Legion Members Visit Wallum Lake Guests
About 50 members of Kearney Post No 6 American Legion and Auxiliary visited Wallum Lake to entertain disabled veterans. They distributed fruit, cake, candies, smokes, handkerchiefs, and Hallowe'en novelties and presented a radio program with Mrs Ella Paull as operator and Joseph Haines as announcer.
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Kearney Post No 6
American IT Legion
Wallum Lake
Ella Paull
Joseph Haines
Charles Morgan
James Pierce
Nora FE. Dwyer
Elizabeth Pierce
Donat Gladue
Nova Fk
Dwyer
Dweser
Boy Scout Notes on Armistice Day Events and Races
The Bristol Troop Boy Scouts plan an Armistice Day event with a straw vote on action practice wall and team selection. Scoutmasters organize two divisions, practice sessions, and an evening program at 7:30. A separate organization meet is slated for Friday afternoon with Peters and others coordinating upcoming activities.
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Theo Farst
Bristol
Boy Scouts of Almerica
WoOd Prams Wall
Wadd
Selans
Boon Jinsday
Evan
Hans Wall
Boa
Cherman
Bristol Chapter D A R meeting on Health Education talk
The Bristol D A R chapter will meet at Mrs W Fred Williams home on Hope Street from Monday to Saturday next week. Miss Mabel Bragg of Newtonville Mass former Newton School System official will discuss "The Health Education of Public School Children." Hostesses include Mrs Williams Mrs Paine Mrs Ingraham and Mrs Brownell.
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Pee Ae
Neavember
Women Seek Gubernatorial and Congressional Seats Across States
The piece notes election results by district and party, with Boyle and San Souci as governors and Coggeshall as senator in prior cycles. It highlights growing female participation in races for governor, Congress, and local offices, listing several women candidates across states and parties. Radio will relay tonight’s results from Bristol and beyond, with broader 1920s political context.
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William H. Thayer
Repubiicat
Henry W. Boynton
Linden Place
Y MC
Bristol
M A. Ferguson
Texas
Nellie G Ross
Wyoming
Congress
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Elizabeth R Culbertson
Prohibition and
Labor
Daiss M. Detterline
Anna Vat Skite
Prohibition
L. Blankenburh
Jennie Dornblum
Socialist Labor
Jessie L. Collet
Socialist Party
Isabel C. King
California
Kunta Sissman
Himeis
Ruby Herman
Washington
Mainnie McFarland
Oregon
Mary Ward Hart
Illinois
Nellie Cline
Kansas
Mary T. Morton
New Jersey
Mary Giles Howard
Tennessee
Luella Barton
Nebraska
Carre I Engle
Obituary for Mrs Nancy McShane of Bristol
Mrs Nancy McShane wife of Hugh McShane died about 12 30 this morning at 241 Wood Street after a lingering illness in her 75th year She was born Feb 3 1850 in Killymuck Ireland and lived in Bristol many years A member of First Congregational Church she was survived by husband and three children Miss Mary Jo McShane William Jo McShane assistant postmaster and James K McShane of Pawtucket Funeral from her home Thursday at 2 30 PM.
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Nancy McShane
Hugh McShane
Wood Street
Mary Jo McShane
Wiliam Jo McShane
James K McShane
Pawtucket
Thugsdas
John Ndsia Furtado and Miss Josephine Mello Wedding Query
Fragmentary text notes a wedding between John Ndsia Furtado and Miss Josephine Mello in Warrey. No further events, dates, or locations are readable.
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John Ndsia Furtado Oo
Thes Town
Josephine Mello
Ot Warrey
Coming Events Listings At Grand Army Hall And Local Venues
A chronology of community events from November through early December listing activities at Grand Army Hall Burnside Local Club and GAOR venues. includes dinners dances card parties concerts and charity sales with organizers such as Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella Mount Hope Chapter and Eastern Star.
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Grand Army Hall
Grand Farr
Duspros
Burnside
Gaor
Hope
Daughters of Isabella
Cartier Reaches Hochelaga Island Near Mont Royal
Cartier and his men visit a palisaded village on Hochelaga near the future site of Montreal. They observe maize fields, about 50 wooden houses, and are led to Mont Royal from which the landscape is seen. The city ward preserves Hochelaga’s name.
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Jacques Cartier
St. Malo
France
St. ‘Lawrence
St. Lawrence
Ottawa
Hochelaga
Cartier
Montreal
Mont Royal
Hocheinga
Slow Poisons in Tea When Improperly Made
A Baltimore Sun summary explains tea brewing matters. If tea steeps too long, theine tannin can accumulate, creating a slow poison risk and harming nerves and digestion. Excessive tea use is warned as similar to dangerous drugs and can lead to addiction.
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Baltimore Sun
Unusual Visit Sparks Family Farm Tension
Elsie Simpson visited Uncle Eb Simpson’s farm in Oak Holler to inspect the animals. Eb allegedly grew angry and sent her to town, prompting rumors about the family and their cats. He defends raising his cats properly amid the dispute.
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Jake Simpson
Elsie
Oak
Elsie Eb
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Curiosities of Smell and Scent Phenomena
The article explores why odors emerge from substances in the air rather than from water. It notes that a substance may be odorless when dissolved yet releases a fragrance as a vapor. It gives examples from garden after rain and squid vapor. It mentions perfumes like eau de cologne may be unrecognizable by the nose when inhaled directly.
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Cleveland
Cologne
Burglar Alarm Push Stirs Mrs Higgins
A canvasser at the door tells Mrs Plignons and Mrs Higgins they need burglar alarms. Mrs Higgins insists she does not want alarms and challenges the insinuations from the neighbor. The exchange ends with Mrs Higgins demanding three alarms.
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Mrs. Higgins
Instep remains long in man despite height growth
The article notes that only humans retain the long primitive instep bone even as the body enlarges. It argues that humans used the heel and foot early in evolution, suggesting initial short stature with an erect posture.
Red Cross Life-Saving Corps Expands Nationwide
A boy learns a water rescue method from an expert and saves a companion. The Red Cross reports rapid growth from one expert in 1914 to almost 60,000 life-savers, with thousands more to join. Campaigns target Boy Scouts troops and widespread training across camps, schools, and police departments to reduce drownings.
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Red Cross
Gill Amercan
Red Cross Service For Humanity
War Department
American Red Cross
Red Cross Corps
Red Cross Invites All Into Neutral Army of Service
The American Red Cross calls 3,089 courses and 3,500 chapters to join or renew membership during Armistice Day to Thanksgiving Roll Call. Judge John Barton Payne says the drive unites volunteers nationwide to ease suffering and expand service in the year ahead.
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United States
American Red Cross
National Organization
Red Cross
Legion of Mercy
John Barton Payne
The
Annual Red Cross Roll Call to Enroll Members in 1925
The nationwide enrollment begins November 11 1924 the Armistice Day anniversary and runs for 17 days until Thanksgiving Day November 27 1924 Red Cross Sunday falls on November 3 1924. Over 38 500 Chapters and thousands of branches will invite people to join or renew membership.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
The
Ocean Depths and Earth's Surface Weigh Against Land
The article discusses the vastness of the sea, using Raymond J. Brown’s Popular Science Monthly observations. It cites earth’s land area, water area, and average depths, noting oceans would remain deep even if all land were leveled and dumped into the sea. It compares Mount Everest to ocean depth, illustrating how submerged the peak would be.
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Raymond J. Brown
Popular Science Monthly
Earth
From Malevolence to Useful Science in Human Progress
The passage notes that many scientific gifts emerged from destructive origins. Steel evolved from swords to skyscraper skeletons and ships. petroleum shifted from Greek fire to fuel for ships. Medicines once used on weapons now aid health, while poisons once common in murder are repurposed for pest control and mining.
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London
Boaster Silenced by Band Misstep at Lunatic Asylum
A boastful man on a football field taunts a band of youths then discovers the band is made up of harmless inmates from a local lunatic asylum. The crowd laughs as he retreats after realizing the unlikely source.
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Edinburgh
Best Way to Use Phone Transmitters For Clear Voice
Tests show speaking from six inches and beyond greatly degrades transmission. Best results occur when the mouth is about one half inch from the transmitter and aimed directly into it. Facing the transmitter avoids deflection of sound waves and improves clarity.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Negative Beauty in Domestic Architecture
A quotational meditation by John Burroughs on negative beauty describing homes as shelter and background. It argues architecture should serve daily life and comfort rather than be flaunted as art. The piece emphasizes health hospitality and ordinary use as core aims of dwelling design.
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John Burroughs
Few Horses in Cities Warn Children About Urban Animals
A narrator notes the rarity of horses in cities and urges illustrators to depict horses and cows in children’s books. The piece laments that most youngsters rarely see a horse in urban areas and explains terms like carriage and chariot for new readers.
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William Fairbanks
Wilfred Lucas
Ralph DePalma
Racing For Life
Chronicle of America
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Garfield Avenue
William W. Franklin & Co
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