Model airplane show thrills Bristol crowd
Mr A L Newman of Providence and four Bristol youths demonstrated model aircraft flying in a mixed display of graceful flights and crashes. Norman Fain set a New England record with a 7 minute 47 second flight, while Bernard Callan Eugene Lecourt and Paul Paulsen posted six minute flights. The event, held at the Bristol Lions Club gathering, aimed to launch a state wide tournament during the town's 250th anniversary celebration and to form an American Cadets chapter in Bristol.
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A. L. Newman
Providence
Norman Fain
New England
Bernard Callan
Eugene Lecourt
Paul Paulsen
Newman
NF. Model Airplane Association
Bristol Loons Club
Bristol
American Aur Cadets
Dorothy Pratt
Lions Club
Hotel Belvedere
Charles F. Callery
Anthony R Parshley
St Michael’s Church
George H. Toadvin, Jr
St. Michael’s Church
George Adams
Jack Wheeler
Newport Lions Club
Kearney Post Tops Warren Post In Six Inning Night Game
Kearney Post defeated Warren Post 9 to 4 in six innings before dusk. DeLeo led the winners with a first inning run and McCanna fanned nine for Warren while Marsden sparked Kearney with a nose-line homer. Warren added three in the fourth and two in the fifth, but Kearney answered with four in the final frame.
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Ae Post
Legion
Sd Saat ‘Ani
Kearney ‘Post
Bristol
Bristol Legionaires
Warren Post
Warren
Kearney Post
DeLeo
LeMaire
Jack Marsden
McCanna
Shaw
McCanna McCanna
Laverie Polak
Delecta
Warren LeMavre
Providence
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Caruso
Marsden
Mello
Bruno
Guevremont
Caizza
Mansi
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Bally Mansi
Polak
Kearneyr
Mechan
Editor's Easy Chair Opens Window on Local Press Life
A Crawford Colorado Chronicle piece reverently sketches the editor's "easy chair" role. It notes deadlines for Tuesday and Friday issues, readers' calls, and the editor's broad access to society events opinions and charitable appeals.
Delightful outing by Sunday School group at Pappasquash
The Sunday School and parish of the State Street Moor Church enjoyed a pleasant outing Saturday at the Far Dixon cottage in Pappasquash. About 60 people attended as games and swimming kept all active. Mr Dixon hosted the party and provided watermelons. Charles Sylvester helped organize arrangements with Rev and Mrs. William C Darby leading sports. Ruby Blaisdell and others directed the Primary department. The refreshment committee included Mr and Mrs Guy Sullivan. The trip used a bus and several private cars.
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State Street
Mooor
Fara Dixon
Pappasquash
Dixon
Charles Sylvester
William C Darby
Harry Town
Ruby Blaisdell
Definition of an Ambassador Credentials
An ambassador is a sovereign state’s personal representative sent to negotiate and protect its interests abroad. Credentials include a sealed letter from the ruler to the host government, affirming the ambassador’s authority to act in the sovereign’s name.
Woman crafts cheap homemade blackboard from shade and paint
A woman made a portable blackboard costing under 75 cents by repurposing an inexpensive dark green window shade and two coats of flat black paint. Once dry, the shade becomes a rollable blackboard that can be stored away when not in use.
Correction in Boundary Southwick jog
The Southwick jog in the Connecticut Massachusetts boundary arose from prior compass surveys. A long narrow strip was given to Connecticut to balance the area ceded to Massachusetts, making the jog an intended equivalent territorial area.
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Connecticut
Massachusetts
Southwick
Bandleader Sullivan Guides City Musicians Forward
The new director Miss Sullivan has inspired the bandsmen who now arrive ready for rehearsals. They prepare for the 250th Anniversary Celebration featuring the Festival Chorus with Goldman Band, parades, pageants, and concerts across a busy week starting Sunday September 21.
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Miss Sullivan
Mercand Sheers
Shee
Goldman
Davy
Directress Sullivan
Protests Police Action Blocked Access to Home on Bay View
A resident complains to the editor about a patrolman at Wood Street denying entry to Bay View avenue during fireworks night. He claims orders overruled local knowledge and asks for officers to use discretion in similar situations near the corner. He states he live near the intersection and could not reach his home until after midnight.
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Bay View Avenue
Wood Street
Manuel
Munro Avenue
Nature Awakens as God’s Hand Colors the World
Poetic meditation on nature’s awakening and divine artistry. The speaker praises creations, landscapes, and colors as emanations from God. The rainbow after the storm symbolizes trust, with the soul housing a kingdom of heaven within.
Fate of Reformers Gracchus in Itume 134 B.C.
Reformer Gracchus became tribune of Itume in 134 B.C. He aimed to restore small farmers holdings and dispossess the rich, but his bold bill challenged vested interests and led to the massacre of him and 300 followers.
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Gracchus
Itume
B. C
Somniloquist: Term For Sleep Talking Described
A somniloquist is a person who talks during sleep. The term defines a sleep talking behavior observed in individuals without implying illness or disorder.
Optimism as a spur not a brake from London Tit-Bits
The quote states that optimism alone does not drive progress you must work for results. It argues a cheerful mindset fuels effort and after giving your best you may await outcomes. Optimism should spur action not hinder it.
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London
Tao-lin Chang Tao-lin Biography and Magical Powers
The passage recounts Chang Tao-lin born on Heavenly Eye Mountain in year 85 A.D. He refused official service to pursue meditation and virtue. He retreated to western China hills gaining esoteric knowledge and a book from above about elixirs and ascension. He reportedly learned to fly, walk among stars, and wield magical powers to fight demons and command nature.
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Chang’ Tao-lin
Tien “Moh ' ‘San
Heavenly Eye Mountain
China
Soe Scotch Freebooter Made Rob Roy Legend and Life
The article outlines Rob Roys origins in Buchanan parish Scotland born 1671 and death Balquhidder December 28 1734. It notes his lineage son of Donald McGregor lieutenant colonel and his red hair naming Roy, later taking Campbell as surname. It mentions his 1691 Stirlingshire descent outlaw status 1712 embezzlement charge and acts of attainder, his Highland freebooter years under the Duke of Argyll, and his cultural legacy in novels operas and plays.
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Rob Roy
Robert McGregor
Campbell
Buchanan Parish
Scotland
Balquhidder
Donald McGregor
James II
Roy
William II
James I
Stirlingshire
Duke of Argyll
Sir Walter Scott
Flotow
Washington Star
Two Advantages The Wind Blows To Cheap Rent
A frank house agent admits drawbacks near gas works vinegar factory India rubber works and glue-boiling establishment. He counters with two advantages the rent is cheap and you can always tell which way the wind is blowing.
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Scott
Evolution of the Italian Language From Latin Roots
The Italian language grows from Latin with early traces in 960 Monte Cassino documents. Florentine and Tuscan dialects shape classical literature, with Sicilian poetry at Palermo under Emperor Frederick I. Dante anchors the modern literary form.
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Monte Cassino
Tucan
Florentine
Palermo
Frederick I
Tuscany
Ghastly Trophies From Andean Headshrinking Practice
The Jivaran tribes of Ecuador and Teru regions practice shrinking human heads called tsantas. Heads are taken from enemies, skinned, sewn, shrunk, and dried through a ceremonial process. Finished tsantas resemble small monkey heads and preserve facial expression in museums.
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Andes
Ecuador
Teru
Local Baseball Preview Highlights Key Forwards and Pitchers
The article outlines upcoming games with managers Alesio and Marshall selecting starters. Notables include Artie Bell behind the plate and Elmer Duggan in center or pitcher roles. Budding matchups pit the NIA club against Cranston Worsted Mill Co. with Pete Gutowski handling strikes and balls and Bottomley on base paths.
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Fermi
Ae Ladder
saKid
Hurler
Sim League
Mosie
Alesio
Davidson
Moore
Butsy” Brown
Artie Bell
Elmer Duggan
Nationals
Joe Marshall
Cranston Worsted Mill Co
Marshall
Foxy” Marshall
Bill “Banks” Bottomley
Obituary of Miss Eleanor Bradford Munro
Miss Eleanor Bradford Munro died suddenly at her home on Sunday evening from heart trouble as Medical Examiner Dr Marcius H. Merchant of Warren ruled. Funeral is set for tomorrow at 2 PM at 275 Hope Street with burial in Juniper Hill Cemetery. she leaves her sister Mrs Anna M Church and two nieces Helen and Rebecca Church.
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Eleanor Bradford Munro
Hope Street
Juniper Hill
Charlotte (Doty) Munro
Anna M. Church
Helen
Rebecca Church
Samuel Rawson Dies at 77 in Town Residence
Funeral services were held yesterday at 2 o clock for Samuel Rawson a life long town resident in his 78th year He died Friday at a Providence Hospital after a brief illness Survived by brother Henry F S Rawson son Frank and six grandchildren His wife died 17 years ago Burial was in North Cemetery conducted by Rev George H Toadvin Jr of St Michaels Church.
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Samuel Rawson
George H Toadvin
St Michael's Church
Mr Rawson
Providence
Henry F S Rawson
Frank
Bristol Yacht Club Dance and Ivy Guild Sale Notice
Social event at Bristol Yacht Club on Friday evening July 18 1930 hosted by Collins Aikman Girls Club followed by Ivy Guild annual sale and supper July 31 in Parish House from 3 to 8 pm.
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Bristol Yacht Club
Collins & Aikman Girls’ Club
Ivy Guild
What Made Josephine a Fitting Companion for Napoleon
The London Saturday Review notes Josephine as both fierce and tender, a paradoxical partner to Napoleon. It observes her indifference as a mistress and volatility as a wife, yet praises her companionship and strength. The piece underscores her mix of courage gentleness and somber, intoxicating presence.
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Napoleon
Josephine Josephine
Mr. Wilson
London Saturday Review
Roads of Spain Tempting for the modern motorist
The article extols Spain as a premier driving country with hundreds of miles of new highways. It praises smooth broad roads across plains and mountains and notes wide passing spaces even when a cart blocks the way.
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Spain
Europe
Persecution and the History of Courageous Pursuit
A compact reflection on humanity's endless urge to defy limits. The quote credits Ralph Waldo Emerson and frames persecution as a series of efforts to cheat nature, defy gravity, and bend fragile facts into impossible shapes.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Eleanor Bradford Munro Dies at Home in Town
Mrs Eleanor Bradford Munro died suddenly at her home 275 Hope Street on July 20 in this town. She was known locally and survived by relatives. Funeral arrangements were pending.
Deodars From 1885 Reign Along Altadena Avenue
Beautiful Street in Altadena California hosts a mile long row of Hi Malayan cedars planted from seeds brought to the United States. Seedlings were sown under glass and transplanted onto what is now Santa Rosa avenue in 1885 when two feet tall. The trees now reach about 80 feet in height with branches extending 40 to 80 feet. They are illuminated from Christmas Eve to New Year’s night.
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Altadena
Calif
Santa Rosa Avenue
Why American Soldiers Were Called Sammy in France
The article explains several tales of why U S soldiers in France earned the nickname Sammy. A plausible story is that French children shouted Ce sont les amis Ca sont les amis meaning friends and the marching Americans misheard it as Sammy in their ears.
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France
Sammy
United States
Fourth Anniversary Of Prudence Work Campaign Launched
The chair brought the observance of the fourth anniversary opening the Prudence work. A Thank Offering will be taken to complete the Tower Fund of 400 dollars. Nearly half is in sight with initial gifts of 25 and 5 dollars. Geoffrey King will speak and Roswell S Bosworth will sing. Next Sunday Rev A O Dewey and Mrs Dewey of New Bedford will lead services with the sermon and children's stories.
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Geoffrey King
W.y2
Newport
Roswell S. Bosworth
A.O. Dewey
New Bedford
Garden Party and Bridge Social Set for Hope Street
Pleasant Thursday afternoon hosted a bridge whist and garden tea at the Merriman home and Rockwell House on Hope street. The Girl Scout Council sponsors both events and has nearly completed plans for an enjoyable season finale social.
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Merriman Home
Rockwell House
Hope Street
Girl Scout Council
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