Preparation Statistics Show Rhode Island Military Age Population
Rhode Island has 145,842 men aged 18 to 44, from a total 306,866. After excluding aliens, married men, and other ineligible groups, about 42,261 remain potential recruits, with further limits from exemptions under federal and state law. If conscription were enacted, roughly 60,000 more married men could be drafted, raising RI’s eligible pool to about 87,500.
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Rhode Island
George
Webb
National Guard
United States
Congress
United States Army
General Assembly
Board of State Charities and Corrections
State Board of Soldiers’ Relief
Keith's Theatre Opens Edward Albee Season With Comon Clay
Keith's Providence Theatre launches its 17th Edward F. Albee Stock Company season on Monday April 16 with the acclaimed drama Common Clay. Notable cast includes Regine Wallace Byron Beasley Lynne Overman Helen Reimer Anne Hamilton and others as Providence and Bristol plan a major opening week. Seats for the first week are on sale and season subscriptions are available allowing reserved weekly seating without extra charges.
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Edward F. Albee
Keith
Providence Theatre
Providence
Bristol
Albee Company
Providence Summer Life
Helen Reimer
Albee
Anne Hamilton
Margaret Armstrong
Charles Schofeld
Edward Longman
Eugene Revere
James H. Doyle
George Wetherald
Common Clay
Cleves Kinkead
Republic Theatre
New York
John Mason
Jane Cowl
Orme Caldara
Dudley Hawley
Doyle
Too Much Speed on Saying
A rustic proverb from Uncle Eben warns that hasty speech outpaces thought, stressing the danger of quick words without full consideration and urging slower, wiser reflection.
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Eben
Mortal Sin at Pastime Theatre with Viola Dana
Viola Dana stars in The Mortal Sin a five part Metro wonderplay at the Pas time Theatre tomorrow evening written and directed by John H Collins produced for Columbia Pictures. Dana delivers strong dramatic performance as Jane Anderson. Also showing Metro and Keystone comedies and Metro Travelogue.
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Metro
Dainty Viola Dana
John H. Collins
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Miss Dana
Jane Anderson
Keystone
Pictures of Warships Bread Coupon Offer Ad
Edgeworth and Creamaple Bread by Henri Rosseau of Fall River now sold locally with a six coupon draw for an 8 by 12 inch lithograph of a U S battleship. Pictures include the U S S Rhode Island on display in the Phoenix Office window at participating stores.
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Edgeworth
Henri Rosseau
Fall River
United States
U. S. S. Rhode Island
Phoenix
Donations to Home Benefit Children’s Home Support
Donations received include candy flour sugar shoes towels and Easter cakes along with services of seamstresses and contributions from Mrs Rockwell Mrs Black Mrs Bosworth Mrs Levy Miss Cooke and Newman Bros plus a hat and ice cream for Easter and one dozen cereals.
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Children’s
DaRocha
C. B. Rockwell
C. F. Dimond & Co
C B Rockwell, Jr
FE. D Kunz
Rockwell, Jr
Black
Bosworth
Levy
Miss Cooke
Newman Bros
Best Book on Good Breeding Highlighted
Johnson cites Il Cortegiano by Castiglione as the best treatise on good breeding. First published by the Aldine Press in Venice in 1528, it appeared in over 100 editions in English French Spanish and German by century’s end.
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Samuel Johnson
Castigione
Aldine Press
Venice
Unreadable OCR fragment notes and names
Fragmentary text with mixed characters and unclear references. Several proper nouns appear jumbled. no coherent events, dates, or clear subjects emerge to summarize or identify.
Strange Patagonia Gift Ends With Sleeping Wife Bedstead
A Patagonian tale recalls a traveler who left a worn-out piano bought for 80 francs as a generous present. Days later the recipient was found sleeping beside the instrument, its strings and board repurposed into a bedstead.
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Coer
Sindia
Patégonia
Deonaant
Patagonian
Plano
Twinkling Stars Explain Atmospheric Distortion
The observed star twinkling comes from air currents and density layers in the atmosphere. Warm weather enhances the effect, and rapid twinkling signals a weather change.
Leading physician links apoplexy to overeating in Sunday feasts
A noted physician of scientific attainment publishes a statistical study on apoplexy. He says lazy, thick-set individuals who overeat and overdrink are most at risk, with most seizures on Sunday and Monday due to table joys and return to work. He calls alcohol an easy scapegoat and urges moderation as the true cure and preventive.
Fragmented OCR Note Mentions Diverse Names and Phrases
A garbled OCR fragment lists scattered names, phrases, and hints of quotes. It references individuals such as Sosa, Guar, and Nees, with scattered terms like box, box pointy, and Lanka. The text lacks coherent narrative or clear events.
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Lanka
Mortgage Notice of Public Sale of Farm Property
Notice of intention to bid on described property at auction or postponed sale. Includes land described as triangular lot 36 with improvements and buildings. Mortgage transferee James F. Lavander attorney for transferee provides address and dates 4 13 17 20 24 27.
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Porte
Ds Sonaitions of
Said
Norte
Third Land
Altustad
Bostal
Eisald
Jacob mMaminda
Louis Benjamin
James F. Lavander
Attornney
Ranaterens
Administration Notice of Estate Claim Filing
An administration notice announces the appointment of John J. Coughlan as administrator of the estate in Bristol AG. It requires all persons having claims to file them with the clerk by specified dates, detailing the probate process and deadlines.
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Bats Court
Bristol
Coughlan
Sald
John J. Coughlan
Bristol Notice of Executor Accepting Bond in Will Case
The Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Aiphones Ruggiero announces probate admission by the state Court in Bristol. He has accepted sale and bonded as required. Creditors must file claims with the Bristol court clerk within six months from the first advertisement date. Albert Poli.
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Bristol
Aiphones Ruggiero
Piphoned Ruggiero
Albert Poli
Administratrix Notice of Probate for Susan E Turner
Susan E Perry as administratrix with the will annexed of Susan E Turner declares probate granted by Bristol Probate Court. She states she has modified the trust and filed bond per law and urges creditors to file claims as first advertisement. April 6 1917. Bristol Town.
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Susan E. ‘Turner
Bristol
Susan E. Perry
Executrix Accepts Trust for Annie E Bowler Estate
March 26 1917 notice from Isabel M Sparks executrix of Annie E Bowler's will Bristol town announces acceptance of the trust and bond filed. Creditors are warned to file claims with the clerk within six months from this advertisement.
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Annie E. Bowler
Bristol
Pel Aa Bean
Mator
Wit
Isabel M. Sparks
Notice of Probate Executrices of Sally Herteshoff Will
March 27 1517 executrices of Sally Herteshoff require claimants to present estate bonds to the probate court within six weeks from the advertisement date. Julia Shoff and Chesbrough sign as executrices with formal notice to heirs and creditors.
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Sally Brown Herteshoff
Alx
Dog Licenses in Bristol Town Notice
Notice announces dog licenses in Bristol Town with registration details and fees. Owners must pay one dollar and sixty cents for a male dog and five dollars and fifteen cents for a female dog, with higher May renewals. Licenses available after April 2, 1917 at the Clerk’s office, John M. Cogg, Town Clerk, Bristol, March 21, 1817.
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Sod
Bristol
John M. Cogg
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