Fragmented ledger notes reveal mixed school and office equipment vendors
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous suppliers and items from printers, typewriters, and office supplies to school accounts and industrial trusts. Entities include Remington Typewriter Co, Royal Typewriter Co, Rand McNally Co, University of Chicago, and various firms, with scattered monetary figures and account notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farralls
George W Warren
Louis Gallo
Gregg
Underwood
F Duffs
C Hobbs
Clarke
Cote
J . Brien
Office
Lane
H Lawrell
Bunn & Co
Kardex Rand Sales
Crawford J. Feasterbrooka
Hygiene MB. Sanford
Gas Man at Deathbed Turns to Comfort of Faith
In a London club a critic argued Christianity overrated and gas invention surpasses religion. Dr Parker replied calmly that at his death he would seek Christian consolation, while the critic would call for the gas man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scoffer
Doctor Parker
London
Parker
Montcreu
Straight Back Proof of General Fitness
A discussion on how posture reflects fitness. Standing straight with shoulders back indicates good health while slouching compresses spinal cartilages and pinches nerves, potentially causing nerve degeneration and general ill health. Maintaining erect posture supports spinal health and overall well being.
Old London Tavern Footman Named After Queensberry Era
The Running Footman in Chartes Street Mayfair London is named for England’s last running footman who served the Duke of Queensberry. Footmen once ran before carriage coaches to navigate narrow streets and ruts, with the group gathering at the Charles Street tavern then called the Bunning Horse. Its current name arose in the early 1800s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chartes Street
Mayfair
London
England
Duke of Queensberry
Charles Street
Bunning Horse
London Chronicle
Dowries for Blondes Trust Proposal by Retired Judge
A retired judge in Sydney, Australia, drafted a will creating a trust to pay dowries of about 50 to eligible offspring. Qualifying criteria require blonde hair, blue or gray eyes, fair skin, and physical health. the man must be at least five feet seven and a half inches tall and the woman at least five feet four. If a child inherits several of these traits, it receives 24 on turning one and 25 at age five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Tia
Insects Survive Winter On Snow In Europe and America
The article notes that many insects disappear in cold weather while some survive. About 900 species have been found living on or in the snow and around twenty five species emerge during winter across Europe and America. Some are so small they are rarely seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Lombardy Cheese Dominates Long-Lasting Italian Curds
A historic Italian cheese known as the arlytocrat of Tatar 6 cheeses dominates production in Lombardy. It resembles Roquefort but is milder, made from sheep’s milk, and preserved with gypsum and tallow allowing a shelf life of a year or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lombardy
That Wonderful Air Judk Benny Tale
A comic item from The Outlook recounts a man racing by bicycle from Tos Angeles to New York to help his ailing mother. Doctors say California air would heal her, so he deflates the tires hoping the trip will end sooner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judk Benny
Tos Angeles
New York
Fle
California
Philadelphia Store Lights Up With Electricity in 1878
The John Wanamaker store in Philadelphia reportedly became the first major retailer to be lit by electric lamps. On the night after Christmas in 1878 the shop activated 28 electric lamps, dazzling onlookers and turning the store into what was described as as light as day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Bristol Town Meeting Warning 1927 Notice Bristol Rhode Island
Town meeting warning for Bristol warns electors to assemble March 14 1927 to vote on taxes for town debts schools poor highways and other municipal needs. It lists recommended appropriations including public schools police fire sewer and road work and mentions authority under state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
Bristol
Rogers Free
Bristol District Nursing
Mothers Aid
Coh Memorial Ambulance Fund
Childrens Home
American Red Crosse
Ariatel
Bristol Playground Assn
Central Street
Bradford Street
Two Family House for Estate Settlement Seeks Sale
Listing describes a two family residence with 10 rooms, toilet and electricity, in a good location with a garage. Asking price 4000 to settle an estate, includes 474 by 461 lot and land adjacent. annual income noted and improvements mentioned.
A Study in a Mob Mind in Kansas City Star
A Kansas City Star excerpt uses vivid phrases to characterize a fickle public mood. It argues crowds can be swayed by emotion over reason and warns of dangerous, unreliable behavior without leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Bright Sayings of Papa
A brief anecdote describes a little girl returning from a trip and asking her mother if she is truly papa's little niece after he told a pretty lady she was. The tale centers on family relations and the child's question about affection and kinship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Bristol Probate Court Notice of Administratrix Appointment
In Bristol on February 28 1927 Margaret M Reynolds of Bristol and Jeremiah E Kirby of Cambridge Massachusetts request that Margaret M Reynolds or another suitable person be appointed administratrix of the estate of Jeremiah Kirby late of Bristol deceased in testate. The matter is set for March 21 1927 at 10 a.m. in the Probate Court Room Bristol and notice is ordered to be published for fourteen days once a week in the Bristol Phoenix. John W Church Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. O'Brien
Launay Picea
J. J. Cummings Co
A. T. Sisson
McIntosh Publishing ‘Co
Payments - N. Palmer Co
Clark & Howe
Publishin Co
Heath
Peerless Electric Co
Ll. E Knott Apparatde Co
E. Tu
Central Scientific Co
J P Cuddigan
Helen P. Morrissent
John Gallivan & Co
W. Lane
Bohl Ayay Oa
Paul Pevin
H. A. Condon
Victor Miller Bristol Co. Gas & Electric Co
H Munro
Keeler
A. A Edmonds Co
I M T Tobbnte
Ww Wall
L. Watson Co
R Publishing Co
Bristol
Library Ass
D. Appleton & Co
A. Axel Frederick
Easterbrooks
J & I E. Moore
Morris Bros
E. D. Kunz
R. R. Bowler & Co
B. Dolge
Gallo
Bell Tr
Hillvard
Gardiner
Glover
Uevremont
Buffington S
Richard Stuart
Bey Peter Martell
Tyler Chemical
Walsh Memorial Fund
Colt Ryone & Hueatinx
Weaver
Memorial High School
Trinity Church
Callan Construction
Sapt
Bos
Rhode Faland Roofing
Mare J
Balaries
Gar Trust Co
Hirvatel
Tyre
We Mothers Aid
Offi &Sud
Asnembot
Thermoron
Sarlinge
Cony
Ny State of I
Loreto
Amos Ss
Gohham
Benjamin
Pfc
Kha
Olive CC Peckham Tuardian
Kbenjamin Peckham
Ward
Bristol Phenix
John W Church
Rorate Court
Harodtd CC
Peckham (Milner
Oliver Peckham
Harold Peckham
Anid Ward
Jwochkwk
Bristol Phoenix
Mflivina Rapano
Lana Dupuis
Melvina Rapano
Twents
Robate
Fstatf
Jeremiah Kirby
Margaret M. Resynolds
Jeremiah E Kirby
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Margaret M Reynolds
Probate Court
Bristol Pheonix
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Colt High School
Acit
Tndustrial Trust
Eiristed
Samuel P. Colt Poor Fund
Roilanes Beh
Beristeil
Tarvaunacy
Swat
Lison
Old London Tavern
Pi Oplen
R. J
John W. Church
A. D
Corncail
FBI
Kardex
Heal Estate
Sears
Bristel
Washington Street
Sherry
Bas View Avenue
Juniper Hill Cemetery
Cole Street Walle
Shaws Lane
Perry Street
Bourn Avenue
Silver Creek
French Road
Thomas FO Tornson
Alwarora
Crood Property
Highland
Teaith
Lyme
A. A. Edmonds CO
Tel
Hope Street
Biostar
Louis Tortorice
Telephone
Constitution ST
Bristol, R. I
General Wood Work Company
State Street Wharf
J. Bristol
R. I
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
William Street
William A. Doran
Bay View Ave
Joseph Borges
Munroe Ave
Narragansett Electric Niting
OTICE
House of Resentatives
State of
Rhode
Narragansett Electric Company
General Assembly
Warragansett Electric Lighting Company
Isaac B. Munro
Garfield Avenue
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
Edward E. Witherell
Noyes Avenue
G. H. Spencer Roofing Co
F. M. Gifford
Usher Place
Bristol Neck
Wm. W. Franklin & Co
Wood Street
E. W. Weaver
Freeborn
R. Cole
G. M. Wilbur
Archie H. Rounds
Union Street
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
E. I. Watson & CO
Weybosset Street
Providence
District Nursing Association
State Street
Martha Graham
Hope St
Thyra Carlson
Warren and Bristol Awning and Cover Shop
Railroad Ave
Warren, R. I
Charles M. Connery
Undertaker
Burton St
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