Joy Store helps families ease travel with gifts
A mother creates a "Joy Store" to entertain children on a western journey. She collects crafts, puzzles, stories, and handmade items in a chest for girls and boys, easing boredom, preventing quarrels, and assisting busy parents. The concept echoes kindergarten ideals and offers guidance from the National Kindergarten Association.
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Jos
Jack
Freddy
W. S. Small
College of Education
University of Maryland
College Park
National Kindergarten Association
West Fortieth Street
New York
Herreshoff Gold Cup Race to Honor Nathaniel Greene Herreshoff
An open yacht race off Newport August 13 will honor Nathaniel Greene Herreshoff in his 85th year with a gold cup for subscribed owners. August 12 features a Block Island cruising race for a silver bowl in memory of Thomas Fleming Day. Other Newport events include Rhode Island junior and women’s championships August 10 and 11 and an open regatta August 9 for small yachts in southern Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts.
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Nathaniel Greene Herreshoff
Newport
New York Yacht Club
Narragansett Bay Regatta Association
Arthur Curtiss James
R. I
Herreshoff
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Kearney Post Junior Ball Team Outing Highlights
A Sunday benefit outing and clam bake at Senator Thayer's Farm on Metacom Avenue drew about 100 ex service men and friends from Pawtucket and town. William Manchester served the bake at 3 pm before a sports program featuring a ball game between Pawtucket guests led by Jack Farrington and a local Twin City team. Umpire George Solomonese officiated as committee members S Solomonese, J Enos, W LePage, and E Hill organized the event.
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Senator Thayer
Metacom Avenue
Kearney Post
Pawtucket
William Manchester
Jack Farrington
Whilliam Darling
John R. Bernardo
Eber Hill
Paul Bruno
Elmer McNamara
King Philip defeats NIR in Twilight League clash 8 to 3
King Philip Restaurant’s Sab Alesio squad edged NIR 8 3 before 2200 fans on the common. Andre D Ambrosio pitched well for King Philip while Hough Marsden and DAngelo plus Berry produced timely hits. Head and Hough sparked standout defensive plays as King Philip maintained league lead with their fourth win.
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Wth
Dick Hough
Jackie Marsden
Dr. D'Angelo
Ray Berry
Jimmie Head
Andre D’ambrosio
Colt Memorial High School
Sab Alesio
King Philip Restaurant
Kid Hope
Alesio
Collins & Aikman
Head
Hough
Ankuski
King Philip
Stevens
Universal
Providence
D’angelo
Marsden
D'’Ambrosia
Frrors
Mortenson
Rippel
Unkuski Hanley
D*ambrosia
Gallagher
Unkush
D'Angelo
Desilets
Hough Sevigny
Fish Smusz
Gal'agher
D'Ambrosia
D’ambrosia
Andrade
Galagher
Ersors
King Philps
King Philips
Manorano
Rosa
Morrill Land-Grant Act Bills via Lincoln
The first land grant college bill originated in 1857 sponsored by Justin S Vermont and then vetoed by President Buchanan. In 1861 Senator Morrill and Senator Wade introduced a new bill in the Senate which passed and was signed by President Lincoln.
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Justin S. Vermont
Buchanan
Morrill
Senator Wade
Senate
Lincoln
New Orleans Elevation and Flood Protection Overview
New Orleans sits on a flat site with a slight slope away from the river toward the swamps. The city’s highest point is around ten feet above sea level, while during floods most of the area lies four to twelve feet below the river level, protected by levees and dikes along the front and graded down to the flat terrain.
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New Orleans
Warren Legion Junior Team Advances To State Playoffs
The Warren American Legion Post junior team earned a spot in the Rhode Island state junior title playoffs for the third straight year. Coach Howard I. Martin Sr. has guided the squad since its inception, balancing firm discipline with encouragement to sustain success. The Twilight League expanded rosters from three to five out-of-town players, boosting competition as teams add new players like Joel Gomes Ray Doyle Quirley LaFazia Mortenson and others to strengthen performance for a hot remainder of the season.
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Warren American Legion Post
Howard I. Martin, Sr
Martin
Rhode Island
Warren Boys
Jamestown Post
Jamestown
Joel Gomes
Ray Doyle
East Providence
Fletcherizing Origin Named for Horace Fletcher
The term Fletcherizing comes from Horace Fletcher who urged prolonged chewing of food as a diet technique.
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Horace Fletcher
Pioneer Oil Well to Be Preserved as Memorial
Drake well at Titusville Pennsylvania the first producing oil well in the United States is to be preserved as a memorial. A movement by Pennsylvania oil men seeks to finance a memorial reservation around the site protection from spring floods upkeep of a nearby museum for early days relics and to safeguard eleven nearby wells still producing oil.
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Drake
Titusville
Penna
United States
Edwin L. Drake
Pennsylvania Oil
Ol Creek
Pennsylvania
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Kinidergarten ‘Association
West 40Th Street
New York City
Grace Archibald
Toledo Blade
NYG. Herreshoff
Tn Tun
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Narragansett Electric Company
Gas and Electric Shop
Belvedere Block
Hope Street
Bristol
Sevigny
Berry
Hopg Philips
Hope
Pioneer
Drakewell
E. A. Skinner
Hope St
Newman Bros Bristol
S. S. Pierce
Epicure
Swansdown
Hire
H. O
Pierce
Ivory
Farina
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