Smith Towner Bill Aims to Expand Public School Reach
The Smith Towner Bill advances compulsory education for illegible and immigrant children taught in English with national illiteracy research and teacher preparation. It seeks equitable school opportunities, longer terms, and better teacher quality while preserving state control and English as the instruction language. The measure enjoys broad support from educators and civic groups as an extension of the public school system.
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Congress
Department of Agriculture
National Education Association
American Federation of Teachers
Y M C A Hosts Fast N I R Brown Rematch Tonight
Thursday at 8 o'clock the N I R team meets Brown University in a Bristol Bristol area game. Fans expect a fast, hard fought series as Brown, led by Allbright Fox Barrett Fuller Armstrong, seeks a second win and N I R vies to even the score.
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Y.M.C.A
N.I.R
Brown University
Brown
N.I.A
Bristol
Providence
Allbright
Fox
Barrett
Fuller
Armstrong
Bristol Chapter D A R Celebrates Washingtons Birthday
Bristol Chapter D A R held a Washingtons Birthday event at Hotel Belvedere with guests from Providence Barrington Warren and Bristol. The program included flag salute songs minuet poetry readings and solos with Straight's Orchestra and a reception. organizers credited Mrs E D Anthony and others and announced the Cook Book for sale.
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Bristol
Washington
Belvedere
Providence
Barrington
Warren
Charles R. Blackmar, Jr
Juanita
Joe
Mattie B. Paull
John B. Bachelor
Newell B. Sheldon
Andrew J. Iverson
Alfred M Merriman
Lillian M. Greene
D. C. Black
H. L. Spencer
Straight’s Orchestra
Margaret E. Sangster
E. B. Bache
Kentucky
Annie Laurie
George T. Greene
Miss Norris
Robert E. Lanphear
E. D.anthony
Harriet P. Church
Howard W. Church
E. L Brownell
Funeral service for Mrs. M. F. Lindsey held at North Burial Ground
The funeral for Mrs. M. F. Lindsey widow of Capt. Samuel M. Lindsey was conducted by Rev. Alwin E. Worman at the North Burial Ground chapel on February 26. Relatives from Attleboro Boston and Bristol attended. Bearers included B F Lindsey Gilbert C Hall Samuel H Lindsey and Samuel C Wardwell. Born in Bristol she spent most of her life here and in Attleboro with her son B. L. Lindsey. She lived to a ripe age and was praised as a faithful wife mother and Christian.
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M. F. Lindsey
Samuel M Lindsey
North Burial Ground
Alwin E. Worman
All Saints Episcopal Church
Attleboro
Mass
Boston
Bristol
B F. Lindsey
Gilbert C. Hall
Samuel H Lindsey
Samuel C. Wardwell
B. L. Lindsey
Funeral Mass for Pasquale Della Morte at Mt Carmel Church
The funeral for Pasquale Della Morte, who died last Wednesday at his home on 127 Franklin Street, was held Saturday morning at nine o'clock at the Church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel. A solemn high requiem mass was celebrated with officers of the mass including Celebrant Rev Joseph Poja and deacon Rev Fr Dennis. At the offertory Miss Margaret Conley sang In Manus and at the close Miss Louise D Malafronte sang One Sweetly Solemn Thought. Burial followed in St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Pasquale Della Morte
Franklin Street
Church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Joseph Poja
Dennis
St. Elizabeth's Church
D. J. Fullum
St. Mary's Church
Margaret Conley
Manus
Louise D. Malafronte
St. Mary's Cemetery
Funeral Rites Held For Local Residents At St Elizabeths
Funeral services were conducted for Mrs Joseph Williams at St Elizabeths Church near 9 AM yesterday. Born in Fayal Azores she was 57 and had lived in the city 28 years. She leaves husband and four children. Burial followed at North Cemetery. Abby Tilley funeral services were at her Hope Street residence with Rev Edgett of State Street M E Church presiding. Bearers named. Mary De Costa funeral at St Elizabeths Church with a requiem high mass by Rev Fr Dennis. interment in St Marys Cemetery.
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Joseph Whilliams
Wood Street
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Williams
Fayal
Azores
Abby Tilley
Hope Street
G. E. Edgett
State Street M. E
George S Marshall
Hiram A Rounds
Fred G. Blaisdell
Charles H Smith
North Cemetery
Funeral rites for John James Phair held at home
Funeral services for John James Phair were held last Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at his home 17 Bourn Street Rex Anson B Howard rector of St Michael's Church conducted the service Burial took place at North Cemetery.
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John James Phair
Bourn Street
Rex Anson
Howard
St Michael’s Church
North Cemetery
Star ve Tuesday at Ahee Lake propels drama in Paris and America
The film features Amee Lake as a young girl who suffers an accident in Paris and later recovers her reason, becomes an artist’s model and friend, and is vindicated from a murder accusation tied to a nephew for insurance. Stuart Holmes and William Lawrence co-star. The program also includes The Mystery of 13 and The Luck of the Irish with James Kirkwood and Anna Q Nilsson, plus Two Kinds of Love and Bride 13.
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Lake
Paris
America
Stuart Holmes
William Lawrence
Miss Lake
James Kirkwood
Anna Q Nilsson
Harold MacGrath
Orient
New York
Naples
St. Mark’s Cathedral
Vennice
Cairo
Singapore
Anna Q. Nilsson
American Weights Shortage Sparks Import Consideration
The United States Bureau of Standards reports many weights submitted by American makers for testing are unsatisfactory. The delay and inconvenience have led a major dealer to weigh importing weights certified by the bureau. The issue is blamed on insufficient factory inspection.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Y Team Tangles With Kingston Colonials In Bristol Series
The Y team hosts Kingston Colonials from R J College in a second game of a series on Thursday. The Colonials, coached by local players, aim to win after a 44 21 Bristol victory on February 9. Bristol beat Pawtucket Boys Club 32 24 in an overtime thriller with Moore Flannigan and Blackman scoring key baskets.
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Kingston Colonials
R. J. College
Bristol
Colonials
YMCA
Pawtucket
Moore
Fisenberg
Flannigan
Blackman
Troop Committee Night At Bristol Scouting Meeting
First and Second Bristol Troops held a joint monthly meeting at the Boy Scout building with troop committee guests. Col A W Anthony chaired the inspection and badges were handed to Allen Newman John Velleca Earl Holmes and LeBaron Brown A new scout was sworn in by Scoutmaster George R Fish A Kelley Drill and a boxing bout between Scoutmaster F W Coggeshall and Assistant Scoutmaster F E R Bullock highlighted the program with plans for a Father and Son Banquet and a Troop Committee Night entertainment on 31 March.
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Bristol
Boy Scout
Kelley
A W. Anthony
Don’t Ever Marry dramatizes Hollywood marriage myths
Matt Moore discusses why his three brothers who married screen stars became bachelors again. He argues that high idealism, not laxness, triggers divorces among stars like Mary Pickford and Alice Joyce, reflected in the comedy’s relatable situations rather than grotesque characters.
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Matt Moore
Marjorie Daw
Mr Moore
Moore Brothers
Owen Moore
Mary Pickford
Tom Moore
Alice Joyce
Joe Moore
Grace Cunard
Mr. Neilan
Fifth District Court Docket Actions
Judge Hammill disposes cases in Fifth District Court yesterday with continuances and small-claims outcomes. Mendes vs Quintel continued one week. Desilets vs Rice continued one week. Simpson vs Odette affidavits filed with judgment for $49 plus costs. Simpson vs Fishman judgment for $20 plus costs. Several juvenile cases continued one week.
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Fifth District Court
F A. Hammill
Manuel Mendes
Frank Quintel
Ambrose Desilets
George M. Rice
Walter Simpson
Arthur Odette
M. Fishman
Hokara Skin Treatment Promises Clearer Complexion
Advertises Hokara for eczema and skin troubles claiming rapid relief from itching and burning. Promotes non greasy formula and says it improves pimples blackheads barber’s itch and chronic skin diseases with jars priced 36c 60c and 1.00 guaranteed and recommended by H Buffington druggist.
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H Buffington
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