Lions Club Joint Meeting in Bristol and Warren
The Bristol and Warren Lions Clubs hosted a lively gathering at the Hotel Belvedere with over fifty attendees. Governor Gloring Burtwell spoke on Lions aims while George L. Taber discussed telephone development and featured performances followed by a program from Colt Memorial High School orchestra. Plans emerged to form a committee with other groups to boost preservation, historic sites, and zoning issues, plus a testimonial dinner for Supt of Schools W. J Harper next Monday.
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Lions Clubs
Bristol
Warren
Belvedere
Gloring Burtwell
Waterbury
Conn
23Rd International Lions District
Lions
George L. Taber
New England Telephone Co
Lions Club
Charles Tanner
Telephone Companion
Elaiae Lemaire
Shirley Newman
Charles M Morgan
Joseph Kinder
M Theresa Sullivan
Colt Memorial High School
Miss Sullivan
Joseph de Lucca
Rotary Club
W. J Harper
Rhode Island Jersey wins state production record
Tormentor's Mary Fell a purebred Jersey heifer from Ferrycliffe Farm Ferry Hill owned by Mrs Edith Howe DeWolf won the senor 2 year old championship of Rhode Island with 413.98 lbs butterfat and 7 814 lbs milk in 305 days starting at age 2 years 10 months. The record equates to 517 lbs butter and 3625 quarts milk for ten months.
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Rhode Island
Mary Fell
Ferrycliffe
Ferry Hill
Edith Howe de- Wolf
Buttercup
Rhode Island State College
Kingston
DeWolf
Busy Mexican Port Kept Safe by Reefs and Dredging
Vera Cruz, a shallow protected harbor near small islands and reefs, has been dredged to accommodate ocean going vessels. It stands as one of Mexico's oldest settled ports and now serves as a major maritime hub with modern facilities.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Minor Elizabeth Elias selects guardian in Bristol probate
Elizabeth Elias a sixteen year old heir in Bristol files a writing naming Arthur M McCaw as her guardian of person and estate. The court schedules a hearing for February 3 1930 at 10 AM and orders fourteen days of notice in the Bristol Phoenix.
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Bristol
Elizabeth Elias
John A. Elias
Antoinette B. Elias
Arthur M McCaw
Bristol Phoenix
John W Church
Armistice Day Celebrations Report Tabled by Town Council
Town Council held a short session Tuesday night approving a financial report for Armistice Day arrangements. Receipts totaled 1085.11 with expenditures 1073.50 leaving 11.61. Other actions included granting petitions, renewing notes for Defiance fire station, and authorizing a building sign on Wood street. Henry George Kerr appointed special constable and building inspector election deferred.
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L. H Callan
Elisha Hibbert
Bradford D Bosworth
Neo Sidia Loan Company
Wood Street
Guiseppe Campanella
Defiance
Engine and Hose Co
Joseph F Rosa
B . A. Armory
State Street
Henry George Kerr
Gem’s Coloring Lost Says Smithsonian Authentic Amethysts
The Smithsonian Institution states genuine amethysts do not fade color unless heated. If color is lost after heating there is no method to restore it.
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Smithsonian Institution
Giant sea turtles live long placid lives
It is said sea turtles reach about 200 years, prompting wonder how such long lifespans align with staying mostly submerged in the ocean. The idea emphasizes their slow, steady existence and enduring nature.
Hillsville Teacher's Secret Romance Ends in Marriage
A Hillsville high school head fallen for a Yistructress formed a secret romance. He drafted a note to meet in K city and continued visits while colleagues remained unaware. They wed in March and kept news until commencement, declaring their city meetings kept in a small hand dictionary as Cupid.
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Hillaville High
Barriera
Hillsville
Nillsville
Dan Cupid
Capper
Successful Wife Knows When to Waste Time
Billings notes that many wives comfort their husbands after sports defeats, with New York’s Mrs Arnold cited as a rabid fan who consoles her husband for half an hour. He argues such time wasted is a key to a successful wife, a sentiment he attributes to thrifty domestic care.
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Billings
New York
Arnolds
Bolt
New York Sun
Colonial Currency and the Spanish Dollar
Colonial money varied by colony with pounds shillings and pence as the standard. The Spanish dollar dominated circulation and served as the common term for costs and obligations across the colonial period.
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Continental Congress
Worth the famous designer of wom eng stiles Paris conveticion remark
A garbled Paris convention remark praises William Shakespeare blending drama and philosophy. The speaker claims Shakespeare made a great deal about love being blind and notes that love, though bound to everything, may see clearly at times, reflecting on experience.
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Worth
Wedding Rings for Westminster Cathedral Offerings
A note from Westminster Cathedral in London records forty nine women from Vitlens nationatittes offering wedding rings for chapel decoration. Widows and wives alike contributed rings to embellish the Blessed Sacrament chapel, each giver sharing what she prized most.
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Westminster
London
Columbus Sailed to Mainland Regions in 1408 and 1502
Pathfinder Magazine notes that in 1408 Columbus visited the mainland of Central America near the Vernagua river mouth and again in 1502 near the same region. These are described as the navigator’s only confirmed sightings of the mainland of the western continents.
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John Cabot
North America
Columbus
Central America
Vernagua River
Potential America
Pathfinder Magazine
As You Will Woman in Business Strives Harder
A quotation from Woman's Home Companion notes that women in business may need to work harder than men to advance. It contrasts a woman’s diligence with a man’s louder but less visually stressed errors over the phone.
Local trial scene recalls a troubled boy
Mr Jackson confronts a deceitful boy in a tense exchange at the Thompson home. The father explains a misidentified theft involving his child and a peppered punishment, while witnesses and neighbors debate truth and discipline in a heated exchange.
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Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Voleon
Delphi
Arch of Evening Star Legend on Mackipnuc Island
An Iroquois tale describes a chiefs daughter who loves the son of the evening star. Bound so she cannot see him, she weeps until her tears form a rock arch allowing her to gaze at the star. Her devotion moves the Great Spirit to bore her through the arch to the evening star where she dwells with her beloved.
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Mackipnuc
Pen Named Made Good Spurs Famous Author
A boy in an examination room, armed with a new pen, faces failure but inspires a resolve to redeem it. He later becomes Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, famed author, revealing that all his works written under the pen name "Q" were created with that very pen.
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Sir Arthur Quiller- Couch
Tno
London
Singing as Exercise Aids Ears, Doctor Says
A western physician notes singing improves throat lungs chest and now ears. He cites his own ear discomfort after travel and car engine noise, and says raising his voice to sing helps relieve the ears through the vibrating relief.
Mean Millionaire Advice on Money Mindset
The late Benjamin N Prike of tobacco fame urged a liberal rather than frugal approach to money in Didar. HR warned that greed harms youth and that a miser seals his fate. an old millionaire bought a cheap radio but disliked the bulbs for reading, grumbling about readability.
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Benjamin N Prike
Tobacco
Hbuke
Didar
Music at the diner sparks a cheeky request
A Boston restaurant orchestra offers any tune on request. A patron tells the band to play checkers until he finishes his dinner, while noting cheerful music aids digestion and sad tunes distract. The quip appears in the Boston Globe.
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Boston
Boston Globe
Ligurian Roots Echo in European River Names
The Ligurian language, once spoken across Europe 3000 years ago, survives mainly in river and place names such as the Rhone. A Journal de Geneve contributor traces the Rhone back to the Bronze Age, noting a dark haired people who left no language but a trail of tribal names.
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Europe
Rhone
Journal de Geneve
France
Switzerland
Estate Notice for Oliver Bristol Executor Appointment
In the Probate Court of Bristol County the executors are named John W. Church Clerk and Georgianna McMillan as executors in the estate of Oliver Bristol deceased. The notice ratifies the executors acting to manage the estate beginning January 10.
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Oliver
Micu Faso
Ate
Laat
Beiatol
Bristol
Iyine
John W
Ghorgianna McMillan
Paull
Sarah J. Paull
Estate of Fortunata Russo Administrator Named
Notice announces Fortunata Russo estate in Bristol with John W Church as Clerk and administrator. Creditors must file claims within legally required time starting January 10 1930.
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Fortunata Russo
Russo
Bristol
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