Prudence Island’s fading inn era and rise of seaside cottages
The article recalls Prudence Island’s early farming roots and colonial houses, then its shift to summer boarding in the 1890s with the Prudence Inn and Twin Beach Inn. Decline followed as autos reshaped travel, leaving the Old Inn empty by 1937. Now cottages and new lighted summer facilities emerge along the shore under local pioneer Ian Chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudence Island
Atlantic Seaboard
Newport
Potter's Cove
Allen
Eugene Chase
Sandy Pont
James A. Garland
Potter’s Cove
Prauderice
Pao
Tom Herreshoff
Bristol
Frank Potter
Paul Chase
Duar
Iel Chase
Potter
Herreshoff
T's
Prudence Inn
Twin Beach Inn
Fotter
John Young
Jamestown
Young
Chase
Prudence
Ian Chase
Sandy Point
Prudence Heights
Rescue in the Atlantic Aerial Warning Sparks Lifeship Save
The Greek freighter Tzenny Chandris wrecks off Cape Hatteras as 13 seamen cling to debris. Navy plane pilot Lieutenant A. C Keller spots survivors, drives sharks away with dives, then guides Coast Guard cutter Mendota to pull them from the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Hatteras
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Virginia
Ter
United States Navy
A. C Keller
Mendota
Keller
Front Page Fragment on Purge Targets and Censorship
Partial front page text notes that leaders who survived a purge are erasing references to the "dear-departed" by ripping out pages and pictures from books and newspapers. The tone suggests ongoing suppression and archival erasure in a "swell country."
Guiteras School Assembly Showcases Student Originality
Friday's Guiteras Memorial Junior High assembly featured original sketches speeches and readings by students from multiple grades. The program included an entrance march orchestra flag salute and songs with a focus on creative works and historical topics performed by named pupils and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guiteras Memorial Junior High School
Mary Cabral
Susie Castigliego
Benjamin Franklin
Rosaline Roderick
Fanny Turillo
Shirley Levy
Josephine Kerr
Katherine Meiggs
Barbara Moren
Virginia Ingram
Harold Dennis
William McCaw
Kenneth Sturdevant
Frank Panzarella
Vollaro
Joseph Costa
Owen Mansano
Ete Griforaith Titan Kagie Videe
Jessie Molasky
Librariam
Ahepeter
Mrs Davis Dies After Eight Month Illness at Rhode Island Hospital
Mrs Dorothy Davis of 395 Northup Street Edgewood former Bristol resident died Saturday at Rhode Island Hospital after eight months illness. Rev Anthony Parshley officiated at services with burial in North Cemetery. Survived by her husband Oscar J Davis and father William Wennerstrand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy' iWelitier
Northup Street
Edgewood
Rhode Island Hospital
Anthony R. ‘Parshley
North Cemetery
Walter Diesel
John MacMuller
Roland Salisbury
Providence
Richard Cornell
Liverpool
England
Avis
William
Sarah (Denbow) Wennerstrand
Bristol
Keds
Old National India Rubber Company
Textile Finishing Company of
Oscar J. Davis
Davis
St. Michael's Church
Ivy Guild
Iona Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Greene
Ivy Stewart
Violet Wennerstrand
Walter Wennerstrand
Sanford, Me
War Declares In Mill Gut As Secrecy Shrouds Claims
War is declared in Mill Gut after diplomatic relations severance and failed peace talks. Mayor M. E. Cheesman reasserts a hard line while Solicitor Hammill reports from military authority. A strict zone surrounds Pappoosesquaw from Washington Street to Gooding Lane with power kept for war bulletins on radios. The war correspondent promises answers to who will win and whether law and order can withstand the originators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
APG
Mill’ Gut
Mill Gut
M. E. Cheesman
Fish
Cheesman
Hammill
Warren
Pappoosesquaw
Washington Street
Gooding Lane
Hope Street
Defiance
Law and Order
Roosevelt
Community Events and Plays Calendar Highlights
Listings show a range of local events from church suppers to school plays. February includes Orient al Supper, St Marys Players 3 act comedy at Guiteras Auditorium, The Belle of Barcelona at Colt High, and the 90th Washington Ball of the BTA. Concerts feature Brown University Glee Club with the Bristol Chapter DAR and BTA Entertainment Ass'n.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
Guiteras Auditorium
Colt High Colt Auditorium
Five Cent Piece Composition Revealed by Mint Researchers
The article notes the daiken nickel is mostly copper with three times as much copper as nickel and reports nearly 3,000,060 pounds of copper used annually in minting U S coins. It explains the penny’s copper alias comes from bronze, containing 95 percent copper and 5 percent tin and zinc per the Copper and Brass Research Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Copper and
Briss Research Accumiation
Funeral services for Raymond A. Card
Funeral services for Raymond A. Card Bristol veteran fireman were held Sunday afternoon at his home 104 Union Street with Rev Herbert D Graetz officiating Burial took place in North cemetery. pallbearers included local officials and fire department leaders from Hydrauhon Company Defance Engine and Hose Company and Collins and Atkinson Mill staff. Card's son John is an official with the latter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond A. Card
Bristol
Union Street
Herbert D Graetz
First Congregational Church
North Cemetery
Col
Mercy A Cheesman
Daniel G. Coggeshall
William Dunbar
Henry S. Campbell
Moses Moore
Fred Pene Brant
Noble
William P Gladding
John G Stewart
Collins and Atkinan Mill
Card
John
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R. C. Oertel
Colonial Esso
Enen
Guiteras
Aia
Turkey
First’ Baptist ‘Church
Washington
N. Brown Univ. Glee Club
BR Soc
Ker
Leigul
M. F. Wegrzynek
Zofia
Paralysis Foundation
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Rosevelt
Thomas Barran
U. S, Public Health Service
Keith Morgan
National Committee
Thomas W. Gossing
International Correspondence Schools
Ralph E. Weeks
The
al Menasco
Los Angeles
Jacqueline Benson
Jacqueline
Town OF
Tax Collector’s Office
Bristol, R. L
Ristoil
Burnaide Memorial
Board of Agreptors
Amos
Gorham
Pasg Bondustrial” Trust Co
Merital Branc
Maneer
Ulysse Forget, M. D
Miller
Dorchester Mutual
Boston
Watson Co., Inc
Weybosset Street
R. I
E. W. Weaver & Son
High Street
G. M. Wilbur
Main St
Constitution St
Tel
Bris
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
William Street
Bristol District Nursing Association
Martha Graham
Hope St
Thyra Carlson
High St
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