Town meeting actions authorize licenses and projects
Police and Surveyor of Highways filed reports. American Legion Auxiliary petition to sell poppies on May 25 and 26 was granted. Special constables named. Gasoline tank and pump permit at 421 Wood Street. Milk licenses issued to Jose L. Tosta and A&P. Common use granted for Junior Twilight baseball and Bristol Twilight League games. Treasurer authorized to borrow 10 000 on town notes. North Burial Ground plot set aside for Spanish American War veterans with future goal for World War veterans.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Frederic W. Serbst
Howard H. Hawes
Josef M. Arruda
Perae i
Wood Street
Luigi Alfano
Prospect Street
A. Russell Newman
Jose L. Tosta
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Bristol Twilight
AEG
Pees
Leon
William L. Manchester
North Burial Ground Commission
Hope Street
Canvassers Notice for Bristol Special Town Meeting 1928
Bristol Rhode Island May 2 1928. The Town Council as Board of Canvassers will meet May 12 1928 at 7 30 PM in the Memorial Building to canvass property voters lists for the Special Town Meeting on May 16 1928 Daylight Saving Time. Personal property taxpayers on the voting list must pay their tax to qualify to vote. John W Church Town Clerk.
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Bristol
R. I
John W. Church
St Michael's Church Fourth Sunday Service Notice
Holy Communion at 10 30 a m conducted by Dr Lester Gardiner officiating Church School at 9 00 a m Evening service omitted.
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ST. Michael's Church
Lester Gardiner
Weekly Anglican Service Times
Morning Holy Communion at 8:00. Sung Mass with sermon at 10:45. Church School and Bible Class at noon. Evensong and sermon at 7:30 in the evening.
Church Schedule Announces Sunday Worship and Sermon
Preparatory service Friday night and Sunday morning worship at 10 30 observe the Lord s Supper Church School assembles at noon praise and preaching at 730 pm sermon theme The Average Man.
State Street M. E. Church Mid-Week and Sunday Services
The Mid-Week service on Friday May 4 at 7 45 features a sermon The True Meaning of Sacrifice based on Abraham offering Isaac A choir rehearsal follows at 8 15 On Sunday May 6 the morning service centers on Our Relation to Service with Holy Communion The Church School meets after the service Epworth League assembles at 6 45 led by Miss Ethel Blaisdell An evening service at 7 30 in the Audience Room includes choir music and a short talk on Investing in Suburban Lots
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State Street M. E
Abraham
Isaac
Epworth League
Ethel Blaisdell
Sunday Worship and Sunday School Schedule
Sunday morning worship at 11 15 with a sermon by the pastor on Surveying Our Task Lord's Supper observed. Junior Church for first grade and younger in vestry. Church School at 10 00. Evening service at 7 30 with Children's story and sermon Adventuring With God.
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God
Rev Frank H Bowers Jr Pastors Sunday Service Schedule
Court St Rev Frank H Bowers Jr pastor leads Sunday worship at 10 45 am and 12 noon with Sunday school at 7 pm Evangelistic service. Prayer meeting Friday at 7 30 pm. Good singing. Cordial invitation to all to worship.
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Court St
Frank H. Bowers, Jr
Beauty's Fleeting Spell
A brief aphorism notes that outer beauty charms the eye but does not always reveal the soul, quoting George Sand on the illusion of physical appeal.
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George Sand
Saw Much Difference in Log Structures
The article cites Thaddeur Mason Harris from Dorchester Maryland who in 1803 traveled to Marietta Ohio and recorded that settlers built cabins from unhewn logs and daubed with mud, while log houses used hewn logs, stone joints, plaster, shingles, glass windows, and a chimney.
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Ohio
Thaddeur Mason Harris
Dorchester
Mags
Marietta
Wilds
Kansas City Times
Many Requisites for Career of Medicine
Hippocrates argues that a physician’s success requires nature, thorough instruction, favorable environment, early training, love of labor, and perseverance. He warns that without natural talent and proper study, even good instruction yields little, while inexperience breeds vanity and audacity.
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Toruys
Hippocrates
Veteran actor puzzled by indifferent view of his play
A veteran actor in a minor role gives a laconic, detached reaction to his show. When asked what it is about, he admits he does not know and jokes about going to the front to see what it is about after the first act.
Pearl in Every Book: Pearls in Painful Books
A Burma passerby doubts cheap books and a colporteur answers that even cheap Bible-related works can yield a pearl. The tale likens beauty born of pain to a pearl found in every book, echoed by the Montreal Herald.
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Burma
Ceylon
Montreal Herald
Stone Bathtubs In Mexico And Central America
In tropical regions baths are carved from solid rock near natural springs or fed by streams through bamboo pipes. Wealthy homes and nearly all hotels have these stone baths attached. Travelers from northern countries find them refreshing in the heat.
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Mexico
Dowson Recalled for Baker Brawl Arrest in Normandy
Detroit News recounts a village quarrel where poet Ernest Dowson clashed with a local baker in Normandy. A deputation urged the magistrate to arrest Dowson, but the magistrate chose to imprison the baker instead, honoring Dowson’s status as a noted English poet.
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Ernest Dowson
Normandy
M. Dowson
Detroit News
Surprise in Garden Ends with Razor Mishap
In a Kansas City Star item a woman discovers her daughter Audrey and her cousin were playing when a loud disturbance drew her outside. She returns to report Audrey nearly cut her cousin to pieces with a razor amid the garden clamor.
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Audrey
Kansas City
Words of Christ and the meaning of agrapha
The term agrapha first described as reports of Christ’s sayings in 1776 by J P Korner. By 1888 the term’s technical sense as a book title gained literary acceptance and now denotes writings with citations of Christ’s actual words.
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Christ
J. P. Korner
Talisman Charm and Medieval Protective Beliefs
A talisman is a charm usually a figure carved or cast in metal linked to astrology in the Middle Ages. It was widely believed to protect the wearer from evil spirits.
Lettuce Juice Said to Have Narcotic Qualities
A Liberty question notes lettuce juice contains a feeble narcotic that can cause heaviness and sleep if large quantities are consumed.
Crochet's Origin Traced to Netting and Knitting
The article notes crochet arose from ancient netting and knitting. It states the term crochet appeared in English in 1848.
Early nursery pioneer Burb brings growth to California farms
At 24, Burb produced the famous Burbank rose through selection among Early and Rose seedlings. Two years later he established experimental farms at Santa Rosa, California, where he spent the rest of his life.
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Burb
Santa Rona
Cal
Hallelujah Victory at Mold in England Three Chronology
Britons defeated a combined Picts and Scots army at Mold in Flintshire England on March 80 480 The victory came to be named from the war cry Hallelujah adopted by Britons and recorded in the annals of the period.
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Mold
Flintshire
England
America's Scenic Wonders Seven US Wonders Listed
The piece outlines a common list of the United States seven scenic wonders including Niagara Falls Yellowstone National Park Garden of the Gods Mammoth Cave Yosemite Valley the giant trees of California and the natural bridge.
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United States
Niagara Falls
Yellowstone Park
Garders of the Gods
Mammoth Cave
Yosemite Valley
California
Expensive Cutting Sparks Debate in Home Magazine
A household advisor in Woman’s Home Companion calls cut pictures from forgotten books decorative waste. An editor recalls a long-forgotten Boston book ending up sold for $16,000 two to three years ago.
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Woman's Home Companion
Bear Boston
Community Cooking Is Here Soon To Reign In Homes
Senator Royal S. Copeland notes a shift toward restaurant style nutrition in metropolitan life as canned and prepared vegetables replace home canning and shelling. Households gain convenience and consistent quality while trusting standard canned foods for minerals and vitamins.
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Royal S. Copeland
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W.C. Bel Hotel
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PJ. Wilson
Trinity Church
First Congregational Church
First Baptist Church
Church OF the Nazarene
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Pearl
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Jagob Molasky
State Street
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