Bristol Piggly Wiggly Brings Self Service Grocery to Hope and Franklin
Bristol opens a Piggly Wiggly at Hope and Franklin, in a rebuilt block by Samuel Nussenfeld. The store features self checkout via turnstiles, price marked shelves, and a cashier desk for payment. Thomas J. Connery leads the venture and invites friends to inspect the new system and enjoy souvenirs.
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Conner
Bristol
Hope and
Franklin Streets
Samuel Nussenfeld
Thomas
J. Connery
Officers elected at State Street M E Church meeting
At the annual meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the church held yesterday afternoon at the church parsonage officers were elected. Harriet L. Peckham was named president with Mrs Fred G Blaisdell and Mrs Gilbert E Edgett as first and second vice presidents and Mrs Crawford L Easterbrooks as secretary and treasurer. Reports of the secretary and treasurer were read and Rev Gilbert E Edgett spoke on missionary work in India and its needs.
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State Street
M. E
Woman's For- Sae Missionary Society
Harriet L. Peckham
Fred G. Blaisdell
Gilbert E. Edgett
Crawford L. Easter Brooks
India
Color Cues to Temperature From Industrial Viewpoints
An old observation notes that veterans who work with high temperatures in steel works can judge heat by color. The piece ties color perception to temperature, suggesting expertise in thermal reading through color changes.
London Feasts on Herring Daily Load of Fish
London markets receive about one hundred tons of herring each day shaping a busy trade. The steady influx supports local restaurants and retailers as fishmongers report robust demand.
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London
Ruined Sword Becomes Opener at Royal Wedding Breakfast
At a wedding breakfast Princess Mary used Viscount Lascelle’s sword to cut the London cake. The blade was bent and ruined, unfit for service beyond splitting shakes or laying carpets. Prince Henry offered a hatchet. the bride refused.
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Viscount Lascelle
Mary
London
Damascus
Prince Henry
Duke of York
Lewis
J. D. Galloway
O. K. Cushing
GIVES LIFE TO MARIONETTE IN CARDBOARD DEVICE
The piece describes a cardboard marionette with no head, its operator providing the head by resting their chin in a notch. A painted backdrop simulates a theater curtain, with a base platform for dancing and strings guiding arm and leg motion through curtain slots. The operator’s living head talks and can be varied for different characters.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Charge Extra for Children in Dining Out
A Chicago Journal item notes table d hote restaurants charging 25 cents extra for serving children. Managers justify extra charges by claiming children require special dishes and extra attention, with one manager boasting that waiters would rather serve three tables of adults than one with a child.
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Chicago Journal
Remarkable Brighton Disabled Swimmers Race
A swimming match in Brighton for disabled men drew 16 competitors with many maimed. Ten had one leg missing, three had an arm lost, and three had no legs. The course from Palace pier to West pier spanned about three quarters of a mile. 15 finished, while one cramps out.
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Brighton
Palace Pier
West Pier
Miss Anna R Thompson 1847 1919 Bristol Woman Dies at Home
Miss Anna R Thompson lifelong Bristol resident died at 7 15 yesterday morning at 730 Hope Street after a two year illness. Born October 7 1847 she was a teacher in the old academy and Byfield school for over 30 years and served in church and charity groups. Funeral from her residence Monday at 2 PM. Survived by six cousins. Her brother Prof William Elliott Thompson and twin sister Miss Mary E Thompson predeceased.
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Anna R Thompson
Otlock
Hope Street
Edward and
Mary
Swan) Thompson
Bristol High School
Wilfred H. Munro
Gertrude H
Emily S Morse
Jane E. Babcock
Mary E. Thompson
Johan E. Midgett
Old Academy
Bristol Common
Byfield School
County Court House
Miss Thompson
State Street
M «& Church
Stewards
Deaconness Home
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Bristol Female Charitable Society
William Elliott Thompson
Brown University
Hamline University
St. Paul
Minn
Rogers Free Library
Walter B. Stanton
Franklin Street
Joseph Thompson
Thompson Bros
District native Lincoln Dunbar dies suddenly at 57
Lincoln Dunbar a Barrington resident and native of this town died suddenly of heart disease at his Maple avenue home Tuesday morning at age 57. He was born here to the late Robert and Ruth Dunbar, one of 13 children, survived by wife Frances Barnum and daughter in Warren. Funeral services were held at 2 pm today at his residence with burial in Barrington.
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Lincoln Dunbar
Barrington
Maple Avenue
Elephants Test a Garage Floor in Canton
A Canton Ohio man used five circus elephants to test his garage floor by loading them onto the center, creating a live load of more than fifteen tons. The test described by Popular Mechanics Magazine may be among the first of its kind.
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Popular Mechanics
The Teacher’s Remarkable Child Absence Note
In an Indianapolis public school a child wrote Dear Teacher Please excuse Marys absence she had to stay home to help her Ma wash her Pa The signature her Pa altered the meaning of the note illustrating a child’s limited literacy and humor from years past.
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Indianapolis
Mary
Hats and Husbands Opinion Sketch
A reader muses on what makes the best husband and notes personal desire for a millionaire versus a quiet, vice free spouse. The column compares choosing a husband to picking a hat, implying idiosyncratic preferences govern the choice.
Wise Men and the Palmerston Potatoes
A fragment from Bombaughs emphasizes a punning remark attributed to Lord Palmerston. The saying mocks cabinet ministers mis spelling a line about a harassed peddler inspecting a peeled potato and suggests testing it on friends.
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Bombaugh
Lord Palmerston
Friday church services resume with union night in Bristol
Congregational and Baptist Methodist churches resume Friday services. Sunday worship at 10 30 features sermon What Shall This Man Do John 21 21 and a morning business meeting. Bristol union service Sunday night at Bristol Baptist Church led by Rev C A Stenhouse with Tabernacle chorus. Classes meet Wednesday at 2 35 pm.
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Fire
School -Mill
Warren
Baptist
Congregational
Bristol
Lyon
Bristol Baptist
C. A. Stenhouse
D. D
Tabernacle Chorus
First Baptist Church Sunday Services and Union Evening
Morning services at 10 30 preached by the pastor on The Cost of Life Church School at 11 45 A union service at 7 30 brings Warren and Bristol churches together Rev C A Stenhouse of Warren M E Church will preach Campaign songs will be sung by the Tabernacle chorus choir.
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Warren and
Bristol
Tabernacle
C. A. Stenhouse
Warren M. E
Tabernacle Chorus Choir
State Street M E Church Sunday Worship and Union Service
Sunday at 10 30 the pastor will preach on Men Who Make Excuse The Church School meets at 12 o clock A union service at 7 pm in the Baptist Church with Rev Mr Stenhouse preaching the sermon
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Baptist Church
Mr. Stenhouse
Solomon’s Proverb Compared to a Decayed Egg
The New Orleans States cites a Biblical maxim from Solomon warning that a son who wastes his father and chases his mother brings shame and reproach. It extends the admonition by describing such a son as worse than a severely decayed egg.
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Solomon
King Solomon
New Orleans States
Democratic rallies nominate Flynn for Governor in local events
William S. Flynn spoke at a noontime rally in front of the National India Rubber Company plant. An evening gathering at Italian Hall on Wood Street opened by James J. Walsh featured speakers George F. O Shaunessy Joseph Nunes Alfeo Lucianelli John A. Forchione John Ambrosi and Luis Marello. They attacked the Republican tariff stance and opposed state lawmakers on the hour law.
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William S. Flynn
National India Rubber Company
Wood Street
James J. Walsh
Democratic Town Committee
Egisto Gogha
George F. O’shaunessy
Congress
Joseph Nunes
Alfeo Lucian
Fruita and Vegetables Rhubarb as a Vegetable
Fragmentary text discusses the distinction between fruit and vegetables, noting rhubarb and quince usage. It touches on culinary vs botanical definitions, mentioning exceptions and typical edible ripe forms and preparations.
Excellence in Poetry and the Role of Pioneers
A reflection on poetic excellence arguing that true poetry rises from broader language and everyday speech and that great poets rely on predecessors who provide ideas and resources to guide their creative energy.
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William. Minto
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