlong equals 2200 yards and was the distance a pair of oxen were expected to plow without a rest break. It outlines an archaic measure tied to agricultural work and team endurance.
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Sungerdorth
Vernon Street
Bren
Pawtucket
Frank Crook, Inc
Exchange
New Senior High
W. S. Mathewson
Earl B. Thompson
Train OF Artillery
Reynolds
John the Tailor
Hope Street
Browning, King & Co
Newman
Hoobs
Bristol - Dot
Maxwell House
Swift
Florida
Pierce
S. S. Pierce’s
Riley
Oss
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