Fourth of July celebration plans outlined by Bristol committee
The Bristol committee discussed a gun display by Lt. Albert Moren's unit, a Bristol Train of Artillery band, and a fireworks display contractor who would forfeit a $300 bond if unsatisfied. It proposed a balloon ascent, a dance marathon, and a patriotic speaker at the Hotel Belvedere, appointing several sub committees to study costs and feasibility. They secured badges, rejected souvenir badges, and invited many groups to parade including Boy Scouts, Shrine Bugle and Drum Corps, and Rhode Island veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert *Moren
James F. Meiggs
Charles L. Hughes
Bristol Train of Artillery
John Castriotta
Samuel J Smith, Jr
James F Meiggs
Robert J. Anderson
Roland Martelly
Edward LeClerc
Samuel Smith, Jr
Hotel Belvedere
Clarence Chase
Chase
Martin Feeney
Providence
Wiliam C Hobbs
Helen Catherine Byrnes
Colt High School
Bristol Troops
Boy Scouts of America
Palestine Temple
Mystic Order of Shrine, Bugle and Drum Corps
Gardner T Sims
Rhode Island
Horace L Manchester
Ernest L. Sprague
Clark Burdick
Rotary Club to Hear Dr Leiter at Charter Night
A telegram from Rev A R Parshley in Lancaster NH to Howard R Newman of the Rotary Club Charter Night Committee announces Dr Wm H Leiter as principal speaker. The message notes the arrangement is self explanatory and expresses optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R Parshley
Lancaster
Howard R Newman
Charter Night
Rotary Club
Wm. H Leiter
NH Governors Council
Born Silva son for Mr and Mrs J Silva
In this town on June 10 a son, Joseph Jr., was born to Mr J Silva and Mrs J Silva at 31 Garfield Avenue.
Riverside couple wed in St Marys Church ceremony
The bride Miss Catherine O’Brien of Riverside and groom William Haberlin of East Providence were married at St Marys Church with Rev Gillan officiating. Attendants included Miss Mary Battle and best man William Haberlin. After a breakfast at Hotel Belvedere a reception followed, with plans for a Boston and New York motor trip and a Riverside home at 193 Fenner Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vine Street
Lae
Browidencé
St. Mary’s Church
Ev. T. J. ‘Gillan
Margaret Conley O'Brien
Mary Battle
William F. Haberlin
Belvedere
Boston
New York
Fenner Avenue
Riverside
Hotel Belvedere
Collins & Aikman
Standardis Company
Fast Providence
Flag Day Observed Across Public Buildings and Schools
Flags flew Friday on public and private buildings with programs at the Soldiers Home and John Post Reynolds School marking the 152nd anniversary of Old Glory. The Reynolds School featured a flag salute, stanzas of songs and multiple recitations by students. the Soldiers Home program by Slocums Women’s Relief Corps included readings, songs, and cake and ice cream for veterans, with several officials in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
John Post Reynolds
Alice Ferreira
Wayne Smith
Frangeline Young
Fmily Battcher
Vernon Gray
Annie Russo
Amos James
Phoebe Teixeira
America
Soldiers Home
Slocums Women's Relief Corps
Providence
Susan Sheple
Green and White yearbook tribute to Thomas Brightman Sr.
A high school yearbook dedicates its Green and White issue to engineer Thomas P Brightman Sr praising his years of kindness and friendship. The frontispiece features a photo of Brightman and a note from the editors. The magazine includes class and club photos, humorous and serious articles, and staff credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PSEA
Aewhalt
Ieee
Colts Memorial
Ithe
Thomas Prightman
Thomas P. Brightman
Russell B. Akin
Raymond Makowski
Henry S. Mason
Michael Securo
Jennie Gilroy
Milton Bassing
Helen Byrnes
Harold DeWolf
Esther Clark
Stanley Bennett
Camilla Castriotta
Wiliam West
Genevieve Pagnano
Thoroughfare in Antarctic Named for Mrs H I June
Mrs Mary June wife of Chief Petty Officer Harold I June an aviation pilot with the Byrd Antarctic Expedition receives a radio message from Commander Byrd via WFAT Little America dated June 4 1929 naming one of the expedition tunnels in Little America in her honor for her sacrifice in allowing her husband to join the mission The message notes Mrs June formerly lived in Coscob Conn and that she and Harold June married in 1914 have a daughter Marguerite and siblings in the town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary June
Harold I June
Byrd
New York Times
Little
America
Marys June
Coscob
Little Ameria
Mies
June
Franksoff
Petts
Marguerite
Edmund Lemaire
Fred Foster
Theories About Sleep In Daily Life
The text surveys theories on why sleep occurs. It mentions a view that wakefulness accumulates toxins in the blood causing sleep and a competing idea that sleep simply restores the nervous system after energy expenditure.
Burrillville Rallies Past Colt for Ninth-Inning Win
Burrillville overturns a 9 4 deficit to beat Colt Memorial 10 9 in nine innings. Marsella led Burrillville with three runs batted in. D Ambrosio struggled on the mound before Burrillville seized control in the final frame. Colt's LeClerc doubled twice, but couldn't prevent the loss despite two strong players benched for academics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt
Burrittville
Burrillville
Marsella
D'Ambrosio
LeClerc
Matt
St. Angelo
Innnings
Colt Memorial
McCabe
Chasson
Richard
Phelan
Crook
Fairbrother
Sylvia
Perry
Marsden
D’ambrosio
St Angelo
Witherell
Bassing
Second Annual Outing for NI R Co Employees
The National India Rubber Company plans its second annual employee outing at Crescent Park next Saturday with 2500 workers and executives. A 19 event sports program includes girls baseball, scooter races, bocce, tug of war, dashes, and novelty events. free transport by special train at 9:15 am and return starts 7 pm with hourly shuttles. Dinners from noon to 7 pm, Midway amusements, reduced prices, and verification tags for lower rates are offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National India Rubber Company
Crescent Park
Elizabeth Lynch
Hannah Baker
Franklin Street
Shower for Bride Miss Dora Palmer Before Wed
Miss Dora Palmer received several gifts at a pre nuptial event on Hope Street and at a second shower on Hope Street with buffet supper and a game of Michigan. A linen shower later featured about 20 friends with bridge prizes and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Palmer
Frerett Po
A R Parshley
Augusta Coggeshall
Church Street
Mirs Wallace Moosop
Hope Street
Mass Peggs Nerone
Michigan
Harry Kittons
Nerone
Regina Morris
Miss Palmer
Wallace Moosop
Marion Vera
Warding Off Disease Among Unidentified Causes
The article notes measles mumps chickenpox smallpox trachoma and cancer as diseases with unknown causes. It advocates keeping the body at high efficiency to combat these health threats.
Dickens Tablets Installed Amid London Statue Scarcity
Six brick homes bear white bronze tablets recalling Charles Dickens and his ties to London. The note laments the lack of a central statue in the metropolis honoring the famed novelist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dickens
London
Rockwell will estate funds Bristol youth charity
The will directs son Charles B. Rockwell to preserve 100000 from Cranston Worsted Mills assets to create a Bristol town fund. Martha B S Rockwell and June Rockwell each receive 200000 while wife Sarah Nelson Rockwell gets 10000. Remaining estate goes to son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Uss
Bristol
Deste
Martha B. S. Rockwell
Martha
Plymouth
Mads
June
Sarah Nelson Rockwell
Charles B. Rockwell
Rockwell
Cranston Worsted Mills
Cranston
Break in Winter Weather Warns of Warm Spells
The weather bureau notes that January terms are loosely used for short stretches of warmer days. In January, temperatures rise above average and often above freezing, with thawing during the day in many parts of the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Weather Bureau
Take Time for Courtesy
The piece extols politeness as a rare grace revealing a fine soul. It notes a rise in courteous demeanor in business over the last quarter century and asserts life, though short, always holds time for courtesy.
Oedipus complex defined as buried childhood tendencies
A DetroIt News entry explains the term Oedipus complex in psychoanalysis as tendencies once conscious in humanity that through cultural evolution become unconscious and unthinkable. The concept derives from the Greek myth of Oedipus who killed his father and married his mother.
Dictionary finds reveal quirky language bits from Oregonian
A Portland Oregonian reader notes the delight of stumbling on odd linguistic pairs in the dictionary. While researching a word a bibliophile learns that a pisca tor or angler differs from a fishworm, highlighting surprising language trivia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Oregonian
Irregular Fighters and the Misnamed Foreign Legion
The term Foreign Legion is often misapplied to irregular volunteer corps. Regimental Etrangers in French service comprise adventurers from many nations and have served in numerous arduous colonial campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Legion
Notable Women Honored by Statues Across History
The article notes few statues of women beyond goddesses and symbols. It highlights Joan of Arc as a leading subject and mentions statues of Cleopatra Beatrice and Frances E. Willard, plus busts of Lucretia Mott Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan of Arc
Cleopatra
Beatrice
Enci
Frances E. Willard
Lucretia Mott
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cudy Stanton
Essential minerals for food and blood iron
The passage lists key minerals required in food including iron iodine phosphorus calcium manganese potash and soda. Iron is vital for blood and the red corpuscles carry oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues.
Sailors Pay in Eighteenth Century Navy
The article notes U S navy sailors in the eighteenth century earned trivial pay with captains at 11 dollars per month and seamen at 10 dollars. It contrasts with modern pay of 354 dollars monthly for seamen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Wasted Energy in Disputes and Passion
A quotation reflects on disputes where strong passion yields little purpose. Sir Thomas Browne notes that excess emotion corresponds to futility, warning against wasted energy in argument and conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Thomas Browne
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Mary Hitchens
Jenne Kalrow
Hattie Wheaton
Filla Baxter
Sarah Bartlett
Jeanette Kelley
Mary Aborn
Anna Crowell
Antarctic
H. I. June
Essex
THE
Belvedere Garage
Bristol, R. I
Dickens
Des Chacus
Ghee Ares High ‘School
Cédale
East Greenwich
Bris
Dory In
Colt Memorial High School
Benjamin M. MacDougall
Archer
Silverman
Dimond’s Corner
Bristol District Nursing Association
State Street
Wiss Martha Graham
William A
DORAN
Bay View Ave
Constitution St
Pearl St
G. M. Wilbur
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co of
E. L. Watson Co., Inc
Weyboeset Street
Providerice
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
John
Tel
Browning-King, Tallors
G. H. Spencer Roofing Co
Monty
F. M. Gifford
Constitution Street
R. I
Ae Ee
Mt. Hope Avenue
Wood Street
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
Freeborn
R. Cole
Charles M. Connery
Undertaker
Byrige St
E. W. Weaver
High Street
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