Trader Horn memoirs and voyage of Nina and Peru
Adventurer Gorn a is sheltered in Johannesburg and writes his early life for Ethelreda Lewis. The resulting Trader Horn details perilous African travels with Nina the White Goddess, a voyage to Madeira, a wedding at sea, and a farewell with Peru and his wife as they sail toward Peru for a new life.
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Gorn A
Reousina Horn
Africa
Livingstone
Stanley
Johannesburg
Transvaal
Ethelreda Lewis
Trader Horn
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Nina
Peru
Madeira
Funchal
Reeds
New Orleans
Liberia
Reeds Hotel
Funchall
Nina T
Little Peru
Veteran Firemen Organize Hydraulion Association
Veterans meet at Hydraulion fire station form the Hydraulion Veteran Firemen Association and seek admission to the New England League of Veteran Firemen. Officers elected include Everett LeB. Church president and Julien Close captain. The group plans to attend the league muster in Providence August 16 if admitted. Also notes King Philip defeats Defiance 4 to 3 and improves to three wins in five games with a taunt about Defiance players.
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Veteran Firemen
Hydraulion
Veteran Firemen’s Association
New England League of Veteran Firemen
Boston
Providence
Everett Leb. Church
J. Winthrop DeWolf
Raymond P Smith
Raymond A Card
Julien Close
Walter H Coggeshall
J Thomas Ashton
John J Burns
New England League
Raymond PP. Smith
League
W H Hathaway
Hyde Park
Mass
Bristol Golf Club Whist Tournament Second Event Details
The Bristol Golf Club whist tournament resumed with second round play at 10 15 am. Tables were assigned: Table 1 Mrs Monks and Mrs J B Herreshots with partners William R Tillinghast and Ho R DeWolf. Table 2 Mrs A Chesebrough Claudia Ao Tucker with W Howard Walker and Mrs Preston. Table 3 Mrs Giray Usher with Burton and Mrs George WW Parks. Table 4 Miss Sm Hayes Hoffman Maria D Norris and W Fred Williams. Table 5 Miss Isoline Barns Barrows Hattie Barns and S FP Colt. First, second and third prizes will be awarded to the winners. Play continues next Tuesday and each Tuesday until Aug 14, with the bridge tournament starting Aug 21.
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Bristol Golf Club
Oas
Monks
J B Herreshots
William R Tillinghast
Ho R DeWolf
A_ Chesebrough
Claudia Ao Tucker
Howard Walker
Preston
Giray
Usher
Burton
George
Married Men Triumph In Ever Ready Engine Outing At Sylvester Oval
More than 125 firemen and guests attended the Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company annual outing at Sylvester Oval Bristol Neck. The Married Men defeated Single Men in tug of war and baseball with Harvey Gladue and a strong lineup leading the victors.
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Sylvester Oval
Bristol Neck
Vagilant Dire Company
Apponmaug
Ottieral
Ernest Dupont
Woallwam Burke Sr
Mas O
Harvey Gladue
Benedit
Baghadlers
Arthur Belmore
Uo Marton Maher
Donat Glalue
Michael Flyon
Earl Dunbar
Arthur Guevremont le Albert
Rosa
Guesvremoant
Joseph Paul Oo
Sousa
Alex Guevremont
Eddie Caladrone
John Faikovich
Arthur Lewis
Tames Kershaw
Arthur Demars
Michael Flynn Donat
Fred Guevremont
Frank Lewis
Martius Maher
James Lanzire
Joseph di Odatt
James Kershaw
John Fzikovich
Matthew Brito
Ernest Dion
John Vera
Joseph Grasse
Edward Caladrone
Frank Sousa
Joseph Paul
Dance Fools Dance Shines In Gangster Era Drama
Joan Crawford leads as a debutante turned newspaper worker amid a Chicago underworld plot. Lester Vail and Clark Gable deliver strong support in a tale blending high society glamour with crime and tragedy. Supporting turns from Chiff Edwards William Holden and others add depth to the gritty melodrama.
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Joan Crawford
Joan
Chicago
Joan of Old
Lester Vail
Chiff Edwards
Clark Gable
William Bakewell
William Holden
Earl Foxe
Parnell B. Pratt
Hale Hamilton
Natalie Moorhead
Joan Marsh
Russell Hopton
Tarnished Lady at the State Theater
The listing highlights a film feature titled Tarnished Lady starring Tallulah Bankhead and Clive Brook scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday showings on September 9 and 10.
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Tarnished Lady
Tallulah Bankhead
Clive Brook
When We Were Twenty One and The Truth About Youth
Friday and Saturday feature H V Esmond stage play When We Were Twenty One with Maxine Elliott Nat Goodwin and Loretta Young in the lead roles Myra Loy is described as a vamp The Truth About Youth is a picture with Loretta Young and David Manners as a couple whose romance is tested by a nightclub dancer Connat Tearle delivers a polished performance Also stars Richard Arlen Mary Brian in Gun Smoke their fourth talkie team up following The Man I Love The Virginian and The Light of Western Stars The plot centers on a Idaho ranch owner and a mustang hunter led by Arlene with William Boyd as the rival to Gary Cooper
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H V Esmond
Maxine Elliott
Nat Goodwin
The
Gary Cooper
Walter Huston
Brian
Victoria Tennis Club Finals Feature Howe and Witherill Victory
W E Howe Jr defeats Robert Nelson to win the Victoria Tennis Club final as Carl Witherill advances and a series of doubles and singles results unfold. Final score 6-2 6-3 6-3 with mixed outcomes for Higbee Jacobson Estes and Zinderstein throughout the three day event.
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W.E. Howe, Jr
Victoria Tennis Club
Robert W Nelson
Carl Witheril
Carl Witherill
Nelson
Adrain Coutanche
Clarence Higbee
Wallis E. Howe
Albert H Flint, Jr
Alden Fstes
W U. McCaughey
Lowell Merrill
W W Perry
A. S. Bazilevich
J Dew Perry
Wallis E Howe Jr
Witherill
Boynton
Alden Estes
Wo Higbee
Norton Zinderstein
J DeWolf Perry
Albert H. Flint
Estes
W L. McCaughes
Coutanche
Howe
Alexander Razilevich
George Jacobson
Bosnton
4A L. Littlefeld
Whitherill
Merrill and Estes
Higbee
Zinderstein
Nelson and
Littlefield
Local Girl Enters Convent in Manville Rhode Island
Miss Elizabeth Sylvia daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry J Sylvia of 168 Mount Hope Avenue Bristol enters St Rita's Convent Manville Rhode Island to study under the Sisters of Mercy. She is a St Mary's Parochial School graduate and spent two years at St Xavier's Providence.
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Elizabeth Sylvia
Henry J. Sylvia
Mount Hope Avenue
Henry J Sylvia, Jr
Bristol
St Rita's Convent
Manville
R. I
Sisters of Mercy
Young Lady
St Mary's Parochial School
St Xavier's
Providence
Incendiary Fire Destroys Haystack at Mt. Hope
A 430 AM fire on the RF Haffenreffer property destroyed four stacks of hay owned by Joseph Roderick of Portsmouth. Firemen battled the blaze for over two hours as dancers returning from midnight events helped alert others. Insurance is believed to cover the damage.
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RF. Haffenreffer
Joseph Roderick
Portsmouth
Raisin Pie the New Yorker Still Seeks in Subway Oddities
A New Yorker, four months in town, longs to see a hay bale carried into a subway car and a passenger with an oversized dog in a blanket. He has sampled 33 eateries yet finds raisin pie elusive, receiving only negative headshakes.
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Times Square
New York Sun
Inheritance Laws Born in Private Ownership
A National Geographic Society Bulletin summary traces how early humans moved from communal property to private ownership. It explains why societies created inheritance rules to protect a dead man's family from grab by strangers, leading to varied centuries of customs and legal forms worldwide.
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National Geographic Society Bulletin
What, No Whittlers What Happened to the Lost Art
The Milan Republican laments the disappearance of the pocket knife whittling pastime once common among men half a century ago. It recalls the cheery habit of pulling out a knife, whittling on a stick of soft pine or white walnut, and recognizes skilled amateur artists faded from daily life.
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Milan
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Phoenix Files
King Philip
King Philips
Defiance
Bristol Golf Club Whist
Goramount Pictures
Richard Arlen
Mary Brian
Garamount
Mary Brian Inn
Garamount Pictures
Idaho
Arleen
William Boyd
C W Higbee
Sidney Makowsky
William H Remieres
Adrian Coutanche
Gus Sousa
Norton Kinderstein
Francis Connell
QO G. Boynton
A J. Littlefield
Bazilevich
Merrill
Hower
Wen
MT. Hope
New Yorker
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Newman Bros
Atlas E-Z
Stick Cinnamon Inc
van Camp
S. S. Pierce
Hamburg
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