Vagrant Receives Record 4210-Pound Mainmast at Herreshoff
The ex-Commodore Harold S Vanderbilt racing schooner Vagrant received a 140 foot mainmast, 194 inch diameter, weighing 4210 pounds, the largest ever built at the plant. The hollow laminated spar comprises 120 to 130 wood pieces and required over four tons of rigging to move onto the yacht. Vagrant will race this season with improved rigging while continuing its storied history in the Astor Cup and Kings Cup wins.
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Harold S Vanderbilt
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Sparmakers
Guys Ieading
New York and Eastern Yacht Club
Kearney Post 6 May Party Set At GAR Hall
The American Legion Kearney Post No 6 and its unit announce their annual May party and social in GAR Hall next Monday at 8 o clock. A short business meeting precedes the event, and members are urged to attend. the committee is making preparations for a successful affair.
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Kearney
Taft School Club hears kindergarten expert address
Mrs. A L Smith of Burlington spoke at the Taft School Club on The Value of the Kindergarten to the Child Consequently to the Man. The meeting included reports, PTA conference notes, Thrift Club discussion, cello selections, and refreshments.
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Arthur L. Smith
Barrington
Taft School Club
LeRoy D. Bell
Parent-Teacher Association
Providence
Thrift Club
Taft School
Doris Guy
Warren
Alice Maxwell
Frank M. Gifford
Automobile Operator Fined After License Charge
William H White of Melrose Massachusetts pleaded guilty at a Fifth District Court session to operating an automobile without a license after a collision with John Foley's touring car on High Street. He was fined $20 and costs, which were paid.
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Fifth District Court
Frank H. Hammill
William H White
Gould Street
Melrose
Mass
High Street
John Foley
White
Epworth League and church events announced for May to June
May 25 Tuesday at 745 pm vestry program at State Street M F Church by Epworth League. June 27 Sunday evening at Pastime Theatre drama Rebecca's Triumph by Altar Society Church of Our Lads of Mt Carmel. June 2 and 3 midweek minstrel show and revue at Trinity Parish House for Bristol Troops Boy Scouts camp fund.
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M F
Epworth League
Rebecca
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Church of Our Lads of
Mt Carmel
Trinity Parish House
Camp Fund
Bristol Troops
Boy Scouts of America
In Memoriam William H Middleton 1917
In loving memory of William H Middleton who passed away May 10 1917 nine years have passed yet his memory remains. His mother and brothers and sister mourn his loss and recall the sad parting and its cost, praying God’s comfort.
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William H Middleton
Awas
Film in Africa Shows Cannibal Tribe and Modesty Dilemma
A Cameraman in a Kenyan style village films tribesmen who never saw a white man. He seeks permission from the chief and avoids danger while facing a modesty hurdle. A feather-duster gag using ostrich plumes becomes the focal comic solution. The footage is described as respectable by Mitchell in Everybodys Magazine.
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Africa
Kimbabeal
Mitchell
Everybody's Magazine
Snails Are Kept In Cold Vaults For Winter Meals
The Chicago Journal reports that some 20,000,000 snails are stored in cold vaults in France each autumn to supply restaurant demand in winter. They hide under stones and wood piles, then are gathered in spring and kept in cold storage until needed. The Burgundy snail is favored for its size and taste.
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France
Chicago Journal
Purple royal emblem in ancient dye history and ban on wear
The text traces Tyrian purple from Phoenician origins to Roman luxury, noting it came from shells in the Mediterranean and was linked to kings. It cites a Caesar era price, imperial restrictions, and that complete blatta robes were an imperial privilege punishable as treason.
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Mediterranean Sea
Rome
Bristol Assessor Notice for 1926 Town Tax Roll
Taxpayers must list all real and personal property values for the June 15 1926 assessment. The Assessors will be in session June 16 to June 18 1926 from 10 to 12 and 2 to 4 daily at Burnside Memorial Building. Executors guardians and trustees must render returns for trust estates as well.
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Bristol
Board of Assessors
Burnside Memorial Building
Rhode Island
Board of Tax Assessors
Fragmented clippings reflect era’s satire and politics
A collage of quotes and witticisms from multiple cities highlights gangland fears, taxation debates, and diplomacy jokes. Notable lines reference machine guns in Chicago, John D Rockefeller gifts, Cleopatra’s Egypt, and Republican timber for president, stitched with humor about fashion and gardening.
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Chicago
Brooklyn Eagle
Sibleys Sayings from the Phoenix
A collection of aphorisms and wry maxims on seasonality, economy, roles, and curiosities. The items touch on obstinate hens, charity, policing, a drum major, gambling, industry, opportunity, engravings, landing ships, wills, riches, and a Shah of Persia with a grooming past. The tone is light and advisory with playful observations.
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Brass Band
Rotary
Chicago
Persia
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