Upcoming Holiday Sales and Dances In Belvedere Area
The Belvedere Hotel hosts a series of events from November 27 to December 19 including whist games and food sales by Bristol Chapter D A R, dances by Hope Circle and Hopeless Three, Cafe Chantant by Mount Carmel Circle, and multiple Christmas sales sponsored by local churches and societies. Events span afternoons and evenings with varied venues such as the Belvedere Hotel Academy Hall Trinity Parish House First Baptist Church and First Congregational Church.
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Belvedere Hotel
Bristol
D.A
Belvedere
Daughters of the American Revolution
Belvedere Sun Parlor
Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Academy Hall
Wood Street
Hopeless Three
Cafe Chantant
G. A . Hall
Suara
Mount Carmel Circle
Ladies’ Aid Society of
States Street
M E. Church
Congregational Club
First Congregational Church
First Baptist Church
Mite Society
Trinity Parish House
Parish Aid Society
District Nurse Calls Directed to Headquarters
Notice instructs residents to contact the District Nurse at Headquarters in Dimond's Block Hope street during office hours 8 to 9 am and 1 to 2 pm. Emergency calls outside hours go to telephone 181 X.
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Sil
Dimond'’s
Hope Street
Made Gardener Barber In The English Regiment
A major in an English regiment scorned a pianist and sought a gardener to serve as barber to the company. A sergeant relayed the request and a gardener was sent, but when ordered to barber duties he balked, prompting the major to declare if he can cut grass he can cut hair and send him off.
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Roman
What the Cod Likes
Newfoundland hills host vast banks of crustaceans and mollusks that feed cod. Nature Magazine notes at hill bases millions of tiny creatures thrive, forming the codfish’s preferred diet.
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Newfoundland
Banks
Nature Magazine
The Dead Letter Office Mail Volume Described
A description compares a 20 by 100 foot lot to mail addressed incorrectly, scaling to 1,979 lots filling 3,058,888 square feet. It notes 19,000,000 letters were returned nationwide in one fiscal year due to careless addressing.
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Uncle Sam
Holland’s Dykes and Pumps To Expand Rich Farmland
The article outlines Dutch efforts to reclaim the Zuyder Zee adding vast farming land through major dyke and pumping schemes. It notes historic floods on St. Elizabeth’s Day 1228 and warns that draining the basin could trigger floods elsewhere. Also mentions wartime coal issues and future treasures rumored in reclaimed lands.
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Holland
Zuyder Zee
St. Elizabeth’s
North Sea
New Gold Discovery Reported Near Barmouth Wales
A gold discovery is reported on a farm at Cessailown Bach Bontddu near Barmouth Marioneth shire. Mining had continued for weeks with the site midway between the Clogan and Gwynfyndd mines, which fed Princess Mary’s wedding ring. Nearby lands long held hopes of rich finds but largely disappointed, triggering lengthy ownership disputes in North Wales.
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Cessailown Bach Bontddu
Barmouth
Marionethshire
Clogan
Gwynfyndd
Princess Mary
Bontddu
North
Wales
Spectacles to Make Horses Step Higher Spread in England
The Washington Star reports on prácticas in England using ground-sight spectacles for horses. These devices make ground appear closer to induce high stepping, a habit learned during training and retained afterward.
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England
Washington Star
Unclear OCR fragment about home news hunger
Fragmentary text appears to discuss hunger at home news and a person named Mickie, with garbled phrases and missing context. No clear event, date, or entities to identify a concrete news item.
Violins Made From Ancient Cliff Dwellers Wood Near Aztec NM
Smithsonian investigator Carl Morris uncovers well preserved timbers from cliff dwellings near Aztec New Mexico. The aged wood yields violins praised for tone rivaling seasoned instruments and fetch high prices.
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Aztec
N. M
Carl Morris
Smithsonian Institution
Kansas City Journal
Incriminating Publicity
A newspaper photographer presses for a handshake photo with a senator and Mr Grabcom. The senator declines to display closeness with wealthy interests, hoping for a shot with a poorer citizen to avoid accusations of favoring moneyed interests.
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Grabcom
Birmingham Age-Herald
England’s Poet Laureate Through The Ages
The poet laureate, once the king’s versifier, is now a distinguished lifetime honor. No compulsory duties exist though an ode for state occasions is expected. Notable holders include Wordsworth and Tennyson.
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England
Wiliam Wordsworth
Lord Tennyson
Neighbor asks Gertrude for errand for boy
One morning a neighbor asks Gertrude if her little brother can run an errand. Gertrude replies he might go by and by but not right away because he is busy getting spanked.
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Gertrude
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