Beauty in Legion Pageant Wins by Fifty Thousand Votes
Miss Gladys Hicks of Louisville, contesting as Miss Columbia, clinched victory in the American Legion pageant held with the showing of The Man Without a Country. Legion posts and a local paper conducted the event, with hundreds of thousands of votes cast and Hicks prevailing by about fifty thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Hicks
Louisville
Columbia
American Legion
Legion Posts of
Miss Hicks
Miss Hicks Declines Million Dollar Offer For Fame
Photographs of Miss Hicks and other entrants appeared in print as she spent a week posing as Miss Columbia in the Legion tableau. Letters of admiration and matrimony poured in while stage and screen managers offered careers, including a $12,000 yearly bid for four years, all of which she declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Columbia
Legion Men's Tableau of America
Miss Hicks
Mulberries
Queen of Beauty
Hutchinson Auxiliary Unit Grants Notable Service Achievements
Minnesota American Legion Auxiliary Hutchinson post 96 unit reports constant charity work. They packed 24 pajama pairs for a hospital, sent flowers to the sick, raised funds from a circus and poppy sale, bought flags, donated to Doctor Heilscher fund, aided two needy families, sold a cedar chest, furnished a hospital room, sent 48 gift boxes and 12 pajama pairs to disabled soldiers, and helped three Yuletide families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Legion Post
Helen Heilscher
Hutchinson
Yuletide
Wolverine Trapper Battles a Relentless Wolverine
The wolverine is described as the trapper’s greatest enemy. It tracks a trapline visiting traps and camps, eating or tearing up captured game, and stealing utensils and food when possible, making life hard for the trapper and his companions.
Indian Trapper’s Tale and Camp Raids Described
A fragment recalls a trapper speaking of Indians attacking camps and stealing utensils and food. The speaker notes raids break into camps, with items confiscated or pulled away from anchored or nailed-down supplies.
Lost or Destroyed Pass Book Notice
Lost pass book No 13711 issued by Industrial Trust Co Bristol in participation department. Please return to bank. Payment has been stopped and duplicate book application made as provided by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Industrial Trust Co
Bristol
Agents Wanted to Represent Watkins Products in Bristol
Job notice seeking an industrious reputable person to sell J R Watkins Products in Bristol and nearby cities. Watkins Co offers unique propositions with samples and full particulars provided free by mail from Dept 0 64 Washington St North Boston Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J R. Watkins
Bristol
Watkins
J R. Watkins CO
Dept
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Awards to 3,904 Veterans In Legion Bedside Cleanup
Joseph Sparks announces that the bedside cleanup program launched by the American Legion with the Veterans Bureau has resulted in awards to 8,904 disabled World War I veterans. Checks for the award amounts have already been mailed to the Veterans Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Sparks
National Rehabilitation Committee of the American Legion
United States Veterans’ Bureau
The
Legion
Veterans Bureau
Estate of Josiah F Peckham probate notice
The Probate Court of Bristol admits the last will of Josiah F Peckham and appoints executors John W. Curtis Be sees Benjamin Peck a Josiah F Peckham Jr and Harold C Peckham bond filed. Claimants must file all claims within six months from first advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah F. Peckham
Bristol
Josiah F Peckham
John W. Cur
Benjamin Pec
Josiah F Peckham, JR
Harold C Peckham
Administrator Named for Estate of Josiah W Potter Bristol
By order of the Bristol Probate Court John H Potter is appointed administrator of the Josiah W Potter estate with bond as required. Clerk John W Church records the appointment dated July 6 1923 and notices the administrator's office in Bristol.
Probate notices in Bristol Rhode Island estates
Estate notices list administration of George W. Scott of Attleboro Mass and final accounting for Howell L. Williams with executrix Lucy B. Williams. Court schedules review on July 16 1923 and requires statutory publication for fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix. Public claims must be filed by creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy EB. Williams
Howell L. Williams
Bristol
Bristol Phoenix
John W. Church
Probate Court Notices in Bristol Rhode Island 1923
Probate court actions report petitions by administrators for George W. Scott of Attleboro and Giuseppe Salvaggio of Bristol seeking authority to sell parts or all of real estate to cover debts funeral and family expenses. The Bristol Phenix to publish weekly notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
George W. Scott
Sarah Scott
Attleboro
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Narrows
R. I
Chas. F. Chase
Probate Court Petitions Sale of Minor William and Mary Foti Real Estate
In Bristow on June 16 1923 Frank Foti guardian petitions to sell an undivided one third of a minor’s interest in a Bristol lot 8 on the Ryan Street plot with access to streets and gangways to raise funds for debts support and better investment. The sale may be by public auction or private sale and notice appears weekly in the Bristol Phoenix.
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King Philip Avenue
George W Scott
J Everett Coggeshall
Fristol
Tris
Bristol Phenix
John W Church
Frank Foti
Garardian
William Foti
Mary Foti
Bristol
Daniel Ryan
WW. Perry
C E
Ryan Street
John R. Potter
Maria Rogers
Ryan
Bristol Phoenix
John W. Church
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Weybosset Street
Snow
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Olneyville Square
Broad Street
Washington Park
Warren
East Greenwich
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
Tall Can van Camp
Riverdale
Dot
del Monte
Alaska
Clicqlot
Tuxedo
Rinso
IOC
Saltsea
Congregational Church
Thans
E. L. Watson & CO
Providence
Archie H. Rounds
Carpenter and
Union &T
Dimond’s
Hope Street
Josiah W. Potter
John H. Potter
George
Scott
Eierk
Drobate Court
Giuseppe Silxaggio
Tochino Salvaggio
Giuseppe Salvaggio
Hristo
Bourne Avenue
Tituseppe Salvaggio
James DeWolf Perry
Teeds
Perry
Varnum Avenue
Andrew KR Perry
sRristol Phenix
Town OF
Bristow
William Fote
S Chiropractic Palmer
Constitution Street
Eknwood Avenue
J. F. Keating
Franklin Street
Chandler
Henry P. Trudell
Second Street
Tel
William W. Franklin & Co
Wood St
R. P. Smith
Burton Street
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
E. W. Weaver
Pierce Avenue
Ingram’s Express
Suzman
Robert J. McKay
Ccessor T
G.W. Simmons Telephone Undertaker
William Street
Everett West
Wood Street
Isaac B. Munro
Garfield Avenue
Freeborn R. Cole
Cooke Street
Byfield Street
F. M. Gifford
G. H. Spencer
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