Bristol Fourth of July Parade and Hotel Belvedere Events
Bristol celebrates a Fourth of July with a parade led by Marshal James Sylvester along High and State streets ending at Hotel Belvedere. Floats from local companies parade past landmarks. 5 PM balcony program features Invocation, Reading of Independence, a keynote by Bishop Sanford, and a Star Spangled Banner performance. block between State and Church roped off. 6 to 8 PM concert by D Ors Silver Lake Band.
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High Street
State
Church
Union
Hope
Franklin
Wood
Hotel Belvedere
James Sylvester
Marshal
National India Rubber Company
Cranston Worsted Mills
Herreshaff Manufacturing Company
Reed House Furnishing Company
Hope Drug Company
Charles Falugo
Staples Coal Ompany
O'Neil & del
Belvedere
Hope Street
Nelson Kellogg
Virginia LeClair
Louis C Sanford
Aida A Connery
Church Street
D'Ors
Silver Lake
Concert on the common by the 243rd Coast Artillery Band
At 8 pm a concert on the common featured a program including Wagner selections from Tannhauser and Carmen, Beret Waltz, Rounders, Englander selections, Chimes of Normandy, Take March, Reeves Intermission, Victor Herbert favorites, Hunting Scene, Bucalossi Waltz, When Knighthood Was in Flower, War Songs and Laurenden selections.
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243Rd Coast Artillery Band
Tanhauser
Wagner
Normandy
Connecticut Regiment
Victor Herberts
Bucalossi
Stare and Stripes Forever Finale Featured Fireworks
A grand fireworks display over the common closed the celebration at 10 p m witnessed by several thousand people ending the event with patriotic pageantry and the Star Spangled Banner.
Fourth of July Committee Leadership List
The article lists members of the Fourth of July Committee with Everett LeB. Church as Chairman and Robert J. Anderson as Vice Chairman along with officers and numerous other executives and supporters. Names include John G. Stewart Matthew J Cahoon James F. Meigga and Sebastian Bernard Jr among many.
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Everett Leb. Church
Robert J. Anderson
John G. Stewart
Matthew J. Cahoon
Financial Sec
Albert D. Lollo
Albert Menard
John H. McGovern
Robert J. McKay
Samuel Motasky
Samuel J. Smith, Jr
Fred M. Straight
Frank J. Sylvia
Fred Wilbur
Landmark on Old Trail Pawnee rock deeded to Kansas
The Pawnee rock on the Santa Fe trail in Barton county Kansas was long a landmark and rest spot for travelers. The Woman's Kansas Day club secured a deed for the rock and five surrounding acres and on Kansas Day 1909 presented it to the state with a condition that $3,000 be spent on improvements.
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Barton County
Kan
Woman's
Kansas Day Club
Canal locks raise Panamanian lakes as ships pass
Canal experts report sea water mixing with fresh water in Miraflores and Gatun lakes as ships transit the Panama Canal. The rise begins with the first ship and continues with lock operations, causing sea water to enter and later be lowered during transit.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Mirafiores Lake
Panama Canal
Gatun Lake
Men Sought Means of Flying Centuries Ago
The article traces humanity’s long dream of flight from Daedalus and Icarus to medieval legends and early glider attempts. It notes Giovanni Danti’s claimed 1400s flight, Leonardo da Vinci’s scientific probes, and culminates with the Wright brothers’ 1903 successful motor driven flight at Kitty Hawk, as reported by the Milwaukee Journal.
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Kitty Hawk
N.C
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Daedalus
Icarus
Giovanni Baptisti Danti
Perugia
Italy
Leonardo da Vinc
Milwaukee Journal
Working Women Age Demographics Noted
The article notes that one in five working women is under twenty, two-fifths are under twenty-five, and two thirds fall between twenty-five and forty-four years old. It highlights the young age distribution of the female workforce.
Advances in Diagnostics Boost Hope for Medical Tests
Medical science has progressed rapidly, making it increasingly possible to detect and interpret conditions early. Doctors now rely on advanced imaging and tests to reveal hidden issues and guide targeted treatments.
Pineapple Centered Salads Highlight Hawaiian Flair
A vintage menu showcases pineapple in diverse salads from Pineapple Salad De Luxe to Deviled Pineapple. Featuring chicken, tuna and fruit blends with lettuce beds and mayo dressings, plus inventive dressings like French Fruit Dressing and Hawaiian Salad Dressing, all built around canned Hawaiian pineapple.
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Treasure Island
Oahu Island
Letting Go and Restoring Balance in Daily Life
A reflective meditation on time and balance urging release from constant striving. It contrasts durable rock with fragile human bodies and calls for sleep, serenity, and disvaluing material pursuits to achieve harmony and lasting well being.
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Los Angeles
Ending of Thrilling Serial Leaves Hero Worldweary
A Kansas City Times excerpt recalls the final installment of a movie serial. The sister of the villain arrives at a bloody cliff confrontation as the hero, head wounded, confronts the fallen foe below. The sister mourns then nonchalantly notes the villain was her half-brother.
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Sog
Pollyanna
Kansas City Times
His First Prayer and the Damned Tomato Snake
Nathaniel Loudermilk of Newton North Carolina stepped on a big garden snake while gathering tomatoes. He prayed aloud for mercy after the bite, reportedly saying a short confession and prayer in which he invoked the Lord and admitted kicking the reptile.
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Nathaniel Loudermilk
Newton
N. C
Capper
Nathaniel
Smyre Street
Raccoons Raise Duck Island Nuisance in Saginaw Bay
Willam H. Wallace, chairman of Michigan’s conservation commission, warns that raccoons on Heisterman Island in Saginaw Bay disrupt duck eggs and nests. He recalls introducing raccoons years ago as an attraction and notes extensive efforts to reduce their numbers have failed. Ducks no longer breed on the island, jeopardizing the habitat until the raccoon problem ends.
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Willam H. Wallace
Michigan Conservation Commission
Detroit News
Heisterman
Strange Sea Creatures Captured by Cleveland Museum Team
Scientists from the Cleveland Museum of Natural History displayed a siphonophore known as the Portuguese man of war and the Vampire of the Sea, a stingray relative with winglike arms, describing their lethal tentacles and powerful bite as they explored the South Sea specimens.
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South Sea
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Home style biscuit sandwiches and simple desserts guide
A chunk of old kitchen prose describes large baking powder biscuits with chicken filling in sandwich form wrapped for cooling. It adds rice pudding with prunes, peanut butter lettuce sandwiches, stuffed eggs with ham or bacon, spiced prune simmer, and a brown sugar cookie recipe with optional nutrient add ins.
Gardiner Informs of Death of Imma B Sparks Gardiner
Imma B Sparks Gardiner wife of William H Gardiner of this town died July 3 in her 57th year. Funeral from her late residence 17 Franklin street on Wednesday July 6 at 2 o’clock. Relatives and friends invited to attend.
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Gardiner
Providence
Imma B
Sparks
William H Gardiner
Franklin Street
Maru Meaning as Used in Names and Ships
The Japanese embassy defines maru as a sphere or circle and as perfection. It was once a suffix for people, sword masterpieces, and ships, though now it mainly marks ships when paired with proper names.
Effect of Christianity on Civilization and Thought
A quotation attributed to Azarias asserts that Christianity introduced a new civilization and order of ideas. It claims tastes refined manners broadened views and spiritualized natures as a result of Christian influence.
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Azarias
Big Feet and the Downfall of an Australian Outlaw
The Tasmanian outlaw Rocky Whelan, famed for robbing and shooting travelers, could not find boots to fit his oversized feet. He entered a bootmaker shop, where a constable tailing him captured him as he tried on boots. Whelan was executed a few days later.
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Rocky Whelan
Tasmania
Rocky
Whelan
Sydney Bulletin
Young James Madison Elected President of William and Mary College
Pathfinder Magazine notes that James Madison, second cousin to the President, became William and Mary College president at twenty eight after a required age statute was suspended. An Episcopal minister since 1775, he favored republican government and spoke of heaven as a great republic with all men free and equal.
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James Madison
United States
William and Mary College
Heaven
Pathfinder Magazine
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J. Wales
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