Col Colt Hosts Brazilian Officials At Linden Place Dinner
Col Samuel P Colt entertained ten guests at Linden Place in a dinner honoring Senors Nogueria and Minhof and Mr Backus. Nogueria is Secretary of State and Minhof treasurer of Amazonas Brazil. Backus is the American commercial representative. Guests included executives from the National Rubber Co and Industrial Trust Co. The visitors toured the National Company factory before departing on the 1015 train to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel P Colt
Linden Place
Senors Nogueria
Minhof
Backus
Senor Nogueria
Senor Minhof
Amazonas
Brazil
Harry H Shepard
William Hodgkinson
National Factory
Gev Wiliam T Ce Wardwell
National Company
Samuel Norris
United States Rubber Co
C A Emerson
Charles Manchester
Bristol
The
Industrial Trust Co
Merton A Cheesman
New York
Providence
Girls basketball team defeats Miss Wheeler's School 30 to 10
The High School Girls basketball team beat Miss Wheeler's School 30 to 10 Saturday forenoon in a series of five games. Lineup included Bristol H and M Callan among others. Brockton High School opens season with a winless streak and visits Thursday to face the Bristols at the YMCA gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Miss Wheeler
Bristol H
Miss Wheeler's
KE. Baker
F. N Wilkinson
M Callan
Arnold
R. Callan
F. P. Colt
K. Reynolds
I. Sturgess
H. Waldron
M. Everett
A. Chasel
Brockton High School
Bristols
Brockton
Brockton Y M
Becklen's Arvica Salve Heals Runaway Injury
A runaway incident nearly fatally damaged J B Qorner of Franklin Grove Illinois. After four years doctors could not cure him until Becklen's Arvica Salve healed the leg. The salve also treats burns bruises skin eruptions and piles and costs 25 cents at J H Young & Co Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Qorner
Franklin Grove
Becklen
J H Young & Co
Centennial Social Club Opera House event list
The notice lists entertainment and social events across February to April. Entries include Feb 18 a Centennial Social Club entertainment at the Opera House, Feb 19 a turkey supper at G A R Hall by Ladies Aid Society of ME church, Feb 20 dancing class reception and annual Robert Emmet Literary Society ball at G A R Hall, Feb 23 Jolly Eights social at Columbia Hall, Feb 23 Washington Ball of Bristol Train of Artillery at Grand Army Hall, April 13 Easter Ball of Company C Second Regiment at Armory Hasbrouck block, and April 18 to 25 St Marys Fife and Drum Band Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. R Hall
Ladies’ Aid Society of
ME Church
Miss Handy
G. A R Hall
Robert Emmet Literary Society
Grand Army Hall
Columbia Hall
Washington
Bristol
St. Mary’s
Prints of Old Brick School House Offered for Sale
Due to high demand, a few copies of the Old Brick School House print have been produced on heavy 19x12 paper suitable for framing. Copies cost 15 cents each and are available at Stevens & Co or at the Puanix Office, with postage paid on receipt of payment.
Receipts for Hon G Rent and Others for Sale
Receipts specially designed for hon G rent and others for any business offered in pads of 100 at the Phoenix Office for 15 cents per pad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Grub Street’s Rise as London’s Poor Authors Quarter
A compact history of Grub Street in London tracing its shift from archery trades hub to a famed writers’ enclave. It notes residents like John Fox and John Speed around 1570s, the Cromwell era influx of pamphleteers, and the area’s notoriety by the early eighteenth century as the poor authors’ quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grub Street
London
John Fox
Fox
John Speed
Old
Milton Street
Jack the Giant Killer
Tom Hickathrift
Gotham
Cromwell
The Chin and Character in Physiognomy
The article explains that humans have a pronounced chin or mental prominence while other animals do not. It argues a strong chin signals firm character and intellect, citing Huxley experiments and suggesting a link between a strong jaw and digestive vigor influencing character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huxley
Origins of cereal grains across ancient civilizations
The text traces the ancient use of wheat barley oats rye and corn, noting wheat dates back across latitudes, barley to the Caucasus, oats and rye limited in ancient India and Egypt, Greeks and Romans importing oats, and corn circulating to the old world from the Americas after earlier knowledge in India and China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caucasus
India
Egypt
Europe
China
America
Dog Loyal to Wrong Horse Sparks Clerical Oddity
An elderly clergyman famed for weekly market-town trips finds his dog missing after a ride. Returning with a friend, they reach the inn to discover not only the dog but the parson’s horse had been swapped by a hustler. The dog stays with the other horse, choosing loyalty to the wrong master.
Sympathy and sermon on the great majority
A Philadelphia Press remark spurs a conversation between the widow and her friend about Rev. Mr Stern. The sermon argued that the great majority go below, with the widow Gayrake noting the sympathy shown for John. The text urges selflessness for happiness and warns against promoting only one’s own joy.
Feminine View of It in Chicago News
Mrs Wederly notes men rarely meet ideal wives and challenges the notion. Singleton admits never meeting the woman he could marry. Mrs Wederly questions women’s toughness. The husband reports the editor’s blunt verdict on his manuscript.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Wederly
Singleton
Chicago News
Criticus and Cynicus on High Art in a Modern Age
The dialogue ponders whether Impressionist art can be called high art as Criticus questions the notion and Cynicus defends it. A mechanized man is noted as capable of paying rent, illustrating satire on art, society, and the era.
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Criticus
Cynicus
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Says Free Sample Offered
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for lame back kidney liver and bladder troubles claiming hospital and private use proof. It offers a free sample by mail to readers who mention this paper and notes the product is sold in several bottle sizes by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Bright
Gaffer Dr. Kilmer & Co
Bing- Beart
Basketball Schedule Through February and March
The schedule, arranged by Manager Waldron, lists Brockton High at Bristol on Feb 19 a Thursday, Brockton YMCA at Brockton on Feb 2 Saturday, Boston YMCA at Bristol on Feb 28 Saturday, Newport YMCA at Newport on March 7 Saturday, Newport YMCA at Newport on March 12 Thursday, and Dean Academy at Franklin Mass on March 14 Saturday.
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Brockton High School
Bristol
Brockton, Mass
Y M
Brockton
Mass
Boston
Newport Y M CA
Newport
Newport Y. M.ca
Dean Academy
Franklin, Mass
M C A Notes On Bowling Records And Meetings
Bad weather limited Sunday attendance at the M C A meeting. Rev T Newton Owen gave a helpful address. Next Sunday service at 4 PM with speaker to be announced in Fridays Pansaix. Tonight league games Rubber Five vs B H S and Rusty Five vs Easy Marks. P Kenney set a duck pins single string record of 182 and three string record 823 plus candle pins 101. Members are urged to beat the records and a Newport gymnastic team is under consideration. A Board of Managers Finance and Membership Committees meeting is held tonight in the Managers room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Newton Owen
Rubber Five
Rusty
P. Kenney
F. M. Dimond
Mr. Kenney
Newport
Board of Managers
Advertised Letters For Week Ending February 11
The post office lists miss c bourn mrs anna d lancastle mrs mary reynolds miss delia winn and an evening newspaper as advertised letters for the week ending February 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Bourn
Anna D. Lancastle
Mary Reynolds
Delia Winn
Engravings From Old Brick School House On Display
Are You a Mason If so you will be interested in engravings of the Old Brick School House interior walls of the St Albans Lodge room as they were for nearly 100 years. Four engravings printed on heavy 25x19 inch paper suitable for framing. On exhibition in Stevens & Co. show window for sale or at the Phoenix Office. Post paid on receipt of price 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Alban’s Lodge
Stevens & Co
Phoenix
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Shepard
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Ennis and Drew
Consolidated Road
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Basket Ball
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Crockery
New England
John M. Dean Co
Westminster St
Providence, R. I
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Saturday Evening Post
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Lrasierries
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John M. Taylor
Herbert H. White
Daniel H. Wells
Norman W. Hayward
Merchants’ Bank
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Waldron
Dwinell-Wright Company
White House
Dai Elgin Creamery
Baker's
Lowney's
Houton’s
Kennedy
Uncle Jerry
Colgate
Lour
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W. H. Buffington
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Edward 8. Babbitt
State Equitable
R. I. Telephone No
Pawtucket Mutual Fire
Main Street
Pawtucket
George A. Mumford
Edwin A. Perrin
Mason James L
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Smith Philo FE
Thayer George W.newell J. Milton Payne
Frederick W. Easton
A. A. Mann
Chasp Moses
Isaac Shove
Inner Jr
Asant
Crosby Frisian Fur Company
Mill Street
Rochester
Ivers & Pond
Boylston St
D Buegll Brown, Jeffrey Davis
Jous H CaDy
Josh Stark Weuthber
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Nightingeale
Charles T Howard Lioyd C
Kady
George H Chadsey
James C. CH
William E. Brayton
William Armour
Francis Msmith
Julius Palmer
Edward P Metcalf
Sec and
Trese Bank
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