Birthday surprise honors Edward Levi at Hope Drug Party
A Saturday gathering at 145 High Street celebrated Edward Levi's nineteenth birthday. Intimate friends presented gifts including a wrist watch and clothing items. The event featured an ice cream cake with 19 candles as Levi, a Colt Memorial High School graduate, studies at Rhode Island College of Pharmacy in Providence.
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High Stret
Edward Levi
Hope Drug Store
Colt Memorial High School
Rhode Island College of Pharmacy
Providence
Character Defines Fate Says Beecher Passages
A Beecher sentiment argues that character determines condition not the reverse. It urges men to value virtue first, claiming character shapes destiny and will attract circumstance. The quote emphasizes inner quality over outward luck or status.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Farmers and Forestry: Largest Forest Owners and Consumers
Farmers and Forestry Farmers of the United States, beside being the largest owners of forest lands, are also the largest consumers of forest products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Divergent ideas on money and virtue in Methodist view
John Wesley warned against letting money control the heart, while an older barrister urged a trio of steps for novices: advance, gain honor, then seek honesty. The Oklahoma Methodist editorial contrasts these counselings as guidance for young men entering the bar and life.
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John Wesley
Wesley
Bhonest
Oklahoma Methodist
Yayo Island Confirmed as Japanese Territory
The island of Yayo is stated as controlled by Japan and not part of the United States. The text notes the island was awarded at a peace conference on May 7, 19, and mentions Duluka as a larger trading settlement within the Caroline Islands without its own governor.
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Yayo
United States
Japan
Duluka
Caroline Islands
Twelve Public Holidays Tracked Across Nations
International traders and officials monitor a wide range of holidays with 28 bank or public holidays amid a year. The note highlights the need to track diverse calendars for coordination across borders and markets.
Fabian Society formed in England in 1883
The Fabian Society arose in England in 1883 promoting socialist aims through moral suasion rather than direct militant action. It favored gradual reform and nonviolent influence to shape public policy and social change.
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Fabian Society
England
Board Rejects Civics Voter Registration Home Card Plan
A Bristol school board discussed a proposal to have Civics class students take home voter registration cards to parents. The idea was deemed well intentioned but too political, so the plan was not pursued.
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Guiteras School
John R. Bernardo
Birth Notice for Cabral and Cantwell in Providence
In the town on May 7 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Manuel Cabral 38 Bay View Avenue Antwihi Ino Providence In-Hospital Mas and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Lorea Cantwell. Both births occurred in the town hospital with no further details.
Middleton Man Burial at Cedar Grove Cemetery
In Fall Rover Mass May 11 Francis Middleton formerly of this town. Burial at Cedar Grove Cemetery Long Island. Morris In Hill's Grove RT May 6 Mrs Mary Braga Morris wife of William Morris of this town.
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Middleton
Fall Rover Mass
Francis. Middleton
Chess Without a Peer in Line of Amusements
A Kansas City Times excerpt extols chess as a kingly, universal game enriching minds, sharpening calculation, and de-stressing mental faculties. It asserts chess fosters clear thinking, rejuvenates the brain, and serves as a mental solvent for weary minds across ages and professions.
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Kansas City Times
Sable Island Tales Of Shipwrecks And Wrecked Fortunes
Nova Scotia’s Sable Island, famed for wrecks, hosted a century of disasters from Duc d Anville losses in 1746 to a 1761 Wolfe convoy wreck. A pyramid sand landmark once stood there, later swept away by 1842 hurricane, leaving huts from wrecked ships and a brass dog collar inscribed Major Elliott Forty third regiment. Records show soldiers saved from Wolfe’s transport were evacuated, and their former encampment lies now submerged.
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Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Duc d'Anville
Wolfe
Quebec
Major Elliott
Fortythird Regiment
Ingenious Structure of the Ass Foot Revealed
The foot of an ass contains about five hundred laminae of horn lining the hoof and coffin bone. Each lamina acts as an elastic spring conveying the animal’s weight, totaling around 4,000 springs per animal. The arrangement resembles a quire of paper inserted leaf by leaf for illustration, showing oblique action for stability.
Bishop to preach at parade service with loaded ammunition
A London Morning Post note recalls a British India scene where a bishop of Lucknow would preach at a parade service while soldiers carried 20 rounds of ball ammunition. Since the mutiny troops in northern India attended church armed, the timing of the order was seen as unfortunate.
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Lucknow
India
London Morning Post
Manly Revivalists Eject Disorderly Attendees
During a revival meeting several young men behaved unruly. When asked why they came they replied to see miracles. The missioners stated they do not perform miracles but cast out devils and promptly expelled the youths.
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Devilgst
Quarantine Advice Emphasized For Contagious Diseases
From Successful Farming a guide urges accepting quarantine graciously to avoid public gatherings when contagious and to warn visitors if one suspects a non quarantine illness.
Motherly chores reveal child’s curious question
A mother dresses a chicken while four year old Jane asks how the bird got splinters. The scene shows daily domestic life and a child’s instinctive curiosity about common processes.
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Lrother
Jane
Gladding House Fire Sparks False Alarms
Fire heavily damaged the Gladding House on Bourn Street shortly after 11 PM Friday believed incendiary. Firefighters battled the rear as a false alarm drew two extra units to Church and Thames Streets, diverting attention from the blaze at Mrs Isabel M Sparks’s landmark home.
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Bourn Street
Church
Thames Streets
Gladding House
Isabel M Sparks
Girl Scouts Hold Meeting and Plan Camp Hoffmann Registrations
Goldenrod Troop met at 430 Tuesday afternoon on the Ricynolds School lawn for a brief business session delaying all fundraisers until Camp Hoffmann folders and applications are distributed. Four more meetings are set, with the last on June Wth. supper followed with a line of guests and a long roster of cooks dishwashers and table setters led by May Newman and Miss Jessie Molasky.
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Goldenrod
Ricynolds
Reynolds’ School
Norton M Zimderstein
Fred G Bartlett
Theresa Sullivar
Pegg
Matheson
Barbara Huestis
Minnie Brown
Emly Battcher
Louie Bush
Mabel LeDoux
Mas Newman
Muriel Ashton
Elizabeth King
Jessie Sanford
Ruth Molasky
Gertrude Evers
Arda Malafronte
Mary Mason
Edith Kershaw
Hope Cote
Frances West
Christina Byrnes
Hope Mowry
Esther Hazen
Dorothy St Angelo
May Newman
Jessie Molasky
Virginia LeClair
U S Keds Makers Hold Jolly Factory Masquerade
Over 600 employees of the Keds Division of National India Rubber Co enjoyed an elaborate masquerade in the factory recreation room Friday evening with factory officials as guests. Edward Mason praised cooperation. De Molay Patrol Providence staged drills. Allan Flahday gave a crayon talk. a grand march and dancing followed. refreshments and novelties were provided.
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Keds
National India Rubber Company
Edward Mason
de Molay
Providence
Allan Flahday
Girl Scouts Council Votes on Memorial and Fundraising Plans
The Girls Scouts Council met with Mrs Henry Wood to accept Bab bitt Post No 15 4A R as attendees at Memorial Sunday services and Memorial Day activities. They scheduled a rumpage sale for June 16 appointing Miss Molen Hamall to arrange a venue and set a Court of Awards for June 30 with Miss Juha A Hereshoff leading the uniforms committee. The next meeting will be with Miss Herreshoff on June 4.
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Girls’ Scouts Counc
Henry Wood
Union
Molen Hamall
Arange
Juha A Hereshoff
Herreshoff
A Day in Spring In The Springtime
A short verse about the joy of springtime with budding trees and blooming flowers. Children play happily as birds sing, while the sun shines bright. The poem reflects on happiness and the beauty of God’s light.
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National Automobile Dealers’ Association
A. A. Edmonds CO
Hope Street
Bristol
National Association F Insurance, Agents
Socialistic Society
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Waldron Company
Bradford Street
Fede
Steelcote Manualcturing Co
St. Louis, Me
Letty
Rhode Island
Byfield School
Archie Rounds
Wm F West
Mr Rounds
Colt Memorial
John S Weeden
Lloyd
Burton
Catherine Calroun Burton
Margaret Morrissey Harman
Marion Vera
Helen F Campagna
Madeline E Koch
Geraldine HI Marino
Helen F Horton
Helen P Morris
Eloise M McGrath Gravee D White
Virginia FE LeClair
Gladys M
Beavis
Colt Sadies Calan
Josephine TC Baldwin
Miriam
Magee
Kaurina W Bradford
Charles J] Dowd
Guiteras Paward
Jo Rinald
oDheresa Sullivan
Marthe M Cote
Ethel Walmsks
James B. Sullivan
Cora M Hill
Marguerite Brogan
Mary WooScanlon
Mary FE Spooner
Pitegerald
Miller
Harper
Mary Po Spooner
Burton and
Hayman
Otwer
Maclean Watcher
Mer Wathe
Rhode Island State Dodge
Wanohet
Walker
Paradif-Demiers
Pawtuket
Oscar Jo Aldrich
Robert Leon Paadie
Lillian M . Demers
Nova Scotian Island
Girl Scouts
U. S. Keds Makers
Girl Scouts Council
God
MR. Battery Owner
Wood Street Battery Shop
Tiger-Foot-Michelin-Murray
ST. Angelo Bros
Wood ST
Bristol, BL
Tel
Newman Bros
Bristol’s
Leading Foods
Newman’s
Kellogg's
NBC
Keeblers
S. S. Pierce Co. Finer Foods
Overland
Pierce
Clapp
Oor, Chase and Sanborn
S. Pierce
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