Armored Ford cars chases bandits in Philadelphia policing
General Smedley D Butler promotes armored Ford runabouts for police use. Six cars planned to grow to ninety, with 1/8 inch steel armor, cotton and hair packing, bulletproof glass, and enhanced speed. Tests show 60 mph on roads and rapid hill climbs. Public safety aims to deter bandit activity with armored fleet.
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Smedley D. Butler
Philadelphia
General Butler
Ford
Philadephia Police
General Butter
Portland
Oregon
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Cincinnati
Funeral Services for Frederick de Warner
Funeral services for Frederick de Warner who died Friday at his home 377 High Street were held Sunday at 1 p m from his residence. Rev Charles W Martin pastor of State Street M E Church officiated with a delegation from Northern Star Commandery No 44 United Order of Golden Cross in attendance. Bearers were Arthur W Herbert A and Thomas H Warner of this town and Chester M Allen of Newport. Burial was at the North Cemetery.
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Frederick de Warner
High Street
Charles W. Martin
State Street M. E
Northern Star Commandery
United Order of Golden Cross
Warner
Arthur W
Herbert A
Thomas H Warner
This Town
Chester M. Allen
Newport
North Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs Annie Carlos Held at St Elizabeth Church
The funeral for Mrs Annie Carlos wife of Manuel Carlos was held at 9 oclock Saturday morning at St Elizabeths Church. Rev Francisco Vieira celebrated the mass and burial took place at St Marys Cemetery.
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Annie Carlos
Manuel Carlos
St Elizabeth's Church
Francisco
Vieira
St Mary's Cemetery
Real Estate Transfers of Five Bas View Park Lots
Jose Cruz and wife transfer five lots of Bas View Park property to Manuel Justino de Sousa Algeria and wife. Public record notes conveyance of land holdings in the Bas View Park plat.
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Jose Cruz
Manuel Justino de Sousa
Algeria
Bas View Park
Kearney Post Defeated After 15 Straight Wins Fall
Kearney Post suffered a loss to Marésville Post on the Washington Alleys in Providence ending a 15 game streak. Bristol leaders blame the second string for weak bowling while Shiek Smith anchored the team. The Bristol squad hopes to retrieve the cup in the future.
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Kearney Post
Kearney Post S
Mar Ésville Post
Washington
Providence
Bristol Boys
Bristol
Shiek” Smith
Visit Soldiers' Home Hosts By Rhode Island Veterans Group
Veterans at the Soldiers' Home enjoyed an afternoon program in the Recreation Hall at 2 30 with the Rhode Island Division Sons of Veterans Auxiliary. The event featured songs, remarks by officials, a pink rose presentation, and St Patrick's Day favors. An oyster stew was served at 5 o'clock.
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Soldiers’ Home
Rhode Island
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
Recreation Hall
Susan M. Sheple
Laura I. Smith
Fifth District Court Adjudges Conceicas Guilty in Robbery
Homero Conceicas was adjudged probably guilty of assault and robbery of Antonio Medeiros after a late night gambling disturbance at a near beer saloon on Thames Street. Judge Frank H. Hammill ordered him jailed without bail pending Grand Jury action. James F. Lavander and Charles S. Finklestein represented the state and defense.
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Homero Conceicas
Antonio Medeiros
Frank H. Hammill
Fifth District Court
John Mello
Thames Street
Mederros
Obituary Mrs Minnie Pope Lindley of Great Barrington
Granville P Lindley of this town returned from Pittsfield Mass after attending the funeral of his mother Mrs Benjamin I Lindley who died at 58 Boylston street Pittsfield following a short illness She was born in Bethlehem Conn and lived in Great Barrington from 1911 to 1921 and since then in Pittsfield She was a Christian Science Church member in Great Barrington Survived by husband two sons Franklin C Lindley of Pittsfield and Granville P Lindley of this town and three grandchildren Remains to be brought here for interment.
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Minnie Pope Lindley
Granville P. Lindley
Pittsfield
Mass
Benjamin I. Lindley
Boylston Street
Lindley
Bethlehem
Conn
Great Barrington
Christian Science Church
Franklin C. Lindley
Boy Scouts Plan Spring Ceremonial and Troop Activities
Awashonks Herd and P O W S met to plan for April 26 Spring Ceremonial inviting Cananicus Herd of Providence. Bristol Troops schedule weekly meetings with new recruits, birthday party planning, inspections, and all around competition. Officers attend Greater Providence Council dinner at Squantum Club. trips by auto. Scouts hiked to Camp Takarest and Poppasquash for tests and poultry inspection. Moose lead in newspaper contest with Panthers second Racoons third Bob Whites fourth.
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Awashonks Herd
Cananicus Herd of
Providence
Bristol
Greater Providence Council
Camp Takarest
Poppasquash
Competition standings this week expect changes
The article notes upcoming changes in the competition standings this week as results unfold. Key teams and athletes are highlighted, with anticipation of shifts in positions and potential new leaders emerging.
Quite a Difference in Perceived Independence
A philosophical remark cites La Rochefoucauld on independence and indispensability, warning that believing one can do without others is mistaken while assuming others cannot do without him is even more so.
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la Rochefou
Ridiculous remark targets a flapper and a bow-legged dazing magate
The Richmond Times Dispatch quotes a sharp aside mocking a bow-legged dazing figure and a knock-kneed flapper as he mimics a step, implying ridicule of a public theatrical persona.
Record of a Welsh woman’s rapid family milestones
In Carmarthenshire Wales a woman born in 186? married in 1888 became a mother before age seventeen and a grandmother fifteen years later, at age thirty one. The record highlights early marriage and extended motherhood across three generations.
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Carmarthenshire
Wales
In Memoriam Charles A West on Duty
In sad memory of Charles A West killed on duty for his country on March 25 1917. Seven years pass yet our hearts remain sore. His memory stays with us as his sister Mary E West writes this tribute to his loving smiles and vacant place.
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Charles A. West
Mary E, West
Mortgagee's Sale Auction Spring 1924 Bristol Rhode Island
Public auction to sell a Bristol Rhode Island property on King Philip Avenue at the Narrows. Mortgage, dated July 29, 1919, recorded Book 76 page 466, secures a lot with seven buildings and improvements plus a two foot right of way to pass over Philip Avenue. Sale set for Monday in April 1924 at 2 PM.
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Philip Avenue
Bristol Narrows
Oston
County of
Bristol
Rhode Island
King Philip Avenue
Charles
Cobb
Mount Charles Billington
Fred H. Bohning
Mount Ope Bay
J. Everett Coggeshall
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