Graduation Day at Bristol High School Class of ’06
Commencement Day and class exercises held in the Bristol Opera House with the Class of 1906 graduating. Principal John C. Davis honored with a cash gift. Orations by John Morrissey Jr and Bertram Wall, essays by Thomas, Baker and Pickles, and a large turnout of relatives and friends.
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Bristol High School
Bristol Opera House
Helen W Church
William Sisson
Daniel Morrissey
Arthur McCaw
J H Morrissey
M Maud Morton
Davis
John P Reynolds
Herbert W. Lull
Newport
George Arnold
Arnold
Edward Leahy
George Balfour
Augustus Connery
Robert Munro
John H Morrissey, Jr
Bertram W Wall
Carrie A Thomas
Edna M. Baker
Eva R Pickles
War Money Preserved In French Trench Town Scrip
A complete set of French paper money issued in towns and villages near the trenches is preserved at the Imperial War Museum in London. The collection documents local currency used by civilians and soldiers during World War I.
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Isin Fe
Imperial War Museum
London
Need of Water Vital
A Public warning notes that water deprivation leads to rapid distress and likely death within 60 minutes to 2 hours, stressing urgent need for hydration and water access. The brief emphasizes the critical impact of water scarcity on human survival.
Crocodiles Lose Edge From Their Temper and Tears
In Uganda scientists report crocodiles shed tears as a business asset but their open-mouthed sleep invites tsetse flies. Swallowing the biting insects spreads sleeping sickness, a cost of their irritable behavior and a moral about forbearance.
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London Times
Imperial Scientific Research
Uganda
Mushroom expert dies after eating poisonous toadstool
A renowned French mycologist named M Cottin, famed for his mushroom book and illustrations distinguishing edible and dangerous varieties, died after consuming a mushroom he had not listed. His death highlights the risk of mistaking toxic toadstools for edible fungi.
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M Cottin
Mo Cottin
English Pantomimes Shine in Exile on Polar Voyages
A Manchester Guardian columnist notes that Englishmen abroad cling to pantomime as firmly as plum pudding. During the Resolute’s 1852 Christmas in Melville Island crew members performed a full cast pantomime with Sir George Nares as Columbine, and in 1875 on the Alert the Réxas Arctic theater reopened with pantomime as the favored pastime for all aboard.
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Manchester Guardian
Melville Island
George Nares
Columbine
As You Like It title theory in Barnabas Journal
The piece notes Bratthwaits Barnabs’s Journal cites As You Like It as a proverb indicating a free unconcern with censure. It compares the title’s provostial sense to Much Ado About Nothing and links it to the forest setting of Shakespeare’s comedy.
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Barnabs
Shows Good Census
A London Opinion quip jokes about census questions asking about family, pets, radio, and instruments. A man clarifies his intent to rent the house next door, highlighting curiosity about neighbors.
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London
Head or Heart in Subscriber Dilemma
A Tablet subscriber asks if giving to many causes is wiser than toilful hardheartedness. The editor cites Theodore Roosevelt noting hardness of heart may be doubtful but softness of head could do more harm, framing the debate.
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Ford
Ford Motor Company
Times
Theodore Roosevelt
Artistic Treasures in Cities of Sunny Spain
Exalting Spain’s diverse monuments from Gothic cathedrals to Moorish mosques this passage highlights Alhambra Alcazar Cordoba Mosque Burgos Cathedral Seville Giralda Escorial Segovia Valencia Salamanca Madrid Toledo and more as gems of art and history with varied beauty and romance.
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Anly
Spain
Granada
Cordoba
Zaragoz O
Burgos
Seville
Giralda
The
Escorial
Santiago’s
University of
Salamanca
Segovia
Valencia
Madrid
Toledo
Tracing Absurd Legal Phrasing Over Dog Definition
The sworn witness asserts free will in declaring ownership of a dog while the text absurdly redefines dog as a broad list of animals and creatures. It ridicules the long-winded attempt to constrain meaning and excludes many animals, ending with a comic misnaming of the canine as a four footed carnivorous mammal.
Simile Rich Banter From Kansas City Star Pocket Dialogue
A playful exchange features characters weighing a man’s character with rapid fire similes. Quips compare him to a beaut y pageant, a head waiter, a bootlegger’s fortune, and a red ant at a picnic, mixing humor with sharp social jabs.
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Marie
Neptune
Ynees
Scotland
Wansas City Star
Hamilton and Burr Rivalry Amid the New York Duel Trigger
The account describes the Hamilton Burr feud from law study to Burr’s defeats and rise. It notes Burr’s defeats in New York elections and his alleged challenge to Hamilton to a duel linking their long running political and personal rivalry.
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Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
Burr
Jefferson
House of Representatives
Viami
Ton
King Jefferson
Aaron Bure
Gurr
New York
Hamilton
End of Blackbeard Thatch at Pasquotank in 1718
The famous pirate Edward Thatch nicknamed Blackbeard rose to notoriety for raids across the West Indies and the Carolina Virginia coast. In Pasquotank North Carolina in 1718 he faced two British sloops under Lieutenant Maynard and was killed with several of his men after a cunning ruse allowed boarding.
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Edward Teacher Thatch
Blackbeard
West Indies
Carolina
Virginia
Pasquotank
Maynard
Washington Star
Night Angel shines with Prague intrigue and star power
Nancy Carroll and Fredric March star in The Night Angel a pulsating talkie set in Prague where a dancer in The Duck inn becomes entangled with a city prosecutor and a tough bouncer. The film blends fast paced thriller scenes with a fresh viewpoint and a hopeful ending.
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Nancy Carroll
Fredric March
Prague
Paris
Miss Carroll
March
Alan Hale
Nancy
Probate of John B Pollock Will in Bristol 1931
The Probate Court of Bristol enters the will of John KH Pollock for probate. The matter is referred to August 11, 1931 at 10 am in the Probate Court Room. Notice to be published for fourteen days weekly in the Bristol Phenix. John W. Church, Clerk.
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Bristol
Samuel B. Tanner
Sarah V Luther
Samuel B Tanner
Ward
F. John
Rebecca A. N. Church Howard
Manchester
Rebecca A
Church
Bristol Phenix
John W Church
Maria G. Gibson
T’robate Cort
Martin Gibson
Liew
William T . Donne
Union Street
Rhode Island
John M. Burke
Catherine A Greenwood
Cumberland
Mary A .Charles
Providence
John M. Larke
Bristol Phoenix
John
Pollock
John KH Pollock
John W. Church
Alice Almy Herreshoff
Audra Moung
Nora N. A. Earle
Alice Bateman Almy
Industrial Trust Company of Providence
Charles H. Manchester
Rebecca A. N Church
Probate Court
Age Old Groundhog Tradition and Candlemas Day
The piece notes the ground hog superstition as an American descendant of an ancient belief. A mild February signals change and a cold spring, tied to Candlemas day February 2 in Christian times.
Ruth Ellen’s Dinner Critique Sparks Doughnut Debate
Ruth Ellen comments on food at a first dinner with friends noting a spinach cook in her Aunt Rose’s kitchen. The quip reflects a child’s playful comparison of family cooking styles and humor at the gathering.
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Ruth Ellen
Rose
Diplomatic Bobby Warned Over Candy Request
A young boy named Bobby faced a warning for asking for candy during a neighbor visit with his mother. He spied sweets, took a tempting piece from the plate, and asked Mrs. C2 what a piece of candy is good for, prompting caution about misbehavior during social visits.
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Bobby
Bristol Probate Notice for Isabella Weeden Estate
Estate of Isabella Frederick Weeden seeks appointment of Lillian T. Wilson as administratrix. The Bristol court orders notice published weekly for fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix, with a hearing set for September 17, 1931 at 10 o clock A M in Bristol Court Room.
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Bristol
Isabella Frederick Weeden
John 8. Weeden
Lillian T. Wilson
Bate Court Room
Bristol Phoenix
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Detroit
Hamilton and Burr
P. T. Bailey
R. R
Garvin’s Express
Burton Street
Bristol, R, I
Robert D Andrews
Town OF
Fulton Mework
NEW England Steamship Lines
Liberty Tailor
High Street
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
Peter Bonvicin
Burton ST
Tel
Octave Leclair
MASON
D. J. Gladue
Cottage Street
Augustus P. Duffy
W. W. Franklin & Co
Wood Street
Freeborn R. Cole
Cook Street
Charles M. Connery
E. W. Weaver
Bristol District Nursing Association
Hope Street
Mises
Martha Graham
Mope Street
Miss Thyra Carlson
Hope St
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