Wedding of Jennie Velleca to Emile Ferrara at Mount Carmel
Miss Jennie Velleca daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Velleca of 332 High street married Emile Joseph Ferrara of 41 Mount Hope Avenue in a morning ceremony at the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Rev Joseph Poja officiated Miss Dora Ruggiero sang and Prof S A Giglio provided violin music The couple will reside at 286 Wool Street with a bridal trip to New York and New Jersey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Ruggiero
Josephine Santo
John A. Ruggiero
Ida Ferrara
Miss Rose Pannone
High Street
Miss Rose Ferrara
Bourn Street
Theresa Ferrara
Mount Hope Avenue
Theresa Rinaldi
Roma Street
Rose Pannone
Miss Theresa Ferrara
Rose Ferrara
Miss Theresa Rinaldi
Frank Ferrara
Bourne Street
Charles Correira
Anthony Rollo
Catherine Street
Mt. Hope Avenue
Academy
Wood Street
New York
New Jersey
Ferrara Wall
Wool Street
Bride and Groom Earn Mill Careers at Cranston Worsted Mills
The bride, long a popular clerk in the spinning department at Cranston Worsted Mills, and the groom, brother of Police Patrolman Anthony J. Ferrara, works in the combing department at the same mill. Pearls of gifts including cut glass silverware and linen were given.
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Cranston Worsted Mills
Anthony J. Ferrara
Bristol Train of Artillery Battalion Meeting Notice
The Bristol Train of Artillery calls a battalion meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the Armory on State Street. Plans for the Labor Day parade in Providence and the East Greenwich celebration will be finalized. Full attendance is requested.
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Bristol Train of Artillery
Armory
State Street
Providence
East Greenwich
Bristol Events Lead September Social Calendar
September events listed include a Masquerade Ball on Thursday evening at the Palm Garden in Bristol Narrows on September 1. A Moonlight Excursion to Rocky Point is planned for Friday evening September 2 under the Bristol Branch US Volunteer Life Saving Corps. On September 15 a Whist gathering will be held Thursday evening at the Bristol Yacht Clubhouse under the Bristol Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Palm Garden
Bristol Narrows
Rocky Point
Bristol
United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps
Daughters of the American Revolution
Real Estate Transfers Antoni Barbosa to Enriqueta Luiz
Antoni Silva Barbosa and others transfer land and buildings on the east side of Thames Street to Enriqueta Luiz. The deed documents convey ownership of the property described in the transfer.
Old Timers Week Opens With A Bang At Camp Takarest
Scouts attend Old Timers Week at Camp Takarest as capacity crowds press the season’s final days. Merit badge tests unfold for first and second class scouts while King Philip Braves plan a ceremonial and a farewell banquet looms. Troops 2 and 1 schedule outings with water carnival and games, dampened by weather but well attended. Knights of the Church, led by Herbert McKay, held a pecmee and outing at the camp last Friday and Saturday.
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Camp
Takarest
Philip
Institution of the New Society
Bristol Wall
Knights of the Church
Herbert McKay
Handicap tournament at Excelsior Tennis Club draws posted
The Excelsior Tennis Club handicap schedule is posted and matchups include Jack Tewis versus Leo Nussenfeld and Harold DeWolf Jr. against Dr H W Church among many men and women pairings. Play begins on the club courts at once.
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Excelsior Tennis Club
Jack Tewis
Leo Nussenfeld
Rasmond Makowsky
Henry Schrafft
of Willams
AC O'Leary
O. G Boonton
Jo de W
Jett
Harold DeWolf, Jr
H W Church
McCaugheys
R Dickerson
I. Walsh
Bill Nye and Walt McDougall Cash Checks at Bank
Bill Nye and cartoonist Walt McDougall recount their bank visit after receiving first checks from a press association. The cashier demands identification, Nye tests the teller by naming famous figures, and eventually the pair proves their identities and shares lunch with the amused staff.
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Bill Nye
Walt McDougall
Bill Lat
McDougall
Bill
Nye
Biro
Grover Cleveland
de Witt Tultmadge
Breckenridge
Queen Victoria
Tusset
Theo Nye
Mclougall
Bhutan
Precept on Cleanliness Tied to Ancient Origin
The article traces the familiar maxim cleanliness is next to godliness through history. It cites John Wesley and Bacon, notes earlier mentions by Aristotle, and hints at even older teaching by desert monks, linking moral virtue to sanitary practice.
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John Wesley
Wesles
Bacon
Aristotle
Coin Weights at New York Fed Reveal Sack Measures
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York processes large daily coin turnover averaging 85 tons. Quarters lead in value, followed by nickels and dimes, with sacks sized for handling. A sack of 4,000 quarters weighs 53 pounds and fifty bags of nickels total 10 0000 bags of pennies weigh a ton and are worth $5000.
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Shadow and Explosion Simultaneity Unveiled by Standards
The Bureau of Standards notes that shock waves from an explosion occur at the same instant as the flash. An English observer on a hill watched a long shadow rush across a valley, heard the blast miles away, and learned the shadow came from a dense compression wave.
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Bureau of Standards
England
Mighty Suspicious 4 George a Statesman
Aged man in a shop asks about a curious object on the counter. The optician explains it is an ophthalmometer. The man mumbles that this is what he feared it might be and leaves in wary astonishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A Statesman
Naegro
Christian Register
Downfall of Ancient Achula and Corinth’s Rise
Romans named the province Achula covering southern Greece with Corinth as its capital. The city’s wealth was famed though its inhabitants were famed for vice and profligacy. In the Middle Ages the site shrank to a miserable village on part of the ancient city’s location.
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Achula
Greece
Corinth
Mameluke Bodyguard Dynasties Rise and Fall in Egypt
The Mameluke corps served as the caliph’s bodyguard in Egypt during the 13th century and formed a dynasty from 1254 to 1517. Their influence persisted until the early 1800s when orders from the Ottoman sultan led to their massacre.
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Stiil
Egypt
Turkey
Selecting Good Cheese for Flavor and Selection
The article explains how cheese eyes reflect fermentation quality and advises on choosing Swiss style varieties. It compares eye size and color across nations, notes that deeper color and medium eyes yield richer flavor, and offers serving ideas pairing cheese with fruit, crackers, and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
France
Marriage Intentions List for Local Residents
The notice lists multiple couples filing marriage intentions. Wallace Lincoln Mossop of Providence and Miss Lillian Elizabeth Church of Pappasquash road. Joseph Garcia Pinchino of Wood street and Miss Rose Elizabeth Sylvia of Bradford street. Giovanni Graziano of Laurel Hill avenue Cranston and Mrs Caroline Biccaro Cavaliero of State street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Lincoln Mossop
YMCA
Providence
Lillian Elizabeth Church
Pappasquash Road
Joseph Garcia Pinchino
Wood Street
Rose Elizabeth Sylvia
Bradford Street
Giovanni Graziano
Laurel Hill Avenue
Cranston
Caroline Biccaro Cavaliero
State
Breaking It Gently Junior Partner Exchange
A curious exchange between a junior partner and a stenographer hints at plans for Sunday evening and an early Monday office appearance. The dialogue suggests personal dynamics in a workplace.
Ferrara Weds Velleca in Mount Carmel Church Ceremony
In this town on August 29, at the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Emile Joseph Ferrara and Miss Jennie Velleca were united in marriage. Rev Joseph Poya officiated. Both spouses are residents of this community.
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Ferrara—Velleca
Pierre Joseph Deveaux Sr
Alwayga
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OiRe
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Morris Bros
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