Carnera to Meet Gagnon in Big Night at Mark's Stadium
Italian idol Primo Carnera, a giant of the ring with over 100 bouts, will face Jack Gagnon of Boston and New Bedford in the main bout at Mark's Stadium Tiverton on Thursday. Bristol fighter Al Diodati meets Billy Brown of New Bedford on the supporting card.
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Roe RA
New England
Primo Carnera
Jack Gagnon
Boston
New Bedford
Mark’s Stadium
Tiverton
Carnera
Gagnon
Bristol
Tuffy Griffiths
Chicago
Philadelphia
AL Diodati
Billy Brown
Probate Court Seeks Guardian for Elizabeth H Wilson
In Bristol 1932 Elizabeth H Wilson full aged estate and person guardian petition filed by Claudia W Ridington of Conshohocken Pa. Court setting August 24 1932 10 AM at Probate Court Bristol for consideration notice ordered published fourteen days once a week in Bristol Phoenix citation to be served per law.
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Bristol
Elizabeth H. Wilson
Claudia W. Ridington
Conshohocken
Elizabeth H Wilson
John W Church
Pleasant meal planning tips and old fashioned recipes
A fragment discusses easing meal planning by using cookbooks and newspaper menus. It lists dishes like Veal Pot Pie with Dumplings and Beefsteak German Style, with step by step notes for dumplings and bacon wrapped steak, plus kitchen tips on thickening sauces.
Outing and clam bake honor Edward F Coward at Little's Narrows
A Wednesday afternoon event at Little's Narrows honors Edward F Coward of New York City with an outing and clam bake hosted by Charles Bowler. The gathering includes numerous locals and a prize list from Y M C A Prudence Island field day events with winners such as Rennie Sawyer and Alonzo Dodge.
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Little's Narrows
Edward F. Coward
New York City
Charles, Bowler
Miss Perry
E. Howe
W. G. Low, Jr
E. S. Coward
W. S. Wilson
Frances Morris
Reese
Brough
Hayes
Hodgkinson
Sarah Weed
Helena Case
Rogers Case
Prudence Island
Rennie Sawyer
Alonzo Dodge
George R. Fish
Archie Crapo
Clarence Osterberg
George Fish
Leslie Close
Archie Crapp
Vincent Young
Wesley, Young
Wm Cook
Cros
Wesles Young
Orchard
Wm Orchard
Harold Fish
Thomas Andrews
Probate Court disposes eleven cases in routine session
In yesterday's Probate Court session for this town eleven cases were disposed. The docket includes continuances for estates of Silvio Martinello Frank Hammill and Isabel Hoffman with several administrators and executors to render accounts and to seek orders for sale or distribution. Bond amounts and surety details are noted for several estates.
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Tudge Fadlward
Leahy
Regiar
Silvio Martinello
Siva
Martnello -Petitton
Frank HO
Isabel W. Hoffman
Allownee Way
Albert Oo
Prehistoric Finds Reported From Pinar del Rio Cuba
Prof Robert Bennett of the American Indian Institute completes two weeks of exploration in Pinar del Rio Cuba returning with primitive shell spoons stone hammers wooden pots and other utensils. A skull fragment is sent to the Smithsonian Institute for study.
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Cuba
Robert Bennett
American Indian Institute Ofew York
Pinar del Rio
Bennett
Smithsonian Institute
Annual Fair Delights Javanese at Pasa Gambir
The Pasa Gambir fair is held annually for Javanese visitors with bamboo frame buildings, colorful towers, and a two week August opening drawing about half a million guests. Street traders line the lanes as a 5 and 10 cent shop crafts cheap toys, jewelry, cloths, foods, and native wares.
Ancient snowshoe lore spans continents and myths
Antiquity used ski like shoes across nations from Armenians shod horses to Norse Skrid Finnnen. Procopius notes Lapps in Scandinavia wearing sliders. Mongols and Norse sagas reveal widespread snowshoe use long before Christianity with gods walking on skies inspiring legends of ships.
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Xenophon
Procopius
Scandinavia
Asia
Ulfar Ullar
Power of National Conventions Reigns Without Law
The article argues national conventions lack statutes and are governed by public opinion. It cites John Quincy Adams on their danger and notes conventions have ruled supreme, with presidents always chosen by a convention attendee. It frames conventions as sovereign and potentially civil war provoking.
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John Quincy Adams
Nature's Arrangement in Natural Selection Theories
A naturalist argues that no living creature is immune from being preyed upon and that mortality among animal groups tracks their numbers. He notes new generations replace old pairs while indiscriminate actions drive apparent eliminations, challenging the strength of discriminative natural selection forces.
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Joseph Hergesheimer
American Mercury
Hog fish uses balloons to raise eggs to surface
The hog fish along southern California shores lays its eggs by inflating small blimp shaped balloons that rise to the surface. After hatching the young fish swim to the bottom again.
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California
As Old as His Creed Rector Answers with Surplice Dignity
A young rector in a sermon on the church's divine character is confronted by an angry elderly lady who questions his authority. He replies with quiet authority that wearing the surplice makes him feel a century old. The retort, reported by the Boston Transcript, highlights respect and tradition in clergy conduct.
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Boston Transcript
Rockwell's Phantom Ranks In Series After Saturday Race
Bristol Yacht Club held a 123 footers race on a north breeze. Phantom earned second place with 14 points and trails leader Little Rhody Jr in the series standings. Other finishers include Papoose, Remora, Shrimpo, Black Maria, Gloria, and R I Red with varied times and points.
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Phantom
Rockwell
Little Rhody, Jr
Tillinghast
Ween
Nahcy Bell
Congdon
Papoose
Leahy Ou
Shrimpe
Gardiner
Ews
Black Maria
Wall
Remora
Nicholson
Flit
Howe
Empress
Danforth
Gloria
French
Alouette
Steele
R. I. Red
DeWolf
Moro
Fales
Rockette
Read
Shrimpo
Nancy Bell
Allouette
Rhode Island Red
Widgeon
Scientific prowler notes Brazilian myth on first humans
A quirky reader report claims Brazilian Indians held two women as the oldest humans, with each insisting she was the elder. The note asks whether the tradition is mistaken or if women have changed since that era.
Free and Unlimited Coinage of Gold Policy
Government commits to coin all gold presented without charge, defining free coinage as the right to mint any gold brought to the mint. The policy establishes that no fees will be collected for minting gold.
Poets Quip on Rhymes and Recitation
A Byron line notes poets claim fifty rhymes and imply they will recite them all, highlighting the boastful craft and expectation of performance from poets. The remark wryly reflects on literary talent and audience anticipation.
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Byron
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