Easiest Way and Dishonored Highlight Local Cinema
Week preview notes Constance Bennett praising The Easiest Way and her dream to perform Laura. Cast includes Adolphe Menjou Montgomery Gable Anita Page Rambeau and others. Friday and Saturday feature Dishonored a wartime secret agent story starring Marlene Dietrich with Lew Cody von Seyffertitz Oland Norton.
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Constance Bennett
Miss Bennett
Richard Bennett
Frances Starr
Dad
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pathe
M-G-M
Laura
Adolphe Menjou
Robert Montgomery
Anita Page
Marjorie Rambeau
J. Farrell Macdonald
Clara Blandick
Clark Gable
Marlene Dietrich
Josef von Sternberg
Miss Dietrich
Vienna
Lew Cody
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Warner Oland
Barry Norton
Russia
Marion Davies Stars in The Bachelor Father At Metro Pictures
SUNDAY. AUG 30 Marion Davies appears in The Bachelor Father fresh from Broadway. The film, directed by David Belasco, is billed as the season’s most discussed 1931 release by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Critics hail Davies as the crowning comedy performer of the production.
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Marion Davies
David Belasco
Belasco Theatre
New York
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Reverend Lindsay Returns from Europe Visit to Soviet Russia
Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Lindsay, Brookline Baptist Church pastor, recently returned from three weeks in Soviet Russia with educators and scientists. He shared impressions of the Soviet Republic covering varied aspects, including a soap cake priced at $10 and the cost of a bath.
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Samuel M. Lindsay
Brookline
Russia trip preacher to speak in Bristol October
A Rev Dr Lind say is hired by the Men’s Union of the Congregational Church to visit Bristol in October and talk about his travels in Russia. The text notes poverty as a state and mentionses social conditions and equal wages including prisoners while describing five year plan era Life in the region is described with uniform dress and wage equality.
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Dr Lindsay
Men's Union of
The
Congregational Church
Bristol
Russia
Bristol Chapter Field Day Set for May 26
Annual Field Day of the Bristol Chapter DA Ry will be held Wednesday at the Chapter House on Franklin Street. Event details note a Bristol gathering to mark the chapter’s upcoming activities.
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Dax
Bristol
D A Ry
Franklin Street
Bristol 25 Years Ago Excerpts From Phoenix Files
Reprinted selections from Phoenix files showcase Bristol events from a quarter century past. The feature highlights notable people, places, dates, and local happenings reflecting the era.
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Phoenix Files
Pupil Piano Recital Held at Miss Bosworth Home
Miss Isabel E Bosworth hosted a piano forte recital on Hope Street with pupils Blanche West Olive Young Emma McCarty Helen Stowell and Helen Warren. Guests included Helen and Henrietta Connery Charlotte Young Gertrude West and Blanche West. Performances featured solos two piano ensemble violin and mandolin pieces followed by a social hour and refreshments.
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Isabel E. Bosworth
Hope Street
Blanche West
Olive Young
Emma McCarty
Helen Stowell
Helen Warren
Miss Bosworth
Helen
Henrietta Connery
Charlotte Young
Gertrude West
Helen Connery
Soldiers' Home visit by State Street M E Church group
About 50 members of State Street M E Church entertained comrades at the Soldiers' Home in Recreation Hall last evening. The League left the church in wagons, and Commandant Hall sent one wagon to the Home. The program included prayers, children's rhymes, and patriotic songs led by Rev John McVay and Mother Creose, with the soldiers joining in enthusiastic singing of Onward Christian Soldiers and Star Spangled Banner.
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State Street
M. E
League
Benjamin M Hall
John McVay
Creose
Georgia
Hall
Local Holiday Gathering Noted For Kindness Shown
The report thanks members of the League for their kindness and notes they were invited back. The party returned from the Home at 10 o'clock.
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League
Rain Cancels Bristol vs Bourn Rubber Game Again
Baseball fans faced a fourth consecutive Saturday with no play as rain halted the Bristol and Bourn Rubber Company matchup. Visitors attended but ongoing showers stopped the game and Fort Greble failed to appear when conditions briefly cleared.
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Bristol
Bourn Rubber Company
Fort Greble
Cranston Namquit West Barrington Mills Hold Joint Outing
A Cranston Namquit and West Barrington Mills outing at Hopeworth on Mount Hope Bay drew strong attendance and friendly rivalry. Namquit West Barrington beat Cranston 7 to 4 in a featured ball game led by Albert Menard, with various winners across track events and a chowder bake after 1 pm.
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Cranston, Namquit and West Barrington Mills
Collins & Aikman Company
Hopeworth
Mount Hope Bay
Namquit- West Barrington Mills
Cranstons
Albert Menard
Albert Johnson
P. Frazell
George Ethier
Joseph Medertos
Albert Cavallaro
Angelo D’alesio
Frank Martinez
Ralph Alesio
Manuel Martin
John Marshall
Ceaser Brito
August Marshall
John St Angelo
William Mashman
Eddie Menard
Cranston
Joseph Sa
Johnny St Angelo
Albert Ethier
Jack Fill
Joseph Sai
William Manchester
Bake
H W Peterson
Namquit
Manuel Medeiros
West Barrington
John Langello
Fifth District Court Convicts Two For Quahog Theft
Antone Sousa and Frank Sousa were found guilty of using a boat to obtain quahogs after sunset in the local harbor. Each was fined $20 plus costs, with a six month suspended sentence for a separate shellfish charge. Silvia pleaded guilty and was released on own recognizance. Richmond and Francis had matters continued. Civil cases also adjourned.
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Fifth District Court
Antone Sousa
Bay View’ Avenue
Frank Sousa
Franklin Street
Benjamin F. Lindemuth
Fifth District
State
Shell Fisheries Commission
Antone Silvia
Thames Street
Silvia
Kirkemuit
Frank C Richmond
Lonsdale Avenue
Pawtucket
Antonio Vz. Francis
Fast Providence
Arthur Rodrigues
Haffenreffer
Antonio Guida
Laurentina Coreira
Benedetto de Balsis
Leo Nussenfeld
Angelina de Bals
Sarah D- Luther
Providence Copeland Company
California Climate Factors Shaped by Land and Sea
Doctor McAdie explains four primary influences on California’s climate. They are the movements of continental and oceanic pressure systems, permanent highs and lows, the west to east atmospheric drift, and the Pacific Ocean’s proximity combined with the varied inland topography extending about 200 miles from the coast.
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California
Doctor McAdie
Pacific Ocean
Head Restored to Sphinx After Erosion Repairs
Egyptian engineers have repaired most of the damage to the Sphinx head. The worst cracks in the face are eliminated, the head dress restored, and other depredations remedied after years of concern about irreparable ruin.
National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge Authorized
Congress authorized the National arch at Valley Forge on June 25, 1910 with a one hundred thousand dollar appropriation and a completion deadline of November 1918. The monument stands 60 feet 9 inches high, 50 feet wide and 19 feet thick with an arch way 21 feet wide and 32 feet 9 inches high.
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Valley Forge
Fitted by Nature The Lost Grocery Token to Lawmaker
A Tampa Tribune feature chronicles a boy who wandered from a grocer’s task and, through chance and growth, became a legislator. The piece emphasizes quirky origins shaping public service.
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Tampa Tribune
Spectacles in China Since Confucius Era Cited
Legend claims eyeglasses or similar spectacles appeared 600 B.C. during Confucius era. The report notes ancient accounts and debates whether early optical aids existed, highlighting cultural origins and uncertain chronology.
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Confucius
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