Desolation from Gold Dredges Disturbs Northern California
Washington Star describes barren cobblestone piles left by gold dredges across northern California. Massive operations create 50 to 60 foot high mounds that ruin farm land and orchards while offering little landscape value. Dredges cost around a quarter of a million dollars, but operate cheaply. crushed rock from the terrain could meet national cement needs for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Othe
California
Tte
Washington Star
Puzzle Presented to English Legal Minds
A puzzle by a barrister in the Times likens a fee dispute to a solvable legal riddle. A offers half fee upfront and half on win, B delays, and A contemplates suing for instalments. If A wins, B owes nothing. if A loses, B has won his first case and owes nothing. The Scotsman notes no evident solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Times
Weekly
Scotsman
Omission Sparks Outburst at Dinner Concert
A portly singer, engaged for a post dinner performance at a large restaurant, discovers his name missing from the menu. He confronts an organizer, who discovers the error and jokes about the name Signor Jelly being misplaced on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jelly
Montrea
French Rural Beliefs Persist Despite Modern Reform
The article notes that many Normandy and Brittany villages still hold strong superstitions such as the evil eye witches and werewolves. Sacred trees attract midnight dances by girls and heathen rituals persist alongside rural healers. French courts still see cases involving superstition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
Brittany
Dragon origin traced to Chinese imagination by Maud Rex Allen
Maud Rex Allen explains that the Japanese dragon derives from Chinese myth. The creature is a serpent with deer horns a horse head worm eyes carp scales cow ears tiger paws and eagle claws. It bears flame like appendages and is pictured with varying numbers of claws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Rex Allen
Japan
China
Good Idea as Baby Name Joke at Meeting
Harringby proposes a witty baby name in a political meeting when an infant cries aloud. He asks the mother if the baby is christened, then suggests if not christened she could name him Good Idea, arguing it should be carried out. The moment blends humor with a sharp aside amid the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hlurringhy
Harringby
Vancouver Province
Plea for Better Work Conditions Sparks Simple Suggestion
An employer asks workers for ideas to improve morale and performance. After collecting notes, he reads one simple suggestion: remove the rubber heels from shoes to improve comfort and efficiency in the shop.
Bristol District Nursing Association Board Notice February 1930
A formal notice dated February 5, 1930 addresses the members of the Bristol District Nursing Association Inc Board of Directors. It references reports from the secretary and treasurer and sets forth an agenda or action for the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol District Nursing Association, Inc
Annual Report Highlights Rockwell House Opening
The seventh anniversary of the association marks 1929 1930 with significant achievements led by nurses daily and hourly admin work. The opening of Rockwell House, the new headquarters, stands out as a defining milestone in the year’s record and the nurses report summarizes the year’s work and impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell House
Bristol Nursing Association 1929 Progress Report
Annual report details 1929 activities for Bristol Nursing Association led by Evelyn Carter. It cites patient counts for general care and child welfare, funds from Rockwell House gift, Lions Club funding for lab and ER, and manpower plans for 1930 including a laboratory, tonsil and denord clinics, and a new car. It notes state health cut in child welfare remuneration and calls for community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Safe Insurance Company
John Hancock Insurance Company
Collins- Aikman Corporation
State Board of Health
Congress
Sears
Rockwell House
Lavy
Bristol
Oworllh
Pions Club
Rockwell Horse
Lions Club
Narsing Association
Neat
Qt Aw
Colt Memorial High School Honor Roll Names by Year
Acting Principal Edward J Fitzger ald announces five week honor roll ending February 28 with 9 percent or higher. Names include 1930 M Securo Margaret Cicerchia Josephine Codola Claudia DeWolf. 1931 John Hogan Elmer Manley Hermann Wilbur 1932 Mary Magee Josephine Campagna Audrey Munro. Others reach 85 or 80 percent with listed students across 1930 1931 1932 cohorts.
Silent Piano for Silent Practice
A dumb piano resembles a small piano in form with a keyboard but lacks hammers and strings. It is designed for silent finger practice to increase mechanical dexterity of the fingers.
Cotton Pest From Mexico Reaches Brownsville in 1892
The cotton boll weevil was found for the first time in 1892 around Brownsville Texas as the pest was introduced from Mexico testing new regions of impact for cotton crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownville
Texas
Mexico
Do Well Some Men and Some Women Quote Side of Speech
A fragment from the Chicago News notes that some men struggle to express thoughts in words while some women struggle to find thoughts for their words, reflecting on communication challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Certificates of Merit for Excellence in Scholastic Activities
Principal Edward J. Fitzgerald at Colt Memorial High School announced last week the awarding of certificates of merit for scholastic excellence to a large list of students. Named recipients include Michael Securo, Raymond Makowsky, Milton Bassing, Manuel Motta, Dorothy Roberts, Dorothy Ruggiero, Muriel Hodgdon, Fredericka Dunbar, Elizabeth Doran, Raphael DeRosa, Anthony Russo, Nathaniel Gladding, Anthony Ruggiero, Mary Celone, Vincent Nappi, Mary Oliver, Sam Eisenstadt, Bertha Cheshire, Margaret Circeria, Genevieve Pagnano, Mary Gladding, Claudia DeWolf, Hermann Wilbur, Angelina Ranalli, Jack Marsden, Elmer Manley, Fred Vera, Mary Magee, Josephine Campagna, Audrey Munro, Elvira Fusco, Thomas Brown, Albert Metcalf, Frederick Alger and Christopher Madeiros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J Fitzgerald
Colt Memorial High School
Securo
Margaret Cicerchia
Josephine Codola
Claudia DeWolf
John Hogan
Elmer Manley
Hermann Wilbur
Mary Magee
Josephine Campagna
Audrey Munro
Milton Bassing
Raymond Makowsky
Mary Gladding
Genevieve Pagnano
Sadie Russo
Eis BN Seene
Edward J. Fitzgerif
Vincent Nappi
Mary Oliver
Sam “Eisenstadt
The Long Years Science and Our Slower Life
A San Francisco Chronicle reflection notes science has not shortened life but allows more leisure, making time feel longer as people loaf more and stretch daily hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisca
Prices by Man The Lord Fixes Apple Prices
A Provocative remark from the Des Moines Register links divine weather to crop yield, noting that while sunshine and rain come from nature, humans set apple prices. The line reflects a moral or satirical take on agricultural economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cleveland
Washington, D. C
Milwaukee
St. Louis
San Francisco
N. Y. Stock Exchange
F. Reginald Dimond
Anderson & Company
CER Investment
Industrial Trust Building
Gaspee
ICTOR
Victor
Wilson
Y. M. C. A. Bldg
Victor Cleansin
Pound Goods Store
Bourn Street
John J. McCarty
N. E. Conservatory of Music Piano Tuner
John McCormack
Amelita Galli-Curci
Freida Hempel
Roland Hayes
Geraldine Farrar
Guy Maier
Paul Whiteman
Mme
Ernestine Shumann
Heinck
Lear
Tru
National Chemical Laboratories
Sth Avenue
New York N. Y
John Hancock Caves
Ee Aes
Evelyn Carter
Collins & Aikman Corporation
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
John Hancock Life Insurance Co
Tohn Hancock
Norton Minderstein
Harold Winthrop Tucker, JR
Harold Winthrop Tucker
Auldice
CO Tucker
Bristol Phoenix
John W Churcile
Henry M. Thompson
Henrys M Thompson
John W Church
Henrietta T Thompson
John A. Elias
C. T
John W
Arthur M. McCaw
Louis Molasky
Ereof
Wereby
Molasky
Liberty Tailor
High Street
Tel
Lanzire’s Express
Frices
Frank Lanzire
Bristol District Nursing Association
Hope Street
Martha Graham
Hopetreet
Thyra Carlson
Isaac B. Munro
Garfield Ave
William A. Doran
Bay View Ave
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
Willam Street
E. W. Weaver
Charles M. Connery
Burton St
Augustus P. Duffy
W. W. Franklin & Co
Wood Street
Freeborn
R. Cole
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co of
Boston
E. L. Watson Co., Inc
Providenee
State
Weybosset Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!