Brockton Leaders Plan Island Visit and Church Talks
A Brockton group will travel by special boat to an island church event. The program includes a Sunday service at 9 15 with tours of Newport harbor and Naval fleet sights. Speakers include Rev Leroy C Perry Harold Cubhill Godfrey King and others.
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Brockton
Brockton Ie
T the” Island
Rhode Island
Bristol Wharf
Newport Harbor
Cup
Bristol Harbor
Harold June
Vanderbilt
Leroy C. Perry
Ousa Mekin
Harold C. Cubhill
Boston
Godfrey King
Newport Y. M. C. A
L. F. Crane
Fall River
H. Otheman Smith
Guild
Warren Baptist Church
Candidates Wanted for Junior Legion Baseball Team
Bertram W Wall of the American Legion Junior League calls for candidates to report tomorrow at 10 30 AM. Eligible boys must not reach their 17th birthday before September 15, 1930.
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Bertram W Wall
American Legion
Legue
Cranston Worsted Mills open season with 9 3 win over Battery C
A cold wind greeted a fast game as Cranston Worsted Mills beat Battery C 9 to 3 on the Common. Young opened the scoring with a Texas Leaguer, then Sunderland and Bill Cooper drove in runs in the third. Frankie Sousa belted a three run homer in a big seventh inning.
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Joe Marshall
Cranston Worsted Mill Company
Billie Bull
Sunderland
Cranston
Frankie Sousa
Sousa
Young
Rippel
Harvey Gladue
Coming Events Bridge and Theatre Schedule
May 19 a Monday evening bridge event under Girls' Friendly Society at Trinity Parish house. May 22–23 comedy The Missing Miss Miller at St. Michael's Parish hall by Young People's Fellowship. May 23 dance for Whirlwinds Baseball Team at Academy Hall. June 12 bridge at Rockwell Hall by Excelsior Tennis Club. June 23 annual ball for St Albans Lodge No 6 F A M at Naval Armory.
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Girls’ Friendly Society
Trinity Parish House
St. Michael’s Parish Hall
Young People’s Fellowship
Whirlwinds
Academy Hall
Rockwell Hall
Excelsior Tennis Club
St. Albans Lodge
Naval Armory
Sacred Shamrock and Four-Leaf Clover Lore
The article recounts legends linking the shamrock to Saint Patrick and the Trinity, explains linguistic roots of shamrock, notes four leaf clover superstitions, and describes beliefs Greeks held about three and four leaf plants including protection from evil, dreams, and lucky journeys.
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Patrick
Ireland
Effect of Snake Venom Probed by Scientists
Scientists challenge claims venom does not affect cold blooded animals. To adsorbed observations show toads may survive bites from puff adders or cobras but often die. frogs die quickly. Puff adders can be immune to their own venom yet may die when injected with cobra poison.
Electron and Atom Basics from Early Chemistry Text
The passage defines the electron as the smallest unit of electricity and notes it can be positive or negative. It explains the atom as the smallest unit of a chemical element, and that a molecule is made of two or more atoms. It discusses atomic theory, uniformity of atoms, and atoms in rapid orbital motion.
The Winner Who Tipped The Waiter Ending Dining Habit
A regular diner tells a waiter he will pay a lump sum monthly instead of tipping daily. The waiter thanks him and asks for advance payment. The man gives $5 and reveals he is leaving town that day.
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John
Long-Lived Poets Laureate Tenures Through History
The London Daily Chronicle notes poets laureate often live long and stay in office for decades. Wordsworth reached eighty, Davenant eighty two, Tennyson eighty three, and Colley Cibber eighty six. Southey twelve? thirty years and Tennyson forty seven years held the post.
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London Daily Chronicle
Laureata
Ben Jonson
Wordsworth
Sir William Davenant
Tennyson
Colley Cibber
Southey
Anecdote through history in Procopius portrait of rulers
The Kansas City Star notes that anecdote now means a brief entertaining tale but originally signified a secret history of unpublished events. It cites Procopius portraying the private life of Justinian and Theodora as an example of the old sense.
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Procopius
Justinian
Theodora
Kansas City Star
Female edge in life and speech noted in studies
The text cites Good Health saying girls talk earlier than boys and reports Illinois studies showing women live longer. It notes 36 of 46 centenarians who died last year were women, with female deaths above age 80 more numerous than male deaths below 80.
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Good Health
Ilinois
Baked Beans as a Valuable Staple in New England Meals
A nostalgic feature highlights baked beans with Boston brown bread and pickles as a weekly custom. It promotes baked bean cutlets soup and rarebit, notes copper and iron in beans from university tests, and provides several recipes including browned chops with beans, baked sausages with beans, baked bean cutlets, and baked bean soup for family use.
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New England
Boston
Bristol K of C Report Shows Easter Ball a Success
Bristol Council No 379 notes the Easter Monday Ball was financially and socially successful. Grounds for tennis court nearly finished with games expected by July first. A slate of officers will be prepared for June election and a future tennis event is planned to fund court construction.
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Bristol
Tennis Court Committee
First Paper Currency Exhibition Under Private Banker Recall
A fragment notes a 1661 private banker in Stockholm issuing a paper currency in Amsterdam for an exhibition. The text hints at a form of money that resembled a letter or note rather than coin, described as real yet controversial.
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Stockholm
Poles Classified as Slavs in Early Discussion
A fragmentary note discusses Polish identity, claiming Poles are remnants of many races and largely Slavic in origin, with references to Russians. The text appears as a brief, partial excerpt reflecting definitions of ethnicity.
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