Florida winter residents crowd coastal charms and cold snaps
The Florida report notes Rhode Island visitors in Bradenton and nearby areas sharing news of home. It highlights households on Riverside Drive and Gray Gables, boat-building ventures, and local industries. It cites a short orange crop, improved business with tourist season, abandoned boom-era homes, and a $100 prize for best kept home outside Jasmin Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richey
Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
Madison H. Cram
Homestead
Riverside Drive
Halsey Chase
Daniel
Gray Gables
Crams
Joseph Maytum
Cotee River
Arthur Pratt
Warren
Julia Maxfield
Clarence Palmer
Henry W Remington
Bristol
Paige
Florida
Thomas Meighan
Gene Sarazen
Jasmin Point
Meighan
Pythian Sisters Entertain Visitors at Edgehill Temple
Officers of the Grand Temple of Rhode Island visited Edgehill Temple No 3 Pythian Sisters last evening for official visitation. Grand and local members attended with a Christmas party, Santa Claus, and a collation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Temple of
Rhode Island
Edgehill Temple
Grand Temple
Santa Claus
Mary Potter
Georgianna Weaver
Elizabeth Nelle
Jenny Nelle
Etta Luther Amiong
Dorcas Wartte
Providence
Grand Junor
Annie Mesers
Westerly
Edith Whitingslow
Newport
Gertrude Weitz
Auburn
Notable Grand Officers Listed in Regional Fraternal Roll
A list highlights Mrs Jennie Barnes Mrs Catherine Mirg Mrs Margaret Carlton Mrs Catherine Reed and Mrs Fales as grand officers and deputies in a Providence Riverside group. The text notes their roles as Grand Protector Past Grand Chief and Deputy Grand Chief across Bristol River side and Riverside communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie
Nat Snaitees
Wa Ware
Gon Barnes
Catherine
Mirg
Bristol
Grand
Margaret Carlton
Providence
Catherine Reed
Riversidejz
Ah Fales
Riverside
Christmas Festival at St Michael's School
The Sunday School of St Michael's church held its annual Christmas festival last evening with large attendance by teachers and pupils. The event featured a play distribution of presents from a Christmas tree, carols, and a short address by Rev. A. R. Parshley. The play was entitled Od Santa Claus Remembers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Michael's School
St Michael’s Church
A. R. Parshley
Santa Claus
Obituaries for Cole Gladding and McClure in December
In East Providence Oliver W. Cole aged about 80. In Easton Maryland Samuel Gladding native of town died at 97. In this town Oliver McClure died at age 66.
Family Born Without Hands and Feet in Brazil
A report by the Eugenics Research Committee notes five family members across two generations in Brazil born without hands or feet. Three are children. their father, also crippled, died recently. An uncle among the deformed is cited as part of a pattern. Scientists attribute the condition to chromosomal abnormalities affecting limb formation.
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Brazil
Eugenics Research Committee
Soldier in Lincoln Death Guard Passes at 97
Samuel Gladding of Easton Maryland died at age 97 after moving to Pennsylvania as a child. He served in the Civil War with the 187th Pennsylvania Volunteers and was among the guard that watched over President Lincoln's body in Philadelphia. He was reputedly the last surviving member of that guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gladding
Easton
Maryland
Pennsylvania
187Th Regiment of
Pennsylvania Voluntteers
Abraham Lincoln
Philadelphia
Christmas Dance At Grand Army Hall And Armory
A well attended afternoon event at the Grand Army hall was held by the Prim rose Club. A Wednesday evening dance by Battery C 243rd Coast Artillery drew many attendees especially younger people at the State Armory near Church street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Army Hall
Primrose Club
Bridge Illumination Broadens Holiday Sparkle
Automobilists flocked through town during the holiday as the Mt Hope bridge gleamed with thousands of electric lights. The spectacular illumination could be seen for miles and will continue through New Year’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt Hope
Stratford and Nearby Towns Name Shakespearean Heritage
The passage notes a cluster of towns along the James River region near Stratford and Waterton, with Stratford linked to Shakespearean tradition and nearby centers including Kitchener formerly Berlin. It references historical place naming and a World War I context noted by the New York Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
Chatles
Leas
Han
Stratford
Avon
Waterton
Kitchener
Berlin
New York Times
Geodetic Control Survey Concept in Surveying
A geodetic survey covers large areas accounting for the earth s curvature and provides geographic positions for detailed surveys. Ordinary surveying treats elevation as plane a local method but fails to align separate surveys without geodetic control.
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Mmre
Shetina Fahoe
Hasbrouck
Ranere
Pythian Sisters
Sei
Joe Ciyal
Soldice ‘Guard
Baty
Ababa Lincoin
Philadephia
A&p
Government
Turkeys
Sharon
Weber
Liverbrook
Maine
Gorton
Pacific
Low A&p
Moka Ome
the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea CO
Bokar
America
Isaac B. Munro
Garfield Ave
G. H. Spencer Roofing Co
F. M. Gifford
Constitution Street
R. L
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
William Street
William A. Doran
Bay View Ave
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
E. W. Weaver
High Street
Freeborn
R. Cole
Charles M. Connery
Undertaker
Burton St
Augustus P. Duffy
W. W. Franklin & Co
Wood Street
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
E. L. Watson Co., Inc
Weybosset Street
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
Bristol District Nursing Association
State Street
Wiss Martha Gramam Bilings
Hope Street
Thyea Carlson Benaanes
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