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Rival yachtsmen vow to outbuild Nat and win cup
The piece outlines fierce plotting among cousins John and Sam to race for a disputed cup with plans to study yacht-building from Nat in Bristol. It also covers the Corn Carnival at Grand Army Hall with colorfully decorated scenes and a Prohibition Rally in Town Hall led by Rev. Stevens and speakers.
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Sammy
Sam
John
Fairlie
Watson
Bristol
Earth
Aboon
Gang
Nat
Grand Army Hall
Mattie Paull
Hauttie ‘Paull
Sadie Paull
Sadie Moffitt
Lillie Luther
Vesta’ Blaisdell
Kazoo Orchestra
Emily “Moffitt
Lizzie Moffitt
Beatrice Smith
Rebecca Peckham
Bessie Grey
Miss Street
Emma Peckham
Roxie Paull
Herbert Smith
Orrin Thurston
Frank Thurston
Mr. Postman
Emily Moffitt
Reading
Sandy
Mary Spooner
Peate
Louise Chadwick
Mattie Grey
Cora Hill
Katie Salisbury
Mabel Salisbury
Miss Spooner
Pollock
Town Hall
Prohibitioniata
Wm. J. Smith
Henry A.stevens
I.L. Anderstrom
Stevens
Beveridge
Fogg
Brown University
J. H.williams Eng
Providence
Prohibition Party
Williams
Anderstrom
Seraphine C. Sherman
Ezra H. Sherman
Benoni Lewis
Bristol Phoenix