Bristol community outing features varied sports and lodge event
A Bristol summer day saw Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co. members join Camp Takarest for a dam bake. The Principessa Fiona Lodge of Italy held an Italian dinner at Carmine's Villa with John Romano chairing arrangements. Winners included Grace Garvin in the 25 yard dash and Rosalind Maturi in the 50 yard dash and three legged race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariano Buccio
Anthony Arico
Joseph Bisbano
Nunzio Gaglio
Martino Biancuzzo
Paul Bruno
John Bisbano
Orlando Bisbano
Pasquale Oliva
Domenic P. Perroni
Angelo Madhena
Frank Abate
Nicholas Pirri
Joseph R. Perroni
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co
High
Franklin Streets
Camp
Takarest
Boy Scout
William Manchester
William Francis
Bristol
Edward Belle
Samuel Mott
Lawrence S. Ashton
Fred Coggeshall
Alfred Burke
Daniel E. Dwyer
Clarence Davis
Francis Burke
Owen Trainor
Chester Hemple
Charles Pendleton
John Castro
Henry Campbell
Harold Green
George McCarthy
Louis Gallo
L. S Ashton
James F Meiggs
Principessa Fiona Lodge
Order Sons of Italy
Carmine’s Villa
Metacom Avenue
Hugo Ferrara
Frank Lucchesi
Pawtucket
Grand Lodge
John Romano
Leonardo DeLucca
Tony Rucci
Collins and Aikman Girls
Community Grove
Grace Garvin
Rosalind Maturi
Nancy Cortellessa
Irene B Lewis
Josephine Matur
Fairy Delmonica
Ethel D'Allessio
Laura Sai
Madeline Cortellessa
Orchardists Track Individual Trees For Profits
Orchardists adopt production records per tree and even per branch to identify which trees yield profitable crops. The method aims to cull nonperformers and plant better varieties, mirroring stock raisers practices in fruit production.
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Washington Star
Soldiers Relief leaders visit Soldiers Home in Bristol
On August 14 1908 the State Board of Soldiers Relief with Gov James H Higgins and Treasurer Walter A Read visited the Soldiers Home in town. A clam bake followed at Mt Hope Bay pavilion. Bristol guests included Dr A M Merriman Stephen T Church C A Barbour H M Thompson and Fred M Dixon.
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State Board of Soldiers Relief
James H. Higgins
Walter A. Read
Providence
Franklin Street
Mt. Hope Bay
A. M. Merriman
Stephen T. Church
Charles A. Barbour
Superior Court
H. M. Thompson
Fred M. Dixon
Edward L. Leahy
Metacom Avenue
DeWolf to study bleaching and finishing in Philadelphia
Philip DeWolf departs Monday for Philadelphia to take a special course in bleaching dyeing and finishing preparatory to joining a large local concern in that city He recently returned from Chil Peru Sommer where he worked as a chemist in a smelting works and will remain a couple of weeks longer in town before his departure to Philadelphia.
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Philip DeWolf
Philadelphia
DeWolf
Chil
Peru
Sommer
War-Torn Paraguay Fought to a Fifth of Population
Harriet Chalmers Adams describes Paraguay during the Five Years War 1865 to 1870 known as the War of the Triple Alliance. Paraguay mobilized youths, Spartans faced losses, fields were ruined and poverty and disease spread. Land ceded to the allies totaled 56 000 square miles.
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Paraguay
Brazi
Argentina
Uruguay
Harriet Chalmers Adams
National Geographic Magazine
Early Republican Governments Across Ancient Civilizations
The earliest republics likely include the Jewish commonwealth under Moses and Joshua with successors, Carthaginian republics, and Greek city states. Dates approximate: Israel 1491–1095 B C, Grecian 700–146 B C, Carthage 850–146 B C.
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Moses
Joshua
Carthage
Sheep behavior and leadership in pasture observed
The article notes lambs climb and walk uphill with joy, seeking high ground with the flock. It explains herd dynamics where volunteers become leaders, the risk of followers, and curiosity causing sheep to abandon food for exploration. A stranger can disrupt the fold until the herder intervenes.
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Los Angeles Times
Many Bird Species Extinct Through Recorded History
A Washington Star writer notes widespread bird extinctions from the dodo to the Eskimo curlew and passenger pigeon. Many vanished by 19th century exploration, leaving only stuffed scraps in museums as proof that they once soared or waded the world’s waters.
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Washington Star
Mauritius
Rodriguez
Kangaroo Island
South Australia
Pallas
Tahiti
New Zealand
Hawaii
Labrador Coast
Butterflies Taste by Leg Senses 1600 Times More Acute
University of Minnesota studies with over 200 butterflies across ten species show legs act as the taste organ. Butterflies detect sweetness when water is dipped on legs, causing the proboscis to uncoil. Sugar amounts detectable by humans require 1,600 times more sugar for butterflies to sense.
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University of Minnesota
Montreal Herald
Fungus Spore Rises Across Midwest Air Currents
A Kansas City Star writer notes rust fungus spores can travel from southern Texas to Minnesota at 5 000 to 10 000 feet. Immunization failed when discolored stalks revealed an extra external form, with over 100 subdivisions requiring comprehensive action.
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Texas
Minnesota
Kansas
Cty Star
The Morel Mushroom Prominently Ridged and Hollow
Native to some sections is at least one mushroom the morel or sponge mushroom. In early spring thousands of morels are gathered. Some are fried to brown in butter, others rest atop thick steaks. The morel is distinguished by its ridged hollow cap.
Denmark Drops War Bell Law Citing Church Growth
Petitioning pastors from the Danish Folk church led the government to abandon a wartime law that required church bells to be rung to speed mobilization. The protest argued the church has outgrown its obligation to assist in war service.
Trigger fish bait thieves scare southern anglers
Trigger fish are a nuisance to anglers in southern waters as they strip bait from crabs, leaving only shells. Fishermen report warning signs such as missing bait without any disturbance to floats.
Reet Aranda's Rise From Stage To Screen Fame
Actress Reet Aranda recalls a lifelong dance and pantomime training in Norway and Denmark before moving to Sweden and Germany. She explains how Broadway led to a film contract with Famous Players-Lasky, choosing motion pictures over theater for broader appeal.
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America
Norway
Royal Opera of
Copenhagen
Royal Opera
Haakon
Maud
National Theater of
Scandinavia
Prince Karl of
Sweden
Stockholm
Broadway
Noted Marksman I’s Hired to Miss Human Targets
Hollywood hosts a peculiar trade as Burl D Bunn earns a living by shooting straight and missing his target. Since 1922 he has specialized in scenes where a marksman aims at people without hitting them, contributing to wartime and crime themed films and the dramatic moments that follow.
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Marksman
Hollywood
Burl D. Bunn
Earl
Bunn
Cnn
Director Lederman’s Notable Films at Columbia Listed
Director D Ross Lederman, associated with Columbia for years, directed many notable productions including Trail's End The Fight a Marshall Texs Ranger Branded Daring Danger D Rexys Cyclone Speed Demon McKemm of side Mounted and The Road of the Trail.
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D. Ross Lederman
Columbia
A Marshall
Ranger
Daring
Danger
Speed Demon
McKemm
Side Mounted
Rad
The Ant World in a Garden Nest
A vivid description of ant societies inside a tree nest describes caterpillars, silk ropes guiding nightly and daily movements, and organized roles resembling dairy farming and fungus growing. The marching caterpillar returns along a self laid thread, revealing a hidden orderly community.
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St. ‘Louis
hItus
Cieties
Creatures of the Veldt Fear Hunters
A Tit-Bits Magazine correspondent notes veldt dwellers amid antelopes zebras pigs and smaller beasts grow terrified of humans after constant hunting and trapping. Mothers desert their young while larger predators like lions elephants and rhinos defend cubs with fierce effort and strategic guarding.
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Tit- Bits
Old Parr’s Cottage and the Remarkable Life of Thomas Parr
Old Parr lived in Middletown Wales and is said to have reached 152 years. He moved to London to be shown to Charles I but died months later. Post mortem found his inward parts healthy, suggesting diet and air shortened his life. He labored as a farmer until age 130 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
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Middletown
Wales
Old Parr
Thomas Parr
England
London
Charles I
Westminster Abbey
National Geographic Magazine
Ultraviolet Views Alter Insectmarkings For Butterflies Moths
An American Museum of Natural History display shows butterflies moths and flowers photographed with ultraviolet light revealing patterns invisible to humans. The study notes that many markings appearing white to people are deep ultraviolet hues to insects, with other whites also ultraviolet.
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American Museum of Natural History
Popular Mechanics
First settlers of Aleri cannot crops rely on dogs
A Carnegie Institution historian notes that Mayan and Aztec crops lagged behind Egypt and Mesopotamia. Wheat rice barley millet did not appear until after Columbus. They developed native crops such as Indian corn lima beans tobacco and cotton.
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Egypt
Valley of the Nile
Division of Historical Research
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Mesopotamia
China
Porcupines Favorite Salt Draws Damage Story
Histories note porcupines gnaw wood objects with salty coatings for flavor. A rodent nicknamed Porky is prone to biting into axe handles flooring and packing cases when such items have any salt taste or salt-containing paint.
Elements Yet to Be Named in the Periodic System
Chemists recognize eighty eight elements and claim four more may exist with atomic numbers 43 61 86 and 87. Uncertainty surrounds each proposed addition and their possible places in the periodic table.
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Governor Dingley
Boston
Portland
C. T Sherman
C. F. Dimond
Wendell R. Davis
A. M Merriman
J F. Farraf$y
Bryants’ Pond
Elizabeth L’f Cary
Austin’s Islands
L. F Waldron
Herbert Stowell
Atk Io As
High Street
Antonio Mazza
Prop
Alden Mattress CO
Brisfol
Butterfly
Aranda
Greta
Nissen
Fokine
Europe
New York
Jesse N. Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Mr Lasky
WRU
Greta Nissen
Union
Federal
E. W. Weaver
Irow
Fox Point Wharf
Pier 14
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Stan
Buffington’s Drug Store
Hope Street
Maisano’s
Wood St
B. I
Richmond St
Suzman's
Augustus P. Duffy
W. W. Franklin & Coo
John C. Trudell
Pocahantas
Dorchester Mutual
ER. L. Watson Co., Inc
Weybosset Street
R. L
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
William Street
Tel. Gon
Bristol District Nursing Association
Martha Gramam
St. Hyra
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