Community events calendar for local clubs and churches
March 21 Mothers Club meeting at Colt Memorial High School auditorium. March 22 Pie Supper 6 to 8 pm at First Baptist Church vestry. March 2 Pink Tea at State Street M E Church vestry. April 23 Cantata at State Street M E Church. March 24 Food sale at Memorial Chapel First Congregational Church. May 6 13 20 Annual Hyderaulion Engine and Hose Company fair at G A R Hall.
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Mothers’ Club
Colt Memorial High School
First Baptist Church
Mite Society
State Street M. E
State Street M E
Memorial Chapel
First Congregational Church
Women’s Home Missionary Society
Hyderaulion Engine and Hose Company
G. A. R. Hall
Scouts Celebrate Third Anniversary Of Bristol Troop Rhode Island
The First Bristol Troop of Rhode Island Boy Scouts marks its third anniversary with a daylong headquarters open, a 7 PM supper for scouts, and an 8 PM dance at the Belvedere Hotel with guests from Wampanoag Circle Camp Fire Girls. Former members are invited to attend, and the event runs until midnight. Scoutmaster George R. Fish leads the committee, with EF W Coggeshall Sergi Harris Kekrek John Card and Fred Patstone among the organizers.
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Bristol
Rhode Island
Boy Scouts
Belvedere Hotel
Wampanoag Circle
Camp Fire Girls
Saving Starch for Reuse in Home starching
Pity to waste starch after a partial bowl. Let the starch settle pour off water and dry in a warm oven. It forms a hard cake ready for reuse.
Rid Child of Worms With Kickapoo Worm Killer Lozenges
Warns parents that worms cause fretful behavior in children and prescribes Kickapoo Worm Killer lozenges as a laxative candy. Advises plain food, outdoor activity, early bed, and watching stools while continuing treatment to remove worms. ends with 25cat druggists.
Memory Aids: Ring Tactile Cue Beats Finger String
An old memory trick using a string is replaced by transferring a ring between fingers where it causes slight irritation on nonaccustomed fingers to trigger recall. A ribbon in the coat pocket offers another cue reminding tasks like bringing home a wife’s item, with a man famous for never forgetting such requests.
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Molly
Light revives ancient poppy seeds in Laurium silver mine
In Laurium, a silver mine abandoned over two millennia revived by light. Slag from old workings hid silver ore, and upon removal, the mine bloomed with a brilliant carpet of 2000 year old poppies. The transformation highlights light's power to awaken dormant life.
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Laurium
Thes
Pilaff: A Turkish favorite in many rich forms
The passage describes pilaff as a national Turkish dish with many variants. Rice is cooked to keep each grain firm, then gelatinous, sometimes fried in mutton fat, or mixed with roast mutton. Currants, pine nuts, dates, and orange peel flavor the dish, a treasured memory of the Near East.
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Near East
Naval Emblems Signaling Ship Status at Sea
Describes naval signals such as a basket from the mainmast indicating cargo loaded or discharged and ship ready to sail. Mysterious emblems include a besom lashed to a mast to show a vessel for sale. A blue stripe fore and aft signals bereavement and mourning.
Sermons in Ungainly Things
A reflective note on finding beauty in common objects. The speaker urges turning away from the disagreeable to spot attractive points in nature and daily life. The text uses vivid images such as flowers by a swamp and swallows under barn eaves to illustrate perspective.
Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Helps Women in Three Cases
Three letters from Harrisburg Minnesota and Pittsburg describe relief from female weakness back pain and irregularities after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver. Mrs Knost Yost and Overrrine credit improved health and ability to work. readers urged to write for confidential advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Harrisburg
Penn
Frank Knost
Fulton St
Albert
Pittsburg
Clementina Overrrine
Gardner St
Troy Hill
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Island of Black Cats Reported Near Pacific Coast
The Island of Black Cats refers to Chatham Island in the Pacific, about 730 miles west of Ecuador. The island is said to be overrun with cats living in lava crevices and along the coast, subsisting on small birds, lobsters, and crabs.
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Chatham Island
Pacific Ocean
Ecuador
Lava Foundator
Alutarg
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Murray St
New York City
Buffington’s Pharmacy
Hope Street
Parker
Tolley
Fown Cars
Detroit
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G.W. Simmons Undertakers and Funeral Directors
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Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins
Ct of
Boston
E. L. Watson & CO
Industrial Trust Co
Providence
R. I
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Champion Shoe Repair Shop
State Street
Otis L. Wood
Bristol 146
T. Clarke Brown, Jr
Constitution St. Tel
B. Bristol
G. M. Wilbur
Liscomb & Coggeshall
Charles H. Liscomb
Walter H. Coggeshall
Burton St
Constitution
A. W. Orgelman
William W. Franklin & Co
Wood St
E. K. Reynolds
High Street
Hydraulion Hall
Church 81
Pearse Ave
Weaver & Matheson
Chiropodist
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