Books Alloted for Circulation This Saturday
The library will add numerous nonfiction titles on January 18 including Why I am a Christian by Arthur F. Ingram and On the Up and Up by Ralph Barton. Other works span travel, history, biographies, poetry, drama, and fiction with notable titles by Edith Wharton, Owen Johnson, and Margaret Wilson among many.
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Arthur F. Ingram
London
Ralph Barton
Rutherford Platt
Effie Sharman Bowles
Whiteheads
Richard Halliburton
India
Dhan Mukerti
Emil Ludwig
United States
Jefferson Davis
Allen Tate
America
Helen Kellar
Myron T. Herrick
Col
A Bentley Mott
Frances Countess of
Warwick
William T. Scanlon
Mary Lee
Hudson River
Edith Wharton
Jeffrey Farnel
Dido
Fanny Hurst
Henry H Richardson
Floyd C Douglass
Alice Ross Culver
Ruby M . Avers
Susan Glaspell
Pog Wodehouse
King Dog
A0 Marsh
History and evolution of fans through ages and cultures
The article traces fan origins from palm leaves to papyrus devices used to ward off flies and refresh guests. It notes ancient and Egyptian practices, tracing fashion’s peak in Louis XIV era France where fans were exquisitely decorated on carved sticks and revered as status symbols.
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Mirnikind
France
Louis XIV
Paris
Dolls to the Gods in Ancient Greek and Roman Practice
The article notes girls offering dolls to Venus or Diana as they neared marriageable age. Dolls crafted from wood clay ivory or wax were commonly found as votive offerings in Greek and Roman tombs, suggesting a universal ancient practice.
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Greece
Rome
Venus
Diana
Weary visitor at Andrews home seeks meals and shelter
A weary stranger, described as a laborer in ragged dress, asks at the Andrews arm near Spender for food during dinnertime. Invited in, he sits, dusts the chair, and later asks to sleep inside, prefering the wood bin. He demands sheets and a mirror, eats heavily, and leaves after claiming payment for scents.
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Wille
Andrews
Mr. Andrews
Chonge
Buttons in Early Times Looked on as Luxuries
History notes button use tracing to 1200 and Ed ward II era. robes with blue elbow to hand buttons. buttons faded with lace in the fifteenth century yet remained luxury in the sixteenth. wills cite silk and stone buttons on garments in 1573 including frieze jerkin and hose.
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Edward II
John Woondryle
Strowde
Symonde Bisshappe
Cinasenigne
Kansas City Times
Trinity Church Property in New York City Tract History
The Trinity church tract in New York City once called the Kings farm and Queens farm changed hands from Roelof Jans to Anneke in 1663. After her death in 1663 eight children inherited, save Cornelius Bogardus, and in 1670 a transport transferred ownership to Jos Francis Lovelace, then New York governor. Queen Anne formally presented the tract to Trinity Church in 1703 after incorporation in May 1607.
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Trinity Church
New York City
King’s Farm
van Twiller
Duten
New Amsterdam
Roelof Jans
Anneke
Childen
Cornelius Bogardus
Jos
Francis Lovelace
New York
The Memory Man Forgets His Umbrella
A memory system expert finishes a first lesson for a woman of intellectual tastes. A loud knock at the door brings Mary’s report that the memory man forgot his umbrella, prompting a wry moment of recall about forgetfulness.
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Mary
Humanity Faces Changes Through Automobiles And Tools
An early editorial warns that advancing automobile use and technologies like vacuum cleaners could erode human labor and habits. It contemplates drastic future changes, suggesting people may hardly recognize humanity 50 000 to 60 000 years from now due to technological progress.
Glass in food poisons not deadly in small particles
Dr Roche Lynch told the Medico legal Society of London that finely powdered glass in food or drink typically passes through the body without harming. He warned danger lies in larger pieces with sharp edges that can cause damage or death.
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Borgins
Roche Lynch
Medico-legal Society of London
Artificial Sunlight Aids Horses In Stable Near Chicago
Stable horses receive daily ultraviolet light treatment when natural sun is scarce. Popular Mechanics notes a brief exposure from a special lamp can mimic a full day in the sun, with extra benefit in winter when the animals stay indoors.
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Chicago
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Bristol Plans Elaborate 250th Birthsday Celebration
Bristol Rhode Island prepares a week long 250th anniversary celebration beginning September 21 with posters radio and highway ads. Executive committee announces leadership change and a busy program featuring naval military bands and speakers including notable state and national figures. The week includes Old Home Day Veterans Day Anniversary Day Rice's Day and Firemen's Day with parades pageants concerts and dances.
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Bristol
Rhode Island
New England
Edward L. Leahy
John W . Church
Alrady
US Navy
US Army
Army
Navy
Congress
National Guard
Old Bristol
Mark Anthony DeWolf Howe
Wallis Eastburn Howe
Presnet Plains
Sunda
Toha Bo Archer
American Legion
Ladies’ Auxilary
Jamestown Legion Pos
Austrary
Naval Armory
The
Legion
State Armory
Veteran Firemen’s Association
Herbert Hoover
Chas Curtiss
Calvin Coolidge
John Pershing
United States
England
Thomas Lipton
Norman S Case
James G. Connolly
Forged Art Delights Museums Then Reveals Fraud
A discussion notes that many forged ancient artworks mimic real carvings so precisely that detection is hard. Museums worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, maintain specialty divisions to identify and remove fake antiquities, as experts find them fascinating yet deceptive.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Snake With Ears Story From Bushveld Draws Readers
Mr. S Voges writes that a Johannesburg Sunday Times report about a "snake with ears" seen in a Roosberg view is true in his view. He recalls his mother telling of a snake with two ears found as a child and killed in a fig tree.
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S Voges
Johannesburg
Sunday Times
Roosberg
Manitoba Boundary Steps Between Provinces
The article explains the Manitoba boundary in the lower half is stepped to follow the Hines Survey lines through farmland. It notes that meridians converge northward, causing the distance between them to narrow, while survey lines must remain straight in the northwest.
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Atlanitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada
Ant Queen Symbol Of Prosperity In Native Tale
A Detroit News excerpt describes the ant queen as a two inch long figure imprisoned in a clay pocket. It notes the queen cannot move, is fed by workers, and embodies a native concept of luxury or ease captured by the saying Sit as an ant queen.
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Detroit News
Franklin on trade and war as drivers of commerce
In a reflection on commerce Benjamin Franklin argues that wealth comes from cheap goods and good trade, not from violence. He states that wages of war and forceful coercion cannot match the profit of trade, stressing fleets and armies as means to secure commerce rather than bloodshed.
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Benjamin Franklin
Colt High Defeats Warwick High In Fast Preliminary Game
Colt High defeated Warwick High 17 to 10 in a fast paced game. Colt led 9-5 at halftime and extended the spread to 12-8 in the third before finishing strong. Colt Seconds beat Hasty Gelatine 11-5 behind foul shooting and Gagla Sylvia and Perry in support.
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Colt High
Warwick High
Warwick
Colt
Gogha
LeClerc
Burrillville
Homesters
Colt Seconds
Gagla
Sylvia
Perry
Colt Girls Fall Hard to Warwick in Gym Showdown
Wednesday afternoon at Guiteras Gym the Colt Girls were defeated 82 10 by Warwick. Muriel Hodgdon scored about five points for Colt as Warwick built a large first half lead. Colt faces Barrington High next then travels to LaSalle Academy for an out of town game amid strong student support and rivalry notes.
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Guiteras Gym
Colt Girls
Warwick Girls
Muriel Hodgdon
Warwick
Barrington High Girls
Colt
LaSalle Academy
Providence
LaSalle
Letter Suggests meals reveal social class in slang
In a reader note the writer argues that Ianch and luncheon differ only by the meal’s affordability. The piece implies Ianch is the shorter form for luncheon, reflecting class-based language usage.
Magnificent in Magnitude The Great Wall’s Vast Structure
The Chinese wall stretches about 1250 miles and stands 35 feet high and 21 feet thick. Granite faced and towers at frequent intervals mark this formidable defensive work as the world’s largest.
The Wrong Kind Two Churaa Girls Tell Of Gems
Two girls brag about admirers and gems from a man. One boasts a brooch with twelve gems, another claims over a hundred gems. When pressed, they admit the gems were from a horrid poet.
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Weill
Refugee Churches Near Canterbury Cathedral Hold Service
A refugee church beside Austin Friars in London continues a Huguenot worship in a crypt chapel of Canterbury Cathedral. The Huguenots, granted no charter by Queen Elizabeth, used the crypt for weaving and later for services in French led by a minister in a medieval gown. Attempts to remove them by cathedral authorities have failed over the years.
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Austin Friars
London
Canterbury Cathedral
Origin of children's rhymes and their travel through time
The passage asks who created recess rhymes and how they spread worldwide. It notes many nursery verses are ancient or modern and passed by oral tradition, echoing the methods of early minstrels and storytellers before printing.
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Cess
Marvelous Glass Clock From Bohemia Crafted by Thayer
A Bohemian glass clock built by Joseph Thayer took years of careful work to fashion every component from glass including the smallest screw. The unusual piece showcases expert glass craftsmanship and Bohemia's artistry.
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Bohemia
Joseph Thayer
Hints For Homemakers By Jane Rogers
Practical tips for homemakers cover protecting hammer heads with cloth for marks making quick salad dressing from sugar sour cream and vinegar and unfreezing stuck glasses by alternating water temperatures
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