Brotherhood Election At St Michael’s Brotherhood Meeting
The annual St Michael's Brotherhood meeting in Holmes House reported officers for the coming year. Beverett Le Baron Church declined re election as president. Fred Ge Dietz was named president with Wallace L Mossop as VP and Charles H Sparks as secretary.
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St Michael's Brotherhood
Holmes House
Beverett le Baron Church
Fred Ge Dietz
Wallace L. Mossop
Charles H Sparks
John G Stewart
James Magee
Harry
W Munro
Frank 4 Rounds
Arthur Wood
Harry H Cabot
Chester C Myers
Charles I Rasterbrooks
Wallis E Howe
Hiram A Rounds
James Magve
Fred G Dietz
Anthony R. Parshley
William Wood
Sugar as Energy Boost Reported by Coaches and Players
The piece notes sugar as a rising energy source for athletes, citing coaches who allow sugar intake after hot tennis matches. It mentions a personal discovery that hot water with several sugar lumps provides rapid refreshment, echoed by a reference to Helen Wills in the Saturday Evening Post.
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Helen Wills
Saturday Evening Post
Thin Dividing Line Between Failure and Success
A concise reflection on how close success and failure can appear with the famous line attributed to Elbert Hubbard. The saying emphasizes the narrow margin that separates outcomes and the easy misread of progress.
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Secarcely
Elbert Hubbard
Upcoming church events and holiday sales schedule
October 31 Hallowe en social by Knights of Columbus and Teanis Association on State Street. November 23 Missionary lecture by Mrs G G Ayres for Congregational Women's Missionary Society. November 21 Christmas Sale by Fpworth League. November 21 Tea and Christmas Sale 3 5 pm Home for Aged Women 55 Franklin. December 3 Christmas Sale Ladies' Aid Scouts Vestry State St MFE Church. December 5 Christmas Sale Congregational Club Memorial Chapel. December 7 Annual Sale of Christmas Cards and Afternoon Tea Holmes House 3 6 pm Girls Friendly Society St Michaels. December 1 Christmas Sale Mite Societies Baptist Church.
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Hallowe'en Social
K of C Teanis Association
State Street
Japan
G G Ayres
Congregational Women's Missionary Society
Franklin Street
St Mfe
Holmes House
Girls Friendly Society
St Michaels Church
Riddle of Antarctic Sounding Depths Baffles Scientists
In Antarctic exploration a sounding line halted at fathoms then moved again by similar amounts. Scientists doubt the simple whale explanation as depths are extreme. The incident suggests unknown pressure effects and deep sea physics beyond a surface creature’s reach.
Kidnap Racketeers Target New York Brokers
A New York underworld racket has allegedly produced at least seven kidnappings of brokers over the past year. Victims are seized from homes, held briefly for ransom, and threatened into silence. Detectives link the gang to murders and other crimes, with several suspects arrested and connected to broader bootlegging and racketeering activity.
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New York
Dave Grosso
Mike McDermott
Charlie Green
Whalen
Green
Chicago
Grosso
McDermott
Holly Totss
Frank Marlow
Bear Trap Fails as Gas Thief Escapes in Antigonish
In Antigonish Nova Scotia Dan H. MacDonald set a bear trap after repeated thefts of tools and gasoline from his sawmill. The next morning the trap was found moved into a thicket with blood nearby, and evidence pointed to at least two accomplices aiding the escape. The thefts have ceased.
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Antigonish
N S
Dan H. MacDonald
Boy Honored for Quick Action in Power Wire Incident
In Concord New Hampshire nine year old Frederick Hamilton led others when a street power wire fell. He sent a classmate for red flag warned traffic and called the electric company. Allen Hollis president of the electric company and Mayor Robert W Brown witnessed part of the event and presented Hamilton with five dollars.
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Concord
N. H
Frederick Hamilton
Electric Company
Allen Hollis
Robert W. Brown
Hamilton
216 Lasting Religious Bodies in This Country
New York reports that there are at least 216 distinct religious bodies active in the United States, per Charles W Ferguson in World's Work. The piece notes 19 Methodist divisions, 18 Baptist bodies, 9 Presbyterian groups, 22 Lutheran churches, 17 Mennonite bodies, and 7 Eastern Orthodox divisions, plus over 100 minor sects totaling more than 2,000,000 adherents. It highlights a shift from unbelief to strong faith and lists several Protestant organizations such as Apostolic Over-Coming-Healy Church of God and Church of God variants.
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New York
America
United States
Charles W Ferguson
Ferguson
Healy
Church of God
Christ
Old Roman Catholic Church
Pillar of Fire
Church of Daniel’s Band
Churches of God, Holiness
Pentecostal Holiness Church
19 Year-Old Woman Speaks After 28 Months Mute
Martha Wells of Salisbury Maryland who had been mute for 28 months speaks fluently after coughing up a small tube from her throat. A prior tonsil operation in 1926 left her voice inaudible except for a whisper until a coughing incident released the obstruction and enabled her to utter her sister’s name.
Now Here is a Fish Feet Wings and Ears
Beach Haven New Jersey fishermen hauled a bizarre creature from the sea with a 12 foot length and a 12 inch toothless mouth on top of its head. Its ears resemble a pig with an eye in each ear and two wings span nine feet. Front gills are four inches, body segments extend two feet each seven feet long with two toes. The strange animal is thought to be related to rays.
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Beach Haven
Traffic Officer Nabs Eel for Jaywalking in Stockholm
An eel crossing near Stockholm's royal palace drew a crowd and stalled traffic until a traffic officer captured it with newspapers. The eel had slipped from a truck of eels from the fish market and was taken to the police station.
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Stockholm
Royal Palace
Lindbergh Flight in Baden-Baden Radio Week
Hindemith and Weill jointly compose the Lindbergh Flight with Brecht text as part of Baden Baden special radio week program.
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Baden-Baden
Hindemith
Weill
Brecht
Fifth District Court Misdemeanor and Civil Docket Summary
Jesse Ferreira pleaded not guilty in Fifth District Court to operating a motor vehicle under the influence on State street and his case was continued one week. bond set at 200. Mondillo brothers from Providence faced assault charges against Pasquale Pagnano, pleas entered of not guilty, case continued two weeks. Lionel Levesque of Fall River pleaded guilty to auto operation on Metacom avenue and case discontinued with costs. Two drunkenness cases fined 2 and costs each. Civil docket dispositions include LeClair v Flint on a book account continued nisi, LeClair v Romano trespass continued one week, High Street Garage v Flint book account, S D Woodruff v Paiva book account assigned to Nov 18 for trial.
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Fifth District Court
Jesse Ferreira
State Street
Frank H. Hammill
Ferreira
Christy Travers
James Randa
Pasquale Mondillo
Victor Mondillo
Providence
Pasquale Pagnano
Bay View Avenue
Lionel Levesque
Fall River
Metacom Avenue
William J LeClair
Albert H Flint Jr
Nisi
Eugene LeClair
Domenick Romano
High Street Garage
Albert H Flint
D Woodruff
Alexander Paiva
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High Street
Cletime
Cnse
Whiten
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Joseph Cabral
Bourn Avenue
Perry Plat
William Vieira Mattos
St. Elizabeth’s Church
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Joseph Ventura
Mary Cruz
Mary Andrade
Eva Cruz
Mary Saravaia
Ruth Saravaia
Filomena Cruz
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Lucy Ventura
Joseph Castro
Annie Peters
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Waldron Company
Bradford Street
Stesboete Manufacturing Co
St. Louis
E. A. Skinner
Hope St
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Newman Bros
Campbell’s
Mazda
Paragon Maine
Pierce Blue
California
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