Poets Laureate Ages and Notable Figures Noted in History
The article recalls ages of famous poets and laureates, noting Colley Cibber as the longest lived in that line at eighty seven. It mentions Alfred Austin and criticism from King Edward VII who dismissed Austin as poet laureate and even called his verses trash in a letter to Lord Salisbury.
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Shesiano
Alfred Austis
Tennyson
Wordsworth
Ben Jonson
Dryden
Colley Cibber
Edward
Alfred Austin
Mr. Austin
Lord Salisbury
Salisbury
Sir Sidney Lee
Paper Showers Rise From Skyscraper Pageant
The St Louis Globe Democrat praises the idea of showers of paper as a festive welcome for heroes and distinguished guests. It notes the pioneering role of the first celebrant and suggests elaborate tissue paper cascades in crimson pink and yellow with silver and gold accents to heighten the spectacle.
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St. Louis Globe Democrat
Charity patient accused crook known as B
A telephone call to a sanitarium near Chicago reveals a mysterious caller who claims to be a close friend of a patient named B. The caller alleges B has substantial assets including 400 dollars in one bank 600 dollars in another and owns a Waukegan bungalow and warns the staff to hide his clothes to prevent a possible escape.
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Chicago
Waukegan
Chicago Evening Post
Boots for Little Jamesy Prompt a Weeklong Bargain
In a London Answers anecdote misled Pat the Irishman agrees to shop with his wife Martha for boots advertised as a last seven days. He is shocked by the price and humorously questions why they should buy items he fears won’t last longer than a week.
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Pat
Jamesy
Martha
London
New Brunswick Legends Of Gluskap And Beavers
The text recounts New Brunswick legends from Evangeline era heritage. It notes French settlement and feuds in early days, with Indigenous stories of Gluskap and a giant beaver threat. Gluskap sails in a magical canoe island, defeats the beaver, and becomes chief of the tribes.
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New Brunswick
Canada
Evangeline
Gluskap
An Interruption in a Gallipoli Parley
Compton Mackenzie recalls a humorous disruption during a high level talk between British and Turkish officers at Anzac. A tent flap rose and a New Zealand or Australian batman shouted angrily, asking if any of them had stolen his kettle amid discussions on an eight hour truce to bury the dead.
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Compton Mackenzie
Gallipoli
Anzac
Batman
Colts Meet De La Salle Academy In Key High School Showdown
A high school football game is set for this afternoon at Sensball Field Wood and Valley streets. Colt High School faces the strong De La Salle Academy of Newport in a thriller expected to draw student and community interest. Colts have practiced well and hope for a solid showing.
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Hate
Aprean Wootsale
Affernoon Ay
Locomotive Whistle Teases Suffering Engine in Story
Uncle Eben notes that the sound of a locomotive whistle tricks the ear into thinking the engine is in pain, as quoted by the Washington Star.
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Uncle Eben
Washington Star
Installation of United Brothers Lodge Officers
District Deputy Grand Master George Christie presided at the installation of the officers of United Brothers Lodge No 133 90 Ov F The newly installed Noble Grand is Oswald R LeClair with Norman E Bovay as Vice Grand and a full slate of secretaries wardens guards and chaplains Also announced were forthcoming committees and a social collage followed by remarks from district officers and a post meeting social event by the committee members Hiram A Rounds William H Saunders Jesse P Sousa and William H Remieres
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Aisgead Jyh Nisi
Norman E. Bovay
John G. Stewart
Amasa C. Willi&ton
John W. Card
Noble Grand
Albert E. Benard
Hiram A. Rounds
Frank A. Remieres
Raymond A. Card
Col
Merton A. Cheesman
C. Harold Newman
Henry Sanford
William H .Saunders
Albert T. Gale
Nxt
William H. Saunders
Jesse P Sousa
William H. Remieres
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Eben
High Street Telephone ‘Cor
Charles M. Connery
Calle
Bristol
O. M. Bailey, JR
Radiotrician
National Radio Institute
Warren & Bristol Laundry
Warren
F. Reginald Dimond
Rerere
John C. Trudell
Railroad Avenue
Croade Street
A. Wreath
A&p
A&f
New England
B&m
Silverbrook Pound
Sunnyfield
Sunnyfield Pastry
del Monte
Milco
N.B.C
Elmwood Chicken
Beau Palmolive
Ivory
Lux
Rinso
Cares
Ann Page
Peg
Grandmother's Pratt
Tae
Ory
R&p Food Stores
Roosters
Aneys
Baldwin Apples
A&p Food Stores
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