Scout Harmonicas Crown New Bear Mountain Champion
At Bear Mountain camp New York 13 year old Clifford St Hill of Woodhaven won the Hohner medal and a harmonica to become the new world champ after final rounds in a two camp piano contest. Richard Johnson of the Bronx took second and William Murphy of Richmond Staten Island third while William Burke entertained the crowd with forty two years of professional harmonica performance.
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Hudson
Rip van Winkle
Sleepy Hollow
Bear Mountain
Interstate Palisades Park
New York
Palisades
Tipperary
Hillmoresque
Ore Camp
Potter
Clifford St. Hill
Woodhaven
L. L
Difford
William Murphy
Richmond
Staten Island
William Burke
Scout Averts Tragedy in San Francisco Injury
A young San Francisco scout whittling badly cut his arm when the knife slipped. A fellow scout rushed to help and improvised a tourniquet to stop the bleeding, averting a serious injury.
Recognition of Indianapolis Scouts for Near East relief
A certificate of service was presented to scout headquarters thanking the Indianapolis Council, Boy Scouts of America, for lifesaving humanitarian aid to orphans and distressed people in the Near East, signed by national relief leaders.
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National Council of the Boy Scouts of America
Indianapolis
Scout Headquarters
Flesh and Blood and Broadway Madonna Star Run
Irving Cummings presents Flesh and Blood with Lon Chaney Edith Roberts Jack Mulhall Ralph Lewis Noah Beery at Star Theatre for two days. The Broadway Madonna features Dorothy Revier in a dramatic tale of love domination and risk over two days at the Star with a strong supporting cast.
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Irving Cummings
Star Theatre
Star
Lon Chaney
Edith Roberts
Jack Mulhall
Ralph Lewis
Noah Beery
Mr.Chaney
Dorothy Revier
Miss Revier
Gloria Swanson
Jack Connolly
Harrys van Meter
Eugene Burr
Juanita Hansen
Lee Willard
Joyce’s Ulysses Critique and Bloom’s Place in Masterpiece
A 1919 Dial review notes Swiftian caricature elements in Ulysses and praises Joyce’s minute personal mockery while questioning its humor and class. It highlights Bloom as a striking addition to a gallery of real yet imaginary figures, calling the work a bold, if not wholly high class, achievement.
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Ulysses
Swift
Joyce
Dublin
A. E
Bloom
John Eglington
The
Dial
Weather Oracle Plant From Cuba and India
The abras or earthquake plant, found wild in Cuba and India, is claimed as a weather prophet. Baron Nowack, an Austrian, studied its forecasts and supposedly impressed the English king by predicting a thunderstorm. Allegedly the plant changes color before earthquakes, with a sun spot noted, and locals in Cuba and India still consult it.
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Cuba
India
Baron Nowack
England
Nowack
London
The East's Patience in Persian Carvings and Rugs
The passage extols Persian carvings and Asia Minor rugs as products of patient, lifelong effort. It notes countless knots and meticulous work, praising the artisan's perseverance and steady devotion as the source of perfection.
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The
East
Persia
Asia Minor
Sapphires of Varied Tints
The passage describes sapphires as corundu related to rubies with red varieties forming rubies and blue ones becoming sapphires. It notes Siam sapphires can be very dark nearly black, Australian stones often show green tint, and colors range from pale blue to deep indigo with cornflower blue most valued. Some crystals are clear with patches of blue and some are yellow. Some slightly cloudy crystals yield a six pointed star when cut.
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Siam
Night of Queer Happenings on Halloween
Night of Halloween described as a time when supernatural influences prevail with spirits believed to roam. Fireside customs favor nuts and apples and vary little from England to America, with north England naming the celebration Nut Crack Night.
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England
America
North
Bristol Town Meeting Warned for March 19 1923
The Bristol town meeting is warned by Town Clerk John W Church for March 19 1923 at 730 PM to discuss taxes for town debts state tax and school support and to vote on multiple appropriations including police fire street work and cemetery improvements along with other listed motions and resolutions. The notice also covers the probate petition to sell a minor's interest in real estate and related courts actions.
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Bristol
KR. I
Rhode Island
John W Church
Joon Oo
Seil
Bristol Districy
Nursing Association
Sf Tn
Bath House
Providence and
Bristol County Farm Bureau
American Legion
Wood Street
Metacom Avenue
Thompson Avenue
Council
Home Service Section
American Red Cross
East Burial Ground
Chestnut Street
Munroe Avenue
Gooding Avenue
Narrows Road
Ramon Gulteras
William T O'Donnell
Burnside Memorial
J Barnard French
James Barnard French, Jr
Frank Howe French
Paige
DeWolf Avenue
Woodlawn Avenue
Mount Hope Avenue
J. Barnard French
Frank P. Howe
James Bard French, Jr
Frank Howe
Bristol Phenix
John W. Church
Fitz E. W.munroe
Abbie G. Munroe
Fits E. W. .Munroe
Bristol Phoenix
Bristol Town Meeting Warns Electors For March 14 1923
Rhode Island Bristol warns electors to meet in two districts on March 14 1923 from 9 AM to 8 PM at the Artillery Armory and Town Hall to vote for local officials including Moderator Town Clerk Town Council Probate Judge Town Treasurer School Committee Assessor of Taxes Sewer Commissioner and district posts.
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Bristol
John W. Church
Artillery Armory
State Street
Town Hall
Bradford Street
Thomas E. Johnson
Canvassers Notice Bristol Town Officers and Voting Lists
Bristol Rhode Island Town Clerk schedules canvassing sessions in the Memorial Building for electors lists on March 8 and 9 1923 at 730 PM and March 13 1923 at 7 PM for property voters, with personal property tax due by March 19 1923 to qualify for the Financial Town Meeting.
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Bristol R I
Bristol
Council
Board of Canvassers
John On Church
Bristol Probate Notices March 1923 Guardianship Accounts
Bristol notices announce accounts for guardianships and estates. Susan M. Sheple files first and final account for Murdock C. McKenzie ward with March 5 1923 hearing in Bristol Probate Court. Publication planned in Bristol Phoenix for fourteen days.
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Bristol
Anton Gross
Susan M. Sheple
Murdock C. McKenzie
Ten Gross
Ward
Bristol Phenix
J . Church
William K. Place
Istol Phoenix
Jerean Joan W. Church
Administration Notice Estate of Millard F Bingham
Feb. 26 1928 notice that the Probate Court of Bristol admits the last will and testament of Millard F Bingham to probate.
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Millard F . Bingham
Bristol
Millard F
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Railroad Avenue
Croade Street
Warren, R. I
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B. A. French
New
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Riverside
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Sam Walsh
Mercantile Division
Bristol Chamber OF Commerce
F. M. Dimond—Dry Goods
Max Makowsky
Clothing
E. D. Kunz—Jeweler
A. A. Edmonds
Eres
Dilo
W. M. Connery—Clothier
A. L. Johnston—Hardware
A. E. Markoff—Jeweler
Geo. T. Sisson—Grocer
Sherman's Pharmacy—Drugs
Taylor’s Quality Shoe Store
James F. Duffy
Soda
Medeiros & Bernard—Grocers Industrial Trust Co Bank
Chas. Sartini—Shoes Surprise Store
Men's Outfitters
Waldron Co.—Plumbers
Reed House Furnishing Co
H. M. Darling—Periodicals
W. H. Buffington—Pharmacisat
Newman Bros.—Grocers
Chas. Folago—Bargain Store
Wm. H. Bell—Furniture
Sam the Shoeman
B. W. Wall—Insurance
Samuel McCaw
Waldron CO
Reveille
Mess Hall
Clifford ST. Hitit
Providence Plantations
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Bristol, Se
Reuben A. Healy
Murdock C. McKenazie
Mai Ward
Olalck
Church
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