Portuguese American Civic League forms in Bristol from club name change
A Friday Lincoln Hall meeting in Bristol saw the Portuguese-American Citizen's Club rename itself the Bristol Portuguese-American Civic League. Over 200 people attended as speakers from Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts urged unity to gain political recognition through the new Civic League.
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Lincoln Hall
Bristol
Civic League
Manuel Perry
Manuel Lima, Jr
Fall River
Massachusetts
Joseph A. Almeida
Mary Jane Francis
Rogers Free Library Adds Wide Range of Popular Titles
Fifty one books circulate at Rogers Free Library with 25 volume Funk & Wagnalls Reference set. Notable fiction includes Our Street by Compton Mackenzie, Obscure Dust by Willa Cather, The Fortress by Hugh Walpole, and Red Headed Woman by Katherine Brush. Multiple works by Sigrid Undset, Zane Grey, Temple Bailey, Pearl Buck, and Rex Beach are listed along with Western, mystery, and children’s books.
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Rogers Free Library
Funk & Wagnall
America
Russia
Ellery Walter
Grand Duchess
Marie
Our Street
Compton Mackenzie
Willa Cather
Hugh Walpole
Ellen Glasgow
Katherine Brush
Alice Grant Rossman
Vicki Baum
Sara Ware Bassett
South Sea Islands
J B Priestley
Paradise
Coningsby Dawson
Temple Bailey
Arthur Train
Temple Thurston
Sigrid Undset
Percival Wren
Harold Bell Wright
Grace Livingston Hill
Joseph C
Lincoln
Margaret Pedler
T S Stribling
Pearl Buck
Wm Raine
Jackson Gregory
Zane Grey
Arthur Rees
Yu' An Hee See
Sax Rohmer
Carlton
Edgar Wallace
Outer Islands
Rex Beach
Sing Sing
Warden Lawson F Lawes
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Sheila Kay Smith
Invention of the Unsinkable Ship Claim
London Tit-Bits reports a French inventor M. Joseph Chartrain unveiling a ship design claimed to be unsinkable. Tests used a 12 foot long half ton model showing self-righting behavior despite deliberate flooding and tilting, with the model returning to upright when weights were removed.
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M. Joseph Chartrain
London
Police Chief Morrissey Chosen After Council Meeting
Captain John H Morrissey was elected police chief at a Town Council session with all members present. Born January 1 1861 in Providence he moved to the town as a child and has served as a police officer since May 7 1890. He previously captained Company C of the Rhode Island Militia and helped the state’s best drilled unit win a 1899 fair prize.
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John H. Morrissey
Frank H. Hammill
R. S. Church
Joseph Simmons
Winthrop G. Thurston
Charles S. Cummings
Thomas Dwyer
Providence
National Rubber Company
Narragansett Park
New England
Morrissey
Annual meeting of Congre gtaional Club selects officers
The Congressional Club held its annual meeting in the chapel with strong attendance. Officers chosen include President Miss Mabel Gardner Secretary Miss Grace C Paull Treasurer Mrs T Newton Owen and a board of managers including Mrs Nathaniel Usher Mrs Charles F Dimond Mrs Henry Remington Mrs Elisha Hibbert and Miss Anna W Fitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Gardner
Grace C Paull
T Newton Owen
Nathaniel Usher
Charles F Dimond
Henry Remington
Elisha Hibbert
Anna W Fitch
Remington Rand Plans $4.5 Million Raw Material Buy
James H. Rand Jr announces Remington Rand will purchase 4.5 million dollars of raw materials this year. The order, directed to the purchasing department, aims to boost employment across 20 production fields as prices are near their lowest in 65 years of the company’s history. He says the move shows American business acting to turn the tide with courage and foresight.
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James H. Rand, Jr
Remington Rand, Inc
Roy D. Chapin
Brighten interiors with new paper and paint offer
Advertising notice promotes painting and wallpapering services by J. C. Alger Painter and Paperhanger at 19 Cole Bt Bristel. Call or write for an easy low price and flexible terms to refresh rooms.
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J. C. Alger
Cole Bt
Bristel
R. L
Lottie and Blondie Reunite Amid Tenement Drama
Blondie confronts her old friend Lottie now Lurline Cavendish in a crowded tenement visit. Gert Ma and Pa McClune observe with envy and class tension as Lottie reveals a new life and alias while Blondie faces her own desire to escape the rough downtown environment. Lurline departs with her mother after a sharp clash over Lotties past.
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Blondie
Lottie
Pete
Pa McClune
Gert
Ma McClune
Horace
Lurline
McClune
Lotties
Mrs Callahan
Callahan
Tam
Calahan
Mai
Surfeit of Both A club lunch and weathered reply
A bored member wanders into a grill room at lunch and declines cold shoulder and tongue requests citing prior meals. A Boston Transcript quip follows about a dim mood and a light luncheon scene. A separate note claims NamaSigue battle in Honduras killed three thousand or more in minutes in 1907.
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Boston Transcript
Namasigue
Honduras
Local Wedding at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
Miss Catherine St Angelo and John St Angelo wed in a ceremony at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church with Rev. Joseph Sarzano officiating. The altar was decorated with palms and flowers. the bride wore white satin and a cap veil. Following the ceremony a breakfast was held at Hotel Belvedere and the couple then left for a New York honeymoon. Both are natives employed in the braiding department of the US Rubber Company.
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Our Lady ‘of Mt. Carmels
Joseph
Sarzano
Albert Ethier
Catherine St. Angelo
Lena Caizzi
John St. Angelo
Ernest Caizzi
Hotel Belvedere
New York
Installation and officers named for local chapter
The text lists officers of a local organization with Rev. Thomas Gillan as past regent and Winifred Walsh as vice regent among others. A committee including Walsh, Dubuc, Bertrand, Marino and Gibson was formed to arrange upcoming installation exercises. They also planned a whist party at the K of C Home and an early Halloween event on October 31.
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Chapee Jain
Thomas J. Gillan
Winifred C."walsh
Nora E. Dwyer
Mary A. Lannon
Alice Sylvia
Marguerite Walsh
Emma Young
Nellie Connery
Eva Burke
Mary Collins
Ethel Connery
Bridget Lewis
Helen A. Condon
Regina Morris
Alice Dubuc
Lena Ingram
Geraldine Marino
Winifred C. Walsh
Catherine Bertrand
Catherine Gibson
K. of C
Probate Court Oversees Appointment of Guardian in Bristol
In Bristol on October 3 1932 the Probate Court considers William H Angevine Jr as minor over 14 choosing guardian William H Angevine for his person and estate The court sets a hearing for October 19 1932 at 10 A M in Bristol and orders fourteen days notice to be published in the Bristol Phoenix.
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Joseph Nappi
Annie Nappi
Bristol
County of
Rhode Island
Bristol Narrows
Coggeshall
Ernest White
J. Everett Coggeshall
Said White
Kate Brownell
Marion C. Bates
Coggeshall Avenue
A. Hammill
Mor
State Street
William H. Angevine, Jr
William H. Angevine
Alice F. Angevine
Bristol Phoenix
TOR
HN W. Church
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Burnside Lodge
K. of P
Grand Army Hall
George Clark
John Hackett
Alex Alexander
William Gardiner
George S Marshall
Marion Coggeshall
Augusta Coggeshall
Central Street
Miss Coggeshall
Mollie Peckham
Helen Warren
Helen Potter
Rennie Sawyer George Rounds
Charles W Herrmann
Mary Spencer
Damel Morris
Harald Newman
Bessie West
Mr Davidson
Edward J. Robertson
Ida Coggeshall
Frances Marion
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Marion Davies
Mrs
International Film Service Co., Inc
You Cy
Charles ST. Electric CO
Charles St
R. I
Benjamin Moorby
Eva C Moorby
Mary J Cole
Ode Island
Wood Street
Charles Street
Cole's Lane
Fox Hill Cottage
Frank N Easterbrooks
Nehemiah Cole
Charles E Cole
Evan Moorby
Charles E. Cole
Mary T Gladding
Gladding
Erery
Emilio D, Iannuccilia
Hope Street
Industrial Trust Company
HOPE
E. W. Weaver
Co. 202
High Street Telephone
Augustus P. Duffy
W. W. Franklin & Co
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
BR. I. Watron Co., Inc
Weybosset Street
Freeborn
R. Gole
Cook Street
G. M. Wilbur
Lady Xnsistant
Constitution ST
Bristo C
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
Wiliam Street Tel. Con
Bristol District Nursing Association
Martha Graham
Hope St
Thyra Carlson
High .St
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