Christmas festival at State Street M E Church vestry
The annual Christmas festival at SHY 5B State Street M E Church was held in the vestry on Wednesday. The room was festively decorated with green wreaths and streamers and a decorated Christmas tree. The program featured singing, recitations, plays and remarks by Rev. R J Chrystie and other participants, with gift distribution and refreshments served.
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R. J. Chrystie
Briggs
Nathaniel Gladding
R. J
Blanche Stanton
Marjorie Winward
Harriet Morgan
Betsy Hambrick
iShirley Heibecker
Edna Atkinson
Shirley Campbell
Dorothy Antonelli
Priscilla Brelsford
Inez Harris
Beverly Harris
Henry Brelsford
Thomas Brelsford
Howard Byone
Harold Congdon
Nelson Beals
Walter Brelsaord
Herbert Sylvester
Kenneth Dunbar
Henry Potter Hambrick
Isohn W
Barbara Huestis
Addison Hill
Eugene Heibeckers
Pee Claus
Fred G. Blaisdell
Charles Sylvester
Ruby Blaisdell
Ethel Blaisdell
W. H
Christmas in Many Lands at St Michael s School Festival
In the St Michael s Church chapel the annual Sunday school Christmas festival drew a large crowd. A playlet titled Christmas in Many Lands featured named parish children in roles from various nations. Santa Claus distributed books toys and gifts, ending with a happy conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Michael's School
St. Michael’s Church
Hans
Gretchen
John
Elizabeth King
Dorothy St. Angelo
Irene Gallo
Granville Lindley
Herman Gablinske
Barbara Newman
Rachael Guthrie
Rhoda Hobson
Jeannette McCaw
Marjorie Magee
Santa Claus
Allan Newman
Christmas festival at First Baptist Church gathers large crowd
At the annual Sunday School event Rev Harold W. Baker was bid farewell as pastor with a Santa Claus gift of a gold piece and floor lamp. Robert Bingham received a gift from Santa impersonator Charles H Liscomb. The Berean Class gave a wall clock to the church. Games and refreshments followed with committee members listed.
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First Baptist Church
Harold W. Baker
Santa Claus
Robert Bingham
Christmas Tree Social at First Congregational Church
The annual event was held in Memorial Chapel last evening. A play titled The Elves and the Shoemaker was performed with cast members Hattie Manley Elmer Manley Norman Hibbert Clyde Pendleton Clinton Pendleton Ruth Sanford Sybil Anderson and Gladys Oster.
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First Congregational Church
Memorial Chapel
the Shoemaker
Hattie Manley
Elmer Manley
Norman Hibbert
Clyde and Clinton + Pendleton
Ruth Sanford
Sybil Anderson
Gladys Oster
Dr Thomas Galvin Dies After Brief Illness at Sister’s Bristol Home
Dr Thomas Galvin died about 4 30 AM Wednesday at his sister Miss Mary Galvin’s home 336 High Street Bristol after visiting Providence and Los Angeles. Born in Bristol he studied at Bristol High School and the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore. He practiced in Providence for 25 years, later retiring due to ill health, and spent time in Los Angeles before returning to Bristol. He leaves a wife Muriel Haslain Galvin and four brothers James B Galvin Thomas W Galvin Jefferson F Galvin and John Galvin. Funeral services were held at St Mary’s Church with interment in St Mary’s Cemetery Chestnut Street.
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St. ‘Mary's Cemetery
Chestnut Street
Galvin
Bristol
Thomas and
Cue % Galvin
Bristol High School
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Batlmore
Howard
Providence
Los Angeles
Cal
Reading
City of
Plain Street
Reavin
Muriel Haslain Galvin
Mary Galvin
James B Galvin
Thomas W Galvin
Jefferson F. Galvn
Watertown
Mass
John Galvin
Boston
William Martin Funeral Held at St Elizabeths Church
William Martin age 45 died at his home on Roma street after extended illness. Funeral services were held at St Elizabeths Church with a requiem mass conducted by Rev Fr Francisco G Vieira. Interment followed at St Marys Cemetery. He was a native of St Michael Azores Islands and lived in Bristol 18 years, employed in the wire department of National India Rubber Company. He leaves his wife a son Manuel and a daughter Angelina Teixeira.
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William Martin
Roma Street
St Elizabeth's ’Church
Francisco G Vieira
St Marys Cemetery
Mr Martins
St Michael Azores Islands
Bristol
National India Rubber Company
Angelina Teixeira
Manuel Martin Hi
Mrs Abbie G McCarthy Dies in Seekonk At 86
Mrs Abbie Gardner McCarthy widow of Richard McCarthy died in Seekonk Massachusetts on Monday in her 87th year. She lived with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Walter Simpson at Beach Terrace for years. Funeral services were held yesterday at the Graham Home Providence and she was laid to rest in Oak Grove Cemetery Providence.
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Abbie (Gardner) McCarthy
Richard McCarthy
Walter Simpson
Beach Terrace
Seekonk
Mass
Mccarthy
Graham
Providence
Oak Grove Cemetery
City
Galvin
Richard
Thomas Galvin
Thomas
Catherine Galvin
Abbie (Gardiner) McCarthy
Wires and Lightning
The bureau of standards states overhead wires at normal heights do not affect lightning severity or stroke точки, but such wires may attract a discharge that would otherwise strike another object in the area.
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Bureau of Standards
Indians Discover Bagpipe Band in India
A traveling Scotch man found a native bagpipe band in India. They performed at a mess dinner and when he played The Road to the Isles a native read the tune from the music and repeated it.
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India
Pine Grove Church Weekend Services and Farewell
Friday night service at 7 30 and Sunday worship at 10 30. The Sunday night service is omitted to allow attendance at the farewell for Rev Harold W Burker of State Street M E Church. Dr R J Chrystie will deliver a New Year sermon Lost Years Restored at 10 30 with church school at noon.
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Tele Ghuich School
Harold W. Burker
State Street
M. E
R. J. Chrystie
Rystie
H. W. Baker
Baptist Church
Congregational Church
Epworth League
First Baptist Church to Hold Final Sermon by Rev Baker
Sunday worship at 10 30 morning and 7 30 evening with sermon Pure Gold. Church school at 11 45. Rev Baker bids farewell in evening service prompting local Congregational and Methodist churches to close so their members may attend.
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First Baptist Church
Harold W. Baker
Mr. Baker
Nazarene Church on Court Street Invites Worshipers
The Church of the Nazarene on Court Street led by Rev. Jesse Richardson invites all to Sunday service at 10 45 am with preaching and a 12 noon Sunday school. Evangelistic service and sermon. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 pm. Good singing and cordial invitation to worship.
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Church OF the Nazarene
Bridge Engineer Reassigned To South Charleston
W. E. Omohundro, a Bristol resident for one year, has been transferred from the Mt. Hope bridge project to Charleston, SC. He served as superintendent of steel construction for McClintic Marshall Company. During his Bristol stay he made many friends.
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W. E. Omohundro
Central Street
McClintic-Marshall Company
Mt. Hope Bridge
Charleston
Bristol
Omohundro
New Years at Post Office Hours Announced
The General Delivery and Stamp Window will be open 7 to 9 a m on New Year's Day. Money order registry and postal savings divisions closed all day. No city or rural carrier delivery. Mail dispatched at 3 p m and received at 6 40 a m. Special deliveries handled as usual. Notify Postmaster by 7 30 p m Monday Dec 31 to receive mail.
State Street MF Church Holds Fourth Quarterly Conference
The fourth quarterly conference of the State Street MF Church meets this Friday evening December 28 at 7 30. Rev Dr Edward E Wells Providence District Superintendent will preside. Reports from all church departments will be heard and a full list of church officers and committees to be elected for the next conference year.
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State Street
Edward E Wells
Providence
Grocery Man’s Problem from a Telegraphic Call
A grocer famed for probity asks a clerk how to make an order for five cents worth of bacon. He says the order reads five cents worth of bacon not silver and questions the method. The exchange suggests a puzzle about proper pricing and slang.
Nerves and Matrimony In Woman's Companion Piece
A physician notes that marital unhappiness often accompanies nervous patients. The author links nervous strain with morning fatigue and general tiredness as common symptoms discussed in the Woman's Home Companion.
Sunlight Arrangements Raise Bookbinders’ Concerns
A note on shelving books to avoid direct sun exposure, warning that even brief daily sunlit periods can affect bindings. Experts caution that improper placement may cause fading and warping, urging careful arrangement to protect volumes.
Modern Alphabet Origin From Ancient Scripts
Detroit News notes speculation that a hieroglyphic inscription in Egypt or Arabia influenced the order of letters in the modern alphabet. It traces the alphabet from Semitic origins through Phoenician, Greek, and Roman adoption, suggesting a long chain of cultural borrowing.
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Detroit ‘News
Egypt
Arabia
Syria
Palestine
Excavations Yield Clues About Ancient Luxus Ruins
Archaeologists in Moroc ca uncover ongoing digs on a hillside near Larache revealing remnants of a Roman city. French and other experts inspected sites tying mythic Hesperides legends to local gardens and discuss potential civilizational artifacts.
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Hera
Zeus
Moroccca
Luxus
Larache
A Father Urges Son Back From War to Safe Farming
Alciphron quotes a father addressing his son who favors warfare and glory over rural life. He pleads for return to farming and domestic security, offering family wealth and wine as symbols of a steady, peaceful future. The speech contrasts Greece's martial praise with the comfort of agrarian work.
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Alciphron
Religion the region that makes people respect other beliefs
Quoted by J. A. Griffith in the Lusk Herald writes about a form of daily faith shaping conduct. He defines a religion that fosters truthfulness, debt payment, restraint from gossip, equality before poverty or wealth, and honest upright behavior as the world’s need today.
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J. A. Grifith
The
Lusk
Wyo
Lamp Sighted at North Whies Coast Resort
A curious object bobbing on the waves near a northern Whies coast resort was found to be a solid brown mass with a thick salt like coating. It bore the identity mark of a place one and a half miles across the water and was placed in circuit and group for examination.
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North Whies
Ito
Diversion Sparks Sleep Talk Among Siblings
A three year old awakens her slumbering brother during a diversion. Their mother, impatient, asks if she can coax him back to sleep after the interruption.
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Betty
Uawate
Carol service at St Michael’s Church with mixed choir
Parish event at St Michael’s Church featured Mrs Helen W Herbeity and Mrs Frank A Rovyjids as contralto and soprano with Guages M Morgan and Fred eric G Dietes in the bass. Chorus sang carols and refreshments were served by the entertainment committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael's Church
Helen W. Herbeity
Right of Way at Sea Explained for Warships
The Navy Department states both people must yield to the other on the road at sea with priority based on approach direction. Warships have no privileges in peace or war, so both parties must comply with right of way rules as applicable.
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Nayayy Departrida Dti
Probate Court of Bristol Seeks Administrator for Estate of Luisa Goglia
December 8 1928 Probate Court of the Town of Bristol accepts written request by Torquato Goglia husband of Luisa Goglia deceased intestate for appointment of administrator. Hearing set for January 7 1929 at 10 oclock A M in Probate Court Room Bristol. Notice ordered to be published for fourteen days. Clerk CHURCH.
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Gabriel Savino
Bristol
Rhode Island
Bristol Terrace
W. W. Perry
C.E
Harry P. Berggren
Susan M. Sheple
Ida A. Whitney
Linda R. Knowles
Ida
A. Whitney
Bristol Phenix
John W. Church
Luisa Goglia
Torquato Goglia
Luisa Gogli
Aragidd Onws Church
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