Colt High School awards basketball letters to 1932 33 squad
Ten members of Colt Memorial High School basketball team receive the prestigious C letters at a team meeting led by Coach Ian M Walker. Recipients include manager Michael Mala fronte captain Julio Mello and players Michael DeLeo Paul Bruno Joseph Bruno Ralph Gallo Andrew Vorro Edward Sousa Benjamin Hazen and Leo Mans. Mans becomes next year’s captain. Baseball letters will be awarded at a future meeting. The senior class may graduate at least 60. the district votes to use Guiteras Memorial auditorium for ceremonies due to larger stage and seating capacity.
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Colt Memorial High School
South Kingstown
Ian M Walker
Michael Malafronte
Julio Mello
Michael
DeLeo Paul Bruno
Joseph Bruno
Ralph Gallo
Andrew Vorro
Edward Sousa
Benjamin Hazen
Leo Mans
Supt of
Elmer S Mapes
Guiteras Memorial Yomor High School
Guiteras School
Teachers and Town Finances Stabilize With Loan
Teachers and other public school staff who went unpaid last Friday received salaries on Wednesday after the Industrial Trust Company granted the town a $16 000 loan to anticipate tax revenue. Town Treasurer Amos S Gorham cited a funds shortfall as the cause of the prior nonpayment.
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Amos S Gorham
The
Industrial Trust Company
George M Wilbur chapel memorial opens in Warren
The George M Wilbur undertakers at 613 Main Street Warren opened a new memorial chapel for the late George M Wilbur Jr who died August 8 1922 The chapel includes a lobby chapel room family room and a slumber room with portable music and a display on caskets The second floor showcases various coffin models and a portable microphone system for services
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Norrow
George M. Wilbur
Main Street
Warren
George M. Wilbur, Jr
Wilbur
Progress of Communication high school play flags day program
An original play titled Progress of Communication was written and staged by pupils of the 6AI class for the Flag Day program in Reynolds School auditorium. The event included piano pieces songs recitations and a playlet The First American Flag with roles such as Sentry Philip Fanaro George Washington and Betsy Ross.
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6AI
Reynolds School
Sentry
Philip Fanaro
George Washington
Walls Kemph
William Gogha
Antone Faria
Anthony Monaro
Andrew Martin
Leonora Piava
Andrew del Toro
Herbert Fisenstadt
Misys
Anna Nera
Cleveland Son of Preacher Also noted as political trailblazer
Cleveland, son of Rev Richard Varley Cleveland, rose from a religiously raised yet disrupted home to study law with his uncle's help. He became Erie County assistant district attorney, then mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York, guiding his path toward the White House. His first inauguration used a Bible given by his mother in boyhood.
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Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Richard Varley Cleveland
Erie
White House
Buffalo
Albany
Glass Windows Treasured Across English Kings and Dukes
The article recalls how glass windows were valued from Henry II and Edward I during royal returns and marriages. It notes Elizabethan times with windows deemed treasures and cites a warning to the Duke of Northumberland to remove and store his house windows for safekeeping to prevent theft.
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Henry II
Edward I
Sprain
Elizabeth
Northumbertsend
Crowhurst Village Loses Most Services Near London
The village of Crowhurst in Surrey, 25 miles from London, lacks gas and electricity, trains, omnibus, public house, or shops. The nearest cinema is five miles away.
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Crowhurst
Surrey
London
Electoral College Not Bound by States Will
The electoral college as devised by the Constitution selects Presidents and Vice Presidents via electors tied to state populations. Electors are bound by precedent and party loyalty more than law to reflect states' November votes, but the college rarely meets as a body and the theory behind it has been abandoned in effect.
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United States
Cleveland Plain Dealer
California extremes and weather flirt with drought heat
The article notes Mount Whitney's 14496 foot peak and Death Valley's 276 feet below sea level as the United States extremes in California. It mentions mid June storms near Lake Tahoe driving campers away and temperatures reaching 108 degrees at Bakersfield. The piece contrasts scorched plains with irrigated green valleys and palms, reflecting California's varied landscape.
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United States
Alaska
Mount Whitney
California
Death Valley
Lake Tahoe
Bakersfield
Washinton Star
Bouillon Cubes and Meat Concentration Claims
The Institute of American Meat Packers states meat is not concentrated into bouillon cubes. Only part of the meat is soluble in making beef extracts, with salt comprising up to 75 percent of the cube to aid drying and binding. Liebig, originator of the extract, noted the high meat-to-extract conversion, estimating four pounds of meat yield one pound of extract and far more if soluble portions are fully extracted.
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The
Institute of American Meat Packers
Liebig
Old Friend Back
A professor aboard a speeding train wanders the sleeper car seeking ice water and confesses he cannot recall his berth number. The porter prompts him to remember, recalling a moment when windows showed a lake outside, providing a glimmer of orientation.
Self-Reliance and Christian Greatness by I'., Robertson
This fragment underscores independence as faith in one’s deepest truth and steadfast conviction. It argues that true greatness lies in living by conscience publicly, rather than retreating from the world.
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W. Robertson
Asia Valley Couple Wed at St Mary’s Church Providence
The wedding of a Valley couple took place Wednesday morning at St Mary’s Church Broadway Providence with Rev Fr Sweeney officiating and a nuptial high mass. Attendants were John Connery Riverside and Mrs Thomas Burke. A wedding breakfast followed at Mrs Burke’s home 137 Valley street and the couple plans a brief trip to New York before settling at 97 Union street.
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Asia Valley
Burke
Valley Street
Saguaro Cactus Preserved as Arizona Desert Wonder
The Saguaro National Monument in Coronado National Forest will protect the giant cacti for science and posterity. Many specimens exceed a century, bloom in May, provide edible fruit to some Indigenous peoples, and serve as nesting sites for woodpeckers, while their dead trunks are used in shelters and art.
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Saguaro
Arizona Desert
Hoover
Coronado National Forest
Saguaro National Monument
National Monument
Washington Star
Self-Opening Parachutes Promise Safer Drops
The article explains how self opening parachutes automate deployment after exit from aircraft. A timing device triggers bag inflation to ensure a gentle descent, reducing human error during excitement. The system can be set to release at a chosen distance and aids precise placement for dropping mail or supplies.
Garfield the President and His Short Reign
James A Garfield was a lay preacher of the Disciples church before his presidency. Born in a log cabin he pursued education, graduated from Williams College, taught there, studied law, was admitted to the bar, served in Congress, and became a Union general before being mortally wounded by an office seeker in a Washington railroad station. He died September 19, 1881, after 80 days of agony.
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Garneid
James A. Garfield
Disciples' Church
Williams College
Congress
Washington
Bristol Town Seeks Nonintoxicating Beverage License
Bristol Rhode Island announces license applications for sale of nonintoxicating beverages under 1933 law. Annie Nappi and Frank Russo seek Class B victualer permits at two locations. Consumers Bottling Company applies to transfer Class A license from 174 Bradford Street to 431 Wood Street. A town council session on July 6 invites public hearing.
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Bristol
R. I
Victualer
Annie Nappi
John W. Church
Probate of Bristol resident Ingraham to be probated
June 14 1933 probate court of the town of Bristol presents a writing claimed as the Last Will and Testament of John S Ingraham late of Bristol deceased. It is received and referred to July 3 1933 at 10 oclock AM in the Probate Court Room for consideration. Notice to be published fourteen days once a week in the Bristol Phenix.
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Bristol
John
Ingraham
John S. Ingraham
Bristol Phenix
Ohn
W. Church
Charles A. Beals
Mary F Beals
Bristol Phoenix
John W. Church
Beals Estate Final Account and Distribution Petition
Mary F Beals as administratrix presents final account of Charles A Beals late Bristol deceased and asks for order of distribution of remaining estate among heirs at law. Hearing set for July 3 1933 at 10 AM in Bristol Probate Court with fourteen days of publication in Bristol Phoenix.
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Westerly
Woonsocket
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Hay
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Union Pacific Magazine
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