Benefit Whist for Kearney Unit American Legion Auxiliary
Mrs Margaret Edmonds hosted a benefit whist at her Sherry avenue home on Wednesday evening for the Kearney Unit No 6 of the American Legion Auxiliary. Five tables competed with prizes to Ladies First Mrs Jennie Straight, Ladies Second Miss Alice Coughlin, Ladies Consolation Mrs William Doran, Gentlemen First Mr Moods, Gentlemen Second Fred M Straight, and Gentlemen Consolation William Carr. Refreshments were served by the hostess and her mother Mrs Charles Martum.
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Margaret Edmonds
Sherry Avenue
Kearney
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Jennie Straight
Alice Coughlin
William Doran
Moods
Fred M Straight
William Carr
Charles Martum
Phenix Crossword Puzzle Clue List Highlights
Puzzle clues cover various topics from body parts to states and plants. Readers solve across and down entries such as organ of hearing color and flowering house plant while noting abbreviations and themed hints.
Town Council Debates Street Work and Bus Routing Changes
Council divided on whether engineers or the highway surveyor should supervise street construction. LeClair to attend next meeting. Lindemuth to discuss bus rerouting with New England Transportation Co. and assess authority for tree removals on Main Road. Various permits and approvals granted including parades, burial lot care, ambulance fund, peddler license, pool tables, filling curb work, and street signs.
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Pagey
Samuel Connery
LeClair
Benjamin F. Lindemuth
New England Transportation Company
Hope Street
State Board of Public Roads
Ime
Amos S Gorham
Ostby
New England Buses
Thames
Committee On Police
Frank Bruno
Acme
L.H Callan
Bas View Avenue
Sarah J McLoughlin
North Cemetery
LeBaron C Colt Memorial Ambulance Fund Inc
Guilseppr Lero
State Street
Robert W. McEnany
Halton Street
Providence
Rattachk Abinanti
Bradford Street
Albert Bo Moniz
S&2
Wood Street
Patrick Mahoney
Church Notes St. Michael's Mass and Service Times
Tenth Sunday after Trinity services listed at 8:00 a m Holy Communion and 10:30 a m Morning Prayer and address with evening service omitted until September.
Schedule of Holy Communion and Services on Tenth Sunday
The record lists worship times: Holy Communion at 7 30 am, Matins at 9 30 am, Church School at 10 00 am, Sung Mass and sermon at 10 45 am, Evensong at 7 30 pm with address to follow.
Union Church Services Schedule Unclear
Union services at State Street Methodist Church listed for Sunday evening and Friday night, with omittance until September. Parsonage address 129 State Street contact 72-A. Friday 7 30 Prayer meeting and choir practice at 7 30. Sunday 10 30 union service with First Congregational Church at 1200 Surdas shop, 6 30. Epworth Teague 7 30 pm preaching.
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State Street Methodist Church
Epworth Teague
First Baptist Church Sunday Service Morning
Morning service at 1036 hours features a sermon by the pastor at First Baptist Church. The service emphasizes a booming, hopeful message and communal worship.
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First Baptist Church
Sunday services led by Rev Thomas Armstrong at Pawtucket
Court Street near Pope hosts Sunday worship with a morning service at noon and a sermon. Sunday School at 6 PM followed by a Young Peoples meeting at 7 PM Evangelistic meeting and a Wednesday Prayer meeting at 7:30 PM. You are invited.
Bristol Red Sox to face Old Crowds at Bliven Field
The Bristol Red Sox host the Old Crowds of Providence Sunday afternoon at 3:30 on Bliven Field. The matchup highlights local baseball action this weekend with both teams aiming for a win.
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Bristol Red Sox
Providence
Bliven Field
Piano Songs and Pioneers of Early American Keys
The article surveys early US piano history naming makers like John Isaac Hawking and Joseph Hisky in Baltimore and Washington, notes Johann Francis Kahl and Jonas Chickering, and mentions Broadwood origins. It traces the piano’s ascent in American music culture and references its European predecessors and terms for the instrument.
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United States
John Isaac Hawking
Villadelphia
Joseph Hisky
Baltimore
Johannes Francis Kahl
Germany
Washington
Jonas Chickering
Charlemagne Relics Keepers At Aachen Cathedral Vault
The Kansas City Star notes Charlemagne relics at Aachen Cathedral in Prussia. A marble throne used for coronations stood beside a chest where the Imperial regalia were kept until 1558, with other relics preserved in Vienna.
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Aix la Chapelle
Rhenish
Prussia
Frederick H
Sault
Ueed
Charlemagne
Brick Buildings Endure As Timeless City Landmarks
Brick emerges as the enduring building material praised for its fire resistance and longevity. The piece notes Europe’s centuries old brick houses and American shifts from wood to brick, citing historic Boston and Philadelphia landmarks like the Old South Church and Independence Hall remaining steadfast.
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Urope
America
Europe
Old South Church
Boston
Faneuil Hall
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
Evolution of the modern pocketbook through ages
The article traces purse history from leather purses to flap pockets and perfumed quilted pockets, then netted varieties used by all ages, to book-like cases with coin compartments in gold silver and copper. It notes shifts to larger shapes as banknotes emerged, forming today’s combined card case and purse.
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Charles I
England
Inspector's Swim in Natal Lagoon Chooses Caution Over Bold Dip
An inspector of schools in Natal invites boys to a lagoon swim after inspecting a small farm school. The inspector undresses and enters the water while the boys stay on the bank. After swimming, the inspector dresses and chides the boys for not joining, joking that they fear bathing without him. One boy replies they saw no crocodile yesterday.
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Sm Oegee
India
New England
Natal
South Africa
Dumbarton Castle: Historic Stronghold Above Clyde
Dumbarton Castle sits on a rocky eminence above the Clyde near Glasgow. Once a treaty of Union obligation fortress, it housed Sir William Wallace in 1305 and Mary Queen of Scots as a child. The site features the two handed sword of Wallace and traces back to 756 AD.
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Dumbarton
Clyde
Glasgow
Scotland
William Wallace
Mary Queen of Scots
Dumbarton Rock
Theatre Night Tease Sparks Quiet Exchange
In a domestic moment a wife apologizes for keeping her husband waiting as she prepares for a theater outing. The husband notes her attire, scanning her appearance with a neutral, almost clinical, gaze as she finishes dressing.
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Harry
American Legion Auxiliary Unit to elect delegates at meeting
The Kearney Unit No. 6 American Legion Auxiliary meets this evening at GAR Hall at 8. Delegates and alternates to the Department convention in Providence this September will be elected. The Kearney Unit presents the traveling cup to Warren and Barrington Units Monday at 8 at legion headquarters Jefferson Street Armory Warren. The Kearney unit provides a short entertainment, refreshments by Warren and Barrington Units, and dancing music by an orchestra.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Kearney
Gar Hall
Providence
Kearnex
Warren
Barrington
Legion
Jefferson Street Armory
Born in Fall River: a son for the Dubucs
In Truesdale Hospital Fall River a son Robert Harold was born August 6 to Mr and Mrs Albert Dubuc. Mrs Dubuc is formerly Miss Edna Peterson.
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Dubuc
Truesdale Hospital
Fall River
Robert Harold
Albert Dubuc
Edna Peterson
Obituaries: Alers Coyle and Victoria Rites
In the Soldiers' Home Aug 5 Major Oliver S Alers aged 83 to 84. In town Aug 2 Miss Susan Coyle aged 78 years daughter of Daniel and Susan Coyle. In Wallum Lake Aug 3 Frank Victoria son of Frank and Gertrude Victoria aged 21.
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Alers
Oliver S. Alers
Coyle
Susan Coyle
Daniel and
Victoria
Wallum Lake
Frank Victoria
Frank
Gertrude Victoria
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