The Passing of the Signboard and Billboard Reform
At the American Civic Association annual convention in Washington Jesse Lee Bennett of Baltimore argued billboards are a nation wide nuisance. He said billboard agitation reflects civic awakening and esthetic concerns guiding law and court actions on outdoor advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Civic Association
Association
Washington
Jesse Lee Bennett
Baltimore
United States
Bennett
New Watering Ring for Street Trees in Strassburg
City tree inspector Mr. Sauer introduces a ring shaped iron or lead tube placed around each tree stem. The ring sits just above the roots with a network of holes to deliver water directly to the roots. A funnel at the pipe end allows controlled watering and reduces waste while improving soil ventilation near the roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strassburg
Sauer
Prometheus
Flower City Erfurt Known for Horticultural Firms
Erfurt in Germany is famed as Blumenstadt the Flower City with a growing industrial base. About 3 percent of residents work in commercial horticulture and large seed firms export vast quantities worldwide including substantial U.S. imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Erfurt
United States
Europe
Baltimore Sets Good Example
About a year ago Baltimore house owners tore down dividing fences and laid out rear yards as small parks with uniform landscape plans. Fences were replaced by continuous flower gardens and hundreds cooperated to beautify formerly bare waste spaces. The city forester aided the effort. Other cities might emulate this.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Waxwork Tales From a Traveling Showman
A wax figure maker recalls humorous incidents from displays and tours. He describes a vaudeville artist mistaking a wax statue for his wife and a boy who thought all silent people were wax figures, exposing the comic surprises of lifelike dummies.
Two Sides to Man's Nature In Voltaire and Robespierre
The text contrasts Voltaire’s view of human nature with theater's impact on spectators and notes Carlyle's remark that Robespierre rejected a capital punishment proceeding. Anatole France warns that loving others can tempt lethal impulses, offering a partial lens on Robespierre's actions.
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Voltaire
Sangfroid
Loyes
Carlyle
Robespierre
M. Anatole
France
Hidden Secrets of Disease
Report surveys major diseases and notes repeated failures to isolate their specific germs. It cites Jenner, Pasteur, Rees, Carroll, and others, detailing measles, chickenpox, smallpox, yellow fever, scarlet fever, hydrophobia, typhus, and trachoma as cases where the exact organism remains undiscovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenner
Rees
Carroll
Pasteur
Local Georgia magistrate juror instruction in dialect
In a Georgia colored district a magistrate presides for the first time and delivers a jury charge. He explains his duty, remarks on evidence and arguments, and notes his main action is to change the jury about a dollar apiece, then instructs the jurors to proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Genelemen
Berlin Hotels Decline Responsibility for Late Risers
A commercial traveler sues Berlin hotel keepers claiming losses after a porter failed to wake him. The case awaits judgment while hotels post notices refusing liability for patrons waking delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Proper nutrition for children with Scott's Emulsion
An advertising notice urges giving Scott's Emulsion to undernourished children to strengthen blood, combat weakness, and build sturdier bodies. It highlights pale faces, lean frames, frequent colds, and low ambition as signs of deficiency and promotes a non alcoholic tonic from Scott & Bowne of Bloomfield New Jersey.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
Galveston and Texas Coast Hit by Disastrous Hurricane
A cyclone struck Texas coastal cities causing extensive property damage and numerous deaths. Galveston bore the brunt with losses potentially exceeding 15 million dollars while total damage neared 30 million, and oil and cotton interests suffered heavy losses. Death toll across towns is listed with significant figures, and precautionary measures limited casualties compared with the 1900 storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Virginia Point
Texas City
Morgan’s Point
Hitchcock
Laporte
Port Arthur
Lynchburg
Sylvan Beach
Seabrook
Houston
Sabine
Sabine Pass
Kemah
Weather Bureau
Children enjoy lawn party at First Congregational Church
Miss Gertrude M Hasbrouck hosted a 3 to 5 pm gathering for the Primary Class and Cradle Roll of the Sunday School. Thirty children attended as hammocks, games, ice cream, and cake were offered under shade trees. Miss Hasbrouck received an Oxford book of English verse from the mothers, presented by Rev Samuel Lindsay, with Miss Annie Manchester and Mrs Joseph Eckersley assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Gertrude M. Hasbrouck
Annie Manchester
Joseph Eckersley
Hasbrouck
Samuel Lindsay
German Victory Heralded In Bombardment Of English Towns
A German submarine criticized for introducing a new form of culture in naval warfare bombarded Whitehaven Harrington and Parton on England’s west coast. Undefended towns faced attack amid reports of civilian casualties and renewed calls denouncing Germany’s crimes in Belgium and against neutral ships. The New York Herald cites the Lusitania sinking as proof that German warfare disregards laws and humanity, branding the nation morally bankrupt.
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Whitehaven
Harrington
Parton
England
Louvain
Lusitania
Germany
Belgium
N. Y. Herald
Advertised Letters List and Quotations Noted
In this town on Aug 17, names appear for advertised letters including Isabell Chester Laura Cooke Maria Dimond An som Flowers Anita Grosvenor L S Johnson John Demefrio W G Gardner Robert Hunter Louis Suci A Sunney Hale Soares In this town Aug 17 a apW D Coggeshall P HH Daly Also a quotation from O W Holmes warns against using disagreement as friendship justification to speak unpleasantly to intimates.
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Isabell Chester
Laura F F. Cooke
Maria Dimond
Ansom R. Flowers
Anita Grosvenor
L. S. Johnson
John Demefrio
W. G. Gardner
Robert E. Hunter
Louis Suci
A. Sunney
Hale T. Very. Soares
D. G. Coggeshall
P HH
Third annual events fill late August at Bristol parish and clubs
A sequence of community outings and celebrations is scheduled from August 14 to August 30. St. Elizabeth's Parish hosts lawn parties and a festival on Wood Street. St Alban's Lodge and several lodges plan grounds outings at Prospect Farm and Rocky Point, with moonlight excursions aboard the Sagamore and clambakes at Prospect Farm and Bristol Neck. A dance at Bristol Yacht Clubhouse and a Defiance Hose Co clambake close the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Elizabeth’s Parish
Wood Street
St. Alban’s Lodge
A. F
A. M
John H. Bailey, Jr
Prospect Farm
Dreadnaught Hook, Ladder and Hose’Co
Rocky Point
Bristol Yacht Club
The
Excelsior Tennis Ube
Defiance Hose Co
Bristol Neck
Recount of a Christening Name Switch in Slave Narratives
In a dialogue, a mistress questions Eliza about naming her child George Washington while she calls him Izaak Walton. Eliza explains the change was compelled to reveal the truth, asserting the name change was necessary to expose the deception.
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Eliza
George Washington
Izaak Walton
Walton
Chile
Probate sale sought for estate of Joseph C Sylvia
Manuel Dennis Jr administrator de bonis non petitions Bristol probate court to authorize sale of extensive Bristol island plots to cover debts and funeral costs. Property includes lots 72 73 75 58 59 60 61 62 on Fox Hill Cottage Lots plat with rights to streets and lanes. Hearing set Sept 13 1915 at 10:30 AM in Bristol Probate Court.
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Bristol
Joseph C. Sylvia Manuel Dennis, Jr
de Bonis
Joseph C. Sylvia
Sal
Isidon
Fox Hill Cottage
Nehemiah Cole
J. A Latham
Fox Hill Avenue
Frederick A. Geisler
Fox Hih
William J Duffy
Annie M. Duffy
Fox Hill
Lotifty-Seven
Eva May Cole
Richmond Street
Horatio H. HaNaday
Joseph EH
Sylvia
Joseph S. Sylvia
de Bonis Non
Jeremian H. Young
Gerfevra
Evelyn Gray
Sai
Congregational Street
William Handy
Isaac Hyde
Bristol Phenix
Executor of Herreshoff estate notices claims in Bristol
The executor of John Herreshoff's will in Bristol issues a notice for all creditors to file claims within six months from the first advertisement. The filing is to occur in the clerk's office of Bristol Probate Court. The notice is signed by P. H. Gardner for the Island Hospital Trust Company as vice president.
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John Herreshoff
Bristoll
Bristol
Sal
Lee
Gesinst
Reode
Island
Hospital Trust
P. H
Gardner
Dent
Burnaide Memorial Building
Winthrop G. Ehurston
Bristol, R
United States
Winthrop G. Thurston
R. I
Bristol Probate Court Notices and Estate Proceedings
Notices from Bristol Probate Court dated August 18 1915 announce probate actions for the estates of John B Herreshoff and Genevra Evelyn Gray. The court schedules hearings and publication dates, including continuations to September 13 1915, with notices in the Bristol Phoenix.
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Bristol
Genevra Evely. Gray
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R. T
Daly
O W. Holmes
John M. Coggeshall
Kenney
Pal Hofsreal Estates
Publis
John M Coggeshall
Glerk
Bristo i
John B
Herreshoff
John B. Herreshoft
John
John’ B. Herreshoft
Bristol Phoenix
Tegal Noltay
Bristol R. L
Superior Court
Providence
Ellen Kelley
John Leahy
Margaret A. Goff
James J. Walsh
Timothy Walsh
Briatot
Ce Feston Ee
Frank H. Solicitor
Prudence
Bristol Sanayere
Northup
Dorchester Mutual Fire -Ins. Co
Boston
E. Ll. Watson & CO
Staten
Industrial & Co
Ing. Providence, R. L
William W. Franklin & Co
Wood St
Thomas
Christodal Corner
Thames
Oliver Streets
Chiropodist
T. Clarke Brown, Jr
Constitution St. Tel
B. Evistol
Trudell Bros
G.W. Simmons
G. M. Wilbur
Hope Street
Liscomb
Colgeshall Chase
Tipcomb
Geteaban
Isaac B. Munro
R. J
A. W. Orgelman
Oeakon
State Street
Weaver & Matheson
E. K. Reynolds
High Street
Hydraulion Hall
Cor Peorge Ave
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