Comedy writers drive Broadway and radio gags behind stars
The piece profiles Gene Conrad as a premier comedy writer shaping material for Jack Pearl and many others. It details his drive, business methods, and innovations like a card index joke file and portable scripts, noting his influence on radio and vaudeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Radio Row
Conrad
Joseph Conrad
Eugene Conrad
Comic Brotherhood
Gene Conrad
America
Jack Pearl
Baron Munchausen
Canada
Tyre
New York
Sra
Vaudeyi Mieang
Gene
Pathetist
Ibrary
M. Logh
Shinnertttes
UC Cathrans
Scious
Pecsa BC Ct
Award Night Opens 25th Scout Year in Bristol
The First Bristol Troop Boy Scouts of America marked the 25th year with Award Night at Scout Hall led by Scout Master George ReFish. Eagle Scout badges went to Norman Belmore and Joseph Belanger, first Cubs from Narragansett council to reach Eagle. Four year certificates were given to six scouts including Michael Ruggiero Anthony Monofo John Freitas Harris Fonseca and Rocco Prote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Boy Scouts of America
Scout Hall
George ReFish
Norman Belmore
Mystery Patrol
Joseph Belanger
Fvel
Narragansett Council
Michael Ruggiero
Anthon Monofo
John Freitas Harris Fonseca
Rocco Prote
John Marshall
Panthers
Flying Horse and Mastery
Explorers Plan Troop Hike and Re-registration
The Explorers troop, led by Senior Patrol Leader Henry Arourca and Assistant Scoutmasters Joseph Arouca and Edward Allesandro, organized a Camp Takarest development hike for Saturday. Re-registration is planned next month. Many scouts aim to enter the R. F Hafferreffer Indian essay contest closing January 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rmder
Joseph Arouca
Edward Allesandro
Henry Arourca
Charles H. Reed
Anthony Monofo
Michael Ruggiero
Leonard Abenante
Camp Takarest
R. F Hafferreffer
Industrious Botanist Examines Mission Bricks For Flora Clues
An industrious botanist studied adobe bricks from California’s old missions and dissolved them to inspect plant refuse traces. The effort aims to identify flowers and trees used in building and bonding mud bricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Honorific Language in East Asian Address Forms
The term honorific denotes respect conveyed through language and is tied to titles used in Chinese and Japanese speech systems to mark reverence toward august figures. It explains how epithets express status in address and discourse within these cultures.
Mrs Mary Kavanaugh Obituary Opens Funeral Service
Mrs Mary M Kavanaugh 42 wife of former Police Chief Richard J Kavanaugh died in Providence Sunday after a brief illness. Funeral service was held at 8:30 AM from 27 Noyes Avenue, with mass at 9 AM at St Marys Church and burial in St Marys Cemetery. Born Feb 28 1894 in Lancashire England she was daughter of John and Mary Fawcett and is survived by her husband and a sister.
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Mary “ Kavanaugh
M. Kavanaugh
Richard J. Kavanaugh
Providence
Noyes Avenue
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Lancashire
England
Mrs. Kavanaugh
John
Mary Fawcett
Elizabeth G Ingraham 72 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Elizabeth G Ingraham died Friday in Providence Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services were held Sunday at George M Wilbur Memorial Chapel in Warren. Burial followed in Locust Cemetery Providence. She was born August 6 1864 in New York City and lived in Bristol since youth. She is survived by her husband George E Ingraham a brother William F Smith of Blackstone MA and a son William B Spooner Jr of Providence. Architect of the note: Mr Ingraham ill at home with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth G. Ingraham
George M. Wilbur
Warren
Elizabeth Graham Ingraham
Providence
Locust Cemetery
George E. Ingraham
Cottage Street
Ingraham
New York City
Bristol
William R
Elizabeth Frazier Smith
William F Smith
Blackstone
Mass
William B. Spooner, Jr
Mrs Alice H Bulock funeral held in Warren
Funeral services for Mrs Alice Howard Bullock 63 lifelong Bristol County resident were held at George M Wilbur Funeral Home Warren. Rev C J Yeomans officiated with burial in North Cemetery. She was born March 21 1873 in Warren and is survived by sister Mrs Martha Smith of this town.
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George M Wilbur
Warren
Alice Howard Bullock
Bristol County
Hope Street
C J Yeomans
First Baptist Church
Bullock
James and
Helen (Maddox) Howard
Martha Smith
Freedom and security must coexist, says Governor Landon
Governor Alf Landon told West Middlesex, Pennsylvania on August 22, 1936 that Americans can preserve liberty and enjoy security and abundance of life. He rejected defeatist claims that a choice is needed between freedom and safety.
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Eivec
Bamine Vuier
Great Human Reservoirs From History
The history of the world records three great reservoirs that burst their banks and flooded neighboring regions. It notes the Arabian Yen, the Central Asian steppes, and lands around the Baltic as the origin areas for Germanic and Anglo-Saxon peoples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thane
Yen
Insula
Central Asia
Origin of Cattle in Doubt Since the Middle Stone Age
The fragment notes debate over cattle origins, claiming domestic cattle have existed in Europe since the middle of the Stone Age and that the wild ancestors’ origins remain undiscovered. The text mixes animal origins with an assertion about Europe and ancient times.
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Europe
The Art Its Aim A Vision of Permanent Form
A brief note on how a work of art seeks to crystallize an artist’s vision into a lasting shape and representation.
Music Little More Water Fein Tess or ST
The fragment notes a conversation on diet composition with mentions of sugar fat and protein. It hints at a discussion but lacks clear names dates places or events to frame a full news item. The style resembles a partial OCR from a science or nutrition snippet without coherent reporting.
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Christian Science Monitor
Constructive World
Goats As Motoring Curb To Increase Careful Driving
A humorous idea suggests buying a toy goat to shame family members who drive carelessly. The foreman of a refinery uses a live billy goat to punish accidents, hoping the threat of tending the animal reduces mishaps. For a dime, families can start a goat custody game to promote safer habits.
Congress of the United States Faces Dual Opportunity
The 75th Congress is urged to translate public will into action and prove governance by the people. It should curb expanding bureaus and commissions while strengthening the principle of government by elected representatives both at home and abroad.
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Congress of the
United States
Congress
Europe
Washington
Bonefish Delicacy and Preparation Dilemmas
The article notes bonefish as a fine food fish native to warm seas and discusses methods used in its native regions to remove bones after cooking so they can be drawn out easily.
Public Auction Notice by Bristol Tax Collector in 1937
The Bristol Tax Collector announces a public auction of real estate on January 20, 1937 at 10 AM in Burnside Memorial Building. Parcels listed from the December 1926 advertisement to cover 1935 and prior taxes plus assessments, with sums due shown beside each estate. Cash terms. AMOSS GORHAM, Tax Collector.
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Bristol
Memorial Hall
Burnside Memorial Building
Board of Assessors
Amoss Gorham
Mortgagee Sale of Bristol Rhode Island Property
Mortgagee announces public auction on Wednesday January 27 1937 at 1090 Odlak Ave Eastern Standard Time for mortgage on property in Bristol Rhode Island described by old deeds including State Street frontage and several lot boundaries. Sale follows breach of mortgage dated December 14 1921 and recorded in Book 1 Page 148 with HUDDY MOULTON Attorneys for Mortgagee listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiseppe Sodini
Toudet Crusti
Huivarol
State of
Rhode Island
State Street
Bristol
State of Rhode
William Po Munro
James Tobin
Hannah W Dracy
Willian P Munro
Hannah Wo Drurs
Barney Levitin
Hannah W Drurs
Barne Levitin
Richard S&s
Sophia I. Wardwell
Anie State Street
Yence
Whitey F Morro
Taney Tobin
William H Philing
Socials Planned by Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella
Hope Circle No 70 of Daughters of Isabella in K of C Hall will host a winter series of bingo games starting tonight, plus a Valentine whist on Feb 5. Past Regent Miss Nora E Dwyer chairs the bingo committee with Mrs John Condon, Mrs William P McLaughlin, Mrs Manuel Goulart and Miss Winifred Walsh. The valentine committee is led by Mrs Elizabeth Dwyer with several trustees, while Mrs Charles M Connery serves as ex officio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Circlé
Daughters of Isabella
K. of CT. Hall
Nora E. Dwyer
John Condon
William P. McLaughlin
Manuel Goulart
Winifred Walsh
Elizabeth Dwyer
Ellen McKenna
Maria Vermette
Mary Andrade
Serene Lewis
Eloise Dunbar
Ethel Burke
Mildred Beauregard
Charles M. Connery
Public Auction On Bristol Rhode Island Mortgage Property
Public sale scheduled Wednesday January 13 1937 at 10 00 A M on the Bristol Rhode Island premises by power of sale in a mort gage dated June 23 1898 and recorded Book 58 Page 14. The lot at Byfield and Hope Street in Bristol is bounded by Byfield Street Abby L Williams lands and adjacent properties. Sale subject to taxes and assessments lien note. conveyance to follow. Huddy Moulton attorneys represent mortgage holder. dec 22 29 jan 5 12
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Eunice W. Pitman
Bristol
Rhode Island
Byfield and
Hope Street
Aces Street
Abby L. Williams
Byfield Street
James D. Pitman
Huddy & Moulton
Bristol Rhode Island Mortgage Sale of Multiple Lots
The sale on January 13, 1937 at 10 30 A M EST of four to five parcels in Bristol Rhode Island will be conducted under a deed of mortgage for Manuel Pedra Songa and others. The parcels include a north side Charles Street lot of four rods and four links, a northerly strip along Charles Street, a five-lot tract on the northerly Charles Street, and a refined southerly boundary parcel. Additional exceptions and references to prior deeds and land records are noted, with local and state tax liens to be paid. Attorneys for the mortgagee announce the intention to bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel
Pedra Songa
Fang
Bristol
Rhode Island
Charles Street
Sandy Mon Vc
Chevra Aguidas Achim
Henry Battcher
Christina Card
Frank C
Susan B. Child
Society
Lydia
James W Franklin
Louis Molasky
Henry Lattcher
Terrence McCarty
Bristol R
W W Verry
C K
Charles H West
Nelach M Paleyev
Ubber Company
James Quatropolo
Frank Velleca
Benjamin Smith
Benny Roddman
Samuel
Nellie McCaw
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Carter
Harmiesa
Caisman Sciency Monitor
Alice H. Bullock
Sentinels
the Republic
Presistol
Tax Collector's Office
Bristol, R. 1
Huddy & Moulton, Attroneys
Louis Tortoricé
Westminster Street
George J. Sheehan
Post Office
Federal Housing
Federal Building
Miller
Warres
Albert M. Remieres
Tel
Geo. T. Ingram
Carmine C. Carvaturo
Phoenix
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
William Street
Dorchester Mutual Firels. Co
Boston
EH. L. Watson Co., Inc
Weybosast Street
R. L
E. W. Weaver & Son
High Street
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST. Bristol
Bristol District Nursing Association
Martha Graham
Hope St
Thyra Carlson
High St
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