Obituary of Arthur B Corthell famed bridge builder dies
Arthur Bateman Corthell born July 3 1860 in Whitman Mass son of Mr and Mrs James H Corthell died suddenly May 24 at his New Boston New Hampshire farm. He was a renowned civil engineer specializing in bridge and railroad terminal construction with a career at Westinghouse Boston Terminal Grand Central Boston Boston & Maine and New York Central among others. He married Lena Cynthia Foster in 1882 and was educated at Brown University class of 1881. He held numerous positions including chief engineer Boston & Maine and terminal engineer for New York Central and New Haven railroads. He belonged to multiple professional societies and fraternal groups.
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Arthur Bateman Corthell
James H. Corthell
New Boston
N. H
Trinity Church
Mr. Cortell
Whitman
Mass
Providence
Brown University
Charles E. Hughes
Lena Cynthia Foster
Brooklyn
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Rodman
Bristol
New York
West Shore and Buffalo
Knickerbocker Ice Company
Fitzgerald & Mallory Construction Company
MP Railway
Kansas
Colorado
Cortell
Sioux City
Maussouri River
Thames River
Providence & Boston Railroad
Boston Terminal Company
Boston
Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co
New York Central
New Haven
Grand Central
Grand Central Terminal
Boston & Maine Railroad
American Society of Civil Engineers
Boston Society of Cail Engineers
American Railway Engineering Association
Chi Phi College Fraternity
Engineers’ Club
Vesper Country Club
Lowell
Town seeks sealed coal proposals for fire stations and Burnside Building
Bristol town clerk announces sealed proposals due by June 3 1924 for furnishing Free Burning White Ash Stove and Egg Coal in quantities up to 40 tons plus 22 tons for the Burnside Memorial Building. Proposals must be marked Proposals for Fuel and may be rejected or accepted as deemed best for the town. Journals note the town reserves rights.
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Bristol
Burnside Memorial
John WR Church
Registry of Bristo Voters Notice
Town Clerk JOHN W. CHURCH announces in Bristo that all residents required to register to vote must do so in person by June 30, 1924. The office will be open daily in June from 9:00 AM to noon and from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM except days after June 30.
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John W. Church
Funeral Services for Miss Mary F Scott Held at St Marys Church
Funeral services were held for Miss Mary F Scott of this town who died after an operation at Jane Brown Memorial Hospital. Rites included a requiem mass at St Marys Church celebrated by Rev Rex Thomas J Gillan with Rev Eugene V Hughes assisting. Miss Scott, 38, leaves two sisters and two brothers. She had worked at National India Rubber Company before illness. Burial followed at St Marys Cemetery. Other obituaries noted: Richard Sweet, 3, buried in North Cemetery after drowning, and John Mandell, 14, who died by suicide, buried at North Cemetery with rector Anson B Howard officiating.
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Mary F Scott
Jane Brown Memorial Hospital
George H Bernard
Sherry Avenue
St Mary’s Church
Rex Thomas J. Gillan
Eugene V. Hughes
St Joseph's Church
Pawtucket
Thomas Regan
John McElvogue
Providence
St Mary's Cemetery
Miss Scott
James
Winifred Scott
Bristol Grammar School
National India Rubber Company
Wenifred VV Scott
George F Bernard
Charles H
James Scott
John Mandell
Mary Hoard
Byfield Street
Anson B Howard
St Michaels Church
Mir Mandell
Germany
Augustus
Augustus, of This Town
Frederick
Malden, Mass
Coming Events June schedule at local venues
June events include a Tuesday evening music and literature program at John Post Reynolds School by Pight Class. June 5 a Thursday Bristol Casino hall of St Albans Lodge at Main Road. June 6 a Colt Memorial High School private dance for Class of 1924. June 7 Epworth League home made food sale at State Street M I Church. June 12 chicken salad supper at Memorial Chapel. June 22 Pastime Theatre photoplay Il Pagliacci by Italian Catholic Club for Our Lady of Mount Carmel church benefit.
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John Post Reynolds
Pight
Bristol Casino
Main Road
St Albans Lodge
Colt Memoral High School
Epworth League
State Street M. I
Memorial Chapel
Il Pagliacc
Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Past Letter Reawakens Old Emotions Between Couple
A man receives a long-forgotten love letter from his wife’s youth found among old papers. Reading it aloud, he recalls a childhood romance with a girl who asked him to take her to the school ph ole. The emotional moment softens him but leaves his wife regretful she shared it.
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Johnnie Nicholson
Johnnie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cartoon in Punch Propelled Wilkie Collins to Fame
The piece notes Wilkie Collins son of landscape painter William Collins. Born in comfort, he studied at Highbury then Italy for three years before pursuing tea trade and law. He turned to letters, writing The Woman in White in 1860 and gaining fame. Punch praised him after his rise, with works including No Name The Frozen Deep The Moonstone Blind Love and The Dead Secret.
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Wilkie Collins
William Collins
Highbury
Italy
England
Wilkie
Punch
Tompkins
Collins
Toronto Globe
Plant joints sense light and steer leaf movement
A St Nicholas Magazine description explains that house plants bend toward light via bright green tissue joints at leaf bases acting as eyes. Covers reveal leaves misdirected when joints blocked. exposure to light, pinpricks, acids, electricity, or heat at these joints drives movement.
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St. Nicholas Magazine
Carthaginians Taught Romans to Build Roads
The Roman road system emerged between the Second and Fourth centuries AD with highways 8 to 15 feet wide laid straight and level to aid transport. Built by soldiers slaves and criminals, many roads remain durable after 2,000 years. The forum reportedly connected 24 roads totaling 52,904 Roman miles.
Bristol Unit of League of Women Voters Meets
Mrs. Fred L. Dunbar presided at a Bristol League of Women Voters meeting held at Miss Evelyn Bache’s home. Eleven new members were recorded as reports by the secretary and treasurer were read. Mrs. Charles F. Sanford spoke on the government of New England towns. next meeting set for October first Monday.
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League OF Women Voters
Fred L. Dunbar
Bristol
Evelyn
Central Fall High Beats Colt Memorial 13 to 8
Central Fall High defeated Colt Memorial High yesterday afternoon on the common by 13 to 8. Quprin and Benedict pitched for the visitors while Rinaldi and Andrade handled Colt High duties behind the plate.
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Central Fall High
Colt Memorial High
Quprin
Benedict
Rinaldi
Andrade
Colt High
Funeral Services for Raphael Sylva Held in Town
Funeral services for Raphael Sylva of 7 Narragansett Avenue were held at St. Elizabeth's Church this morning at 9. Rev. Francisco G. Vieira officiated. Burial followed at St. Mary's Cemetery. Sylva died in an automobile accident in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, last Friday night.
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Raphael Sylva
Narragansett Avenue
Portsmouth
R. I
St. Elizabeth's Church
Francisco G. Vieira
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Telero Del Vecchio Wedding in Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Matteo Telero and Miss Josephine Del Vecchio wed in this town on June 2 at the Church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel by Rev Joseph Poja. Both are residents of the town.
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Telero—Del Vecchio
Reservoir plan in Quebec river project announced
Engineers estimate the reservoir will store five billion five hundred million cubic feet of water. The project is to be built by the Canadian government through the running streams commission on the Riviere du Loup north of Louiseville in the St. Maurice district of Quebec.
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Running Streams Commission
Riviere du Loup
Louiseville
St. Maurice
Quebec
Unlucky Numbers 42 and 49 in Japanese Culture
The numbers 42 and 49 are viewed as unlucky in Japan. 42 is pronounced shini meaning death, and 49 is shiku meaning distress. People avoid these digits in phone numbers and assign them to police stations, asylums, or similar institutions.
Memorial Stamps for 1926 to Feature Independence Hall and Liberty Bell
The 1926 designs for memorial postage stamps traveling to Philadelphia include at least three new issues a 1 cent 2 cent and 5 cent. One stamp would depict Independence Hall another would carry the Liberty Bell and a third a painting of the signers of the Declaration. If Philadelphia chooses a better option the design would be altered as the city considers.
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Uncle Sam
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Phiiladelphia Inquirer
Grads Feed Students in Western New York College Town
A college town in western New York shows strange food scene quirks with many eateries run by graduates. Ads praise graduates like Bugs Burgess and A C Burgeass while faculty discuss winter habits of the Bastidiospore beside a Ph D holder serving customers.
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New York
Bugs Burgess
A. C. Burgeass
Bastidiospore
Sup and Globe
Symbol of rebirth across ancient cultures
The egg, seen as a symbol of immortality and rebirth since ancient times, was sacred to Druids who held the serpent's egg as mystical. Greeks, Persians and Egyptians also viewed the egg as a sign of hope and resurrection.
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Britain
From the Bottom Up Lesson Sparks Town Talk
A college youth returns home and dispenses his wisdom to townspeople, urging that progress starts at the bottom. Bob Markham chimes in with a wry remark that the only exception is digging a well. The banter reflects small town humor.
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Bob Markham
Bob
Mischievous Mixup Over Venus and Adonis
A high school boy asked a librarian for Venus and Adenoids, a physics section search failed to find it, the student quipped Shakespeare as author, and it turned out he meant Venus and Adonis. A similar misread led to the Satinwood Box mislisting She Sat in the Wood Box.
Glory of the Sea cone shell on display at museum foyer
A rare five inch cone shaped shell named The Glory of the Sea appeared in a special case at the American Museum of Natural History foyer. Authorities describe its slender form and tapering spire with a ground pale ivory color overlaid by thousands of chrome yellow and chestnut brown mosaic triangles.
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American Museum of Natural History
Old-Time Exchange Proves Faith in New Year
A white customer greets Uncle Dave, a Black worker who says he earns living by cleaning and odd jobs. He jokes that he will live another year because every New Year he claims to live one year more, a quip attributed to Judge.
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Dave
Speed Artist Mike Delivers Two Coats At Once
Mike, hired by Mr. Smith to paint a building, claims two coats completed in one go. Smith delays payment until the second coat, but Mike had already mixed the first coat with the second and applied both coats together, citing speed as his motto.
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Mike
City council okays sheriff shooting to scare robber
In a humane plan the sheriff may shoot to frighten a fleeing robber, but in a crowded street the robber remains the only one seemingly safe. Cactus Joe notes the approach, while officials push restraint.
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Cactus Joe
Washington Evening Star
Possibly Settlement Hinted In Private Memo
A bit collector and another man discuss an account in a memorandum. The collector notes that the settlement may occur next week, while the other questions the strength of the word and suggests using possibly instead of probably.
Not Working for Fun Porch Scrub Sparks Quick Wit
A small boy scrubs his porch when a visitor asks to see his mother. The boy replies with a quick retort, suggesting he would not scrub the porch unless she were home. The brief exchange captures a teeny slice of everyday humor.
Making Herself Clear Letter From an Indian Teacher
An Indian paper prints a recent example of English as she ig wrote. A letter from a woman teacher to the director of education, Manila, resignates over workload and meager pay. The tone mocks awkward phrasing with a closing line from Josefina.
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Manila
Josefina
English Life Expectancy Raised by Health Work
The editor of Whitaakers Almanac plans updated life expectancy tables noting a ten year increase from a few years ago thanks to public health efforts worldwide and in Great Britain.
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Whitaakers Almanac
Great Britain
June Holiday and Memorial Days Across States
A chronicle lists national and regional observances in June including Decoration Day in Tennessee and Flag Day on the 14th. It marks Jefferson Davis's birthday observed in several southern states and notes historical milestones such as the 1918 Allied victory at Chateau Thierry and the summer solstice on the 21st.
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Tennessee
Jefferson Davis
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Texas
Chateau Thierry
Bunker Hill
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