Community Christmas Helpers Listed for Gracious Gifts
A crowded note lists local donors and groups preparing Christmas cheer. Mrs Barrows and others oversee party and presents for each child. Organizations like the Rebekah Lodge and Our Lady of the Star provide cakes, apples, clothing, and assorted treats.
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Éch
Mrs. Barrows
Gratville
Everett Adley
Mr. Bense
Eric
Ristmas
Harriet DeWolf
Kinder
O. L. Bosworth
Rocka
Levy
Frank Howe
Cathleen Barton
Wardwall
Discipline in Business as Army Structure
A clipped quotation likens business discipline to military order with obedience from all ranks. It stresses that success relies on workers willingly following directions from leaders and carrying out tasks efficiently. The remark attributes strong organizational culture to hierarchy and disciplined execution.
December 1930 Public Schools attendance report highlights
The monthly report of Pt S Mapes to the school committee on Monday evening shows membership figures and attendance percentages for the town Public Schools for December 1930. It notes tardiness rates and compares attendance across the district, reflecting the overall engagement of students during the month.
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Aes
Pt . S. Mapes
Roman Candidates Wore White Togas To Seek Office
Ancient Rome campaigns saw hopefuls appear in public venues wearing white togas brightened with chalk. The term candidatus meaning white traces to Latin candidus, giving us the modern word candidate.
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Rome
Progressive whist party draws large crowd at Armory
A crowd of about 100 attended Battery C 243rd Coast Artillerys whist event at the State Armory. Elton Pierce of Swansea won first prize a fountain pen and pencil set. Other prizes went to Sadie Callan Beatrice Sevigney Warren Mrs John Matheson and several others. Next weeks game promises a ton of coal as first prize.
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Battery C
243Rd Coast Artillery
State Armory
Church Street
Elton Pierce
Swansea
Mass
Sadie Callan
Beatrice Sevigney
Warren
John Matheson
E. W. Mason
William Brahmstedt
Emma P
The Golden Rule as Guide to Life and Business
An extended reflection extols the Golden Rule as the supreme guide in all human relations and business. It asserts the rule yields better results than selfishness, provides a firmer foundation for enterprise, and offers greater satisfaction across professions society and daily life.
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Business An & Surer Foundation
Bowling League Match Ends in One-Sided Race
In the Ever Ready Engine Hose Co league last evening the Why Nots defeated Thats Thats by three strings. The Bimbos and Fleurettes scheduled clash was postponed.
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Engine & Hose Co
Why Nots
Fleurettes
Banquet Marked Dreadnaught Hook Ladder and Hose Company Night
The Dreadnaught Hook Ladder and Hose Company of the fire department held its annual banquet last evening at the station at High and Church streets. A turkey supper and fixings preceded speeches and an entertainment by an orchestra of colored musicians. Gen. L. H. Callan acted as toastmaster with Town Council members and fire department officers among the speakers.
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Fire Department
Church Streets
Gen. L. H Callan
Weekend Meat Values at Hope Street A P Stores
Boneless chuck pot roast advertised as a weekend value at A P Stores of New England located at 583 Hope Street Bristol. Prices listed show two items including extra special butter and fine granulated sugar per pound with quantities noted.
Florence Rebekah Lodge visits Reba Lodge in Pawtucket
About 42 members from Florence Lodge Daughters of Rebekah surprised Reba Rebekah Degree Lodge in town. Florence visitors, in costume, presented a play The Bachelor's Dream and presented the traveling token Infirmary House. A collation was served after the meeting.
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Florence Lodge
Rebekah
Pawtucket
Reba Rebekah
Reba Lodge
Don Quixote's Cradle City Valladolid in History
The article notes Valladolid as the historic cradle of Don Quixote era. It marks Columbus death Philip II birth Cervantes works and Calderon plays staged at Teatro Calderon. It recalls Ferdinand Isabella meeting Blanche of Navarre Caldern Torquemada and the Inquisition auto de fe in the city.
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Don Quixote
Valladolid
Columbus
Philip the Second
Cervantes
Teatro de Calderon
Ferdinand and Isabella
Blanche of Navarre
Calderon
Torquemage
Inquisition Tribunal
Valisdolid
Auto de Fe
Washington Star
Earliest Footwear The Sandal Its First Known Form
The sandal is identified as the earliest form of footwear. The piece notes how ancient people used simple footwear to protect feet, with sandals representing the initial step in footwear evolution.
Origin of O K Explanation Ties to Choctaw Word It Is So
The late President Wilson reportedly explained that Okeh meaning it is so in Choctaw settled the origin dispute. Alternative tales claim OK derives from illiterate miners stamping receipts with the initials of all correct or oil correct.
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O. K
Wilson
Expert's poultry claim sparks farm profit talk
An expert named Country Home says a well organized farm with 1 000 hens can yield an annual income of about two dollars per bird or more. The statement emphasizes potential profits from poultry, citing large flocks and high output.
Remarkable Meteorite Falls Across History Revealed
A historical survey notes early resistance to meteorite evidence, citing Blot’s 1803 l Aigle report. It lists major falls such as 645 pound stone near Knyahinka and a 1,200 pound mass found in Long Island Kaw, plus thousands of smaller fragments with black crusts.
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Blot
l'Aigle
France
Natural History Museum
Vienna
Knyahinka
Czechoslovakia
Pultusk
Poland
Mocs
Transylvania
Hessle
Sweden
United States
Long Island
Kaw
Homestead
Iowa
Holbrook
Ariz
First Cuckoo Clock Made Two Centuries Ago
A note places the origin of the cuckoo clock around two hundred years ago in the Black Forest town of Schoenwald by clockmaker Anton Ketterer. The account credits a craftsman named Jane Geena in the early history.
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Geena
Jane” Anton Ketterer
Schoenwald
The
Black Forest
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