Legion Posts Plan August Outing and Convention Attendances
Kearney Post No 6 and the American Legion Auxiliary held joint meetings in G A R Hall admitting two new members. They scheduled an Aug 20 moonlight excursion to Prudence Island and urged attendances at the East Greenwich convention Aug 15 16 with the 16th favored for the National Commander address. Committees arranged a Colt Memorial High School auditorium state convention Aug 14 with National President Mrs Franklin Lee Bishop expected to attend. The hospitalization chairwoman announced a visit to Butler s Hospital on Aug 19.
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East Greenwich
Wall
Walk
Edmonds
St Pat Minnesota
American Legion Auxiliary
Colt Memorial High School
Franklin Lee Bishop
Masachusetts
Walter M Carr
Butler's Hospital
Paris Landlord Seeks Wheat-Based Rent Despite Franc Worries
A Paris landlord, anxious about franc value fluctuations, refuses long lease unless rent is paid in bushels of wheat. The arrangement ties rental payments to grain instead of currency, reflecting concerns over monetary stability.
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Paris
Obituary for Francis Trevor Rémiereres Civil War veteran
Francis Trevor Rémiereres a Civil War veteran and prominent local businessman died at his home 94 Church Street after a months long illness. Born in Matanzas Cuba on April 16 1842 he came to town as a boy and farmed before his public career. He was in his 83rd year at death.
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Francis Trevor“Rémiereres
Church Street
Reimiereres
Matansas
Cuba
Thomas and
Rachel Waldron Remiereres
Civil War Veteran Remnereres Respected in State Street Community
Longtime resident and Civil War veteran Mr Rempereres served with the Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers in Bull Run Gettysburg and the Wilderness He later ran a Mount Hope farm worked at a furniture store and opened a hardware business now continued by his sons He held ranks in the Grand Army of the Republic and was active in the State Street MFE Church He is survived by four children a sister a step sister a step brother ten grandchildren and six great grandchildren Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 PM at the State Street Methodist Episcopal Church with burial in North Cemetery.
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Rempereres
Rhode Island Volunteers
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Mount Hope
William H Bell
Remrereres
Grand Army of the Republic
Babbitt Post
No 15
United States Grand Encampment
Veteran Odd Fellows’ Association
Remnereres
State Street
MFE
Jeaneelle Weeden
John Weeden
State Street Methodist
North Cemetery
Excelsior Tennis Club defeats Featherdie 6-1 in tight matches
The Excelsior Tennis Club beat Featherdie Tennis Club of Fall River six matches to one at Silver Creek courts. Singles featured close scores as R. W Nelson and Budlong won for Bristol while Tirrell and Kinsley also claimed victories. Doubles saw Kinsley Budlong and Sullivan Reynolds prevail, with Fore River Ship Yards slated to visit Excelsior next Sunday.
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Fixcelsior Tennis Club
Featherdie Tennis Club
Fall River
Silver Creek
R. W Nelson
Bristol
Kranz
Budlong
Reynolds
Boynton
Sullivan
Kinsley
Buck
Herreshoff
Nelson
Fore River
Excelsior Tennis Club
Rhode Island Auxiliary Convention Hosts National Leader in Bristol
Mrs. Franklin Lee Bishop national president of the American Legion Auxiliary will attend Rhode Island’s fourth annual convention in Bristol on August 14. Activities include addresses by Dr Kate Waller Barrett and local officials, noon lunch, reports and elections, a reception, and a dance at G A Hall with admission by Auxiliary pin or Legion button.
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Franklin Lee Bishop
Leicester
Mass
American Legion Auxiliary
Bristol
Department of Rhode Island
Rhode Island
American Legion
Frank Paul
Kearney
Helen Condon
Mary E. Cutter
Colt Memorial High School
Bishop
Kate Waller Barrett
Virginia
Barrett
Flynn
U. S
Leb. B. Colt
James J Walsh
Department
Women's Patriotic Organizations
Belvedere
St. Paul
G. A . Hall
National
Auxiliary
Legion
Fifth District Court disposes civil cases in weekly session
At the weekly session before Judge Frank H. Hammill the Fifth District Court disposed of cases. John Morend vs Manuel M Fernaldes was unanswered and continued one week. Spurgeon Grant vs Harold C Paull was continued two weeks by agreement.
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Fifth District Court
Frank H. Hammill
John Morend
Manuel M. Fernlandes
Spurgeon Grant
Harold C. Paull
Bristol Alumnae Club Hosts Card Party and Masons Clambake
On August 7 a card party will be held at Charles B. Rockwell's Hope Street estate under Bristol Alumnae of the Women's College Brown University. On August 9 St. Alban's Lodge No. 6 F A M will stage its annual outing and clambake at Bristol Casino Bliven Field.
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Charles B. Rockwell
Hope Street
Bristol
The
Women’s College
Brown University
St. Alban’s Lodge
Bristol Casino
Bliven Field
Silver Hoarded in India
Financial experts discuss India's insatiable silver demand and hoarding behavior. The article notes continued silver inflow into India with minimal outward shipments, while U S exports show yearly increases, suggesting strong local consumption and jewelry use.
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India
United States
Shi
Remarkable Georgia fortress wall on Lookout Mountain
A stone wall shaped like a fortress sits atop a Georgia mountain south of Lookout Mountain Tennessee. Indigenous lore claims a mysterious white race preceded the Cherokee. A walled-up spring sits near the gate. The feat reportedly lacks equal in American fortress engineering.
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Georgia
Lookout Mountain
Tennessee
Cave of Nativity Birthplace in Bethlehem Under Church
A winding cave in Bethlehem beneath the Church of the Nativity is described as the birthplace of Christ. It lies under Helena and Constantine’s church, with a marked manger site and marble adornments and perpetual candlelight.
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Bethlehem
Helena
Constantine
Christ
Life Story Depressing Message on Listening and Care
A reflection on why a man feels most sorrowful when no one will listen to his life story. It contends that the burden lies not in the events but in the absence of an attentive ear. The piece emphasizes loneliness and the need for empathetic listening.
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Gaspee
U.S
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Voite
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