Sidelights On Main Street Notes From a Rural Town
A long string of gossip and humorous anecdotes from a small community highlights local incidents. Eddie Sutcliffe Billy Hughes buys a new car and a cryptic caller asks for cribbage lessons while residents joke about fashion, Bing Crosby fans, and a drugstore promo.
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Noah
Eddie Sutcliffe
Billy Hughes
Billy
P Jr
Manuel
Ferrara
Bing Crosby
Hope
Corn Club
Mitral
Straight Brothers
Sore
Flying Fish Gliders
The flying fish uses a vigorous tail fin tip for propulsion in air and wide pec toral fins to glide several feet off water. Strong winds aid flights, enabling distances up to a quarter of a mile. Washington Star.
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Washington Star
Reflections on a Mirror Boys Essays
A fragmentary note from the Boston Transcript discusses reflections in mirrors and how people are judged by appearances. It suggests mirrors show what we seek in ourselves and often require tilting to provide better service.
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Walter
Boston Transcript
Colt Memorial High School Triumphs Over North Kingstown 57-20
Colt Memorial High School from Bristol stayed among Conference Class B leaders by defeating North Kingstown 57-20 on Friday. Mike DeLeo scored 21 points to lead Colt, with Whitey Mello adding 14 and Leo Mansi 12 as Colt broke open a 23-18 game at halftime.
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Colt Memorial High School
North Kingstown High
Colt
Bristol Boys
Mike DeLeo
Whitey Mello
Leo Mansi
Paul Bruno
Andrew Vorro
Ballou
Colt Memorial
Mello
Hazen
DeLeo
Mansi
P. Bruno
A Vorro
J. Bruno
North Kingstown
Hagen
Lf Greene
C Conroy
Kettelle
Retreree
McKay
Mutiny on the Bounty reviewed by critics
Critics praise Nordhoff and Hall for Mutiny on the Bounty a true novel from archives and a first person midshipman narrative. They caution sections on flogging and condemn war era brutality while noting prefaces by Sedgwick and references to crews and pilots.
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Charles Nordhoff
James Norman Hall
British Museum
Admiralty
Richard Henry Dana
Critus
Filery Sedgwick
Atlantic Monthly
William McFee
Conrad
Narcissus
Sedgwick
Capt Hall
Felall
Atlantic
Maine
Othe Boxer
Strack
Merchants League Crowned Over Night Hawks in Tight Win
In Friday bowling action the Merchants League beat the Night Hawks 1464 to 1445 to capture first place as Middleton and Bullock led the winners. Pauls and Burke excelled for the Night Hawks. Senators and Pozzi Drugs also split four points with Dunbar and Ethier standout.
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Ee Aes Ie Tovets Emaahe
TA ‘A
Aggregation
Sksigittiie
Itt
Ithe Merchants League
Night Hawks
Tos
Middleton
Bullock
Pauls
Wm. Burke
Senators
A. Burket
Canning
Lir
Dummy
Seymour
Servant
J. Paull
W. Burke
Darling
Ingram
J. Kinder
Hawes
E. Dunbar
Otten
Pozzi
J Callan
Guevremont
Ethier
D'Angelo
Sylvia
Coming Events In February Busy Community Calendar
Feb 14 Tuesday bingo and dance by St Rita s Girls Club Pek 15 whist by Ever Ready Fire Co Feb 15 turkey dinner Congregational Club at Gutteras House Feb 19 Sunday patriotic meeting at Colt Memorial High Auditorium Rotary Club auspices Feb 21 Washington Ball Bristol Train of Artillery at Bristol Casino Feb 23 chicken salad supper State Street ME Church Epworth League Feb 23 Thursday Collegiate Whist Doric Club Feb 23 24 Sonar Claes at Memorial High School Feb 27 Monday Dover Road three act play by BTA charity benefit
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St. Rita's Girls’ Club
Ever Ready Fire Co
Congregational Club
Gutteras House
Colt Memorial High Auditorium
Rotary Club
Bristol Train of Artillery
Bristol Casino
State Street
Mef
Epworth League
Doric Club
Sonar Claes
Ak Memorial High School
Dover Road
B T. A. Entertainment Association
Public sale of Buffum mortgage property in Bristol Rhode Island
The mortgagee will sell at two o'clock PM on Thursday February 23 at the described Bristol Rhode Island premises. Joseph L Buffum and Edith G Buffum mortgaged the property August 30 1929 with prior liens to Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company and a New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad easement. The sale is to satisfy the mortgage debt and is subject to existing taxes liens and the prior mortgage. Attorney Joseph A Hammill represents the mortgagee.
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Joseph L. Buffum
Edith G Buffum
Bristol
Rhode Island
Warren
Hope Street
Edith Gruffum
New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
William Harding
Samuel the
Joseph A Hammilt
State Street
Mortgagee's Sale of Bristol Lot Pair in Sliver Creek Addition
Public auction planned at ten oclock on March 1 1933 for two lots 21 and 22 in Block 3 Sliver Creek Addition Bristol described in a January 27 1930 mortgage deed. The sale subjects to a prior mortgage on Lot 22 from May 14 1927 and to town taxes for 1932. Mortgagee’s attorney Joseph A Hammill notices bid at sale or postponement.
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Antonina Os Moura
Antonia S Moura
Bristol
Eeristel
Tota
Biock
Sliver Creek
William W . Verry
Joseph A. Hammill
State Street
A Farewell to Arms film adaptation stars Cooper Haynes and Menjou
The screen version of Ernest Hemingway s A Farewell to Arms stars Gary Cooper as a young American lieutenant and Miss Haynes as Catherine Barkley with Adolph Menjou as Rinaldi. Tahk Borage produced the adaptation closely following the novel s plot. The lovers face war s pressures as Catherine travels to Switzerland for their child s birth, leading to a dramatic climax in a Milan hospital.
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Ernest Hemingway
Helen Haynes
Gary
Codpé Yy
Ee Aa
Adolph “Menjou
Tahk Borage
Seventh Heaven
Orternal
Nowel
Cooper
Milan
Miss Hayes
Switzerland
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Black
Eee Main
Chisstch ‘Streets
Warren, R. R. I
Baill Simmell
Harts
Charlie Newton
Barnes
Mgr
Hope Drug
Joe
Francis
Congregational Hall
Tenite
Polceman
Tyan Rey Pete
Pete Vatular
Tore Nortons
Nicos Ware
Pawtucket Koskeis
Raleetiigh Basketeet Oesepeb
Ewikuiew
Stride
Kingstown
Bristol Wire CO
Anaconda Wire CO
National India Rubber Company
Pawtucket
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
Latch
Bepegerr Hroday
DAR
Durfee
Anaconda
Bartlett
Providence
Jim Ruggeiro
Iz Shaw
Brown
Snow
Ht Ahlman
Eagleson Morley
Buffum
J Mackey
Beilagus
Johnson Crescenzo
Lim Hupgaero
McGurrthy
Fey
KE Peer
Swanton
Jay Peterse
Wiss
Kragy Gagho
Sturdeva
John Ruegelio
Gane
Lopes
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
Watson Co., Inc
Weybosset Street
R. I
Dhead Ee Aie Reliant Eine League
Acee
Amos S Gorham
Michael Vaccaro Piano
Munroe Ave
Bristol, R, I
Hope Cleansers
Warren F. Lather
Priscelly Beauty Shop
Augustus P. Duffy
W. W. Franklin & Co
Wood St
E. W. Weaver
High Street
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
Willam Street
Tel
Lanzire’s Express
Ashes & Rubbish
Frank Lanzire
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
Freeborn R. Cole
Cook Street
District Nursing Association
Martha Graham
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