Trader Horn memoir voyage opens serial run in 1927 edition
In a Johannesburg tea, Alfred Horn recalls Africa adventures that inspired Trader Horn. Ethelreda Lewis edits his life story, serialized over twenty one days, detailing rivers, cannibals, ships, and trade with Isange Island and the West Coasters while Nina the White Goddess appears in the narrative.
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Alfred Aloysius Horn
Africa
Livingstone
Stanley
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Ethelreda Lewis
Trader Horn
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nina T
Eastern Yacht Club races adjust dates for gold cup
The Eastern Yacht Club cancels the original date for the Herreshoff gold cup race and moves it to Wednesday August 12 at the suggestion of the New York Yacht Club. Narragansett Bay Regatta Association adds two extra races at Newport on August 10 and 11 requested by Harold S Vanderbilt. Fort Adams serves as start and finish with courses 20 and 24 miles. The gold cup race will use Brenton’s Reef lightship as the mark and its boats will run in a single class. The designer will be a guest aboard Harold S Vanderbilt’s cruiser Vara.
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Eastern Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Narragansett Bay Regatta Association
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Newport
Fort Adams
Point Judith Whistler
Navy Torpedo Range
Brenton’s Reef
Harold S Vanderbilt
Vara
Local Student Soldiers Spend Week End Home
Four of eight local student soldiers from the CMT Camp at Fort Adams spent the weekend with their parents. First Sergeant Raymond Makowsky visited his parents Mr and Mrs Max Makowski on Wood Street. Corporal William Crowley Jr with his parents Mr and Mrs William Crowley Sr lived on Umong street. Corporal Crowley was named to the camp honor guard. Captain Howard French of Haverhill, commanding Batters Hat Fort Adams, and Private John McCarthy visited their mothers Mrs Marve McCarthy on Wood Street. Pirate John Hogan Jr and his parents Mr and Mrs John Hogan Sr resided on Usher Place.
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CMT
Fort Adams
Sergt
Raymond Makowsky
Max Makowski
Woodstreet
William Jo Crowley
William J Crowleks
Umong Street
Crowley
Howard French
Haverhill
Batters Hat Fort Adams
John McCarthy
Marve McCarthy
Wood Street
John
Hogan Jr
John 2D W Woogan
Usher Place
Historic six pounder brass guns join Warren Artillery
Two field pieces of historic interest, brass six pounders named Pallas and Tantac with Strasbourg 1762, captured from the British at Burgoyne’s surrender in October 1777. They were transferred to Rhode Island and later presented to Warren Artillery for services at Federal Hall on May 18 1842.
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Warren Artilers Company
Tantac
Strasbourg
Burgoyne
Rhode Island
First coffee houses in Constantinople and England noted
The record states that Constantinople hosted early European coffee houses with references to 1554 and notes the first English coffee house opening in Oxford in 1650. The brief highlights early adoption of coffee culture in Europe.
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Constantinople
Eingland
Oxford
Town Straddles Boundary Between Vermont and Quebec
Beebe Plain sits half in Vermont and half in Quebec with a post office built exactly on the boundary line separating the United States and Canada.
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Beebe Plain
Vermont
Quebec
Can
United States
Canada
Zonolite Mineral Used As Sound Muffler Across Industries
Zonolite, a cork-like nonflammable mineral, is valued for sound dampening in theaters, cars, and other products. Acoustic engineers deploy it for energy absorption and noise reduction.
Disraeli’s Change of Faith as a Boy
A young Benjamin Disraeli and his family were confirmed in the Church of England after his father, once sympathetic to Judaism, believed the time had come to embrace Christianity. The move marks a decisive moment in the future statesman’s religious upbringing.
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Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
Bank Linked to Confederacy Faces Charter Expiry in 1911
Historical notes recount the Bank at Royal and Iberville in New Orleans aiding the Confederacy during the 1860s. Under Union orders funds and property were seized and redirected, with totals reaching 215 820 dollars plus further contributions and loans. The bank subsequently lost its charter in 1911, amid unprecedented wartime grants.
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New Orleans
Royal and
Iberville Streets
Confederacy
Butler
Banques Des Citoyens
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Danger in Dieting Fad When Carried Too Far
Frances B. Floore warns Hygela Magazine readers that extreme dieting is unscientific and harms health. The eighteen day diet is criticized for low calories rapid weight loss causing wrinkles and deprivation of protein minerals and vitamin A essential for blood bones teeth and immunity.
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Frances B. Floore
Hygela Magazine
Miss Floore
Power and limits of the Continental Congress during the Revolution
Historian Andrew McLaughlin notes the central body was the Continental Congress with no written charter. Each state had one vote, major measures needed nine approvals, and amendments required unanimous consent. The Congress continued formally until March 2, 1789, then ended quietly.
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Andrew McLaughlin
Continental Congress
Birthday cigars spark a frugal family ruse
Peters hosts a dinner where guests are enticed to take cigars claiming they are gifts. They pledge to quit smoking, the party ends in awkward relief. Mrs Ieters questions the fib, while Peters laughs off the deceit noting the cigars cost him a dollar and he cannot give them away.
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Peters
Ancient Sabbatical Year and Missionary Furlough
A sabbatical year in ancient Jewish custom was the yearly cycle when land lay fallow. The text notes two months now used for a missionary's furlough, a year of vacation from a profession.
Reason Imperative Tie That Demands Justification
Editorial note arguing that to claim action is proper one must provide reason. It asserts that without justification a person remains silent and cannot justify deeds, even if they speak frequently. The passage emphasizes accountability and the necessity of reason in conduct.
Trinidad Land of Birds and Diverse Population
The island Trinidad is called the Land of Humming Birds as iridescent birds flock amid roses and hibiscus. The piece notes a prosperous West Indian setting with a mixed population including Hindus, East Indian slaves, and residents in turbans and ornate attire reflecting cultural blends on the island.
Tribute to Mark Twain by Howells in My Mark Twain
Howells praises Mark Twain as the Lincoln of American literature, contrasting him with Emerson Longfellow Lowell Holmes and other sages. He notes Twain’s intense, world spanning vision and relentless pursuit of reason, setting him apart as singular among literary men.
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Mark Twain
Willian Dean Howells
Emerson
Longfellow
Lowell
Holmes
Clemens
Lincoln
Blithewold Destroyed by Fire at Ferry Hill
The Blithewold summer residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. McKee on Ferry Hill burned yesterday afternoon. Firemen tried to save the structure with two cisterns and steamers, but the house was consumed by a southwest wind and lack of hydrants, though furniture and fittings were saved from the flames.
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King Philip
Ferry Hill
Hong Hat
Veterans Entertained by Indian Ceremonies at Soldiers Home
Soldiers' Home veterans enjoyed Indian rites led by ten Algonquin performers and a crowd including Senator Fara Dixon and William Collins. The Tebia ceremonies featured war and peace dances with regalia and bugle displays by local scout units. A reception followed in the recreation hall.
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Sachem Ouseekin
Kev Tebow Perrvn
GWR
Department of Rhodesiand
Fara
Marcus Aurelius on Dismissing Disturbing Notions
The quote advises ignoring external vexations by discarding the mental notion causing disturbance. It emphasizes inner control, proposing that peace comes from choosing how to view events rather than the events themselves. Martius Aurelian wisdom echoes timeless Stoic practice.
Genius Genius Smothing but a Great Aptitude for
A fragmentary note reads like a playful aside about talent and patience. The garbled text hints at praise for a clever skill or aptitude, with unclear attribution or context.
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Buffun
Of Picturesque Canada in Quebec’s Romantic Citadel City
The text notes Quebec preserving old French customs and its romantic view from the citadel. It identifies Bront as the largest city in the Dominion and the third largest French-speaking city globally.
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Quebec
Citadel
Brontreal
Dominion
Bre
Mentality at Its Best and Morning Mind Activity
Psychologists say the peak of mentality occurs around 11 00 a m with tests in colleges showing reduced mental activity when fatigued. The assertion reflects common beliefs about alertness and the effect of fatigue on cognition.
Town With Odd Name Medicine Hat Publicized
Medicine Hat is a town on the Canadian Pacific railroad in southeast Alberta within the Dominion electoral district of Medicine Hat, located 80 miles from the Saskatchewan border and 75 miles from the Montana border.
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Medicine Hat
Canadian Pacific
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Montana
Mortgagee's Sale Of Personal Property At 228 Thames Street
Public auction of the goods and chattels at 228 Thames Street Bristol Rhode Island on Wednesday August 5 1931 at 11 oclock a m by the mortgagee under a July 1 1931 mortgage to foreclose due to breach. Antonio Emilio Iannuccillo attorney for the mortgagee lists counters show cases fixtures groceries and all other goods in the grocery store as described in book 8 page 185 of Bristol Rhode Island records.
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Thames Street
Bristol
Rhode Island
Frank Quintal
Emilio 10
Iannuccillo, Esq
Hope Street
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Sily
Old
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Lilly Pond
Stony Brook
Apaques
Samquide
Adimango
Mattam
Mpangues
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Ani
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Gaboon
Nina
Peter Nolan
Angola
Old Peter
Metropolitan Wewspaper Service
Peru
Emma
Herreshoff
Trinidad
of Birds
Phenix
Marcus Aurelius
Germany
von Weber
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
Peter Bonvicin
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Tel
D. J. Gladue
Cottage Street
Augustus P. Duffy
W. W. Franklin & Co
Freeborn R. Cole
Cook Street
E. W. Weaver
High Street
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
E. IL. Watson Co, Inc
Westnesset Street
Providence
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
PIRES
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Bristol District Nursing Association
Martha Graham
Thyra Carlson
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