Y M C A Bowling Tournament Scores Lead
Last evening team No. 10 captained by Asa W Hathaway won two strings in three from team No. 7 led by F M Dimond. Brightman posted a 110 high string and Oscar Kunze had the best eight strings with 297. Team No 1265 achieved the top total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa W. Hathaway
F. M. Dimond
Oscar Kunze
A. W. Hathaway
M. Oshoon
F. Rounds
W. Paine Crockford
A. M. Dimond
Seth Paull Jr
Amos Gorham
S. C Dimond
John W. Best
Peter Gasper
Best
Leitiger Kenney
Farrally
Gasper
Hodgdon
McDonald
Marshall
Aba Young
Rheumatism Cure Praised by Elderly Kennett Square Man
A letter from Theo D Hadley of Kennett Square Pa describes dramatic relief from inflammatory rheumatism after using Uric-O. He, age about 85, suffered months with pain and immobility before three bottles improved sleep appetite and strength. The ad promotes Uric-O at 75 cents a bottle, with samples and circulars via H Young & Co Bristo store.
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New Jerusalem
Theo H Hadley
Kennett Square
H. Young & Co
Uric O
Bristo
Town Council Plans Road Macadamizing and Lighting Change
The Town Council met Tuesday evening with President Frantklin and Councilmen Wal drow Simmons and Morris present. They ordered the clerk to write to the Rhode Island Company about macadamizing a 18 inch strip on both sides of the Strate road from Thames and Hopa streets to Halfway Hill. Bills against the town were approved and sent to the auditor. A Narragansett Electric Lighting Company communication discussed raising street light hours from 12.80 to 1 am and December February hours from 6 80 to 6 80 am. The council decided the extra lighting cost would please taxpayers and aid early commuters. Arrangements were made with the company. the change took effect yesterday. The town’s extra lighting cost is about 650 dollars, up from 440 last month, due to Bristol lights matching Providence rates. Current lighting includes 260 incandescent and 40 arc lamps.
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Cooner
Frantklin
Waldrow
Simmons and
Morris
Rhode Island Company
Bristol
Providence
Home on the raft a clever escape tale told
A quoted dialogue describes three days and nights on a raft with no food. One character endures by imagining domestic comforts. the other challenges the endurance and asks how they survived. The exchange hints at a lighthearted wartime or domestic anecdote.
Vinol Cod Liver Oil Reformulated for Easier Use
For centuries cod liver oil has treated coughs bronchitis and weak lungs yet many could not tolerate its fishy taste. Vinol provides all medicinal elements from fresh cod livers without the oil and promises greater benefits where old fashioned preparations would help. Try it on our guarantee.
Ants as Guests of Plants Protect Crops and Forests
Ants protect plants bypreying on caterpillars and grasshoppers, especially field ants that can destroy up to 1,600 insects per hour. In arid America, ants inhabit verdant isles around hills, aided by plants that shelter and feed them, including ferns like Polypodium nectariferum with nectaries on sterile fronds.
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America
Verdure
Sign of a Trained Nurse
A New York Press item quotes a man on a street corner noting many young women with suitcases are trained nurses. He observes they carry uniforms and essentials when leaving homes or hospitals to attend cases, often moving away from or returning from assignments rather than toward trains or boats.
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Grand Central Station
New York Press
Values of Fats and Oils and Health Impacts
The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette argues fats and oils are misjudged as a food source. While red meat supplies protein, excessive protein can invite disease. fats boost resistance to cold and disease, aid scrofulous children, and benefit tuberculous patients by adding fatty elements to the diet.
Why do women button left side garments explain origin
In the London Tailor and Cutter several correspondents discuss buttoning sides. One suggests that a historical custom arose when a lady relied on a gentleman escort whose left arm bore his sword, freeing the lady’s left hand to fasten or unfasten her cloak without inconvenience.
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London
The Joy of Life Quote Inspires Gratitude Daily
A Success Magazine passage urges people to feel daily gratitude for being born in this age and to recognize debts to the generations who struggled and sacrificed before them. The idea emphasizes a duty to honor the past and live with appreciation for modern life.
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Success Magazine
Gown Draws Attention At Dinner Night
Dialogue fragment shows a character asking why another wears an expensive gown to a dinner. The response hints the wearer prefers not to talk much and feels the gown helps keep sight of them at a small affair.
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Detroit Free Press
Where She Parted From Paul Household Words Saying
An old lady argued for women's rights in preaching and challenged a text from St. Paul. She declared, Ah, that's where Paul and I differ, illustrating a witty, defiant stance in a brief Household Words moment.
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Paul
St. Paul
Rousseau Quote on Good, Beautiful Action
A quotation frames the idea that true value lies in putting into action what is good and beautiful, suggesting a link between virtue and tangible deeds. The line reflects philosophic thought on ethics and aesthetics.
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Rousseau
Mortgagee's Sale on Bristol Rhode Island Property
Mortgagee announces public auction of a Bristol Rhode Island lot with dwelling and buildings, under a deed dated February 4, 1891 and recorded in Book 52 at page 63, to be held December 20 1908 at 10 30 AM. The sale follows a mortgage default by Nathan K Munroe and Ann E Munroe and is conducted by C H Straight auctioneer with Pegram Cooke as attorney for the mortgagee.
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Nathan K. Munroe
Ann E. Munroe
Bristol
Hode Island
County of
Rhode Island
George Fales
William H. Church
Metacom Avenue
Eerk Munro
Sai Sale
Lobster Claws Show Distinct Roles For Right And Left
A lobster has ten legs but uses eight for walking. The two large front claws are specialized for catching and crushing prey. The right claw is typically the cutter and is longer with toothlike edges, while the left acts as a nutcracker with hammerlike tubercles. In some lobsters, roles vary and both claws may be similar.
No White Man May Land Without Permit at Pribilofs
In Unalaska and Dutch Harbor ships from many nations frequent the harbor as whalers depart for Arctic waters. A detached rock resembling a Russian priest guards the harbor as the Pribilof Islands, famed for the world’s largest fur seal colonies, lie 240 miles north. No white man may land on breeding grounds without a permit signed by the U.S. Treasury secretary.
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Unalaska
Arctic
Dutch Harbor
Bering Sea
Vladivostok
Unalaskea
Pribilof Islands
Aleutian Islands
Pribilof
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Social ostracism bought by fathers wealth quote
A Birmingham News quotation notes that some men escape social ostracism solely because their fathers had enough money to buy them admission, highlighting class privilege.
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Birmingham News
Fees in England Show Treasury’s Expensive Schemes
London Express reports the Treasury funds rise via high fees for legal careers and titles. Barristers pay £25 to inns, £50 after qualification, solicitors £80 to start, yearly dues for three years and beyond, and long-term totals reach over £400 for London practice. Scottish law agents and surname changes incur other charges, while bishops and nobility face substantial letters patent fees.
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Inns of Court
London
Dublin
Law Agint
Scotland
Sheriff's Court
Court of Session
London Express
Aleutian Islands Revealed by Early Explorers
The Aleutian Islands remained unknown until Peter the Great sponsored voyages beginning in 1725 aimed at linking Asia and America. Captain Cook later added more to knowledge than all prior Russian expeditions, as these islands became known for their bears beavers ermines and seals.
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Aleutian Islands
Peter the Great
Asia
America
Captain Cook
The Price of Worthy Aim
The piece argues that pursuing exceptional riches fame or power promises false shortcuts. Real achievement costs the price of work patience love and self sacrifice, not promises, but the gold of genuine service.
Unpopular applicant learns the blackballer is Legion
An unnamed man refused admission to an aristocratic club writes the secretary asking for the name of the person who blocked him. The secretary replies with a witty detour, stating that the blackballer’s name is Legion.
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Legion
Talking on a High Level in Victorian Dialogue
The London Outlook quotes Mr Morley and Mr Gladstone in a rare moment of prideful language. Both men, when seated for discussion, stiffened their backs and fixed their gazes on their periods as they talked.
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Mr. Morley
The Only One In His Class by Gottrox Private Tutor
The New York Herald notes a remark about Reggie not attending public school. He is described as unique, being 80 and having his own private tutor. Mr Blunt comments that the boy is in a class by himself and distinct from other children.
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Gottrox
Reggie
Mr.Blunt
New ‘York Herald
Do you think the opportunity ever weeks the man
Quote from Detroit Free Press ponders opportunity and pace as a man tries to keep up, noting some men move so fast the chance cannot catch them.
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Barnaby
Detroit Free Press
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J W Best
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A Gorham
J Kinder
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L Sanford
DeWolt
S. O Dimond
L. F Gorham
A. KR Newman
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Pegram & Cooke
R. I
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the Pribilof Islands
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