Tragedy of Frog Hollow mock trial draws full house
The mock trial at State Street M E Church featured Eat Darby found guilty of kidnapping Rebecca Grimshaw with Judge Hammill presiding. The event included a large cast and concluded with a surprise gift to Frederick Blaisdell and previews for Fi Fi of the Toy Shop at Pastime Theatre.
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Frog Hollow
State Street
M. E
Eat Darby
Col
Merton A. Cheesman
Rebecca Grimshaw
Lillian Norris
Hezekiah Grimshaw
O. M. Crandall
Eaf. Darby
House of Correction
F. H. Hammill
Joseph A. Hammill
James F. Lavander
Messrs
Hammill
Lavander
Ndse
F.H Hammill
G. Herreshoff, Jr
Jesekiah Grimshaw
Capt
Young Women’s Parish Club
Bristol
Bonnie
Mildred Goettler
Leah Gardiner Loosey
Helen Potter
Ink
Alice Hall Aurelia
Rebecca Chase
Man-in
Percy Gibbs
Tin Heart
William Gardiner
Capt. Barnacle
George R
Fish
Omar Gibbs
Sally Goff
Bo Peep
Marion Coggeshall
Tack Hammer
Norman Seymour Prince
Lally Pop
Henry Earle
Hannah Talbee
Madeline Geisler
Lillian Church
Janet McDougall
Marion Darling
Eleanor Lynch
Claudia Wilson
Lauretta Shippee
Laurine Bradford
Sarah Brechin
Elsie Dunbar
Phyl Patstone
Helen Aldrich
Clara Davis
Caroline Starkey
Gwendolyn Hodgdon
Declamation Contest at Colt Memorial High School Held
The annual declamation contest at Colt Memorial High School drew a large audience. Prizes totaling 50 dollars were awarded to students including Henry Serbst Catherine Morris Bertha Farrington and Leonilda Sansone for speeches and performances.
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Colt Memorial High School
Leonalda Sansone
Hiawatha
Charles Makowski
Gustavus IV
Alice Murphy
Smiting
Veronica McGovern
Normandy
Charles Hughes
Wilson
Congress
Bertha Farrington
Janet MacDougall
Helen Kelley
Zanora
Henry Serbst
Toussaint I
Claudia Wilson “Earl
Ernest Webb
James A. Garfield
Abraham Lincoln
Catherine Morris
King Arthur
Guinivere
Ten
Edward B Fessenden
Emerson College of Oratory
Reuben F Gray
Alfred J Margott
East Providence High School
Cranston
John C Swift
Harriet Kinder
Hannah Kinder
Louise Malafronte
Sarah Bottomley
Mary C. Bolton
Graphanola
Mariette auxiliary schooner yacht launched at Herreshoff
The Mariette, a 1512 foot steel auxiliary schooner yacht built for J Fred Brown of Boston, was launched at Herreshoff. The vessel features a 180 horsepower motor, teak rails, mahogany houses, a submarine signal system, and sails with four main measurements. Capt Richard Sherlock to skipper with six seamen, enrolled in Boston and Eastern Yacht Clubs.
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J Fred Brown
Boston
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Richard Sherlock
Boston and
Fiastern Yacht Clubs
Rip Van Winkle at the Y M C A Shown in Five Parts
The Y M C A presents Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle in five parts as acted by Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Jefferson's original script. A matinee at 4 pm tomorrow admits boys and girls for a nominal fee and matrons will be present to supervise.
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Rip van Winkle
Moving Pictures
Washington Irving
Thomas Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson
Mystery of John Tyrall Echoes Through Rhode Island Home
A Civil War veteran, John Tyrall of Rhode Island, disappeared from the Soldiers' Home in 1914 after being admitted from Woonsocket. His elderly wife, then aged about 70, sought him in Olneyville, learned he hadn't been at the Home for nearly two years, and was aided by the police chief to return home. He served in Company A of the Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Page
John Tyrall
John
Woonsocket
Olneyville
Thomas Dwyer
State Board of Soldiers’ Relief
Rhode Island Heavy Artillery
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Detroit
H.C. Peckham
Bristol County
Charles Alden
Butler’s Shoe Store
Wrrient
Joodsyear Tires
the Waldron C.O
Bradford Street
FE. N. Easterbrooks
Joseph Hammill
James F Lavander
Norman Hathaway
Alice Tattrie
John H. Bailey
A. W. Hathaway
George A Richardson
L. W. Chantler
Milton Morgan
Albert Sparks
Arthur Newman
A. Markoff
H. L. Teller
George Crown
Lillian Nicholas
Mauss
Helen B. Warren
Mollie Hamill
Hattie Chase
Helen Church
Martha Paull
George A. Richardson
Edward L. Leahy
C. Austby
Henry L. Teller
Howard W. Church
Thomas Warner
A. C. McGilton
Frederick G Blaisdell
Blaisdell
Herreshoff
Jones
State St
William Hochman
Thames St
H. J. Andrews
Alfred Peat
Gooding
Narrows
John Temple Drury
Talbot & Hopkins Electrical Contractors
Constitution St
W. Bristol
BR. L
Otis L. Wood
Bristol 146
Kingsthorpe
Northup Bros
Thomas Christodol Corner
Thames and Oliver Streets
TOY Shop
Pastime Theatre
Bristol, R. I
Young Women’s Parish Club of
Trinity Church
Place & Foster
Hope Street
Page & Shaw's Chocolates
Newman’s Market
Swift
Dold
Welch’s
Philadelphia
Newman Bros
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