Halloween Festivities Dotted With Mischief And Parties
Grotesque costumes filled the town as Halloween parades continued over Friday and Saturday. An attack on a Wood Street bus left a rear window shattered and passengers struck by cabbages and glass. Local groups held dances and socials at the State Armory, Boy Scouts, State Street M F Church, and other venues with costumes, prizes, music, and suppers.
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Hallowe’en
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Church Street
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243Rd Coast Artillery
Boy Scouts
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M F
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Charles Shermar, Jr
Clinton Pendleton
Lord Kelvin Solves Dinner Problem with Simple Math
A Manchester Guardian correspondent recounts a late Lord Kelvin incident. He limped yet pondered papers and muttered Seven and five’s thirteen. The maid corrected him, and he admitted the error with a smile as dinner remained warm.
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Ggeos
Michwritee
Manchester
England
Guardian
Lord Kelvin
Largs
Legends of the Rose Across Cultures
The piece surveys myths from many eras where roses embody secrecy and transformation. It references Vishu and his wife, Cupid and Venus, Nimrod’s infant Abraham, and a Bethlehem maiden whose innocence turns flames to red roses. The common thread ties roses to protection, oath, and revelation.
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Cupid
Venus
Nimrod
Abraham
Sir John Mandeville
Bethlehem
European girlhood tales differ in charm and scope
The passage surveys diverse European girl types from Parisian lightness to Swedish shyness and Danish rural attire. It argues the Danish girl, though plain, blends beauty with strong housewifery skills, claiming such traits would outshine prizes in Danish beauty contests.
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Europe
Copenhagen
Denmark
Bible tale sparks debate on Samson jawbone origin
S R K Glanville of the British Museum suggests the jawbone in Samson's story may be an ancient Egyptian sickle or reap ing hook in a poetical guise. He argues Egyptian agriculture retains old methods and that pharaonic land output was monitored for theft, prompting renewed discussion.
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Samson
S. R. K. Glanville
British Museum
Glanville
Boston Herald
Origin of Dance Tied to Expressive Emotion Through Movement
The article traces dance to humanity's urge to express emotion through action. It notes ancient peoples danced with music or rhythm, using drums, shells, rattles, sticks, or clapping. Initially both singing and dancing occurred, then some danced while others sang, and eventually instruments replaced voice accompaniments.
Describing Galilee after Christ The Land and Cities
Josephus the military governor described the sea of Galilee region after Jesus death noting nine shore towns each with at least 15 000 inhabitants. He praised the land as highly fruitful with diverse trees thriving in a climate well suited to figs palms olives and walnuts.
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Christ
Josephus
Sea of Galilee
Vanilla from Orchids and Their Flavoring Role
Vanilla comes from the orchid, a tropical plant whose extract flavors foods. Orchids, known for elegant flowers, grow as parasitic plants on tall trees in forests of Mexico Java Seychelles and Brazil, common along the Ofieco river banks.
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Mexico
Java
Seychelles
Brazil
Ofieco River
Temple at Ur Revealed in Remarkable Babylonian Stillness
C Leonard Woolley reports a newly uncovered temple at Ur in Mesopotamia dating to Nebuchadnezzar era about 50 years after its construction. The structure rises from a mound, with walls nearly 20 feet high and whitewash in good condition, offering a rare, complete Babylonian temple at the site.
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Nebuchadnessar
C. Leonard Woolley
University of Pennsylvania
British Museum
Mesopotamia
Nabonidus
Woolley
Alluraq
Iraq
Algerian Natives Described in a 19th Century Travel Sketch
The article portrays Algerian natives as a mixed population with pirates appearing as steamy waterfront visuals. It notes Moors and Arabs as degenerated beggars, while Jews run many shops and Kabeles, a mountain-descended group, dominate the population with Greek and Roman legacies in looks and laws.
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Alhambra
Establishing Sorority Banta’s Exchange Defines National Scope
The Washington Star notes in 1905 that a national sorority forms from unity and harmony rather than a fixed method. It requires at least five chapters, all at collegiate institutions, as defined by the inter sorority conference.
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Sorority
Banta
Greek Exchange
Washington Star
The Blond Ideal in Historical Beauty Standards
The text traces how beauty ideals favored fair skin and blue eyes across Christian, Roman, and Greek imagery. It notes recurring phrases like fair haired and beautiful and contrasts past judgments with today’s broader, less rigid standards of beauty.
Liquefying Air by Extreme Cold and Pressure
The article explains liquefying air by cooling to 140 C below zero or 222 F below zero and compressing to about 39 atmospheres. It notes Absolute zero as the theoretical limit, about 2721 C below zero, with Britannica citing 2723 C as the lowest temperature reached.
Amsterdam Is Legal Capital and Seat of Government
The Dutch constitution recognizes Amsterdam as the legal capital while The Hague serves as the seat of government and royal residence. The sovereign must spend at least eight days annually in Amsterdam and all royal ceremonies take place there.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Llague
Flague
Historic Halifax tablet marks 1755 packet line route
A Halifax tablet commemorates the 1755 establishment of a packet line between Falmouth and New York as part of an effort to improve colonial communication with Britain. It notes Halifax as a stop and cites Montreal’s founding of the Spoat office in the Dominion of Canada as then constituted.
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Halifax
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New York
Montreal
Dominion of Canada
Obituary Manuel Tavareg Pimental
Manuel Tavareg Pimental died Friday morning in Burrillville after treatment. Requiem Mass was held at St Elizabeths Church and burial followed at St Marys Cemetery. Born in the Azores, he immigrated at age 14 and worked at National India Rubber Co. He leaves two children, six sisters, three brothers, and his wife Laura F Pimental preceded him in death.
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Burrillville
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Chestnut Street
Pimental
National India Rubber Company
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Mary Tavares Pimental
24 Court Street
St. Michael
Azores Islands
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Funeral Services for Mrs Susan Wardwell at 974 Hope Street
Funeral services for Mrs Susan F Judd Wardwell wife of the late Frank M Wardwell were held at her home on 974 Hope Street. Rev William C Darby officiated. Interment followed at North Cemetery. She leaves two sons and two grandchildren aged 72.
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Susan F (Judd) Wardwell
Frank M. Wardwell
Hope Street
William C Darby
State Street
MFE
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Robbert S Gray
Howard W Church
Samuel W Church
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Lydia (Gray) Judd
Bristol High School
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State Street ME
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W V Morrison
State Street ME F
William M Wardwell
Fast Providence
Roydon M Wardwell
Sousa Born in town to Mr and Mrs Louis Sousa
A daughter named Novoa Sousa was born to Mr Louis Sousa and Mrs. Sousa at 39 Gooding Lane. The family announced the birth in local records.
Obituaries: Manuel Pimental and Susan Wardwell
Manuel Tavares Pimental aged 32 years and 7 months died in Burrillville on October 3. Mrs Susan F Judd Wardwell wife of the late Frank M Wardwell died in Wardwell in her 73rd year on November 1.
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Wardwell
Susan F (Judd) Wardwell
Frank M Wardwell
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