Special Police Officer Morrissey to Patrol Bristol Twilight League
Special Police Officer Thomas Morrissey has been assigned to patrol the Bristol Twilight League baseball games for the remainder of the season.Jimmy Salzano of the N I R team has left for New Hampshire and will miss the rubber company lineup for the rest of the season. He has been handling shortstop duties well and will be missed by teammates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Morrissey
Bristol
Jimmy Salzano
New Hampshire
Rubber Company
Jimmy
East Providence Townies Fall 7-3 at Kinsley Park
Local Twi League star Big Bill Cooper suffers first loss of the season as East Providence Townies are defeated by T. H. Early 7-3 at Kinsley Park in Providence Amateur League action.
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Bill” .Cooper
Providence
East Providence Townies
T. H. Early
Kinsley Park
Local Twi light League race tightens with Wool Sorters surge
The wool sorters lead nine games with six wins and three losses, two games ahead of Colonial Hotel and LaFazia Drag nines who share first. Notable players include Babe Ethier Foxy Marshall Chassey Leclerc and Joe Sylvia with five out of town additions boosting the Collins and Aikman club. In Providence Amateur League East Providence Town Team tops Universal Winding IC and TH Early battle for the cellar. Townies rely on Bill Cooper Joe Gomes Sal Sevigny while Universal features Lefty Anatol Lou George with Joe Jrawcsak and Marty Biancuzzo handling catching duties. TH Early counts Johnny Burns Eddie Quinton Arty Bell and Joe Darcy among its strengths.
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Collins and Aikman
Colonial Hotel
LaFazia
Mill
Babe” Ethier
Foxy” Marshall
Menard Mece
Chassey” LeClerc
Joe “Kelsey" Sylvia
Providence
East Providence
Universal Winding Co
Townies
Bill” Cooper
Newport
Joe” Gomes
Sal Sevigny
Warren
T H
Johnny Burns
Eddie Quinton
Providence College Fame
Whirlwinds
Arty” Bell
Joe” Darcy
Colonials Face NIR in Evening Baseball Showdown
Tomorrow evening on the common the Colonials host the N I R nine with Ray Berry and Butsy Brown slated to pitch. Berry leads the Hotel club in pitching and hitting while Brown, a Bristol favorite, showed strong form last Friday with one hitless inning after a rough start. Eddie Martin will replace Unkuski at second base, with Tony Errico handling Berry's slants and Joe Darcy catching Butsy Brown as Coco and Rosa umpire a 6:30 start.
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Ray Berry
Butsy” Brown
Colonial Hotel
Hope
Berry
Butsy” Bown
Bristol
Butsy
Unkuski
Eddie Martin
Martin
Darcy
Tony Errico
Joe Darcy
Butsy Brown
Coco and
Rosa
Forty-First Annual Camp Meeting at Portsmouth
The Portsmouth Rhode Island camp meeting runs July 31 to August 9 with speakers Rev J Glenn Gould Rev C B Fugett and Rev Charles L Slater. Music by Rev Slater and piano by A Cora Slocum with Mabel Mosher leading children's and youth sessions. Meals are cafeteria style on Hedley street near Quaker Hill reachable by Newport bus.
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Portsmouth
R. I
J. Glenn Gould
First Church of the Nazarene
Baltimore
C. B. Fugett
Ashland
Kentucky
Charles L. Slater
Indianapolis
Ind
Pilgrim Holiness Church
A. Cora Slocum
Mabel Mosher
The
Friends Church
Newport
Hedley Street
Quaker Hil
Obituary for John B. Pollock Buried in North Cemetery
Funeral services for John B. Pollock who died Wednesday at Rhode Island Hospital were held Friday afternoon from his brother George T. Pollock at 29 Neves Avenue. Rev. William C. Darby of the State Street MFE Church officiated. Bearers were Arthur E. Swanson, Earl S. Day of Providence, and James B. Lee, George C. Lee of this town. Burial was at North Cemetery.
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John B. Pollock
Rhode Island Hospital
George T. Pollock
Neves Avenue
William C Darby
State Street
MFE
Arthur E Swanson
Eart
Providence
James B
George C Lee
North Cemetery
Barn Fire at Perry Property Suppressed on Roof
Yesterday the fire department battled a blaze on the roof of a large barn owned by William W. Perry behind the Excelsior Tennis Club. Two lines of hose and a booster line limited the fire to aged roof shingles, with cause undetermined though sparks from the town dump may have ignited the 75 year old shingles.
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William W. Perry
Excelsior Tennis Club
Ivy Guild Plans Newport Outing and Parish Sale
The Ivy Guild met in the Holmes House on Tuesday July 14 voting to hold an annual outing to Newport on July 28 and a supper and sale on Thursday August 13 in the Parish House from 4 to 8 pm. Committee members arranging the sale include Mrs Benjamin MacDougall chairwoman Mrs Anthony Parshley Mrs Harry Munro Mrs William Wood and Mrs John Wall. Evelin Bache Secretary.
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Ivy Guild
Holmes House
Newport
Benjamin MacDougall
Anthony Parshley
Harry Munro
William Wood
John Wall
Evelin Bache
Savory Church Suppers For Large Groups Menu Plans
Practical guidance to plan church suppers serving about 150 people with simple cost efficient menus. Details include baked ham and beans, mince meat pies, beef loaf, tomato sauce, and standard quantities for 150 servings, plus equipment and serving notes.
Naughty impulse foiled by chivalry in student life
Miss Jane Harrison recalls a magistrate bench years when a prisoner’s foul language was to be read from a typed script. A good-natured judge refused to reveal the words, bowing to propriety and pocketing the document, a moment of old fashioned courtesy.
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Jane Harrison
Newnham College
Cambridge
England
Miss Harrison
Kansas City Times
Early English Dramas Acted Only on Sunday
The article notes that in the Sixteenth century Sunday was the main time for new plays with weekday performances emerging later. Queen Elizabeth I and James I patronized Sunday plays, and even high clergy allowed them. A London bishop reportedly produced A Midsummer Night's Dream on a Sunday in 1631, though opposition grew and Sunday performances contributed to Puritan dislike of theater.
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James I
London
Manchester
Eng
Guardian
Covered Wagon Days and the Pioneers Trek West
The article recalls the pioneer era with wagon trains of two yoke of four year old steers and one yoke of cows facing a 2000 mile journey. They battled rivers mountains thirst hunger and disease as a 500 mile long column moved west amid unhealthful water and suffocating dust storms that blinded the lead oxen.
Iron plow inventions shape early American farming
The article traces early American plow development from 1797 where John Newbold demonstrated a cast-iron plow in the United States, noting fears about iron in soil and a broken moldboard. It credits the shift to steel driven by Mississippi valley soil, naming John Deere 1837 William Parlin 1842 and James Oliver 1858 for advancing steel plow technology and chilled cast-iron points.
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John Newbold
England
Mississippi Valley
John Deere
William Parlin
Middle West
James Oliver
Boy Believes Santa Has Poor Memory in Christmas Tale
A Cleveland boy ages seven visits Santa and lists gifts. After two Santas, he complains that the first was forgetful and the second would likely forget his wishes too, reflecting a child’s wry humor about memory. The anecdote captures holiday season whimsy from a local scene.
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Cleveland
Santa Claus
Jarlabanke’s Bridge Stands on Ancient Swedish Road
Rune stones found at Taeby reveal Jarlabanke a pioneer Viking road builder whose work crossed a swamp. Over 1,000 rune stones from the ninth to eleventh centuries are now cataloged, with one stone praising his road across Taeby. The route survives today as Jarlabanke’s bridge.
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Jarlabanke
Taeby
Plan Your Way to Self-Reliance Lets Child Forge Independence
A mother praises her seven year old daughter who, by improvising with household items, obtains a cup herself and develops problem solving. This early training fosters independence, planning, and resilience to handle future challenges without dependence on others. The piece advocates universal access to kindergartens to reinforce home learning and authority, citing Wheaton College President Park and the National Kindergarten Association for resources.
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Mary
Bridget
Carolyn
President Park
Wheaton College
Norton
Mass
National Kindergarten Association
West Fortieth St
New York
Not a Wheat Grain: Grahoma Is Sorghum, Originating in Oklahoma
The division of cereal investigation identifies grahoma as a grain sorghum not wheat. It originated in Oklahoma and is now grown in neighboring states Kansas and Texas.
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Division of Cereal Investigation
Oklahoma
Kansas
Texas
World's Heaviest Man Henry d Antonio Dies at 17
Henry d Antonio of Everett Massachusetts reportedly the world’s heaviest man died in August 1990 aged seventeen. He weighed about 600 pounds.
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Henry d’Antonio
Everett, Mags
Hop hornbeam ironwood earns its dried hop bell nickname
The nickname Hop hornbeam is given to the ironwood tree because dried hop bells cling to its branches.
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Hyoyryes
Universals
Lefty” Anatol
Lou” George
Joe” jJrawcsak
West Warwick
Marty” Biancuzzo
Charles M. Connery
Bartom S
Garvin’s Express
Burton Street
R. 1
P.T. Bailey
R. R
the Ivy Guild
Josephine B. Gibson
H. J. Heinz Company
Mena I
America
Sonny
Froebel
West 40Th Street
New York City
Emma Gary Wallace
Nicholas Pirri
Harmony Conservatory
Usher Avenue
Main Street
Hope St
Bristol, R. I
Newman Bros
S. S. Pierce
Florida
Ward
Elicedarried
Whitman’s
Pierce
C. O.D
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