Oaks Estate in South Carolina Sells to New York Banker
The Oaks, Middleton plantation near Goose Creek Church in South Carolina, dating back 250 years, has sold from Mrs. Parsons to Charles H. Sabin of New York. The estate spans about 500 acres with restored gardens, an artificial lake, and a rose garden.
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C. H. Sabin
New York
Middleton
Arthur Middleton
Mrs. Parsons
Charles H .Sabin
Lawrence M. Pinckney
Mr. Parsons
Goosecreek
St. James
Parsons
Henry Middleton
Continental Congress
Middleton Family Legacy Marked by Historic Goosecreek Tablet
In Goosecreek near St James Church a tablet honors the first four Middletons, linking Thomas Middleton to Edward Middleton the first to settle in America. The Oaks area and Goosecreek with St John's, Virginia, are cited as among America's oldest church sites in Bristol society records.
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Thomas Middleton
Arthur Middleton
Miss Middleton
South Carolina
Bristol
King Charles
Edward Middleton
St. James Church
Goosecreek
Middletons
St. John’s
Virginia
America
Twilight League baseball heads into new season with six teams
Arrangements for another twilight baseball season will be discussed at the first meeting of the League Board of Governors in the Y M C A building Monday evening. Six teams are hoped to join including Cranston Worsted, National India Rubber Co. Whirlwinds and Battery C. Possible entrants include Ever Ready Engine and Hose Co Knights of Columbus and Recordas Patria Club of Lincoln Hall.
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Cranston
National India Rubber Co
Whrrrlwinds
Battery C
Engine and Hose Co
Knights of Columbus
Recordaes Patria Club
Lincoln Hall
Confirmation Class Plans and Enrollment Offers
Twenty two persons receive Sunday afternoon instruction for Confirmation lasting thirty minutes weekly until Bishop Perry visits June 1. A second class begins May 1 with four sessions of ninety minutes each and covers the same material. Four enrollments already, more candidates welcome.
Famous Bachelors Whitman Brooks and Whittier Highlighted
Article notes that Walt Whitman Phillips Brooks and John Greenleaf Whittier are celebrated as famous bachelors. It frames their literary fame and single status within a cultural vignette of 19th century American authors.
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Walt Whitman
Phillips Brooks
John Greenleaf Whittier
Older Southern Farmers Recognized for Early Fertilizer Use
The Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau honors the farmer in each state who has used fertilizer the longest as part of the 100th anniversary of nitrate use. Southern growers, many now past middle age, recount starting nitrate use as early as 1875 in South Carolina.
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South Carolina
Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau
Educational Bureau Daily
Herbert C Brewer
Pioneer Fertilizer Mined on Barren Lands in Chile
The article traces the 1830 start of commercial nitrogen fertilizer use with Chilean nitrate from the barren Andes desert. Open-cut mining yields nitrate ore 3 feet deep with 5 to 70 percent sodium nitrate, refined to 96 to 99 percent nitrate and 155 percent nitrogen, with iodine boron and magnesium as by products. Geologists estimate Chilean deposits will meet global needs for generations.
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Chile
United States
Andes
New York
Pennsylvania
Red Letter Events Found in American Agriculture
Nitrate of soda enters U S use in 1830 with nitrate from Chile second to lime in farm use. 1842 England patents superphosphate prompting phosphate deposits discovered in the south and Africa. 1860 German potash first used for farming.
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United States
Chile
Lawes
England
Africa
New Methods Adopted In Chilean Industry
MERICAN engineers aid Atoa in northern Chile as mass production boosts the nitrate industry. Conrado Rios Gallardo cites American investment and labor-saving machinery lowering costs amid arid desert conditions. He notes Chilean government support and U S farmers as major users, with nitrate fertilizer shipped since 1830.
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Atoa
Chile
Conrado Rios Gallardo
United States
Peru
Ambassador Gallardo
Lighthouse petitions echo Papasquash Point history
Century old correspondence documents efforts to set a lighthouse at Pappasquash Point and Prudence Island. Letters from U S Treasury and Representative Fowler discuss location, legal mandates, and Navy Board decisions amid Bristol Rhode Island maritime activity.
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Pappasquash Point
Prudence Island
Bristol Harbor
United States
Sandy Point
Hog Island Shoals
Francis M Dismond
Rhode Island
Light
Washington, DC
Treasury Department of the
Amos S Gorham
Phenix
Treasury Department
Honorin Fowler
House of Representatives
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Papoose Shaw Point
Hog Island
Bristol
Congress
Papoose Squaw Point
Board of Navy Commissioners
Newport
Personal History of America Lecture by Mr Parshley
Rector to lecture Thursday April 24 in Parish House under the Ladies Beneficent Society. Lecture titled A Personal History of America illustrated with selections from Parshley collection of autographs. The thirty year collection contains over seven thousand autographs from political religious literary and scientific leaders. Proceeds will reduce Parish House debt.
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Poppasquash
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Charleston News & Courier
Jersey
Ferrycliffe Farm
Bristol, R
Oldsmobile
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Lansing, Mich
Vermette Brothers
Hope Street
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Herbert C. Brewer
Orin Fowler
Waval Station
Chaninaroy
RB. I
Erie
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L. Grossman Sons, Inc
Coddington Point
ITEL
E. A. Skinner
Hope St
Victor
Lillian T. Wilson
YM. G. A
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