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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Nov 23, 1926

Page

3

Auditorium Exercises Debates Girls Versus Boys At School

The John Post Reynolds School held an auditorium exercises debate on the topic Resolved That Girls Are Better Sports Than Boys. The negative side won with Laura Maderos Lena Carroll and Annie Quatrupolo. Judges were Miss Cora M Hill and Miss Dora Sherman.

John Post Reynolds Laura Maderos Lena Carroll Annie Quatrupolo Angelina Caizza Mary Cortelessa Catherine Hempel Cora M Hill Dora Sherman Sybil Anderson William Sylvia Frank Correira Ada

Local lineup and judges for the event

The participants include Laura Furtado Beatrice Dennis Mary Viera Louis Remi Madeline Maxmean with losing team members Lydia Byone Mary De Costa Catherine Hempel Mary Malafronte and Mary Cortellessa. Judges are Miss Elenora CC Swanson Miss Gertrude A Leonard and Miss Dorothy J Drown.

Laura Furtado Beatrice Dennis Mary Viera Louis Remi Madeline Maxmean Lydia Byone Mary de Costa Catherine Hempel Mary Malafronte Mary Cortellessa Elenora CC. Swanson Gertrude A. Leonard Dorothy J. Drown

List of Honor Pupils at John Post Reynolds School

Principal George J O'Brien submits a list of honor pupils across grades 6 through 8B. Notable first and second honor roll names include Rose Belrosain, Claudia DeWolf, Susan Victoria, Michael Deleo, Theresa Marino, and several others across Grades 8A to 6B, with teachers named for each group.

George J O'Brien John Post Reynolds School Cora M. Hill Rose Belrosain Margaret Cicerchin Jack Marsden Louis Vaccaro Ina P Warren Claudia DeWolf Virginia Benta Edward Marshall F . Swanson Louise Bell Mary Gladding Louis Annarummo Marguerite Brogan Ferdinand Carratura Rose Campagna Josephine Codola Herrmann Wilbur Gertrude S Leonard Elmer Manley Regina M Morris Beall Bertha Cheshire Audrey Munro Raphelena de Rosa George St Angelo Dorothy Crown George Hayes Michael Malafronts J B Conrick Phoebe de Costa Nathaniel Gladding Sadi Madeiros Octave Lelar Orlando Bishana Marys Sousa Delvina Sousa Mars Victoria Oreste Procopia James Fusco Flo Waldron Joseph Victoria Bruce Matheson Vincent Fasano Helen Brarbato Bonita Crogho Mary Turillo Mus MF Dwyer Alfred Piava Mary Andrade Alvera’ Panzerella Theresa Marino Philomena Romana Evelina Olver Joseph Souza Mary Silvia Laurence Dr Mauro Teonard Michael Deleo Theresa Marino Emrly Posvtan Angelina Albert Elsie Perry Fannie Vivenza Rall Vrank Duarte Alice Ennis Gegina Matrone Adelaita Fiora Tony Gangem Tony Matrone

Thanksgiving Day Church Services Across Local Parishes

St Michaels Church hosts morning prayer, address and Holy Communion on Thanksgiving. Trinity Church offers services at 730 and 9 AM with choir performances. Hope Circle No 70 Daughters of Isabella attend a 7 AM Mass, and St Mary’s Church holds a mass at 7 45 AM at Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

St Michaels Church Trinity Church Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella St Mary's Church

Birth Announcements in Local Town Names Bruno and Bruscato Families

A daughter to Mr and Mrs Joseph S Bruno of 204 State Street Bruscato is welcomed in town. A daughter named Rose Mary to Mr and Mrs Cosma Bruscatu is also announced in the same locality.

Bruno Mro Joseph S Bruno State Street Bruscato Rose Mary Mroo Cosma Bruscatu

Died Ashton Ato the Rhode Island blos pital suddenly

Mrs Mare Ashton of this ten oan hee For Crowles da Warten New Ta OM Poanmna for owdey tere Tyo thre town.

Ashton Rhode Island Mare Ashton Crowles

Coming Events Of The Pristo Counal And Local Societies

A sequence of holiday social events listed for Thanksgiving and December includes dances and teas organized by groups such as the Pristo Counal Batters 243rd Coast Artillery at the State Armory and the Grand Army Hall. Also noted are card parties, Christmas sales, a old fashioned dance, a bean supper, and a minstrel show by Hope Circle D of Isabella at local venues like Rockwell Hall and Pastime Theatre.

State Armory Church Street 243Rd Coast Artillery Home For Franklin Street Congregational Artillery State Street State Street Wood Church Ladies Aid Society First Baptist Church Mite Society Hope Circle No 70 Daughters of Isabella

Soldiers' Home visit boosts Rhode Island veterans birthday celebration

Members of the Soldiers' Home Committee of the Woman's Relief Corps Rhode Island joined Arnold and McGregor Corps to visit the Soldiers' Home on Sunday. They brought luxuries, staged an entertainment, and celebrated five veterans birthdays with cards and home made jelly and cake.

Soldiers’ Home Committee Woman's Relief Corps Department of Rhode Island Arnold and McGregor Corps Orville Streeter Joseph Fieldsend Charles Greene Daniel Holmes Eugene Beauregard Elizabeth Gladding America Susan M Shepte Mark Archer Anne G Staples Ezra Dixon State Board of Solders' Relief Phil Deacon M Wailhams Phillip Memorial Church Eden Park Lydia Brayton Sons of Union Soldiers Sparks Arnold Corps Lawrence Laura IJ South Stephen Brayton Allegance Dixon

Man of 60 helped by Adlerika anti gas mixture

A testimonial from a user named WoOW Carter praising Adlerika a buckthorn bark glycerine based remedy. The ad claims it removes gas in ten minutes relieves a full bloated stomach and helps chronic constipation. It presents the product as a simple effective cure from Hope Drug Co.

Adlerka Carter Adlerika

Refuge in Death Agy Interior Reflections by the Romany Tale

In a San Francisco Chronicle excerpt the author contrasts death by one’s own act with human resilience. The text cites Jasper Petulengo the Norfolk gypsy and George Borrow to ponder life’s sweetness and the urge to die versus the desire to endure.

Jasper Petulengro George Borrow Brother Jasper San Franciso

Mercy Cut No Figure in Old-Time Justice

Description of the wheel torture used in medieval and early modern Europe. It explains the method in Germany and France, with the wheel used on criminals of various severity and the changing practices until abolition around the French Revolution. It notes later German use for treason and murder.

Germany Vietho France St Andrews

Nelsons Statue Honors Virginia Patriot in Richmond

The Thomas Nelson Jr statue stands among six monuments at Richmond’s Washington Monument site. Nelson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, held roles in the House of Burgesses, the Virginia conventions, and the Continental Congress. He organized militia during Matthews’s 1779 raid, funded a loan with personal wealth, and died in Yorktown in 1789 destitute after the siege.

Thomas Nelson Washington Monument Richmond Virginia Nelson Philadelphia Cambridge England House of Burgesses Waithamsburg Vairginia Continental Congress Matthews Yorktown Cornwallis

Absent-minded Dentist’s Calm Assertion Sparks Controversy

A Boston Transcript quote recalls a young dentist who attempted to kiss a woman despite her objections. He reassured her by saying it would not hurt, highlighting behavior framed as inappropriate and unsettling in the era.

Boston Transcript

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Reynolds School Mary Posytan Mathew Capone Nicholas Castigliego John Marsden Valentine Alessandro Mary Cardoza Ada Sylvia WM. H. Bell Hope Street Bradford St. Market Bradford Street JH. BH. Couillard Chiropractic Bristol Constitution Street BUICK Geatest Mae CK Rversum John G. Des Pristo Counal Knights of de Juimbus Koopf Grand Army Hall Prarnrerse Club Kearney Rockwell Hall Tactic Woman’s Relief Corps Thomas Nelson, JR John C. Trudell Second Street Court St Bath P. John St Frank B. Silvia Hope ST Newman's Weber Farm Hubbard Clairmont Florida Lonsdale Bakery Edgemont Kenyon Hinch Hoyt Ki Newman Chase & Sanborn Roquefort
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