Battery C 243rd Coast Artillery Unit Heads to Fort Wright
Sixty three members of Battery C 243rd Coast Artillery left town to join others in Providence en route to Fort Wright Fisher's Island New York. The convoy of 28 buses carried 600 men and 44 officers with equipment. On arrival in New London boats transported them to the island where a destroyer squadron and the Admiral's flagship passed in review. Col Hilton greeted the party with staff and a military band. The Bristol unit aims to earn the red E for excellence at the 15 day camp, having already earned the U S. designation. Other units include men and officers from Woonsocket Pawtucket Providence East Greenwich and Westerly.
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Sattery
Col. Hilton
Bristol
U. S
Woonsocket
Pawtucket
Providence
East Greenwich
Westerly
Senate Evening Routine Sparks Sleep Debate
An Iowa reader laments the Senate making late evening work with a static radio, describing it as poor preparation for sleep and pleasant dreams. The Des Moines Register presents a personal take on nightly routines affecting rest.
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Senate
Des Moines Register
Strange Impression of the Fourth of July Tale
An English passenger on a British steamer recounts a humorous misimpression by a young Irishman. The lad fled New York fearing attacks from redcoats and pistols, only to learn later that Americans celebrate the Fourth of July with fireworks and parades, not foreign soldiers chasing him.
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Old Country
States
Pat
New York
Begorra
Batt'ry
By Force of Habit Child Says Charge It to Grocer
Three year old Jane charms her grocer who gifts sweets and, prompted by her mother, she answers with the familiar line Charge It. The exchange captures a quaint scene of childhood wit and shopkeeper custom.
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Jane
Mr H
Mr B
Mrs. B
Probate Court Acts On Multiple Estates
Judge Edward L. Leahy presided. Guardianship, final accounts and inventories rulings extended to Aug 6 in several estates including Buxton Morra and Morra guardianships. Various administratrix and administrator accounts for allowance were approved for Hayes Hayes Wingate Herreshoff Munro and others.
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Edward L. Leahy
Probate Court
Lewis Buxton
Joseph H. Hagen
Oliver S. Alers
Alphonso O. Drake
James Seymour
Manuel Prada
Amy L. Hayes
R. I. Hospital Trust Company
Henry W. Hayes
R. I Hospital Trust Company
D.ba.c.t.a
Henry Wingate Hayes
Lewis Herreshoff
C.t.a
Ethel M. Munro
Alphonse Morra
Ten Plagues of Egypt Facts and Errors
The article outlines the ten biblical plagues as listed in Exodus, correcting a common belief that there are seven. It enumerates each plague including Nile turning to blood, frogs, lice, flies, cattle disease, boils, hail and fire, locusts, darkness for three days, and the death of the firstborn.
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Egypt
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