Automobiles Collision Reports From Town Streets
Three automobile accidents occurred in town on Friday with minor injuries. John Ruggieri's truck collided with Luigi Ruggiero's car on Wood Street, pushing the truck into a fence in front of Justice of the Peace Philip Brady's house, and Luigi Ruggiero faced reckless driving charges. A second crash on Thames Street near John Street involved Clarence Luther and Ernest G Larrioree, with Luther's car damaged. Michael Georgio's sedan skidded on the main road opposite Walter Kerr's home, turned over, and was towed from the gutter. both Georgio and Stanzione of town escaped with minor injuries. Another collision on Congregational Street at 10 o'clock Saturday morning involved George Brooks's truck and Morris Brothers Wagon, damaging the wagon's steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ruggieri
High Street
Luigi Ruggiero
Green Street
Cranston
Wood Street
House of Justice of the Peace
Philip Brady
Lugi Ruggiero
Fifth District Court
Clarence Luther
Swansea
Ernest G. Larrioree
Seymour Street
Providence
Thames Street
John Street
Luther
Michael Georgio
Centre Street
Walter Kerr
Hope Street
Creorgio
Stanzione
George Brooks
Morris Brothers
C F Annual Outing Hosts Clambake in Swansea Grounds
Bristol Warren Newport and Pawtucket Encampments held their third annual outing and clambake at Dorothy Brown Lodge South Swansea. Chowder served at 1 o'clock. Baseball featured Bristol Warren and Newport Pawtucket teams. Bristol Warren side won 3 to 1. Bake served to 140 guests including 25 from Bristol Warren 25 Newport 30 and Pawtucket 60.
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Bristol Warren
Newport
Pawtucket
Dorothy Brown Lodge
South Swansea
Bristol
Warren
Bristol Scouts Hold Busy Camp Week at Takarest
The Bristol Scout camp near Mt Hope Bay featured a camp fire and music on Friday, an old tug rescued and added to the fleet, and volleyball on Saturday. Awards were given to Henry Mason Paul F Thompson and Lawrence Ashton for second and first class badges. Brockton Fair trials and sailing trips filled the weekend as Old Timers Week plans began for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Takarest
Bristol
Mt. Hope Bay
Henry Mason
Paul F Thompson
Lawrence Ashton
Brockton Fair
Sandy Beach
Paul Herzig
Trintty Parish
Camp Takares
George R Fish
Springfield
Greater Providence
Oscar P Herzig
Annual Doll Parade Promises More Parade Fun On Common
The second annual doll parade, run by the Community Playground Association under Supervisor Lewis H Field, was held on the common at 2:30 yesterday. 43 entries competed with Dorothy McKale winning first for a girl’s wash set, Gilda Costa second for a sewing set, and Mary Orrea third for a bunny rabbit game. Frances Marshall received an honorable mention.
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Community Playground Association
Lewis. H. Field
Dorothy McKale
Gilda Costa
Mary Orrea
Frances Marshall
Leo George Cote
Colin T. Holm
Helen A. Gendon
Mark Bradford
Commodore Longfellow
National Headquarters
American Red Cross
Cantwell Lonergan marriage at St Marys and Rodman ceremony
In this town two marriages were solemnized on August 24. Leo Cantwell of Fall River wed Miss Mary Philabeth Lonergan of this town at St Marys Church by Rev Thomas Jallan. Henry Francis Serbst Jr of this town married Miss Gladys Mary Rodman of Riverside at St Brendans Church by Rev Joseph Hughes.
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Cantwell
Lonergan
St. Mary's Church
Thomas Jallan
Leo Cantwell
Fall River
Mary Philabeth Lonergan
serbst—Rodman
Riverside
St. Brendan's Church
Joseph Tf Hughes
Henry Francis Serbst Jr
Gladys Mary Rodman
Deaths in Swansea and Douglass towns
Died Margaret Desidgro-ip aged 68 wife of Antonio Desid om married in Swansea Mass Aug 24. Oscar R Douglass son of the late John S and Beebe Lawton Douglass aged 27 years formerly of this town. Guie Gutte died in town Aug 22 at the Soldiers Home aged 2 years.
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Desidgro
Gras Tvan
Margaret
Antonio Desideriy
Douglass
Swansea
Mass
Oscar Ro Douglass
John S and
Beebe
Lawton
Guie
Soldiers Home
Charles
Costly Prairie Pests Devour Arizona Grasslands
Report highlights how pocket gophers prairie dogs and ground squirrels devastate Arizona grasslands consuming about 8 million tons of grass annually. Wildlife managers note economic and ecological harm and seek control measures.
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Arizona
Doric Club Hosts Sept. 10 Bristol Dance Event
The Doric Club plans a Bristol Casino dance on Thursday evening September 10. The event follows the campaign opening on September 23 and an earlier 6 15 o'clock start time.
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Bristol Casino
Doric Club
Best Coatings for Iron Protection Compared Zinc vs Tin
The article compares tin and zinc coatings for iron protection. Zinc offers better long term protection due to proximity to iron, while tin coatings tend to accelerate corrosion of any exposed iron.
Making War on Rats
The biological survey notes rats mainly seek food and trapping is tough if food is plentiful. Persistent trapping remains one of the most effective methods to destroy these rodents despite their cunning and occasional avoidance of even innocent looking traps.
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Biological Survey
Mickie Says S Wit Wormed Twar For Five Years
Confused note reports a person named Mickie accusing a foe of a long illness or scheme described as writs or war. The text also mentions a debt of four million but lacks clear context or verifiable details.
Secrets of Cremona varnish and the Stradivarius myth
A discussion on old violin varnish and its reputed role in tone. The article cites Briton Nicene Britannica figures and Charles Reade noting the lost Cremona secret, while noting makers once prepared their own varnish before spirit varnish spread. It praises the Dolphin Strad as a near perfect example of wood and varnish harmony.
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Otto Meyer
Charles Reade
Stradivarius
Hewer
Unusual Anno Santo Pilgrims Visit St Peter’s Confession
Two pilgrims arrived at St Peter’s for confession during Anno Santo one from Qoberammagau Bavaria and the other from Scotland both walked the entire journey to Rome on foot except for crossing the Fagiah channel by rail to return home clergy fund their rail transport The article notes that in the first Anno Santo 625 years ago most pilgrims traveled by foot and German youths still walk to Rome in spring with some singing troubadour songs for pennies to cover meals.
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St. Peter's
Qoberammagau
Bavaria
Scotland
Fagiah
Rome
Improved Sandals with Nike Skates Enter Market for Youth
Improved Sandals on Nike style skates use two stout steel coils between sole and footbed. Sold in five sizes with varying spring stiffness for small and large children. Claimed to strengthen feet and legs and foster new playground games, from Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Nike
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Meal in a Monument at Windsor Great Park
Visitors to Windsor Great Park recall the equestrian statue of George III where a dinner was held inside the horse body during its 1822 erection. The hinge statue’s construction left a short ladder inside, still there when sealed. London Tit Bits. Salmon fishing in private Scottish waters rises in cost as Spey stocks drop to about 300 fish this year. A sportsman paid $3.50 weekly for a rod, five weeks yielded one fish at $1750.
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Windsor Great Park
George Tit
London
New York World
Spey
Remarkable Feat Told by Shakespeare on Lablache
William Shakespeare the other William recounts a tale from Plain Words on Singing about the renowned bass Lablache. At dinner he sang a long breathless note from piano to forte to piano, drank wine, then sang a chromatic scale in one breath and blew out a candle with his mouth open.
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William Shakespeare
William
Lablache
United States Tests 75mm Gun Outrange French 75mm
The U S army has developed a 75 mm gun that shoots nearly three miles farther than the famous French 75 mm used in the Word War. The report cites distant performance gains and notes the weapon's test status.
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United States
Katwelletty
Phinxes as Royal Portraits of the Sun God in Thebes
The text argues phinxes were placed to guard temple approaches and often bore royal portraits. It notes the eighteenth dynasty inscription at the Shrine Between the Paws of the Great depicts the Sun God Hatmechis, with many sphinx heads representing royalty.
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Ninge
Desert Sandstorms in Southwest US Regions
Desert regions in the southwestern United States face sandstorms especially in interior southern California and southern Arizona. Parts of Nevada and the Great Basin between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada are also affected by these sandstorms.
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United States
California
Arizona
Nevada
Great Basin
Rockies
Sierra Nevadas
Misread Letter Sparks Diplomatic Yet Plain Speech
A letter from Otherwise Abey to a former preferred customer is noted by Mawruss who calls it fine and inoffensive but scolds the spelling of dirty and the start of cockroach, hinting at unintended emphasis in the missive.
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Abey
Mawruss
Wind Force Scale From Light Air to Hurricane
The text lists wind speeds and a hierarchy of wind names: light air to hurricane. It notes a wind exceeding 75 miles per hour is a hurricane and enumerates terms for increasing stiffness: light air, slight breeze, gentle breeze, moderate breeze, fresh breeze, strong breeze, high wind, gale, strong gale, whole gale, storm wind, hurricane.
Ballet's origins traced from Italy to France
The text notes ancient dances from early peoples and records that the first ballet premiered in Italy in 1480 and spread to France about a century later. It emphasizes a long historical lineage of formal dance.
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Italy
France
Pisa noble Ugolino Imprisoned by Ghibellines in 1288
Ugolino, a Pisa noble and Guelph leader, was captured in 1288 by the Ghibellines and jailed with his two sons in the tower of Gualandi where he was left to starve to death.
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Ugolino
Pisa
Guelph
Gualandi
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