Excelsior Tennis Club Opens 30th Open Tournament
The 30th annual Excelsior Tennis Club open tournament in Bristol County begins Saturday August 9 with senior men's singles. The Trotter Memorial Cup for county champion will be contested, with prior winners Fischer Morrison and Ingram noted. Drawings at Hotel Belvedere August 6 at 8 p.m. and all events on Excelsior Club courts.
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Excelsior Tennis Club
Bristol County
Excelsior
William N. Fischer
Donald Morrison
Arthur Ingram
Fischer
Robert W. Nelson
Rer
Uniteds States
Lawn’ Tennie’ “Association
Any
Charles V. Perry
Esselsior Club
Belveder
Excelsior Club
Silver Greek
Library Offers Wide Summer Selections Across Nonfiction and Fiction
A long list of new books is highlighted including Will Durant and Jane Addams titles in nonfiction and Alice Grant Rosman Katharine Brush and Wodehouse in fiction. Also featured are guides on antiques and Rhode Island history along with nature and travel works. Several children’s and boys and girls titles are noted as well.
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Angation
Thursagi
Philosophy
Will Durant
James Truslow Adams
Hull House
Jane Addams
Russia
E. G
Rhode Island
Emily Post
Henry H. Taylor
John Spargo
Samuel Crowther
A. Hamilton Gibbs
Tombarel
Wm. J. Locke
Great Meadow
Kentucky
Elizabeth M Roberts
P. G Wodehouse
the Bastile
Buckingham
Febal and Lassez
Suez
William McFee
H. M Tomlinson
Grace Richmond
BM. Bower
Margaret Yorke
Kathlene Norris
Dorothy Parker
Peter Bayne
Sophia Clough
Natalie Sumner Lincoln
the Temple
Pamela Wynne
Willow Ranch
Harold Bindloss
Sunnybrook
Albert Payson Terhune
Margaret Pedler
Bristol Post Office Daily Mail Schedule
The Bristol post office lists mailing and collection times effective July 28 1930 with multiple dispatch and close times including Sunday and holiday variations. Mails dispatched at 8 36 AM 10 08 AM every Saturday 12 25 PM special Saturday 6 05 PM 7 20 PM Star Route Bus and 6 05 PM 8 03 AM Sundays mail close 8 15 AM 9 30 AM 12 05 PM 5 40 PM 7 00 PM 4 50 PM Holidays mail received 6 35 AM 7 37 AM 1 40 PM 5 55 PM 6 50 PM 9 40 AM 7 40 AM.
Antiquarian Find Sparks Stirling Legend Mystery
In Stirling during demolitions antiquarians uncover an old draw well beneath a house likely 275 years old and window stones bearing the initials A R from Queen Anne era. A legend on a window reads I B It puzzling scholars with no matching record in their references.
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Antiquariane
Antiquarians
Scotland
Stirling
Ideal Spot for Sailor
Two sailors on a train discuss the general situation and their plan after finishing a hitch. The tall sailor imagines buying light ears to sling over his shoulder and walk. He expects to settle where people ask about the strange things on his shoulder.
Mesopotamia Unhealthy Irak Area and Climate Notes
An article notes Mesopotamia Irak covers 148 240 square miles roughly the size of New York New Jersey Pennsylvania and Ohio. It records summer shade temperatures around 12 degrees and harsher winters with frequent frosts, urging residents to take utmost care to avoid plagues.
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Mesopotamia
Irak
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Best Man Origin Tied to Old Wedding Capture Traditions
The best man tradition stems from historical practices where grooms relied on a strong friend to help secure the bride. In modern weddings this ally has evolved into the ceremonial Best Man, a relic of distant days adapted to present ceremonies.
Allegorical painting linked to Reynolds portrait unnamed
The child who posed for Reynolds' picture "The I Samuel" remains unidentified. No incident ties the painting to the biblical Samuel story in the Old Testament.
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Reynolds
I Samuel
Samuel
Meaning of the Magi Names Caspar Melchior Balthasar
The traditions explain Caspar as white Melchior as ligut and Balthasar as lord of the treasure house each name linked to a symbolic attribute in the biblical Magi trio.
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Caspar
White
Melchoir
Ligut
Balthasar
Abyssinia Seen as Land of Riches and High Plateau
The piece notes Abyssinia's potential riches in minerals and very fertile soil. It describes vast high terrain around Addis Ababa at about 8 000 feet, a perceived white man climate, lack of a seaport, and a single French built narrow gauge rail line connecting distant points to the capital.
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Abyssinia
Addis Ababa
Sseach
Leaher Island
Fragmented OCR text snippet notes unclear names and values
The readable parts show partial phrases with scattered letters and symbols making it difficult to identify people places or events. No coherent event or entity can be firmly established from the fragment.
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Teres
Seoaay
Firestone
Ponte Crese
Court Street Garage
High Street Garage
Duponts Hope
Ake Lining
Bristol
Post Office
E. W. Weaver
High Street
G. M. Wilbur
St., Bristol
Lanzire’s. Express
William A. Doran
Bay View Ave
Augustus P. Duffy Las
Weed Street
Charles M. Connery
Barten St
Wsty Geo.t
John J. McCarty
N. E. Conservatory OF Music
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co of
Boston
EL. Watson Co., Inc
Weybosseet Street
Providence
O. M. Bailey, JR
Radiotrician
National Radio Institute
B. L
John Lach
Wasra
Nursing Association
Hope Street
Martea Granam
Peter’ Bonvicin
Burton Sttel
Warren, Rii
Eye Esa Eee
E. A. Skinner
Hope St
Bristol, R. I
North American Co
At ‘Danke F. Reginald
Dimond
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