Pastime Saturday Dual Programs feature Douglas Fairbanks
Patrons can see the same 2:30 Pastime matinee on Saturday as at the Star, then a full program change for the evening. The feature is He Comes Up Smiling starring Douglas Fairbanks with Marjorie Daw and Frank Campeau, including daring California mountain stunts. Also on the bill are His Smothered Love and new material with Chester Conklin.
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Dillon
Star
Douglas Ail Banks
Byron Ongley
Emil Murray
Liberty Theatre
New York City
Douglas Fairbanks
California
Marjorie Daw
Fairbanks and
Hart Pictures
Frank Campeau
Bull Montana
Fairbanks
Jerry
Chester Conklin
Pants
Bray Pictograph
Americanization Conference at Hotel Belvedere
An informal gathering of town manufacturing executives met at the Hotel Belvedere under the Y M C A Americanization Committee. Rear Admiral Edwards opened proceedings and introduced Dr G W Tupper of Boston who spoke on incorporating non English-speaking workers. Industrial experts from Cambridge Watertown Arsenal and the Y M C A International Committee also addressed the group.
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Belvedere
Edwards
G. W. Tupper
Boston
Vaudeville Benefit at Pastime Theatre Next Monday
A vaudeville entertainment directed by Prof. Henry Donovan will be staged at the Pastime Theatre to benefit St. Mary's Church. The program includes Bernard Mullen solos, Master Robert Allen specialties, Marion V. Griffith solos, Saxophone Quintet numbers, yiddish comedy by Joseph Cronson, songs by Thomas Bailey and Harold Warman, a Joseph Hudson monologue, and the Donovan Concert Orchestra providing accompaniments. The show starts at 7:45 p.m. Reserved seats are on sale at 330 Wood Street.
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Henry Donovan
St. Mary’s Church
Providence
Bernard Mullen
Robert Allen
Marion V. Griffith
Second Naval District Band
Joseph Cronson
Thomas Bailey Sand
Harold Warman
Joseph Hudson
Donoyvans Concert Orchestra
Wood Street
Bristol Improvement Association to hear charity talk
Bristol Improvement Association will host a talk on charitable contributions at the Belvedere on Tuesday evening. Haz Nelson, Street Secretary of the Retail Merchants Division of the Providence Chamber of Commerce, will be the speaker and discuss Bristol's relation to the Providence Chamber of Commerce.
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Fireglast
Bristol
Improvement Association
Ritithedtorel
Belvedere
Thes Ogcasion
HazNelson
Providence, ‘Chamber of Commerce
Providence Chamber of Commerce
New 65 foot flagpole erected at old soldiers home
A 65 foot flagpole was installed on the grounds of the old soldiers' home after storms damaged the previous flag staff. Commandant Murdoch McKenzie plans to raise the flag at sunrise and lower at sunset daily once the pole is dedicated, with the location in front of the tower.
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Oldiers
Murdock
McKenzie
Sincise
Éadch
Trinity Church Service Then and Now with Rev Wil Fi B Jackson
The Sunday schedule remains as usual with Rev Wil Fi B Jackson preaching in the evening at Trinity Church after his former tenure at St Stephen's. Parish friends are invited to welcome him. Choir rehearsal is tonight at 7 40. Tomorrow marks the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul at the usual morning hour.
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Wil Fi B Jackson
St. Stephen’s ‘Church
Jackson
Trinitys
McGoy
St. Paulj
Community Fundraisers Pop Up Through February
Local notices list weekly events from January to February including bazaar nights at G A R Hall by Boy Scouts Crim Corps, a St Marys Church benefit vaudeville at Pastime Theatre, Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella dance, Thirteenth Company minstrel show for Sold fund, Italian Hall masque dance for Mount Carmel, and Prof Riccio reception with The Chimes of Normandy at Pastime Theatre.
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G. A. R. Hall
Boy Scouts
Crim Corps
St. Mary's Church
Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
the-Bund
Italian Hall
Wood Street
Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Prof
A. Riccio
Morlday
Normandy
Separator inquiry sparks a Twentieth Century joke
Jed asks Ned about a separator during an agricultural operation. Ned responds with a sharp quip referencing a Twentieth Century divorce law, in the wake of a recent run in with a lawyer.
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Jed
Ned
Comedic Exchange About Dress Styles
A humorous dialogue features RATHER DOUBTFUL claiming his wife disapproves of modern dresses while Blobson jokes that the outfits aren’t long enough. The back and forth highlights light domestic banter over fashion trends.
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Blobson
Dobson
Undertaker Inventor Pioneered Automatic Telephony
The first practical automatic telephony system was patented in 1889 by Almon B. Strowger of Kansas City. An undertaker by trade, his innovative work bridged funeral services and electric telephone technology, surprising many that a death handler shaped early telephony.
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Almon B. Strowger
Kansas City
Unaware word riddle from classroom Christmas recitation
A teacher reads a Christmas recitative as students guess the meaning of unaware. A small girl volunteers a playful definition saying unaware means what you take off before putting on a nightie, sparking gentle laughter in class.
Feared She Might Be Suspected
Midge entered the room with perfume on her clothes and claimed to be innocent when mother smelled it, saying it isn't her.
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Midge
Big Sister
Mother
Love and Sympathy in Life and Principle
A reflective piece urging that goodness and correctness must be animated by love and sympathy to possess true charm and vitality, cautioning that moral rigidity without empathy lacks appeal and impact.
Fragmented OCR News Item Mentions Local Events and Names
A garbled OCR fragment mentions various terms including names and places and hints at local activity. The legible material references Ogdensburg and Prudits with unclear context and scattered phrases about years, actions, and entities.
Winter Weather Forecast For Local Ice Dealers
Weather notes predict a milder winter with uncertain ice quality. Last year’s thick ice formed early but stock was scarce. this season may see little or no early ice and limited supply for ponds and cutting. Vermette and Reynolds report tentative five inch ice at Reynolds pond as first of the season.
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Reynolds
Bristol Farm Co operative Association Meeting Notice
Farmers urged to attend the annual meeting at Defiance Hall Bristol Neck a week from tomorrow night. A full attendance is desired to discuss vital farming topics. Providence County Farm Bureau conducts a membership campaign and invites all interested in agriculture to join. Ezra Wilbur Mason and George Kenna serve on the board of directors.
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Bristol Farm ‘Co-operative Association
Defiance Hall
Bristol Neck
Providence,County Farm Bureau
Ezra Wilbur Mason
George Kenna
Health Sunday Postponed To February 23
Health Sunday has been moved from February 9 to February 23 to avoid overlapping with the Theodore Roosevelt memorial service. The announcement was made by Surgeon General Sue of the United States Public Health Service.
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Theodore Roosevelt
General Sue
United States Public Health Service
Relleé In Providence Daughter of Edward Relle Jr
In Providence January, Relleé, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Relle Jr of this town is announced.
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Relleé
Providence, Jan
Edward Relle, Jr
Guardian Notice of Ward Jared Sharks Bristol 1919
The Probate Court of Bristol appoints William H Buffington guardian of the person and estate of Jared B Sharks of Bristol. Bond filed as required. All persons with claims against the ward must file with the court clerk within six months from the first advertisement.
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Bristol
Jared
William H. Buffington
Town of
James Gallagher
Cornelius J. Gallagher
John B. Grivelin
Riet B. Bolster
Bristol Probate Court Notices January 1919
Notices announce administration of James Gallagher estate and appointment of Archil Durand for George Durand minor case. Claims against Gallagher estate due within six months. Durand hearing set February 3, 1919 with weekly notices for two weeks. Court clerk M. Cogswell oversees proceedings.
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Mrobate Court
Bristol
George Durand
Archil Durand
Coventry
Kent
Rhode Island
Probate
Ald
Bristol Phenix
M. Coggeshall
Bristol Probate Notices Rise From Bristol Court
Advertisements from the Bristol Probate Court announce estate matters for the towns Bristol and surrounding areas. Executrixes and executors report accounts for Marion P Robbins Lyman B Bosworth and John B Grivelin with dates set for February 1919 and deadlines for creditors.
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Stataca Cote M.J USA
National Ford Owners Club, Inc
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Waldron Company
Blumbers Steam Fitters
Trinity Church
Antienes Aeruits
Eet Gee So Limited
Ogdensburg
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Saas
Walling
Barrington
Walter
Nelson
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Marion P. Robbins
Edward B. Pearse
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John M. Cogeshall
Robath
Lyman B. Bosworth
Frank H. “Hammill
Robert H. Anderson
Lyman
Bosworth
Talbot & Hopkins Electrical Contrross
Wittig
Bradford Street
W. O. Talbot
W. Howking
Wiliam
Franklin, & Co
Wood St
Lady Attedant
Isaac
B. Munro
Garfield
Averiuer
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Colwell
Constitution Street
Reiott
Union Street
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Darheste Mutual Fire Ins. Co
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Frank Aruda
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