Bristol-Colt Alumni Association Names Forenoon Meeting
Bristol-Colt Alumni Association lists officers and committee appointments for the upcoming year with names including Mrs Wallace Mossop Mrs Vincent Pettine and Mrs Thomas Byrnes among many others. Ball Judge Edward L Leahy Supt Elmer S Mapes and several committee chairs are named along with several honorary and member positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Mossop
Vincent Pettine
Thomas Byrnes
Joseph Healey
Lucien Capone
Robert F. Munro
E. Doris Bullock
Catherine Levere
Ann Sisson
Bertha Hagen
Theresa Rinaldi
Roberta Munro
Marion Paull
Katherine Connors
Miriam McCaughey
Mary M. Morris
Edward L. Leahy
Elmer S. Mapes
Edna Demers
Catherine Morris
K. Virginia August
Fredericka Dunbar
Geo. W. Boutilier
Mary Kelley
Arthur W. Barrett
Regina Morris
I. Leo Cantwell
Marjorie Burge
Frederick W. Goff
Marguerite Brogan
George H Baldwin
Elmer S Mapes
Edward J Rinaldi
Wm. L. Serbst
Mary Connors
Herbert B. Burnham
Wm. J Rinaldi
Nora FE. Dwyer
Beatrice Dubuc
C J Massano
Jessie Molasky
Frederick J. Goff
Norman E. Benard
Benjamin M MacDougall
Frank J. Rinaldi
Roberto Munro
Alice G. Murphy
Iron in History and ancient tempering of steel
The text traces iron usage from prehistoric times calling it the Iron Age and cites Tubal Cain Genesis 4 22 Herodotus Sophocles and Aristotle noting tempering by the Chalybians. It mentions Damascus tempered sword blades as famous in antiquity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tubal-Cain
Herodotus
Sophocles
Aristotle
Trade Dollars repudiated and now collectable silver content
The trade dollars circulated from 1873 to 1884 in trade with China and Japan and others. They were repudiated in 1884 and briefly redeemable for standard silver dollars. Now they appeal only to collectors or for their silver value. One side shows Liberty seated, the other a differently designed eagle with the inscription 420 grains 900 fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Japan
Liberty
Social Evening and Nuptials Highlight Bristol Notes
The Congregational Club session in Memorial Chapel featured old time photographs with Miss G E Church and Miss Ella May Gray in quaint attire. Additionally, William O Rourke and Miss Mary Agnes were married at St Mary's Church with Rev Tommas Fitzpatrick officiating and guests noting the groom kept his promise as the horses bore celebratory blankets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Club
Memorial Chapel
G. E. Church
Ella May Gray
Maria McCaughey
Mabel Connery
Henry W Remington
John Dow
Robert Munro
Charlie Dimond
Jerushy Ann Elza Drake
Ethel Herrmann
Gal Sal
Annie Pearse
Jane
Sal
Helen Church
Jake
Wm McShane
Johnny Dill
Henry Barton
Rosy May
Eva May Cole
Peggy Lee
Elisha Hibbert
Nancy Grey
Mary Brechin
William
Francis O'Rourke
Mary Agnes
St Mary's Church
Tommas J Fitzpatrick
Mauss Mars Garvin
Peter O'Rourke
Poppasquash
Usher Street
Trinity Sunday School Holds Socials This Week
The junior and senior departments hosted events in the parish house on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. The primary department held a party Tuesday night and the main school met on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Sunday School
Local Social Event Features Readings and Music
On Wednesday attendees enjoyed games, sandwiches, ice cream and cake. Miss Mildred Graham performed readings while J Louis Coggeshall sang a solo and Miss Catherine Reynolds played violin selections, all highly pleasing and excellently rendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Graham
J. Louis Coggeshall
Catherine Reynolds
The Big Timer high seas of ambition comedy
Ben Lyon Constance Cummings and Thema Todd star in The Big Timer a comedy drama about a bragging aspiring fighter who hopes to buy a hamburger lunch wagon and later a chain his plan earns up to a thousand dollars weekly but his grand ambitions falter Eddie Buzzell directs from a Robert Riskin original story promising laughs thrills and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Lyon
Constance Cummings
Thema Todd
Eddie Buzzell
Robert Riskin
Marianne DeWolf Perry Dies In Providence After Brief Illness
Marianne DeWolf Perry of this town died early this morning at her winter home in Providence after a brief illness. Born August 2, 1850, she was a lifelong resident, member of St Michael’s Episcopal Church, taught the church Sunday School infant class, and was noted for town knowledge. Survived by siblings and several nieces and nephews as well as cousins including Bishop James DeWolf Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianne Dew
Perry
Marianne DeWolf Perry
Waterman Street
Providence
Miss Perry
Alexander and
Lavinia Cady (Howe) Perry
St . Michael’s Episcopal Church
William S Perry
Staten Island
N .Y
Harold Payson
Lille Gardner
Hugo
Josephine Ham
Virginia
Guy Delafield
van Leer Woodruff
New York
Albert Perry
Clinton Perry
James DeWolf Perry
Episcopal Churches of America
William W. Perry
Charles Varnum Perr
Mrs George H Toadvine 65 Die in Sellinsgrove Pennsylvania
Mrs George H Toadvine widow of George H Toadvine of Williamsport Pennsylvania died Monday April 11 in the rectory of All Saints Church Sellinsgrove due to heart failure at about 65. She is survived by two sons Rev George H Toadvine Jr and Stephen P Toadvine II and two grandchildren. Funeral services were held April 13 at Trinity Church Williamsport with Bishop Wyatt Brown officiating. Interment in Wildmere Cemetery. Her son serves as rector at Sellinsgrove Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Toadvine
George H Toadvine
Williamsport
Penn
George H Toadvine, Jr
St Michael's Church
All Saints’ Church
Sellinsgrove
Sellinsgrove Episcopal Church
Toadvine
Brooklyn
New York
Trinity Episcopal Church
Edward H Truex
Harriet Pauline Sweet
Oswego
Stephen Paul Truex
America
Trinity Church
Wyatt Brown
Harrisburg
Charles E. McCoy
Wildmere
Stephen P. Toadvine
Syracuse
Martha Louse
Stephen P III
Mrs Mary West Dies at 80 in Riverside Home
Mary West wife of Everett West died at her daughter Mrs Sidney Noyes 11 Fudd avenue Riverside in her 81st year. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Noyes and Mrs Percy Beardsley. son Charles West preceded in death. six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral Friday at 1 pm from TH Williams Funeral Home East Providence burial in North Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary (Smith) West
Everett West
Sidney Noyes
Fudd Avenue
Riverside
Williams
Taunton Avenue
East
Providence
North Cemetery
How Yellow Fever Was Stamped Out in Panama
Dr. Walter Reed led experiments at the Panama camp showing yellow fever is spread by mosquitoes. He and staff controlled exposure to prove the mosquito's role and demonstrated infection through contaminated clothing and skin contact. The work revealed mosquitoes can remain infective for 118 days and the disease can transfer via contaminated skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Walter Reed
Panama Canal
Reed
Claude Lillingston
Hyzemn
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Brisstol
Colt
Iron
Bristol
Phoenix Files
Robert W Chambers
Valerie
France
Cardemon
United States
Miss Bennett
Joel McCrea
Lew Dods
Robert Williams
Hedda Hopper
A&p Food Stores
New England
Mrs
Hes
Fes Senay UE Wet
Columbia
E. A. Skinner
Hope St
R. 1
Reading
Newman's
John Alden Pineapple
Kenyon's
Round Table
Pierce Quality Foods
Epicure
Bridge Dainties
Toasterett Southern Biscuits
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