Star Theatre promotes fire safety and high quality shows
The Star Theatre in Bristol touts fireproof booth construction with steel and asbestos, fire safety compliance, and rapid evacuations, alongside a program of high grade motion pictures and illustrated songs. Manager announces the World Championship baseball series, notable performers Maurphy Davis and Eddie Collins, and Mina Esphey the banjo artist, with a promise of flickerless projections and careful film selection.
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Star Theatre
Bristol
Star
Tharadsay
Chicagos
Philadelphia
Maurphy
Davis
Eddie Collins
Gléndale
Odmedy
Hope Dicént
Keith Virouie
Mina “Esphey
Hwehé
Miga
Fallack Will
Chicago
The
Y M C A Bowling Tournament Narrow Victory
In last evening's YMCA bowling event the Combinations won two strings and the overall total from Mellifruents. Scores not fully listed in the fragment.
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N. Johnston
P Walsh
Wilson
J. Walsh
H Schafftt
Wilbur
W. McCaughey
G. A. Balfour
B. Wall
O. E. West
Hank Hanks
G. Kinnicutt
S. Manro
Totl Moonshiners
Regret at Col Colt Withdrawal from Senate Race
Bristol residents express regret over Col Samuel P Colt stepping back from a United States Senate bid. The piece highlights his leadership of the United States Rubber Company of New York and the banking sector, noting his long business career and hoped future service to state and nation. The article emphasizes community support for his continued role with US Rubber and recognition of his influence in finance and industry.
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Samuel P. Colt
United States
Bristol
United Sates Rubber “Company of
New York
Criticiam
Gol. Colt
Senate
Col. Colt
Congress
Col"Colt
National Capitol
U. S. Rubber Co
As & m
Addressing Col Colt as Rhode Island Senatorial Hope
A public note expresses confidence that Col Colt will be recalled to public service in Rhode Island when time allows. It praises his past and calls him a noble patriot, wishing him health and happiness until that day arrives. The message emphasizes ongoing support from hometown and state friends for his future senate role.
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Col. Colt
Rhode Island
Senate
Beggars and Bandages Inspire Frontline Nursing Skill
A beggar on a curb uses linen strips from bystanders to craft bandages and demonstrate nursing skill. He explains that men in the profession learn early to improvise and arrange bandages to look as if they have suffered, stressing self-reliance in first aid.
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New York Sun
Johnny Roche's Tower on the River Awberg
A Strand Magazine note recalls John Roche of Cork who built a solitary tower on the river Awberg between Mallow and Fermoy. He also built a mill with a self designed water wheel and traveled country roads in a foot powered wheeled vehicle. His final act was to erect his own tomb in the river bed though others rejected the idea as unchristian.
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Johnny Roche
Awberg
Mallow
Fermoy
County Cork
Ireland
John Roche
London Strand Magazine
Fire in Herreshoff yard burns storehouse and boats
In Walker's Cove a blaze discovered before 3 a m at the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. storehouse destroyed the barn and its contents and damaged two rail boats, with two others hurt. Police Officer Benjamin Munro and Fire Dept. Assistant Engineer John E Magee reported the incident, with a total loss estimated near 6000 dollars and the fire thought incendiary.
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Herreshoff
Walker's Cove
Herreshoff Manufacturing Co
Benjamin Munro
John E.magee
Merino Athletic Club
Bristols
Brightman Re
West Rt
Norrisg
Tiddelle
Tatriet
Thompsone
Capt
John E. Magee
National India Rubber Company
Eugene A. Rounds
Papriks In H E Bones Refused Recipe At New York Eatery
A New York Tribune item recounts Ne Papriks In H E Bones a Hungarian restaurant famed for bold dishes. A young Western matron sought the recipe for a course the head waiter refused explaining you must be Hungarian or have paprika in your bones.
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Papriks
H&e- Bones
New York
Far West
New York Tribune
Nature's Warning About Kidney Ills Prompts Doan's Pills
An old notice urges warning signs of kidney trouble such as dark urine sediment and frequent painful passages. It credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief, recounting Samuel Lindsey of Bristol who found backache and urine issues improved after using the product sold by Master-Milbard Co. Buffalo as sole US agents.
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Dean
Bright
Doan
Bristo
Samuel Lindsey
Chauroh St
Bristol
R. 1
J. H. Young & Co
Master-Milbard Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Councilman Waldron Begins Erection of New Project
Councilman Lewis B. Waldron has started construction on a new public works project. The undertaking aims to upgrade local facilities and improve community services, with officials pledging oversight and timely completion.
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Lewis B. Waldron
Stomach Troubles Cured by Vinol, Eyewitness Testimonials
Advertorial notes several testimonials from customers in Portland Maine and Detroit Michigan praising Vinol for curing stomach trouble and indigestion. It claims the cod liver elements and tonic iron restore digestion and build strength, offering a money back guarantee via Hope Drug Co Bristol.
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David Kennedyis
T. Lind
David Kennedy
David Kennedy Co
Romdout
N. Y
W. E. Waterhouse
Portland
Thos. G .Wallace
Detroit
Mich
Hope Drug CO
Bristol
Across the Hall telephoning dinner plan sparks tension
In a brief exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer a man asks to use Snibbs phone to call his wife about bringing a man from out of town to dinner. He fears his wife’s reaction and the man is in his room watching.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
An Essay on Man and Pascal in Elegant Paradox
A concise reflection frames human nature as a chimera and paradox. It contrasts man as a judge of all things yet a feeble worm, a depository of truth and a cloaca of uncertainty and error, highlighting the universe's glory and shame.
Pretty Healthful Neighborhood Quip From Harper's Weekly
A humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly notes a supposedly healthy neighborhood with no deaths for years except the undertaker who died of starvation, underscoring satirical bite about mortality and health.
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Harper's Weekly
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