A Daughter of Two Worlds Film Based on Forgery Case
The Norma Talmadge drama draws on a real New York forgery case with two men each serving ten years in Sing Sing. Black Jerry Malone, a cabaret keeper, and Jennie’s connections shape the plot as she is wrongly arrested and must choose between truth and social standing.
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Norma Talmadge
New York City
LeRoy Scott
Sing Sing
Jerry Malone
Jennie
Miss Talmadge
Ben
George
Jenmie
Awa
Midnight Romance and War Epic Play at Local Theater
A sensational film pairing Anita Stewart in a mystery romance about Marie Alexander a hotel maid by day and vision of beauty by night who foils a blackmail plot before vanishing and reappearing in bewildering circumstances. Also Monday features Allan Holibar’s The Heart of Humanity with Dorothy Phillips a major WWI era romance praised as the biggest production in ten years with matinee and evening showings.
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Anita Stewart
Amy
Forrester
Marie Alexander
Heart of Humanity
Allan Holibar
Dorothy Phillips
Reluctant Hero’s Family Graves and Patriot Honor
A reflective fragment recalls a boy who places flowers on his grandfather’s grave, and grows into a patriot who serves abroad. The tale links personal memory with national duty, ending with images of sacrifice and the enduring relic on a mantel.
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Teren
Chattanooga
Mickey Toaiy
Ais i Job Poyrymane
Age of Famous War Leaders Compared Across Conflicts
A French Army and Navy Journal piece notes high ages of World War I leaders while comparing to younger Civil War generals. It cites Hooker forty nine Meade forty seven Sherman forty four Grant forty three McClellan thirty six Sheridan thirty three and Confederate chiefs Johnston fifty four Lee fifty four Joe Johnston fifty four Longstreet forty Stonewall Jackson thirty nine Hood thirty three.
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Army and Navy Journal
J. B. Gautreau
Marnty
Gautreat
Bonaparte
Hoche
Pichegru
Hooker
Lee
Chancellorsville
Meade
Gettysburg
Sherman
Atlanta
Grant
Appomattox
McClellan
Antietam
Sheridan
Winchester
Albert Sidney Johnston
Joe Johnston
Longstreet
Stonewall Jackson
Memorial Day observance plans by Babbitt Post 115 G A R
General orders detail Memorial Day May 31 1920 events in Bristol Rhode Island led by Col Asa Hathaway. Processions form at GAR Hall Hope Street at 930 am with uniformed members and veterans and include salutes at Juniper Hill St Marys and North Cemetery. Speakers clergy and school children participate with Logan Gettysburg Lincoln readings and W R C ritual. parade ends at Soldiers and Sailors monument and water flower strewing.
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Bristol
N ‘National Department of
Rhodesland
G.A. R. Babbitt
Iseghatr
Babbitt Post
A. R
Fiatoun
Kearney Post
American Legion
Boy Scouts
H. F
Bennett Camp
Woman's Relief Corps and
Disabled Veteransi
Vaid
Juniper Hill
St. Mary’s
North Cemeteries
Sartini
St. Mary's
Hope Street
Franklin Street
North’Cemetery
Logan
Elizabeth August
Anson B. Howard
Lincoln
Gettysburg
Elizabeth Clowes
G. A
O. L. Bosworth
F. E. Suzman
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Williams
F. Damrosch
Frank Damrosch
Woman’s Relief Corps
Boy Scout
A. B. Howard
Memorial Day Poem Memorial Day tribute from Minna Irving
On Memorial Day we honor soldiers who died defending Liberty. The verse laments not being able to visit graves and instead calls for flowers flags and laurel wreaths to honor every fallen hero.
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Minna Irving
Day of Sacred Memories Memorial Day tribute note
The fragment honors Memorial Day as a twin festival for brave men and patriots who in crises show duty and courage. It urges Americans to sustain resolve that the dead did not die in vain and to serve a country they loved, honoring gallant soldiers from Virginia to the Argonne.
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Sen Hes
Sinneal
Ileal Ania
Sageeltioh
Worricg
Ons
Virginia
Argonne
Day Belongs to All Heroes
This commemorative passage honors American reconsecrations for all wars, celebrating living veterans and fallen heroes while recognizing those spared for a later generation.
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America
Shell Fisheries Notice Sets Shellfish Rules in Providence River
The Commissioner of Shell Fisheries announces removal of restrictions on shellfish taking in the Providence River south of a line from Triangulation Station 185 to Triangulation Station 164 effective June 1st 1920 at noon. Brayton A Round Clerk signs the order.
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Providence River
Bullock’s Neck
Bullock's, Cove
Commissioneral of Shell Fisheries
Brayton A
ROUND
Bristol Notice for Registry Voters Registration 1920
Town Clerk John W. Church announces daily June registration hours for Bristol voters starting at 9 a.m. except Sundays. The notice lists June dates through June 23rd 1920 with extended afternoon hours to 3 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays and 5 p.m. on some days.
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Pomeone
John W. Church
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U. & Royal Cards
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Bristol Auto Shop
Bristol, R. I
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Church Street
Headquarters
Relief Corps
R. H L. Bullock
J. B. Holmes
Shell Fisheries
E. W. Weaver
Pierce Avenue
Raymond P. Smith
Burton Street
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