Bristol Children's Home Board Selects Officers and Reports
The Bristol Children's Home Board of Managers met Tuesday to elect officers for the coming year and review the sixty third annual report for 1928 29. Mrs Wallis E Howe was elected president with a slate of officers including Miss Sarah C Munro as Secretary and Mrs Harriet P Church as Treasurer. The report notes improvements to the home the sidewalk project with town support and a bequest of 2000 from Mrs E S Babbitt.
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Howe
Children's Home
First Baptist Church
Bristol* Children’s Home
Wallis E. Howe
Sarah C. Munro
Harriet P. Church
E. S. Brownell
Robert C. Lanphear
Julia C. Drury
C. B. Rockwell, Jr
Theodora C. Barrows
Jane D. Reynolds
Frank H. Buffinton
Edward P. Church, Jr
Guy A. Sullivan
Harold E. Hill
Samuel C. Kindel
George Crown
Ida Newman
George F. Marshall
Samuel C. Wardwell
Ezra Dixon
LeBaron Bradford
Arthur W. Barrett
Robert A. McCaughey
W. Fred Williams
Secretary of State
Bristol Children’s Home
Bristol Home For
Merriman
Church
Judge Leahy
Lindemuth
Leahy
E. S. Babbitt
Board of Managers
Bristol Phoenix
Sarah C Munro
Boy's remark prompts quip on local shop closing
A seven year old, riding with his parents, passes a drug store that has changed hands. When asked about its status, the child says Mr Brown is "out of business" and that he "went bank robbed" in a casual, humorous misstatement.
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Robert
Mr. Brown
Food for Thought from Ohio State Journal
A concise ponder on a center of population lacking a college president emeritus and its need for a chairman to lead a committee promoting a worthy cause. The reflection mirrors a small town governance mindset and inquiry into civic leadership.
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Ita
Ohio State Journal
Pineapple Additions Boost Quick Breads for Breakfast
A vintage guide suggests varied quick breads with crushed pineapple to start the day. Recipes include Pineapple Muffins, Pineapple Nut Bread, Pineapple Bran Muffins, Pineapple Popovers, and French Toast with Pineapple, each detailing ingredients, baking temperatures, and times.
Premonition in Animals Cited in 1922 Pearsons Weekly
The article notes gifted animals with prophetic instinct and foreknowledge of disaster. Thames flood warnings came an hour before the embankment collapse. London mice were seen fleeing as water entered basement holes. A August 1922 fox hills squirrels migration preceded a nearby fire, which burned a wood but stopped at the road the animals crossed.
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Thames
Pearson's Weekly
London
Westminster
Fox Hills
Aldershot
Weighty volumes in ancient libraries and public reforms
The piece traces chained books in medieval monasteries as reference works and cites early public libraries. It notes Sardanapalus at Nineveh with 10 000 works and credits William Ewart with reforms including abolishing hanging and the death penalty for cattle stealing.
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Sardanapalus
William Ewart
Gossip Confronts Gugge Over Theatrical Rumors
Gossip claimed Gugge was crazy for amateur theatricals but he denied it. Friends note his constant appearances in private plays, with one remarker asking why he keeps acting. Gugge admits tiredness yet says if not on stage he must sit in the audience.
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Gugge
Gagge
Arm around waist ruled as technical assault in Stirling case
A Stirling trial held that a youth who placed his arm around a bus conductress' waist was legally guilty of assault, but the sheriff stated that if the act is condemned by the girl it ceases to be assault, and the youth received only a judicial warning.
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England
Stirling
Uncertain About Thunder Notions From A North Side Family Child
A three year old boy, John, watches a thunderstorm and asks if Jesus sends the sun and rain. His mother confirms and a sharp thunderclap leads him to wonder aloud if God is pounding on something now. The excerpt reflects a child’s religious framing of natural events.
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North Side
Jesus
John
Indianapolis News
Cats Foresee Earthquake in Copiapo 1922 Warning
In November 1922 a devastating Chilean earthquake struck Copiapo. Half the town was destroyed, hundreds died, and about 85,000 became homeless. Hours before the quake cats wandered nervously, mewed, and fled to higher ground, a claimed warning by animals.
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Chile
Copiapo
Ten Year Old Warns About Bad Habits in Car Romance
Habit Bertha ten years old is taught habits are to be watched for and that a bad habit once begun is hard to shake. She sees a couple in a car and remarks that their petting and drive could become a habit. Mother agrees Bertha is right.
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Bertha
Bargains of the New World Lands and Islands Sold
An account notes early colonial land deals repeating that Dutch trader Veter Minuit bought Manhattan in 1626 for goods valued at 24 dollars and that Simon Van Der Stell acquired Port Natal for 50 pounds in goods. It recounts the East India Company gains, Bombay rent, Nantucket transfers to Mayhew and partners, and Roger Ludlow’s barter for land between Norwalk and the Saugatuck river in Connecticut.
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Veter Minuit
Manhattan
Simon van der Stell
Capetown
Bay of
Port Natal
East India Company
Charles I
Bombay
Infanta
Catherine
Portugal
Portugese
Lord Stirling
Nantucket Island
Thomas Mayhew
Mayhew
Massachusetts
Roger Ludlow
Nantucket
Ludlow
Norwalk
Saugatuck River
Connecticut
Sound
Use of Superlatives Mars Modern Speech
The article critiques overworked adjectives and exclamations in contemporary language noting that words like awful terrible splendid and quite lose meaning. It argues speakers rely on so so so and fearfully exaggerated terms rather than plain descriptions.
Lighthouse at the northernmost Jutland point
The article recalls the ancient lighthouse at the far north of Jutland where the North Sea and Kattegat meet. It notes seafarers’ fears, praises the beacon keepers as heroes, and tells how Thorkel Skarpa supposedly built it. A fishing village grew around the beacon, with King Erik of Pommern granting a town charter in 1413. shifting dunes now bury much of the local church.
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Jutland
North Sea
Kattegat
Thorkel Skarpa
Erik
Pommern
Denmark
Detroit News
Silvery Moonbeam Dream Halted by Hairdresser
It was the last night of his holiday and the couple stood on the veranda of their hotel as he dreamed of escaping to eternal bliss on a moonlit voyage. She breaks the moment with a practical appointment at three tomorrow, ending the fantasy.
Notable English Spread Across the World
A list attributed to Mr. H. A. Fisher highlights England’s influence via parliaments railways factories cooperative societies safety bicycles tobacco afternoon tea athletic sports aseptic surgery child welfare work Boy Scouts and girl aides jury system Salvation Army high wings tailoring Gilbert and Sullivan Germany wins in deer muss and discipline France in taste United States in inventive prowess.
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Ingland
H. A
Fisher
Salvation Army High
Gilbert and Sullivan
Left handedness terms in use across locales
The London Times notes various regional terms for left handed people such as Watty at Evesham Neggy and kefty with playground and school usage variations discussed as informal descriptors rather than formal terms in the West Somerset Word Book cited.
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Clinet
Evesham
Castle Browmich
Elsworthy
West Somerset
London Times
Seven Keys to Baldpate at Pastime Theatre by American Legion
Kearney Post No 6 presents Seven Keys to Baldpate a farce by George M. Cohan at the Pastime Theatre next Tuesday evening. The cast includes Elijah Quimby Frank Doran Marion F Vera Magee Pierce Bland and others with music by the High School Orchestra. Proceeds go to the Post Building Fund and seats are selling fast.
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Baldpate
Kearney
Elijah Quimby
Baldpate Inn
Frank Doran
Quimby
Marion F. Vera
William Hallowell Magee
James T. Pierce
John Bland
Albert Pierce
Mary Norton
M. Theresa Sullivan
Rhodes
Regina M
Misses Hamill
Truth Supreme Virtue Bond of Union and Happiness
A compact reflection on truth as the foundation of social trust and happiness. The quote asserts language, friendship, and promises depend on truth, warning that without it society lacks reliance and security.
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Collier
Wordplay Quip Keeps Readers Cracking Wise
A lighthearted note urges readers to use clever humor instead of dull jokes. The line plays on the phrase wise crackers versus nut crackers to suggest smarter wit. The quip invites a smile without resorting to lowbrow humor.
Ivy Guild Elects Officers at Biannual Meeting
Over 70 members attended the Ivy Guild biannual meeting at St Michael's Church in Holmes House. Mrs Arthur W Wood was re elected president and officers were named: First Vice President Mrs Matthew Cahoon Second Vice President Miss Martha Graham Secretary Miss Evelyn Bache Treasurer Mrs Kenneth Murdock. Original officers from 35 years ago attended.
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IVY Guild
Ivy Y Guild
St Michael's Church
Holmes House
J. William Wood
Amos Gorham
James Wood
Richard Quarry
King
Arthur W. Wood
John H. Wall
Matthew J. Cahoon
Martha Graham
Evelyn C. Bache
Kenneth Murdock
Wm L. Manchester
Lena Morris
Warren
La Salle High routs Colt High 14 to 0 in seven innings
La Salle collected twelve hits and scored eight runs in the second inning to beat Colt High 14 to 0. Colt High pitcher D Ambrosio struggled, leaving after five innings, and Marsden shut down the visitors as every La Salle player had at least one hit. Perry stood out for Colt at third with six assists as rain ended the game after seven frames.
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la Salle
Colt
la Salle Boys
D'Ambrosio
Colt High
Marsden
le Clerc
Perry
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