A Bristol Scribe Letter and Timely Topics Reflections
A 1939 Bristol Arizona note recalls Howe's Column history and the writer's long admiration for weekly newspaper correspondence. The piece references eye color theories from a German doctor and contrasts them with medical skepticism. It cites Gov Alf Landon on freedom and security and notes the Nestorian movement in China via an 781 A D stone monument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Phoenix
Howe
Josephus Gooding
Trinity Church Rectory
Col. Greene
Pearson
London Weekly
China
Rhode Island Reform Plan Lauded as National Model
Rhode Island rapid reforms under Gov. William H. Vanderbilt consolidate 13 state departments into a single organized structure with centralized control. A tough Civil Service act, merit driven and veteran preference rules, and a delayed effective date stir political clash as the governor presses ahead with a $2.5 million bond backed budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
William H. Vanderbilt
Civil Service
State Senate
Public Administration Service
University of Chicago
House
Senate
Vanderbo
Vanderbilt
Massachusetts
State House
Explosions Strike Mines and Grain Barns in Historic Fires
The article notes coal mine incidents and grain or hay fires caused by spontaneous combustion from accumulated dust and poorly cured hay. It recalls Krakatoa's 1883 eruption as a historic explosion event lasting 36 hours with widespread destruction and 36 000 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krakatoa
Sundra Strait
Java
Sumatra
Street music, Broadway tunes, and famed maestros
Music writer Louise Reid surveys taste and trends from Stradivari to Stokowski, noting the prestige gaps between Heifetz and popular acts, the decline of ukuleles, and enduring Broadway themes. She recalls classic tunes, ASCAP dustups, and the blending of jazz with dance bands amid shifting public taste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heifetz
Hiram
Seat of the Wales
Iito
Tin Pan Alley
Basil Ruysdael
Metropolitan Opera Company
David Guion
Turkey
Arkansan Traveler
Broadway
Boston Post Road
Avenue
Heart of Harlem
PaCetven
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
George M. Cohan
America
Nacio Herb Brown
Arthur Fried
Dave Btamper
Genie Bock
Bert Grant
Joe Young
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Bristol
Scribe
Alf Landon
West Middlesex
Remieres
Car
Hope & Bradford
Bristol Television Lab
Hope St
Charles M. Connery
Tel
Burton ST
Fk Crud
Gov. Winthrop
Neem GS
Vwinthrop
Foster-Palmer
Bissell
H. F. Bell
WM. H. Bell, Inc
Ee Island
Christian Science Monitor
THE
ET U B Co
Bristol, R. I
Edgar A. Guest
Dale Carnegie
Ad Carter
Dean Cornwell
Jim Crowley
Fordham University
William W. Campbell, Jr
Salem
Mass
George Kendrick
Winchester, Ky
Donald Young
Phelps
N. Y
Jimmie Heap
Des Moines
James Jankow
Trolt, Mich
Edmund Martin
Los Angeles
Louise Reid
Music Features & Photo Syndicate
Leopold Stokowski
Stoky
Toacanini
Tosky
Paul Whiteman
Thomas E. Dewey
ASCAP
Gene Buck
Hugo Riesenfeld
Beethoven
E Dance
Tolay
Woolse
Ver
Mont
Carolina
Reginald de Koven
Louis Reid
Newman Bros
van Camp
Clapp’s
Philadelphia
Scott
S. S. Pierce Co
Hamburg
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