Brotherhood Elects Officers At St Michael's Meeting
At the Holmes House the annual St Michael's Brotherhood election named Henry Wood as president Everett LeBaron Chutt secretary Charles Easterbrooks treasurer Harold Newman. Speakers for winter include Harold Bucklin Col H Anthony Dyer and George Howe. Gov Nathaniel W Smith addressed Rhode Island government and religious liberty.
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Harold S. Bucklin
Brown University
China
Col
H. Anthony Dyer
Philemon F. Sturgess
Grace Church
Providence
George Locke Howe
Egypt
Charles M. Morgan
Clay
Curran
Frank A Rounds
Nathaniel W Smith
Rhode Island
General Assembly
Metropolitan Park Commission
Inland and Shell Fisheries
State Board of Public Roads
State Police
Gov. Smith
Gov Smith
Priest Transfers and First Mass at St Mary's
Rev Thomas J Kelley, formerly of the Cathedral Providence, was transferred by Bishop Hicken to St Mary's Church as curate celebrated his first Mass at 9 o'clock Sunday morning. Rev Francis J Deerys, who had assisted at St Mary's, has been transferred to St Agnes Providence.
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Thomas J Kelley
Providence
Hicken
St Mary's Church
Francis J Deerys
St .Mary's Parish
St Agnes Parish
Filipinos Believe in Talisman and Miraculous Kerchief
A Filipino tale recalls a legendary kerchief said to grant powers such as bird charming and infidelity control. American schools push scientific thinking while belief remains strong. Nearby a counterfeiters raid led to a discovered image of Maria Christina, prompting pilgrimages and perceived blessings.
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Markis
Manila
Maria Cristins
Spain
Alfonso
Social Etiquette From Conningham’s Copy
A note discusses social life in a Southwest town with long standing bachelor habits. It notes that young couples split due to romance, leading to a new rule: bachelors seek company among the unmarried. The writer suggests widows can best manage old bachelors and comments on flirtation limits for married men.
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Conningham
E. W. Howe
Absent minded professor miscalculates congress opening
Professor J P F Adertnan of the University of Sydney travels 24000 miles to London as a delegate to the empire universities congress only to learn the event opens a year later in June 1926. He realizes his error with a mix of alarm and humor.
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J PF Aderntan
University of Sidney
Australia
London
Congress of the Empire
Aderman
Universities’ Congress
Memorial Tree Planting by Veterans Group Association
One hundred sixteen new members of the American Tree Association of Washington were registered after a memorial walk led by the United States Veterans Hospital No 100 Battle Creek Michigan. Trees were planted for Coolidge Pershing Wilson Harding Lee Miles Burton Boardman Lincoln Kilmer. Plans directed by John Lo Kotz and Dr William M Jaobson. The association offers tree planting instructions and a treeday program for a stamp to cover postage. The memorial walk featured silver maples.
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American Tree Association of Washington
United States Veterans Hospital No
Battle Creek
Midh
President Coolidge
General Pershing
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Robert E Lee
General Miles
Clira Burton
Mabel Boardman
Abraham Tincoln
Joyce Kilmer
Jouna Lo Kotz
William M. Jaobson
Tree Association
Active Work at 88 in Nampa Idaho Golfing Birthday Feature
The Chicago Post reports on 88 year old Woodring of Nampa Idaho proving still active by golfing on a birthday occasion of an oil magnate. He notes his similar age vigor and mows grass eight to ten hours daily as a regular vacation activity.
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Brownin
Drake
Evervara
Browning Drake
Marco
General Radio
Amsco
Amsco Rheostats, ‘J. Sacks
Cei Dubner
Wirig
Seeeky
Ceatom. Bullt
Woodring
Nampa
Idaho
Rockefeller
Chicago Post
Homecoming Probe Fatality in Belfast Man at 69
Thomas O Rourke of Liverpool England aged sixty nine revisited his boyhood home near Kilkee Ireland. While viewing the Mourne mountains he paused at the base of a hill and collapsed dead. Physicians attribute death to emotional excitement and joy overwhelming his frail condition.
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Thomas O'Rourke
Liverpool
England
Belfast
Ireland
Mourne Mountains
Kilkee
Narrow Italian Streets Limit Streetcar Use
A fragment notes that only a few streets in Italy are wide enough for streetcars, implying limited routes and urban constraints for tram systems. The readable text suggests infrastructure constraints affecting public transit planning.
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Italy
Cara
Grand Rounds At Babbitt Post G A R Sees Large Turnout
The Grand Rounds event at Babbitt Post No 15 G A R drew about 100 veterans and officers for a chicken salad supper and a semi monthly meeting led by Commander Robert H Bullock. Department Commander William F Comrie and staff spoke along with Mrs George S Marshall and others. a two act sketch titled The Original Two Bits entertained attendees.
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Babbitt Post
Grand Army
Babbitt Woman’s Relief Corps
The
Relief Corps
Robert H Bullock
William F. Comrie
Ser
Robert H Pollard
Christopher H Carpenter
Charles H Bullock
George W. Ford
Charles A Fisigeck
Fred A Burt
Samuel A Whelden
Zephar Skinner
Edmund J Munroe
Daniel Holmes
George A Saunders
Charles F Reed
Sons of Veterans
Frank P Ballou
Riverside
Joel Abbot Camp
Warrren
Bullink
George S Marshall
Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps
Susan M. Sheple
Soldiers’ Home
Anson B Howard
St Michael's Church
Anna Brelsford
Jeanette Thomas
Helen Sylvester
Doris Bullock
Dorothy Mott
Luella Boone
Barbara Arnold
Allan Boudreau
Fifth District Court Sentences Man for Violent Assault
Judge Frank H Hammill presided as Bernard J McIntyre was sentenced to 30 days in Providence County Jail after pleading guilty to assaulting his wife Jane McIntyre the night before. The court heard she was struck with fists after she gave him money and police were called for help.
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Frank H Hammill
Fifth District Court
Bernard J McIntyre
Providence
Sarah
Jane McIntyre
Hammill
Unanswered civil case in Providence County court
The case of Harry Kekrek vs John F Shackford, trespass on the case for negligence, remained unanswered and was continued one week, with 30 days in Providence County Jail mentioned in the proceeding notes.
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Dence County
Harry Kekrek
John F. Shackford
Barrington Road land takings described by state board plat
State Board of Public Roads records describe taking land in Barrington Rhode Island for the Barrington East Providence road project. The document references Plat No 108 under Law 1923 and 1928 acts, detailing center line measurements and parcels transferred with rights appurtenant to the highway.
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Barrington Road
Old
County Road
Providence
Barrington
Rhode Island
State Board of Public Roads
General Assembly
Recorder of Deeds
State Board of Public Roadss
OM Barrington Road
R. I
Barrington-East Providence
R. L Stath
Board OF Public Roads
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Maaknee
Wasseaker
Freed-Eisemann
David-Grimes
GREBE
Bristol Radio Shop
Hope Street
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
Bristol
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
Society Suggestion
State OF Rhode Island
Plat No
Durham
Phillippe
Canaud
Pillsbury’s
Maxwell House
Newman
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