Bristol 25 Years High
An unmanageable automobile on Half Way Hill caused a collision with a carriage Sunday, demolishing a wheel and ejecting the driver. No serious injuries reported. Col Samuel Po Colt bought art on the Stanford White Collection sale in New York for 2300 dollars and acquired Moslem tiles. The public schools opened with about 20 new pupils enrolled. A local protest seeks to block added language in the special town meeting call. A minstrel show at the Baristathera House features St Mars Society members and local performers with an expected large audience.
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Half Way Hill
Samuel Po Colt
Stanford White
New York
Colt Colt
St Mars To o Vo So ciety Opera Benefit at Bristol
The second minstrel performance by the St Mars To o Vo So ciety under Palward Fo Christie’s direction drew good attendance at Bristol Opera House despite poor weather. The singing was strong with notable solos. several performers received bouquets. In a separate ceremony at the same church Rev Charles Yoo Edwards officiated a marriage between Miss Nanexs Vora and Dollar Vatelo.
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St Mars
Palward
Christie
Bristol Opera House
Nanexs Vora
Dolar Vatelo
Charles
Yoo Edwards
Salmon Life in Ocean Shrouded in Mystery
The article traces salmon life from Alaskan streams to the open ocean and back to spawning grounds. It notes the journey times vary from a year to a season, the mystery of the young salmon’s fate in deep seas, and the harvests off the coasts of Oregon Washington British Columbia and Alaska.
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Alaska
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington
British Columbia
Tombs and prayers in distant sacred sites and legends
The piece surveys famous tombs worldwide including derwent and dervish sites in northern Africa and a Lourdes area grave of a priest found in prayer. It notes solitary death and the care to keep the body undisturbed in a devotional posture with a wooden, cemented tomb.
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Africa
Pvrevees
Lourdes
Tangled A puppy accident at streetcar seat sale
A friend buys a puppy at a markdown sale and boards a streetcar with the new pet in a paper bag. The journey ends in chaos as the dog bites a newspaper, startling an elderly knitter and an old man, prompting a station warning and apologies.
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Womins
New York Sun
Rhode Island Women Attend Prohibition Reform Conference
Mrs J Winthrop DeWolf leads Rhode Island delegates to the third annual National Prohibition Reform Conference in Washington DC. About 1000 delegates from 40 states gather to draft action for the coming political campaign aimed at repealing the Prohibition Law.
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J. Winthrop DeWolf
Rhode Island
Women's Organization For
Washington, DC
Washington
Providence
Federal Express
Mayflower Hotel
Charles Warren Lippitt
Charman
Rhode Islanders
Providence v
Lena
Masses of
Helen Hackney
Massey
Samuel Nicholon
Kobe
Monel Kometime
Natoma’ Nee
Chatham
Oun Washington
Dai
Cave Ice Preserve Opens Near Greenwood City
A cave nine miles west of South Parts Maine houses a year round ice exhibit with a refrigerator show. Snow stored in winter remains through spring and summer, creating a sheltered cavern environment for cooling.
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Greenwood City
South Parts
Maine
Pastime Wednesday and Thursday Film Programs
The paper previews two features. Men In Her Life stars Lois Moran Charles Bickford Victor Varcom and Donald Dilloway in a Paris to New York tale with a murder trial climax based on a Warner Fabrian novel directed by William Beaudine. Ambassador Ball stars Rogers Marguerite Churchill and Tad Alexander in Fox’s seventh Rogers picture about a US ambassador amid revolution with comedy and romance.
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Lois Moran
Charles Bickford
Victor Varcom
Donald Dilloway
Paris
New York
Warner Fabrian
William Beaudne
Columbia
Wal Rogers
Marguerite Churchill
Ambassador Ball Rogers
Picore
Fox Films
Mike Churchill
Rogers
United States
Miss Churchill
Tad Alexander
Bay
Gareta Nissen
Gustav von Seyflertitz
Kay Muilland
Second Breeding Place of Blue Goose Found
Discovery reports no second breeding ground for the blue goose on Southampton Island in Hudson Bay after a large nesting site was found on Baffin Land. Dr. George M Sutton of Cornell notes thousands of geese near lakes and shores, with families remaining together through summer and migrating southward in late August.
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Southampton Island
Hudson Bay
American Ornithological Association
George M Sutton
Cornell University
Mississippi
Baffin Land
Doctor Sutton
Sutton
Fewer Fur Animals Trapped Across Years Cited
The Bureau of Biological Survey reports a decline in trapping of fur animals due to years of overtrapping in breeding areas, low fur prices, and the TORO drought reducing populations in the Mississippi basin. Foxes, martens, minks, fishers, and weasels show declines while skunks, raccoons, and muskrats remain common.
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Bureau of Biological Survey
Mississippi Basin
Mmuskrat
Fea
Crkat
Bonus in Contract Scoring in Progressive Bridge
In a progressive contract a game is scored when one side bids and makes a trick score of 10 or more in a hand. The game premium is 300 points nonvulnerable and 500 points vulnerable. The side with the higher four deal total gets a 250 point bonus, while equal four-deal totals split 25 points to each player.
Fifth District Court Hears Book Account Suit
Judge Benjamin F. Linademuth at the regular session of the Fifth District Court entered a judgment for the Continental Loan Company against Manuel Lima and others for 32 dollars and costs. Several civil cases, including trespass for negligence, were ordered defaulted or continued for one week.
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Benjamin F. Linademuth
Fifth District
Continental Loan Company
Manuel Lima
Antonio Cariglio
Joseph Almeida
Lino Almenda
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Phoenix Files
Peter Keeles
Sto Peter and Pauls Cathedral
Charles A Edwards
St. Marys Church
Rkobert No Turner
Herbert P. Bennett
Trent
Ravsoe
Hotel
Belvedere Hall
Tnotfow Cve
Franklin
Baristathera House
Minstre Performans
VV Society
Edward F Christe Willam
H Conners
Bones
John J Vera Marguerite Clarke
Hlestis Norton
Tambos
John Callan
Rose Cowles
Bk Fisher
Sir Dearnest Wald
Utah
Leo Fe
Nenethe
van Lionhalis
Miguel de Cervantes
Prohibition Reform
P. T. Bailey
R. R
Newport
Walter Winchell
Byron
Phillipines
Fifth District Court
J. C. Alger
Cole Street
Garvin's Express
General ‘Trucking
Burton Street
Bristol, & L
Peter Sansone
Bradford & High Sts
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co of
Boston
E. L. Watson Co., Inc
Weybosset
E. W. Weaver
High Street
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
William Street
Peter Bonvicin
Burton ST
Tel
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
Augustus P. Duffy
W. W. Franklin & Co
Wood Street
Freeborn R. Cole
Cook Street
Charles M. Connery
Burton
Bristol District Nursing Association
Hope Street
Martha Graham
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