Contests and Pepsopana Craze Draw Wide Skepticism
A newspaper column blasts prize contests as wasteful and manipulative. It cites Pepsopana toothpaste mishaps and a Florida trip to illustrate how millions chase three letter word solutions for big but often illusory prizes, mocking contestants and ad executives alike.
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Florida
Scramahasse
Pepsopana
America
You
Feller
Scramahalie
Cctigrethntitea Amd
Coolidge
McKinley
Bristol Couple Wed in Early Spring Wedding at St Marys
Miss Jennie Frances Ferreira daughter of Mr and Mrs Adolph Ferreira of 654 Wood St Bristol becomes Mrs Manuel Duarte Rebello of Naugatuck Conn in a St Marys Church ceremony officiated by Rev Thomas J Gillan The bride wore Italian lace with gardenia bouquet The groom once known as Bobby Duarte has been active in Bristol athletics and led the Olympian Club as its first president The couple will reside at 5 Perry Pl Bristol
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St. Mary's Church
Jennie Frances Ferreira
Adolph Ferreira
Wood St
Manuel Duarte Rebello
Naugatuck
Denis Guereira
Perry Plat
Rebello
St. Michael's
Azores
Bristol
Bobby Duarte
Olympian Club
Young Men's Christian Association
Penny Bazaar Planned by First Bristol Troop Scouts
First Bristol Troop of Boy Scouts of America completes plans for a Penny Bazaar to be held Saturday April 1 in Eagles Hall Hope Street. Proceeds fund neckerchiefs and Scout equipment. Various patrols run booths with contests music and prizes donated by local merchants. Entertainment features local and out of town talent with a hot dog stand ice cream booth cake table and grab booth run by named patrols and scribe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Eagles’ Hall
Hope Street
Geo. R. Fish
J . S.M Domenick Capone
Amon Jamiel
Anthony Bruno
P. L. Charles Reed
Joseph Arouca
Martin Edmunds
William Gablinski
Scribe John
Boy Scout
Court of Honor
Board of Awards
Providence
Fred FE. Suzman
Edward R. Bullock
John Marshall
Augustine Marshall
Hilario Moniz
Christy Malafronte
Ignazio Balzano
Albert Vancencellos
Manuel Silvia
Joseph Amaral
Den
Maynard Suzman
Domenick Ruggiero
John Abenante
Cranston Street Armory
Phrase from Boston Transcript Poetry Note
A short literary excerpt cites a line by C. M. from the Boston Transcript about perception and self. The fragment reflects regional newspaper culture and commentary phrasing from the period.
Four Marx Brothers in Duck Soup at Lyric Theatre
The Lyric Theatre slate lists a gala program April 11 12 with Four Marx Brothers in Duck Soup plus Lone Cowboy starring Jackie Cooper. The plot follows Scooter ONeill a teen from Chicago lured to Nevada where a killer looms and a hardened man learns to love him.
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Brothers
Marx Brothers
Jackie Cooper
Skippy
Young Cooper
Paul Sloane
Will James
A Lee
Addican Richards
John Wray
Gavin Cordon
Scoote- O'Neil
Jackie
Chicago
Nevada
Scooter
British NRA style plan eyed for cotton textile industry
The British Government may inaugurate a Parliament backed wage scale for cotton textiles as part of a national rationing scheme similar to the U S NRA. If successful, similar action could expand to steel and coal, signaling a broader move toward centralized industrial control.
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NRA
Providence News-Tribune
United States
London
Your Column: Town Welfare and Timely Toppled Views
A reader invites input on town welfare and interests. column serves as a regular channel for residents to share comments and concerns about local issues and civic matters.
Home Town in Reverie of My Nativity
A nostalgic verse recalls boyhood streets in Saint Michael's town. Elms, the town clock, Ferry Lane, and Cove frame memories of vows on a wall chain, a Tan Yard Lane coasting scene, and racing teams at the common. July parades, opera house shows, and familiar faces frame the speaker’s wistful gaze toward the bay and the blue distance.
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Ferry Lane
van Winkle
Tan Yard Lane
Correction of 1873 Kingman family death note
Mary Louise Kingman requests corrections to The Phoenix dated March 27 1934 regarding Mrs Kingman Cassan der Kingman and her husband Cassan der Kingman III. He died in Bristol Rhode Island of consumption on March 1 1873 after enlisting at 16 and serving through the war except for a parole when wounded, then rejoined his regiment.
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Phoenix
A King in Babylon Gilgamesh by William Ellery Leonard
Thomas Dickson reviews the Viking volume A King in Babylon Gilgamesh a translation of the ancient epic from 12 clay tablets in the British Museum. The poem follows Gilgamesh and Engidu through adventures ends with Engidu’s shadow returning briefly. It weaves in the flood Ark dove Tree of Life and the Evil Serpent as precursors to Biblical narratives.
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William Ellery Leonard
Viking
Gilgamesh
Ancient
Babylon
Mr Leonard
British Museum
Gilesmesh
Engidu
Thomas Dickson
NY. Sunday News
Champions to Meet in Bristol League Title Game
The Olympian and N I A basket ball quintets will clash in the second of a three game series for the Bristol League championship next Tuesday at Guieras School gym. The Nationals routed the Y M C A outfits 27 to 5 in last week’s opener. Warren Townies meet the Bristol Wanderers in the preliminary.
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Olympian
Guieras
Nationals
Warren Townies
Bristol Wanderers
Newman Taggart Wedding at Emmanuel Church Manville RI
Isabel Ann Taggart and Herbert Russell Newman wed at Emmanuel Church Manville Rhode Island. Rev Anson B. Howard officiated with Dorothy White maid of honor and Anthony Sousa best man. The couple will reside at 123 State Street Bristol after a reception at the groom’s home.
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Emmanuel Church
Manville
Isabel Ann Taggart
Herbert Russell Newman
Mary Newman
Franklin Street
Anson B. Howard
Dorothy White
Pawtucket
Anthony Sousa
Bristol
Wakefield
Pawtucket Memorial Hospital
Newman
Miss Mary E Hughes Rites Held at St Mary’s Church
Funeral services were held for Miss Mary E Hughes at St Mary’s Church Bristol. She died Sunday at 118 Franklin Street after months of illness. age 66. Burial followed at St Mary’s Cemetery Warren with pallbearers including Owen Hughes and John J Hughes. Survived by brothers John J Hughes and Owen Hughes, sisters Miss Teresa Hughes and Mrs C J Leary, and several nieces and nephews.
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St Mary’s Church
Mary E Hughes
Owen Hughes
Franklin Street
Lawrence Deery
St. Mary's Cemetery
Warren
John J. Hughes
Stamford
Connecticut
Charles J Leary
Fall River
Charles L. Hughes
John Doran
Michael Vaccaro
Bristol
Eugene V Hughes
St Teresa's
Pawtucket
Montreal
Que
Miss Hughes
Owen
John J Hughes
Stamford, Conn
Teresa Hughes
Town
C J Leary
Mrs. Ella Waldron Rites Held At Home
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Hixon Waldron age Bristol resident and mother of local teacher Ella M. Waldron were held Saturday at her 55 High Street home. Rev. Leonard Rasmussen of St. Mark's Church Warren officiated in Canon Parshley's absence. Bearers included Melvin and Edwin Hixon, Louis Hixon, and Harold Field. Interment followed at North Cemetery.
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E. H. Waldron
Ella (Hixon) Waldron
Bristol
Ella M. Waldron
High St
Anthony R. Parshley
Saint Michael's Church
Leonard Rasmussen
St. Mark's Church
Warren
Melvin and
Edwin Hixon
Walpole
Mass
Louis Hixon
Boston
Harold Field
Providence
North Cemetery
Wharton Autobiography Noted In April Ladies Home Journal
The April issue carries Edith Wharton's autobiography excerpt praised for insight and humor despite early heavy sections. The article highlights her life across New York Newport the Berkshires and France and mentions her war experiences inspiring A Son at the Front. Also notes peers like Henry James Theodore Roosevelt and Madame Fitlgerand among her circle.
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Mrs. Wharton
New York
Newport
The
Berkshires
France
Henry James
George Meredith
Theodore Roosevelt
Maisieurand
Madame Fitlgerand
Roosevelt
Benumb
Ethan Frome
Saint Clothilde
Notre Dame
Paris
Rebekah Lodge Meets in Odd Bellows Hall
Rebekah Lodge No. 12 held a regular meeting Thursday night in Odd Fellows Hall. An invitation from Dorothy Brown Rebekah Lodge South Syansa to attend April night was accepted, also one from United Brothers Lodge to attend church Sunday. After the ec whist played. Mrs Dannial Me Ai consolatio noted first consolation Bowron Mr ie Talbot. Refreshments were served by committee in charge Mrs Maud McGann chairman Mrs Mary Grabert Miss Fannie Abbott Miss Dorothy Mott Miss Evelyn Bingham.
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Reba
Rebekah
Odd Bellows Hall
Dorothy
Brown Rebekah Lodge
South Syansa
United Brothes Lodge
Dannial
Es ‘Bowron
Ie Talbot
Maud McGann
Mary Grabert
Fannie Abbott
Dorothy Mott
Evelyn Bingham
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Rebello—Ferreira
Boy Scouts Penny Bazaar
C. M
Boston Transcript
Lyric Theatre
Saint Michael’s Tower
Tucker
van Almkirk
Hogan Young
Swains
Mill Gut
Mt. Hope
Newman—Taggart
Mary E. Hughes
Libris
Ladies’ Home Journal
Hudson River
Grandma Scrimser
Grandpa Scrimser
Cyrene
Rebekah Lodge
Newman Bros
Albopol
Gorham
S. S. Pierce Products
Pilgrim Bakers Fine Products
Isc
Hamburg
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