Need for New School Building Emphasized and Budgeted
The committee approved use of the auditorium for Colt Thursday February 13 Senior Class Valentine party and for Guiteras March 3 4 Rotary Club entertainment. E S Mapes authorized to attend the National Convention of Superintendents at Atlantic City February 23 to 27 if advisable. New teachers Katherine Paull Burns and Elizabeth August Bernard hired at 1200 yearly. Junior Class may operate Colt High cafeteria for one day to fund the prom. Salaries to be covered for thirteen months by next year’s budget to avoid salary delays.
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Colt
Guiteras
Rotary Club
E.S. Mapes
Atlantic City
Katherine Paull Burns
Elizabeth August Bernard
Colt High School
Drawing the Line on Turkey Dressing Demands
A Farm Journal note asserts city households push for more services and less kitchen work, while joking about breeding turkeys with built in dressing, signaling evolving domestic expectations.
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Line Farm Journal
Standing Alone in Self Reliance and Penalty
An editorial reflection by Cella Parker Woolley on the virtue and burden of independence. It argues that those who stand apart from others must accept solitude and occasional neglect as the natural consequence of their chosen stance.
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Cella Parker Woolley
Obituary of Mrs Mary B Lake in Bristol Town
Mrs. Mary B Lake widow of John Lake died at 85 Union Street. Funeral service held at her home with Rev. Mark Strickland officiating and interment in North Cemetery. She was in her 88th year and survived by three children Dr John Lake Miss Mary Bryer Lake and Miss Elizabeth Bo Lake.
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Mary’b. Lake
Mary B. Lake
John Lake
Union Street
Mark Strickland
First Baptist Church
George Gardner
Newport
Herbert Manchester
Charles H. Liscomb
Herbert A. Warner
Lake
High
Constitution Streets
Peleg Bryer
Mary (Caswell) Bryer
Bristol
Mary Bryer Lake
Elizabeth Bo Lake
Manuel Arruda
Tobowong
Esterda
Piabeths Church
Rex Prancis
Trrrada
Aim St Michaels Avares Eslands
Prastol
Manuel Hens
James Marion
John Truda
Mary Sousa
Mass Rose Arruda
Joseph Arruda
Cahome
Shewa
Longtime Bristol Y M C A caretaker dies in Fall River
John Thomas Shaw aged about 71 died at his residence 31 Central Street after a period of declining health. Born in England he came to this country as a child and lived in Fall River before moving to Bristol. He served as caretaker of the Bristol Y M C A for four years and leaves a wife Selna Shaw a daughter Cora Shaw Anderson a son Clarence Shaw and several grandchildren. He was a member of the Young Men's Protestant Temperance and Benevolent Society and the Congregational church.
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John Thomas Shaw
Bristol
Central Street
Mr Shaw
England
Joseph S
Ann Shaw
Congregational Church
Clarence Shaw
Philadelphia
Birth Announcement for Stig Son in Town
A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Michael Stig at 217 State Street. The child weighed healthily and joins the Stig family in the town of Stopton Ang. Both mother and infant are reported in good condition.
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Stopton Ang
Son
Mar
Michael Stignano
State Street
Died Arrldn This Town Bebo 7 Mrs Miars Arruelt
An obituary notice from Cambridge Mass lists deaths in the town on Feb 8 and 7. Mrs Miars Arruelt aged 48 years, Mary Barloud aged 8 years, Gueria Miles aged 79, John Thomas Sloas aged 71, and Elon Moat age unknown are reported with residents’ names and ages.
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Miars Arruelt
Manuel R‘uda Oaugeed
Thi
Mary Barloud
Olin
Coombridge
Gueria Miles Torimerts
Elon
Bark of Cinnamon Tree Sells for 4000 Dollars
A white spotted bark from a cinnamon tree in Thanh Hoa province French Indo China sold for 4000 dollars. The tree grows about 35 feet tall and bark is stripped for sale, likely the highest price ever paid for a single tree’s bark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thanh Hoa
French Indo China
Testing Separators Shows Big Losses From Inefficient Units
De Laval dairy demonstrations tested separators by re skimming skim milk with new machines. Across 523 tests last year the average skim milk re skimmed was 9.2 gallons and 3.6 pounds of cream were recovered, worth 21.8 cents. The result implies an average annual loss of over 79 dollars per separator.
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de Laval
Pupils Stage Boston Tea Party at Guiteras Memorial School
Miss Mary Connors directed a playlet titled The Boston Tea Party at Guiteras Memorial School Friday afternoon. Participants included Frank Campagna William Carroll Charles Fay Addison Thomas Nathan Eisenstadt Lloyd Smith Bertram Bullock with Lloyd Smith singing a vocal solo and William Harper serving as announcer.
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Zquiteras ‘School
Origin of the kilt stirs Scotland England dispute
The piece notes a controversy over kilt origins with England claiming early creation by English tailor Parkinson who worked with General Wade about 200 years ago. It mentions the garment was then called the fellidh bag to differentiate it from the belted plaid made in one piece.
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Scotland
England
Parkinson
Wade
Scholastic Honor System in Schools Described
The honor system in schools is a student governed practice where learners pledge to manage their affairs and display good behavior without constant professor supervision. It is especially emphasized during examinations when students promise not to cheat even with no instructor present.
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de Laval
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Business Office
NEW England Telephone and Telegraph Company
FE. A. Skinner
Hope St
R. I
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
Fall River
Fall River Merchants Association
John T. Shaw
Mary D. G. Miles
Gloria Miles
Cambridge Ass Hospital
Wasoa
Azores
St Peter Church
Province Town
Mary Arrlda
de Laval Bureau of Dairying
AERA
Bristol District Nursing Association
Hope Street
Martha Graham
Thyra Carlson
Geo. T. Ingram
Augustus P. Duffy
W. W. Franklin & Co
Wood Street
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
Wiliam Street
William A. Doran
Bay View Ave
E. W. Weaver
High Street
Charles M. Connery
Burton St
G. H. Spencer Roofing Co
F. M. Gifford
Constitution Street
Freeborn
R. Cole
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
Hleating Petc
Bonvicin
Tel
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
E. L. Watson Co, Inc
Weybosset Street
Providence
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