Sidelights On Main Street
Local column relays lighthearted Bristol anecdotes from the week. Tales include teens in a touring car, a flat tire rescue, gum on seats, public sitters near the police station, and odd notes about cars, clubs, and street life with names such as Tubby Gorham Len Sanford Georgie Balfour and Jerry Romano.
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Noah
Twister” Church
Tubby” Gorham
Len Sanford
Georgie Balfour
al. Newman
al. Remieres
Campagna
Orchestra
Vin
Y.m.c
Breakfast spread menu item list
A jumble of breakfast items listed including strawberries rice flakes bacon muffins pineapple waffles apple butter coffee syrup omelet and butter. The fragment reads like a dining hall or cafe menu with varied dishes and condiments.
Surprising Muffins and Breakfast Dishes Recipes Recipe Notes
The text lists several breakfast recipes including Surprising Muffins Rice Flake Waffles Breakfast Betty and Spanish Omelet. It provides ingredients and steps such as using butter sugar eggs flour baking powder milk and various fillings with cooking temperatures and times.
States Use of Commonwealth In U S History
The term commonwealth marks self governing states and nations in U S history. Massachusetts Pennsylvania Virginia and Kentucky officially bear this designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Kentucky
Stonehenge Becomes National Treasure After Sale
Stonehenge, the ancient monument in the British Isles, was presented to the nation by Sir Cecil Chubb after acquiring it from Sir Edmund Antrobus who died in 1915. The transfer marks its status as a historic national treasure.
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Stonehenge
British Isles
Hand of Man
Edmund Antrobus
Cecil Chubb
Madion
Zoning Board Grants Ferry Tea Room Permit Debate
Bristol zoning officials hear a petition to allow a tea room in Ferry Hill despite opposition. Gen Callan and Judge Leahy urge enforcing the zoning law, arguing exemptions could erode residential districts and invite broader, costly changes.
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Gen. Callan
Santulli
DeWolf
Gen Callan
Mr Howe
Irving
Edward L. Leahy
McGovern
Bristol
Judge Leahy
Santulh
Ferry Hill
Leahy
Joseph Santulli
Callan
Westward, Hol After Pioneers Leave Home
A reflective note on why American pioneers sought new frontiers. The piece contrasts comfort in colonial furniture with the push to settlements, highlighting the lure of the wilderness and the drive to explore beyond familiar shores.
Upside Down Fence Posts Fear Rot Faster Says Forest Service
The Forest Service reports evidence countering the belief that setting timber upside down slows rot. The findings suggest the opposite, noting faster decay under reversed placement.
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Forest Service
Funeral Hire: Weepers Embrace Weeping Compliment Role
A practice in South American cities hires women to cry or faint at funerals as a social custom. The tradition persists even as many other old customs fade away, reflecting cultural views on honoring the deceased.
The Yardstick of Tricks in Bridge Strategy
Discusses counting honor tricks and low card tricks to evaluate a hand in contract bridge. Explains partner minimums, game-zone thresholds, and three ways to signal the need for a game bid including a forcing take-out, with reference to future articles.
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Lella Hatterstey
Salmon marked by US Fisheries travels 1300 miles
A red salmon tagged by the United States Bureau of Fisheries in Alaskan waters was caught 44 days later in a Siberian stream, proving a 1300 mile journey within that period.
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United States Bureau of Fisheries
Alaskan
Siberian
Largest State Fair in Dallas Draws Massive Crowds
The Texas state fair held in Dallas spans the last two weeks of October each year and is the largest state fair in the country. Attendance exceeds one million visitors.
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Texas
Dallas
Committee Personnel
A committee may consist of one or more persons appointed or chosen by a larger body to provide a specific service or function. The arrangement reflects the scope of the task and the expertise required.
Plea for Privacy: Sporting One’s Oak Origin
The phrase Sporting one’s oak comes from English universities signaling engagement by closing the outer oak door when away. Many college rooms feature two doors with the oak outer door serving as the privacy sign.
Red Cross Executive The U S President Ex Officio Leader
The President of the United States serves as ex officio president of the American Red Cross, linking national leadership to humanitarian relief efforts.
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Red Cross
United States
American Red Cross
Offspring of Revolt Man Declared Genuine Lineage
A quoted line attributes the phrase offspring of revolt to Cowper, noting it as the genuine lineage or expression associated with revolt. The fragment presents literary attribution rather than a narrative event.
Girl Scouts Hold Trail Camp at Mt Hope Farm Bristol
The first of three Trail Camps sponsored by the Girl Scouts met last week at Mt Hope Farm Bristol. Twelve older girls from Newport Barrington Bristol and Providence camped with leadership by four directors. They cooked built and planned activities themselves adopting the Wampanoag tribe theme with sunrises sunsets hikes salt water swimming and nature study. The Outdoor Activities Committee of the Girl Scouts of Rhode Island directs the camp with Mrs William H Hoffman as committee chair and representatives from all local councils. Other leaders include Mrs Frederick Bartlett and Miss Catherine Hammett director with Miss Margaret Jennings and Miss Catherine Ennis. Campers listed include Olive Harrington Barbara Huestis Virginia Carter Mary Fuller Catherine Campbell Constance Currier Phyllis Haydock Marjorie Montcone Gertrude Orth Paula Orth Agnes Sullivan and others from Newport Barrington Bristol Providence and nearby towns. Future camps are planned at Quonochontaug Pond South County August 1 8 and Camp Lowry Foster August 15 22 directed by Miss Hammett with a three member counselor staff including a nurse and Red Cross Life Saver.
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Girl Scouts
Mt. Hope Farm
Bristol
Rudolph FF. Haffenreffer
Newport
Barrington
Providence
Aggall
Mt Hope
King Philp
Girl Scouts of
Rhode Island
William H Hoffman
Frederick Bartlett
Camp
Hoffman
West Kingston
Olive Harrington
Barbara Huestis
Virginia Carter
Dorcas Delabarre
Mary Fuller
West Newton
Mass
Catherine Campbell
Constance Currier
Phyllis Haydock
Marjorie Montcone
Gertrude Orth
Paula Orth
Agnes Sullivan
Quonochontaug Pond
South County
Camp Lowry
Foster
Catherine Hammett
Red Cross
Odd Coat of Arms of Isle of Man Three Legs Emblem
The Isle of Man arms show three armored legs flexed at the knee. The emblem symbolizes kneeling to England, kicking at Scotland, and spurning Ireland as described in the account.
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Odd Coat of
Isle of Man
England
Scotland
Ireland
Garbo in As You Desire Me a Roaming Charmer on Screen
Greta Garbo stars as Zara in As You Desire Me a Pirandello adaptation with Melvyn Douglas Erich Von Stroheim and others. The plot follows a Budapest cafe singer mistaken for a nobleman's wife while dodging a ruthless novelist and a dangerous masquerade. The film promises adventure romance and lavish Italian villa and Pacific coast settings.
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Greta Garbo
Zara
New York
Luigi Pirandello
Melvyn Douglas
Gloria Swanson
Erich von Stroheim
Owen Moore
Hedda Hopper
Rafaela Ottiano
Warburton Gamble
Albert Cent
William Ricciardi
Roland Varno
Nohing
Miss Garbo
Pacific Ocean
Budapest
Jewelry of Glass in Cleopatra's Era
The Egyptians fashioned glass with superior texture resembling gold tracing and Cleopatra's time valued glass jewelry, a style later revived as Chanet glassware gains vogue today.
Why Mosquitoes? A Californian’s larval fish food project
A Californian studies mosquitoes by collecting larvae from stagnant pools. He dries and grinds the larvae to use as food for aquarium fish, exploring an unusual source of nutrition.
Wakefield Deed Ownership Traces Through Three Generations
Dr. A S W Rosenbach holds the original Wakefield deed showing Hercules Bridges as the initial owner. Bridges sold the property to Daniel Liston in a historic transfer.
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Wakefield
A. S. W. Rosenbach
Hercules Bridges
Daniel Liston
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Kraft
John Alden
Rumford’s
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Birdseye
R. I. Yellow Corn
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