Albert Rosa Wins Whist Prize in Ever Ready Event
Mrs Albert Rosa won first prize of 25 for total points in the Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company progressive whists. She scored 29 points last night to edge Arthur Lewis by 168 to 167. Albert Rosa placed third with 166, Demers and Le maire tied for fourth at 160, Paull fifth at 158, Belmore sixth at 157. Cornelius Head and Miss Catherine St Angelo led last night with 43 and 52 points. Fourteen tables played as Arthur J Belmore chaired the arrangements with Albert Ethier and Harvey Gladue as secretary treasurer alongside Donat Gladue and Frank Lewis ex-officio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Rosa
Arthur Demers
Wilfred Lemaire
Joseph Paull
Florence Belmore
Cornelius P. Head
Catherine St. Angelo
Mary Sousa
Arthur J Belmore
Albert Ethier
Harvey Gladue
Cornwall's Earldom Recounted From Saxon to Norman Rule
The article traces Cornwall's status from a Saxon kingdom and earldom under Alfred the Great to its 1068 grant by William the Conqueror to Robert de Mortain, marking the shift in power after the Norman conquest.
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Cornwall
Alfred the Great
William the Conqueror
Robert de Morteln
Chinese Wild Silk Production Unlike Mulberry Silk
The article explains that Wild Silk is produced not by the mulberry worm but by worms feeding on non mulberry leaves. The resulting fiber is coarser than true silk and does not dye well, typically remaining in a natural yellow brown color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Canzoneri Tops New York Evening Sun Poll as Best Lightweight
Tony Canzoneri is named the world’s top lightweight by boxing writers in the annual New York Evening Sun poll. He led with 27 of 64 votes, with Micky Walker second at 21, followed by Bat Battalino McLarnin and others earning scattered votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Canzoneri
Nut League Basketball Exhibition At The Y Gym
Local fans are invited to watch high speed basketball as the Nut League teams practice at the Y gym on practice nights. The informal games showcase quick passes sharp drives and teamwork.
Local athlete John Marshall Organizes Four Comparable Teams
John Foxy Marshall leads four teams in a statewide program. The lineup features many former Colt High stars including Baker Perry Curly Desilets Mike Pasquarelli Andy D Ambrosio Jimmy St Angelo and Nunzio Gagho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John “Foxy" Marshall
Colt High
Baker” Perry
Curly” Desilets
Mike” Pasquarelli
Andy” D'Ambrosio
Jimmy” St Angelo
Nunzio Gagho
Bristol All Stars Formed in Naugatuck Connecticut
A basketball team of former Bristolians to be known as the Bristol All Stars has been organized at Naugatuck Connecticut with Domenick Happy Salzano appointed manager. The roster includes Lews Bernardo Patsy Flanagan Gallagher Pernera Shean Pernera and Benny Smusz all former National India Rubber Co employees now working at the mills in Naugatuck.
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Bristol All Stars
Naugatuck
Conn
Domenick
Happy" Salzano
Lews Bernardo
Patsy” Flanagan
Gallagher
Pernera
Shean’ Pernera
Battery C to field indoor hoops and four volleyball teams
Battery C announces a busy indoor season with a home and home basketball plan led by Manager Private Lous Castriatti and a four-team volleyball league named the Goldbricks KP Rookies and Shavetails. Contests run Tuesdays with volleyball first, basketball second, and a forthcoming non coms party under a committee chaired by Sergt Moo Morris and W Martin.
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Goldbricks KP
Trent Garvin
Shavetails
Lieut McMillan
Pacheco
Ferrara
Quito
Andruczewski
Sergt Moo Morris
Martin Sergt
Ascot
Lip Courtes y and Real Courtesy in Child Rearing
A reflection on lip courtesy versus genuine manners in childrearing. Grandmother’s disapproval contrasts with a speaker’s experience of teaching true courtesy from the heart. The piece cites a letter from H V Holloway praising kindergarten as essential to public education and notes the National Kindergarten Association offers help.
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Russell M. Coryell
Grandmother Perkins
Wilhe
Randmother
H. V. Holloway
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Dover
Delaware
National Kindergarten Association
West Fortieth Street
New York
Christmas Day School Pageant in Rockwell Hall
Holiday closing exercises at Miss Baches private school featured a decorated tree gifts and cornu copias for teachers and pupils Santa Claus impersonated by Samuel Seymour of Lowell Mass Readings included songs piano solos and Christmas carols from students and faculty The Sunday school festival of St Michaels Church in Fall River will include a five act play A Batchelors Christmas with a Santa Claus gift distribution for pupils and carols in Rockwell Hall.
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Albert Flint
Fred Dixon
Fannie Archer
France
Evelyn Carter
Fleanor Finch
Russia
Holland
Fidora Card
le Zephyrs
Emilie Conners
Mother Goose
Albert Victor
Helen Morns
Arthur McDermott
Fraters Connell
Joseph Cannell
Robert Suzman
Charles Bickford
Malcolm McNaught
Gibson Shaw
Catherine Merrill
Charlotte Meri Lathan Church
Hannah Talbee
Madeline Imy Arne McNaught
John Card
James de Wolt
Edward Ryan
St Michael's Church
Rockwell Hall
Mr Chester
Frank Stuart
Mrs Wilton
Anna Henderson
Harry Walton
George Pailthorpe
Rex Wilton
Joseph Bottomley
Daisy Wilton
Helen Warren
Dick Wilton
Frederick Williams
Dottie
Baby
Marguerite
Lavinia McDonald
Mard
Carrie Newbold
Carrie Newbold, Hotel Boy
Ellery Ingraham
Santa Claus
Probate Notice for Josephine Bruno Will Bristol
An instrument purporting to be the last will of Josephine Bruno of Bristol is presented for probate. The matter is referred to January 4, 1932 at 10 a.m. in the Probate Court Room for consideration with fourteen days of weekly notice to be published in The Bristol Phoenix. John W Church, Clerk.
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Bristol
Albert King
Charles King
W . Vincent Sumpter
Warren
John W Church
Robate Court
Josephine Bruno
Bristol Phoenix
Calendar quirks and New Year dates in 17th century life
A Manchester Guardian extrapolates on how the seventeenth century treated new years and fiscal years. It notes Pepys's diary entries from 1660 to 1661 and explains the shift from old year endings to the modern calendar, including Lady Day as year start and the 1752 Gregorian adjustment.
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Gerae
Pepys
Morry
Manchester
England
Guardian
Waiting in Brittany as families mourn missing fishermen
Le Matin reports Breton families endure endless waiting for missing fishermen who went to sea. Mothers and wives haunt the quays while anxiety and grief deny daily life, with daily prayer the only solace amid the uncertain fate of their loved ones.
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Brittany
le Matin
Paris
Tracing the Word Pie in English History
A Detroit News note traces the word pie from 1303 in Bolton priory records to 1390 cookery writings. It notes the Worshipful Company of Cooks chartered in London in 1482, predating Columbus's 1492 voyage.
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James A. H. Murray
Bolton
Lancashire
Celerario
Frank H. Vizetelly
America
Worshipful Company of Cooks
London
Detroit News
Bible's influence on renowned writers noted by cites
The Washington Star recounts how Coleridge Webster Byron and Burns drew biblical influence. It quotes Coleridge on Bible study and style and Webster crediting parental piety for scriptural love. It mentions Byron's nurse and Burns' many biblical references in The Cotter's Saturday Night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleridge
Daniel Webster
Byron
Robert Burns
the Cotter
Washington Star
Spider's Deadly Enemys Blue Wasp Attack
A blue wasp invades a spider’s lair by entering through a door, stinging the doorkeeper, and leaving an egg. The grub eats the spider babies, then encases itself in a cocoon and becomes a blue wasp, destined to repeat the cycle on another trapdoor spider.
Legend of Prester John and medieval exploration
The article notes Prester John as a semi mythical medieval potentate said to rule a Christian kingdom in the Far East. It states no Christian ruler actually governed in Asia in the twelfth century and that the legend had real basis, linking him to a Mongol chief or Gur Khan. The legend spurred ongoing medieval exploration.
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Prester John
Far East
Asia
Gur Khan
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