German gains on Russian front and Balkans reported
Dispatches recount German forces capturing 85 officers and 14 200 men on the Russian front between Aug 4 and 6, with losses and seizures including cannons bomb throwers and machine guns. Germans push Russians from positions near the Bug and Vistula and seize prisoners near Lomza and west of Kovno. In the Balkans Serbia may cede Macedonia to Bulgaria while Greece hesitates. One year ago today German troops crossed Luxembourg into France.
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Bug
Vistula
Lomza
Kovno
Greece
Vosges
Argonne
Monte San Michele
Gorizia
Hill 213
Souchez
Tracy-le-Val
Ossowetz
Seczna
Serock
Riga
Dvinsk
Balkans
Serbia
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Kavala
Luxembourg
France
Knights of Columbus Annual Outing At Prudence Island
Bristol Council No. 327 Knights of Columbus held its tenth annual outing on Prudence Island aboard the Steamer Reliance leaving at 11 15. About 60 Sir Knights and guests attended with luncheon at 1 and athletic events including a 3 2 ball game captained by John P Head. Reuben S Dunn made a circus catch and Owen Trainor officiated as umpire.
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Bristol Council
Knights of Columbus
Prudence Island
Reliance
John P. Head
James Wylie
Reuben S. Dunn
Owen Trainor
John Barclay
New York
Edward L. Leahy
James F. Lavander
Edmund Lemaire
Col. L. H. Callan
Florence Sullivan
A Freak of Nature on the Andrews Estate
An elm sprouted from a six foot high cherry stump at the Andrews estate corner of Hope and State streets. The tree grew from a seed in a crevice and now shoots above the decaying stump. The stump has been banded to preserve it while observers wonder what will happen when the stump fully decays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Hope and
State Streets
In Ihe Highest Form
Wise cultivated genial conversation is described as the best flower of civilization per Emerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed by Newport Testimony
Mrs. J Banister of Newport Rhode Island reports severe backache and kidney pains eased promptly by Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad notes kidneys work hard, offering 50 cent price at dealers and identifies Foster Milburn Co. as manufacturers from Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
J Banister
Thames Street
Newport
Doan
Dan
Mrs
Successful garden party aids local British Relief Society
The event hosted by Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Larned Saturday from 2 to 7 p.m. featured music by the Tripoli band and a war play read by Mrs. Florence Howe Hall. Attendees arrived by car from the Belvedere Hotel and by launches from the Bristol Yacht Club, raising about $250 for the local British Relief Society.
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Pharden
ME . E. C. Larned
British Relief Society
United States
Belvedere
Bristol Yacht Club
Tripoli
William Ferrara
Florence Howe Hall
Newport
Julia Ward Howe
Europe
Augustine van Wickle
Alice DeWolf
Geneva Wilson
Julie Brown
Mansfield
Boston
Pawtucket Y. M. C. A. Voluteer Life Saving Corps
M. W. Talcott
Talcott
Wyatt
Williams
Henry Allen
Charles B. Rockwell, Jr
Mary Reynolds
Roswell Bosworth
Eliza Howe
Frances Merriman
Fanny Coggeshall
Edith Chesebrough
Estelle Mudge
Lillian Anderson
Mabel Orgleman
America
Louise Malafronte
Italy
Blanchard
France
Catherine Lindley
George Clark
George E. Leighton
E. C. Larned
Irving McCaughey
Carl Rockwell
Wendell R. Davis
C. L. Bagnall
Helena Case
Henry W. Remington
John Brechin
Joseph Lofthouse
James Brogden
A. M.merriman
Mabel Orgelman
Alice L. B. Wyatt
B. M. MacDougall
Madeline Wyatt
Consigned to Scrap Heap the Columbia Yacht Demolished
The yacht Columbia built by the Herreshoffs and launched June 10, 1899, which twice defended the America's Cup, has been consigned to the scrap heap in Philadelphia. The steel frame and 100 ton keel will be converted into missiles for European belligerents after dismantling at City Island, NY, and shipment to a Philadelphia manufacturer. The vessel cost the New York Yacht Club more than $300,000.
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Herreshoffs
Philadelphia
Sir Thomas Lipton
City Island
New York Yacht Club
Barnaby's Dominates Providence Clothing Market
In Providence, Barnaby's is the preferred clothing retailer for almost every shopper. The long established store remains central to local wardrobes and consumer habits.
Selling Talk That Sparks a Purchase
A merchant urges salespeople to drop empty phrases like Something for you and What do you want. He says initial approach sets sales success and that vague questions kill interest. Instead offer concrete, helpful information and positive selling talk to reveal customer needs and benefits.
Secret of Radium Energy
The text explains energy from motion and radiation, comparing kinetic energy scales and the immense power of radium. It links microscopic fast particles to huge energy, and notes light speed particles driving electricity transmission over small wires. It emphasizes proportionality to weight and velocity in moving objects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Stable Boy Named Horse Potococooo
A London writer recalls the Potoccoco tale where the Earl of Egremont planned Potatoes for a horse. A stable boy, asked to chalk the name on a bin, wrote Pot followed by eight Os, amusing the group and giving the horse its name Potococcooo.
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London
Earl of Egremont
Lord Egremont
Why Lines Are Busy
Dialogue shows two women delaying phone calls to men working in service roles. The first laments missed calls while the second explains delays due to Mary the second girl using the phone and her love interest in a livery stable. Delia the cook is next in line causing further hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Delia
Newcastle autograph hunter crafts vessels with famous names
An Englishman in the 1950s wrote to famous men asking to lend their names to ships he built. He received affectionate replies, with Carlyle hoping the vessel would sail to greater waters than those reached by its namesake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Eng
Carlyle
Tragic Airedale Terrier Dies After Rescue Attempt
Airedale terrier in Bray County Dublin apparently tried to end its life by leaping from the north pier into the sea. Fishermen rescued it as it sank, but it swam to the other pier and drowned after being released.
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Bray
County Dublin
Death of Thomas F Davoren Passes After Illness
Thomas Francis Davoren died yesterday morning at 5.30 at his home 1302 Hope Street after two years of illness in his 64th year. A Holliston Mass. native, he operated a Warren area meat route for nearly 20 years. He leaves a widow formerly Miss Jennie Walsh and a daughter Miss Mary P. Davoren, plus three brothers James Henry and Austin Davoren of Milford Mass. Funeral from his home at 8.15 am tomorrow with services at 9 am at St Marys Church and burial in Holliston Mass. He belonged to St Marys Church and was widely known locally.
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Thomas Francis Davoren
Hope Street
Holliston
Mass
Warren Line
Warren
Jennie Walsh
Mary P. Davoren
James
Henry
Austin Davoren
Milford
St. Mary’s Church
Community outings and events list for August
A schedule of local church and club activities including an excurson to Newport on the Sagamore, lawn fetes and parties at parish grounds, church guild outings to Newport and Rocky Point, a lodge outing at Prospect Farm, a clambake at Prospect Farm, and a fire company clambake at Bristol Neck with dates from August 11 to September 6.
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First Congregational Church
Newport
Sagamore
Young Men’s Parish Club
St. Elizabeth’s Parish
Wood Street
Ivy Guild
St. Michael's Church
Rocky Point
St. Alban’s Lodge
A. F
A. M
John H. Bailey, Jr
Prospect Farm
Burnside Social Club
Defiance Hose Co
Bristol Neck
Calico Dress Price and bachelor allure noted
The article notes a calico dress can be bought for a few cents and observes that several other factors keep men from leaving bachelor life.
Murgo Cupolo Nuptials Continue Town Traditions
In this town on August 9, Rev Thomas J. Gillan performed the ceremony uniting Gae tano C. Murgo and Miss Ermelinda Cupolo in marriage both residents of the town.
Obituary Notices for Infant O'Donnell and Thomas Davoren
John O'Donnell age 10 weeks son of Patrick I and the late May Elizabeth Rubery died in August. Thomas Francis Davoren aged 63 years 4 months 5 days died in town in August.
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O'Donnell
Warren
John
Patrick I
Elizabeth
Rubery
Davoren
Thomas Francis Davoren
One of World's Oldest Cities Archangel
Archangel in the far north is described as one of the oldest cities with Norse traders visiting before 900. The city grew slowly yet steadily, its position protecting an outlet for goods from far northern and western Russia.
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Archangel
Young subaltern leads company with grim humor
A garrison officer of questionable age marched with his company. His troops teased him with a verse about a child leading them home and, after the jibe, he ordered the line repeated, turning laughter into a sharp tactical moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gubaltern
Priceless Roman Standard Owned by English Collector
A full ancient Roman standard, the only complete example known, is in the hands of an Englishman. The artifact’s scarce provenance and preservation position it as a rare publicly discussed relic.
Dr King’s New Life Pills Advertised as Easy Laxative
An advertising copy promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a simple pleasant laxative taken with water at night. It promises a morning bowel movement with no bad taste or belching and claims the pills cost 25 cents per bottle of 36.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
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K. OF C
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Newman Bros
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