Obituary of David H. Carl of this town
David Henry Carl 45 of this town died suddenly Sunday at his home 178 High Street found by Mrs Herbert McKay who called him around noon The medical examiner ruled death natural Carl born in New York state son of the late Jasper Garl and Manilda Carl He resided here years worked at National India Rubber Company He is survived by three sisters Mrs Charles Thomas Brooklyn NY Mrs Walter E Simmons this town and Mrs Agnes Ross Chicago The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 PM from his residence
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David Henry Carl
High Street
Herbert McKay
Mr Carl
Horace Sexmour
Warren
O R_ Siegel
Carl
New York State
Jasper Garl
Manilda Carl
National India Rubber Company
Charles Thomas
Brooklyn
Walter E Simmons
Agnes Ross
Chicago
Orlock
March of Progress and Repeal in Lawmaking
A Buckle quotation asserts that reforms succeed by undoing old laws rather than adding new ones. It argues that valuable legislative progress comes from repealing prior statutes, with the best laws sweeping away outdated provisions.
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Henry Thomas Buckle
Mixed Message From an Errand Gone Wrong
A domestic scene unfolds with a maid admitting she forgot the item she was asked to fetch. The mistress presses for specifics and learns the shop or service claimed not to keep the requested object. Tension rises as clarification stalls.
Antelope Head Shapes Compared in Forestry Magazine
The American Forestry Magazine notes the full-grown buck antelope has a large head set on a short thick neck, distinguishing it in form from any North American deer.
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American Forestry Magazine
Counterfeiters of Real Gold Arrested in Transylvania
Budapest newspapers report the arrest of a counterfeit gang in Transylvania. They produced coins with old Hungarian designs from real gold bought cheaply from jewelry plant workers.
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Budapest
Transylvania
Falsehoods Many Faces In Quotations From Montaigne
A fragment reflecting Montaigne on falsehood and truth, noting truth can take many forms and be hard to pin down. The author imagines how belief shifts when truth is multidimensional. The passage contemplates uncertainty in interpretation and the instability of conveyed meaning.
Eskimo Houses and Their Summer and Winter Shelters
Eskimo dwellings vary by season. In summer they use tents or tupiks made of sealskin. In winter they live in tyloos, with variants built of stored moss and snow, wood, or blocks of hard packed snow.
Curious Foreign Customs Reported in Eskimo and Hindu Traditions
The Eskimo view male interference with female tasks as scandalous and consider it improper for men to perform women’s work. A Hindu wife will not eat with her husband and believes touching his food would render it unfit for use.
A Prescription for Matrimonial Heartache
A humorous quip from the Boston Evening Transcript suggests a cure for marital troubles. It frames pride dissolving in common sense, followed by a kiss and generous compliments to heal and settle disputes. The line reads as a witty social comment on resolving domestic strife.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Art Is Workmanship Poses Quiet Challenge to Craft
Quote from W R Lethaby argues art means worthy, complete workmanship, created by competent workmen rather than mere pictures or costly luxuries. He stresses craftsmanship as essential value beyond aesthetic appeal.
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W R. Lethaby
Mailing Packages and Forest Dye Discovery
A guide on parcel wrapping emphasizes multiple labeled layers to keep destination info intact if outer wrappings fail. Separately, scientists report a dye method using aniline injections to alter tree color in two nights, suggesting forests could be changed to any color.
Unique Fire Signals on liner system of warning pipes
One of the largest liners is fitted with a network of pipes connecting all cargo holds. If a fire or smouldering smoke starts, the smoke travels through the pipes to alert officers on the bridge.
Catherine Veronica Lee Wife of William Hee Dies in Providence
Catherine Veronica Lee nee Barnes died at her sister Mary Boerns home on Bay View Avenue after a long illness. Born February 20 1879 she lived in Providence since her 1903 marriage to William Lee. Survived by husband two children Martha and Francis George five brothers and two sisters. She had worked as a clerk at the Wo Sparks store on Hope Street before marriage.
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Catherine Veronica Leer
William Hee
Providence
Mary Boerms
Bay View Avenue
Lee
Patrik Jo
Mars Fitzgerald Barnes
Most Marys Church
Patrik McCabe
Blessed Sacrament Church
Holy Rosary
Mars Martha
Francis George
Mirss
Mary
Boyrnes
Albert Davis
Warren
Frank Barnes
Blackstone
Mass
James
New York City
Thomas Edward
John
Prestons
Sears
T Wo Sparks
Hope Street
Bridge Whist and Sale Planned by Bristol Scouts
Coming events list two gatherings: on June 25 at 2:30 pm a bridge whist and sale hosted by Miss Nae Wo Bourn of Seven Chairs at the Bristol Girl Scouts meeting. on Thursday afternoon from 3 to 5 pm lawn party and whist at Mrs Bo Rockwell's residence coordinated by the Girls and YMCA Ladies Committee.
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Oclock Bridge
Auspecs
Bristol Girl Scouts Nug
Bo Rockwell
Yomc
Marriage Intentions Reported in Taunton
Manuel Coelho Toledo of Taunton Mass and Virss Margaret Martins Groot of this town filed marriage intentions indicating plans to wed in the near future.
Local Obituaries Briefly Note Tasper Cart and Veronica Lee
Obituary notices report the sudden death in this town of Cart, David Henrys Carl, son of Tasper and Marilda Cart, aged A int Teec. Also listed is Mrs Cather Veronica Lee White, wife of William F E Pec of Providence, aged Hoveaurs, with dates July 22 and July 24 respectively.
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David Henrys Carl
Tasper
Marilda
Teec
Othis Town
Cather Veronica Lee
William FE
Providence
Cows Eat Codfish In Norway Report
A quirky old item notes cows in Norway eating codfish, with odd phrases about beads and manine poipus, and a cryptic mention of a preacher and phone. The text reads like garbled OCR with no clear event or date.
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Norway
Equoted With Teeth When Born in Guinea
Agoutis, small brown native mammals of Guinea, are born with nearly a full set of teeth. This trait equips them from birth for immediate feeding and survival.
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Guinea
World War Vet Doctor H Nelson Jackson of Vermont
H Nelson Jackson of Huntington Vermont a leading American Legion figure and Interallied Veterans association vice president helped push a world peace program to President Harding. A Burlington native he practiced medicine before WWI and earned the Distinguished Service Cross Croix de Guerre and Chevalier of the Legion of Honor after serving as a medical officer on the front. He later led American Legion activities and served as national vice commander in 1921 1922.
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H. Nelson Jackson
Huntington
American Legion
Mr. Jackson
Interallied Veterans' Association
Legion
Harding
International Veterans’ Organization
New Orleans
Burlington
University of Vermont
Europe
Doctor Jackson
American
Mexico
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Vermont
America
Mont Faucon
Legion of Honor
Jackson
Knights of Columbus gives 50000 dollar fund for tubercular ex service men
Claude J Harris says tubercular veterans migrate to the Southwest seeking land and care. The Knights of Columbus allocates 50000 dollars to the American Legion to aid destitute ex servicemen, many with tuberculosis who cannot qualify for early veterans bureau compensation. Legion will administer funds in hard hit communities.
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Claude J. Harris
American Legion
National Service Division
Mr. Harris
William J. MacGinley
The
Knights of Columbus
Legion
Colorado
California
Harris
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Bureau
Girl Legion Adjutant Leads Post Victory in Campaign
Miss H C Hilden a former nurse now adjutant of the Shupe Machine Gun post at Cleveland organized bus rides for veterans to hospitals in France and led a successful membership drive. She has shown strong interest in aiding disabled ex service men and other needy veterans.
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H. C. Hilden
Cleveland
Shupe Machine Gun Organization
France
Army Nurse Corps
Shupe
H C Hilden
Miss Hilden
Romance in Play and Memory by R L Stevenson
The passage discusses romance as a fusion of grown man and child play, noting how a game that delights the participant invites wholehearted joining and repeated recollection with delight, shaping romance through memory and imagination.
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R. L. Stevenson
Ancient Egyptian tomb yields honey preserved for centuries
Remarkably preserved artifacts emerge from the tomb including a honey filled vase still liquid after 30 centuries. Cushions on arm chairs remain exceptionally soft and undamaged despite age, worthy of a casual toss without harm.
The Seammmer's Watch Mentions A Heavy Dragging Noise
A shipboard excerpt notes a late moment when a noise resembled a heavy object being dragged along the deck after the mate's watch. The fragment hints at a shipboard incident or routine observation during navigation.
Wisdom's Course: Courage to Act or Endure in Silence
A reflective note on choosing between action and restraint. It extols courage to move forward and nobility in enduring privately, praising the discerning person who selects the right path when faced with a decision. The quote emphasizes balance and discernment over rash impulse.
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Wise
The Last Possessor Racial Tale From The Bazaar
An old Turk tells a story illustrating ethnic envy among Jew Greek and Armenian over a gem. The Jew envies, the Greek claims possession, and the Armenian grins declaring you had it, highlighting tensions among the trio.
Man's Restricted Vision Contrast With Providence
A concise moral reflection argues that human judgment is limited and uncertain, urging humility before providence and submission to superior wisdom rather than rebellion. The piece frames sight as restricted and fate as guiding events beyond man’s control.
Problem Solved by A J U Letter
A J U writes that reply to W U solves the problem and notes a ten day trip feeding an eighteen month old child kept hot in a Vacuum Borbe Tork tans with a cryptic closing.
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W. U
Matrimonial Cure Through A Kiss Lettres
An old Boston Evening Transcript line hints at a cure for matrimony via a kiss and a dose of what is needed, blending satire with social commentary on romantic fixes.
Dancing Ants Like Humans The Joyful Ant Dance Observed
A noted ant expert describes happy ants as standing briefly upright and performing small skips that resemble human dancing, suggesting a parallel between insect behavior and human joyful movement.
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Pete Morrison
William V. Mong
Russia
Mickie
Arles Roe
Catherine Veronica Lee
Lonesome Laundress
Bristol
Burgess Street
Sorristlay Doves Company
Brown
South
Fred Suzman
K. C
Senate
Legion Post
H.C. Hilden
Byfield Street
Th Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
E. L. Watson & CO
Weybosset Street
Archie H. Rounds
Union ST
Dimond’s
Talbotshopkin
Bradford ST
E. E. Couillard
Doctor OF Chiropractic
Palmer Graduate
Constitution Street
Elmwood Avenue
J. F. Keating
Osteo
Franklin Street
Chandler
Henry P. Trudell
Second Street
William W. Franklin & Co
Wood St
Tel
Smith
R. P. Smith
Burton Street
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
E. W. Weaver
Pierce Avenue
Ingram’s Express
Suzman
Robert J. McKay
Ccessor T
G.W. Simmons Telephone
Y Undertaker
William Street
Everett
Wood Street
Isaac B. Munro
Garfield Avenue
Freeborn R. Cole
Cooke Street
F. M. Gifford
R. I
G. H. Spencer
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