Boy Scout Week observance planned in Bristol district
The Bristol district schedules a week of activities from February 8 to 14 to mark the 19th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. Awashanks Herd, P.O. S., leads events with daily programs including town government on Saturday, church attendance on Sunday, and a series of patrol demonstrations and memorials as troops work toward a 200 scouts goal by March 1.
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Boy Scouts of America
Bristol
Awashanks Herd
Burnside Memorial
Takarest
Bristol County
R I
Patriaty Das
Hope Street
Obituary of Isabelle T. McCaw Distantly Connected Family
Miss Isabelle Thomp son McCaw daughter of William and Isabelle McCaw died in Tucson Arizona last Friday. Her body will arrive and funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 pm at 849 Hope Street conducted by Rev James Goodacre. Interment follows at North Cemetery. She was born in this town around 1901 and was a Bristol Grammar School graduate. She leaves two sisters Mrs Gerard Bond of Atlanta and Catherine a Cleveland student. two brothers William at Dartmouth and Wilson at Cleveland Junior High.
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Isabelle Thompson McCaw
William
Isabelle Ro (Bowen
Tuscan
Arizona
Misses McCaughey
Hope Street
James Jo Goodacre
First Congregational Church
North
Miss McCaw
Bristol
East Cleveland
Bristol Grammar School
Colt Memorial High School
Conshohocken
Cleveland
Ohio
Western Reserve University
Gerard Bond
Atlanta
Georgia
Catherine
Cleveland Senior High School
Dartmouth College
Wilson
Cleveland Junior High School
Mrs Ruth A Selden to Reach 94th Birthday Next Sunday
Mrs Ruth A Selden widow of Alfred P Selden will turn 94 on January 20 born in Bristol in 1835. A longtime Rebekah Lodge leader she remains active at 247 Wood Street and recalls Bristol’s growth from a 3400 population in 1835 to today.
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Bristol
Rebekah Degree Lodge
Ruth A. Selden
Alfred P. Selden
James FE
Mahalte Chace
Wood Street
Mrs Selden
Reba Rebékah
RI Assembly
Reba Lodge
Pennsylvania
California
Selden
Mt Hope
Rhode Island
St Mary’s Bazaar Attracts Growing Parish Interest
Parishioners of St Mary’s Church prepare for a bazaar to run Monday to Wednesday evenings January 28 to 30. Sub-committees organize features to attract patrons with chairs named for Auditorium Dennis Jo McCarty Entertainment Judge Edward J Leahy Supper Mrs Joseph F Lewis Novelties Miss Mary Callan Candy Miss Helen To Scanlan Cake Mrs Bernard V Morris Parish Booth Mrs Mary J Condon.
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St Mary's Church
Dennis Jo McCarty
Edward J. Leahy
Joseph F Lewis
Mary Callan
Helen To Scanlan
Bernard V. Morris
Mary J Condon
Not R Company Faces Woonsocket Rubbers Tonight
Tonight at the YMCA gym the Not R Company basketball team hosts the Woonsocket Rubber Company squad from Millville Massachusetts. A large crowd is expected with Millville supporters and the Gurls Athletic Club of the NFER Co also in attendance. The National team features Jim Drumme l Fd Flanagan Carlo Bisbano Mose Moore Biancuzzo Shaw Maxwell Svivia and Bruscato.
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NOT R Company
Woonsocket Rubber Company
Millville
Mass
YMCA
Millville 15
Gurls’ Athletic Club
NFE R Co
Jim Drummel
Fd Flanagan
Carlo Bisbano
Mose Moore
Biancuzzo
Shaw
Maxwell
Svivia
Bruscato
Mens Union Brotherhood to Debate Church Impact
At a Sunday morning session of the Mens Union Brotherhood at the Baptist Church the topic Has the Church Done More Harm than Good will be discussed by leader Maurice Smith Jr A week later a newly formed male quartet will perform with Vernon Gray Chas Ho Tascomb Roswell So Bosworth and Chester Ro Burgess in the lineup
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Mens Union Brotherhood
Maurice Smith Jr
Vernon Gray
Chas Ho
Tascomb
History of the Mexican origin dahlia in Europe
The dahlia first documented in Madrid in 1791 by Cavanilles with roots from Mexico. It reached England in 1798 via the marbleness of Bute, then died out due to care misunderstandings. Reintroduction occurred in 1804 thanks to Lady Holland's interest.
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Cavanilles
Botanic Garden of
Madrid
Spain
Vicente Cervantes
Mexico
Daillas
England
Bute
Lady Holland
Hibernians Beat Olympians In Brisk Basketball Game
Hibernians built a 17 to 7 lead in the first period while the Olympians fought back to trail 24 to 17 at halftime. Tim Sullivan and Harrington combined for 28 of the visitors 44 points. Foxy Marshall led the home team with 12 of 29 points. The Olympians second team fell 19 to 8 to Nickerson Wanderers in the preliminary.
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Olympians
Newporters
Hibernians
Capt Marshall
Tim Sullivan
Harrington
Foxy Marshall
Rebello
Nickerson Wanderers
Providence
Bristol
Manchuria Migration and Wealth Hopes Amid Warlord Rule
A Harpers article warns of a vast Manchurian migration driven by famine and poverty as millions travel by land and sea toward resource wealth. It notes grim privations, massive transport hardships, and the promise of soy and future riches under China Russia and Japan.
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Harpers
Manchuria
Great Wall
Russia
China
Japan
Mississippi Valley
Corrected sentence on volunteer fire department phrasing
English professor critiques the sentence about the volunteer fire department and offers a corrected version. Freshman provides an alternative with slight wording changes.
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Gent
Conley’s Jewelry Store
Hope St
Moet
THE
Liberty Tailor
F. Reginald Dimond
Anderson & Company
Industrial Trust Building
Gaspee
Waldron Company
Bradford Street
Isabelle T. McCaw
Men's Union Brotherhood
Dahlia
George J O Brien
Hiberntians
Sullivan
Butler
T Sullivan
Shea
Fitzpatrick
Marshall
Raposa
Shean
Maisana
Nunes
Bristol Furniture Company
Empire Bottling Works
Bradford St
R. I
New York
Thames Street
Newman Bros
Newman
Florida
Maxwell House
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