Farewell Dinner Held at National India Rubber Plant
The supervisory force of the waking department at National India Rubber Company held a farewell spaghetti dinner yesterday in the department office. Twenty-five guests attended with speeches from Factory Manager M. C. Smith, E. A. Currier, and W. N. Hastings and committee members. Raymond Cavallaro prepared the meal and acted as toastmaster.
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National India Rubber Company
M. C. Smith
E. A. Currier
W. N. Hastings
Factory Council
Raymond Cavallaro
St Michael's Brotherhood Holds Annual Outing
Coming events note an Aug 15 Saturday gathering for the St Michael's Brotherhood annual outing with members invited to attend.
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St. Michael’s Brotherhood
Touring basso Glenn returns from Europe to radio season
Basso ALFRED GLENN has just come back from Europe where he appeared as soloist and with the General Motors Quartet in leading capitals. He will be heard Monday nights on the radio all summer as soloist and with the quartet. His renditions of Ole Man River Old Black Joe and humorous songs won wide praise. He and the group have toured the United States with Will Rogers and other stars. The block print is by New York artist L L Balcom.
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Lfred Glenn
Europe
Lewis James
James Melton
Elliott Shaw
General Motors
Glenn
Joe
United States
Will Rogers
L. L. Balcom
New York
Tallulah F .Khead
Frank V. Storrs
Pocahontas Spandios
Henry L. Doherty
Columbus
Samuel Seabury
Schiaparelli
Burns Mantle
Dumbells
Shooting Gallers
Old Republic
Warfield
Flarlem
Adng
Tom Noonan
Cinnatown Missons
Tsa Rolfe
Freya Hempel
Eva le Gallienne
John D., Jr
Old Top
Collins & Aikman to clash with King Philip nine in twilight league
President Jimmies nine Duty Bristol Twilight League faces Sab Alesio's King Philip Restaurant nine at the common at 6 30 p m. Collins & Aikman relies on Quirley and Stone with Bull Magagna and Menard backing a veteran infield and an outfield led by Head and DAngelo while Ray Berry and Sal Sevigny pace the battery. A bumper crowd is anticipated with Manorano and Rosa handling scoring.
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Jimmies
Nine Duty
Bristol Twilight League
Joe Marshall
Collins & Aikman
Sab Alesio
King Philip Restaurant
Alesio
Marshall
Quirley
Salt Lake City
Foxy
Stone
Eddie Menard
Bill Cooper
Joe Kelley
Walter Robb
Babe” Ethier
Ray Berry
Sal Sevigny
Joe Grego
D’ambrosio
Hough
Hot Corner
Rip” Conway
Peewee
Mortenson
Mer. Alesio
Peacock Throne Worth Millions At Delhi Palace
The throne from Shah Jahan’s reign, housed in the Delhi palace, is valued at over 30 million dollars. Shaped like two peacocks, it gleams with costly jewels and represents the era’s opulence.
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Delhi
Shah Jehan
Canada Motto Origin From Sea To Sea
The official motto A Mari Usque Ad Mare reflects the Latin version of Psalm 72 8 and the idea of dominion from sea to sea The phrase is tied to the designation Dominion and to the traditions about Canada’s founding fathers.
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Canada
Fathers of Confederation
Jumbled Musings on New York City Life in 1931
A fragmented late 1931 column sketches urban curiosities and celebrity sightings in New York. It wanders through cabaret signage, fashion, shops, artists like Ralph Barton and Eva Le Gallienne, and social scenes, recalling figures such as Jeff Machamer and John D. Jr. with scattered anecdotes and observations.
Far Islands See Changing Trade and Living Ways
Tom White notes in the North American Review that remote South Pacific islands once visited by freighters and windjammers for quick trading have returned to precontact life as fewer ships stop. Trade, supplies, and casual contact have diminished, altering local habits and happiness.
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Oan
Thyal Omarnice
Oa Ip
South Pacific
Tom White
The
North American Review
Australian Finds New Way of Making a Living
A Sydney Bulletin report describes a British man who attends church to bid the banns of engaged couples and declares I object. He then leaves and collects money from one or both parties to keep secrets about the engagement. Some pay with coins or jewelry, while the honest pair pay nothing.
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Sydney Bulletin
Legend of Joe English Merruwa comet in Vermont
A New England legend tells of Merruwa comet known as Joe English a friendly guide to colonists pursued by hostile Indians. He fled to a mountain where a sharp cliff hid him on a ledge until his pursuers left then returned to Old Dunstable fort. The incident allegedly occurred in Vermont.
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New England
Joe English
Merruwacomet
Old Dunstable
Vermont
Nuraghi of Sardinia and Their Mysterious Stone Towers
The Nuraghi of Sardinia are round stone towers scattered mainly in the north, rising up to a hundred feet. Built from unhewn stone without mortar, about 8,000 remain. They are thought to be burial chambers, temples, granaries, refuges, or old castles from violent days, though many are abandoned to snakes and decay.
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Sardina
Ireland
Stonehenge
Sardinia
Shillelagh Lore and Wicklow Holiday Charm
In County Wicklow Ireland tourists find one of the most charming holidays with villages like Rathdrum Glenealy Arklow and Bray nearby. The Shillelagh wood at Shillelagh town supplied the stout sticks used by Irish laborers and others. The wood was cut in 1608 but legends say Leinster’s king sent wood to William Rufus for Westminster Hall roof.
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County Wicklow
Ireland
Rathdrum
Tyrol Vilage
Avonmore
Vale of
Avoca
Devil's Glen
Glenealy
Arhklew
Shillelaxh
Blickthorn Wood
Laherers
Leinster
William Rufus
Westminster Hall
Successful piano recital by Miss Mary P. Rourids and pupils
The third annual piano recital took place in Grand Army Hall with large attendance. Part I1 featured 13 numbers and Part 2 14, with readings by Miss May Hackett and notable tenor solos by Asa Pond of Pawtucket and violin solos by Prof. George Foley. The program included duets, solos, and readings by local students and teachers.
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Mary P. Rourids
Grand Army Hall
LePart
L. Streabog
Messrs. Sawyer
Montross
Sisson
Fuschia Mazurka
C. Demangate
Louise Brechin
H. Engelman
Samuel Brelsford
Bernice May Dickerson
M. Piccolomin
Asa Pond
A. Wing
Philip Morris
Reginald Dimond
Candle Light
Charlie Callan
E. Sparrow
Joseph Nappi
Air Militaire
F Paune
George Foley
M. Rounds
Annie Thiele
Brownies
A Fieldhouse
Veronica Brown
May Breezes
F. Behr
Edwi Montross
W MacClaymont
Ruth Slocum
Dana
Miss Rounds
Honey Bee Gavotte
P Stafford
Velma Herrmann
Gussie Waltz
FE Spencer
Annie Morris
C Howell
S_ Kuiesling
Jimmie Sisson
F Borowski
Prof. Foley
C. Volti
Annie Brechin
P Orem
Diocesan Convention Attended by St Marys TAS and Ladies Auxiliary
Delegates and board of government of St Marys TAS and the Ladies Auxiliary attended the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Rhode Island diocesan convention held Memorial Day in the Cathedral Providence. Attendees listed include William Ho Connors Patrick Coyne Cornelius Gallagher William Dover and Miss Marie Ormond Mary Pierce Catherine Callan Miss Mars Henrys among others.
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St Mary's
T A S
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of
Rhode
Providence
St. Mary S
William Ho Conners
Patrick Jo Coyne
Cornelius Gallagher
William Dover Ladus Auxbary
Firrie Ormond
Mary Pierce
Catherine Callan
Mars Henrys
Lombard Street Named After Italian Banking Jews
The Lombard Jews began banking in Italy in 808 and some moved to London, making the narrow thoroughfare in that city famous as a banking center named after them.
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Lombard Street
Italy
London
Immense Meteorite Found by Surveyor in Tanganyika Region
A land surveyor in Tanganyika, South Africa, discovered the largest meteorite yet found. The iron and nickel mass weighs about eighty tons and marks a major cosmic find.
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Tanganyika
South Africa
Old Prison Ship Success Reappears As Exhibit
The notorious convict ship Success built by Britain in 1790 at Moulmain was scuttled in Sydney harbor after the convict system ended, raised as an object lesson in prison reform, and has traveled ports as an exhibit. It last toured New York, arriving May 17, 1213.
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Moulmain
East Indies
Sydney Harbor
Australia
New York
Retouched Photo Sparks Remark About Inherited Beauty
A Mary Jane and her aunt discuss a picture on a desk. The aunt admires the girl in the photo, and Mary Jane reveals the portrait was retouched, explaining the likeness is not truly beautiful.
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Mary Jane
Guardian Petition for Lawrence Sterling Edwards
Probate Court of Bristol on July 3 1931 orders notice for fourteen days in Bristol Phenix. Harriet DeW Edwards petitions to appoint guardian of the person and estate of Lawrence Sterling Edwards a person of full age. Citation set for August 3 1931 at 10 A M in the Probate Court Room Bristol.
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Bristol
Lawrence Sterling Edwards
Harriet Dew Edwards
Bristol Phenix
John W. Church
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Jeff Machamer
Fortnum and Mason
Upper Madison
Clark
Ralph Barton
Tharge
Nien
Paris
America
Barton
Rue Nicolet
Charles Chaplin
Henry I. Meron
Sinclair Lewis
Paul Robeson
the Prince of Wales
Anita Loos
John Ineson
Shah
Tim
Owen D. Young
al Jolson
Kildare
Concord
Hollywood
Ruth Roland
Seph Schnitzer
Lowell Sherman
Chevalier
Forest Hills
Percy Hammond
East Hampton
Ride Dulley
Bronxville
Jimmy Durante
California
Clayton and Jackson
Earl Carroll
Claire Luce
McNaught Syndicate
Tac
Ruse
Indian’s
Island of the
Bristol Opera House
deners e@f
Biographix
San Francisco
Wale
Brookside
Baker's Vanilla
Lucky Strikes
Calo Dog Food Prize
Kybo Coffee
Camay Soap
Hery Sion
Joaf
N.B.C
British Banking Center
Rhes Ogg Arts Ae Aye
Tencer and Suicys
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