Roosevelt Spelling Decree Stirs Opinion Across Papers
Roosevelt orders simplified spelling for White House messages and documents, prompting a wave of editorial response. New York World calls it a sensational move while Times and Evening Post debate its haste and practical consequences. The Sun savages the idea as timidity, and tribunes across the press mock the overhaul while noting potential effects on culture and industry.
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Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
White House
New
Washington
Beveridge
Maine
Tribune
Times
Germany
France
8An
Theodore
Bowery
University Heights
Chuck Connors
The
Globe 1
Pick a Fight With Yourself
Motivational exhortation urging self mastery over weakness and bad habits. The narrator insists real progress comes from taking a stand, becoming the master of self, and stepping into the limelight, despite difficulties and dust from the crowd.
Boy Rescued From Old Well on High Street
On Tuesday afternoon five year old John Macio fell into the Deacon Thasher well on High street between Church and Court while attempting to draw water. Roy Bush and Frank Voba pulled him out. he swallowed some water but remained conscious and returned home none the worse.
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John Macio
Catherine Macio
High Street
Church
Court Streets
Thasher
Roy Bush
Frank Voba
A French View of Englishmen in Chaine Anglaise
An American reader learns how French portray Englishmen in Chaine Anglaise. The stereotype depicts a waxed mustache a tall stovepipe hat and a man who speaks French with a strong accent ends sentences with gil right and keeps his cap and pipe when introduced to a woman.
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Chaine Anglaise
Gil
Graft on a Family Tree at Anniversary Dinner
A witty Tit-Bits item plays on family branches and inherited plums during an anniversary dinner. A guest claims kinship with the host’s family, prompting a playful exchange about belonging to the branch that never had any plums.
Cold remedy cautions and laxative recommendation
Advice to avoid constipation when ill with a cold. Warns against opiate-based preparations. Recommends Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar to stop the cough and move the bowels. Sold by W. H. Buffington.
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Kennedy
W. H. Buffington
Death of James A Garland New York and Boston millionaire
James A Garland prominent New York and Boston figure and owner of the North Prudence End Farm died at Hanover Four Corners Massachusetts after a long illness of pneumonia and heart strain. He was born in New York November 26 1870 and educated at Harvard. Garland authored The Private Stable Its Establishment and Appointments and owned the Baracouta steam yacht. He leaves a wife and five children and leaves a lasting legacy on Prudence Island where extensive improvements and a stock farm were developed.
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James A. Garland
New York
Boston
North Pendence End
Hanover Four Corners
Mass
Garland
Broad Oaks Farm
F. Vernon Briggs
Tiverton
Hanover
Mr. Garland
Prudence Island
James A
Louise Tullar
Harvard University
New England Magazine
New England Society of New York
New England Historical and Genealogical Society
Metropolitan Museum‘of Arts
Narragansett Bay
Prudenos, Island
Potter’s Cove
Eugene LeClair, Jr
Reading
Narragansettay
Bristol Yacht Club
Baracouta
Uric-O Promoted as Cure for Rheumatism in Ad
An advertisement touts Uric-O as a universal cure for rheumatism, claiming it neutralizes rheumatic acid, treats blood, muscles, and kidneys, and offers samples from The Smith Drug Co. of Nebraska and agents J.U. Sous and Co in Bristol. It asserts long-lasting relief and nationwide physician endorsement.
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Smith Drug Co
Sy- Tance
Mrs Mary Melvina Shepard Dies At 52 In Wood Street Home
Mrs Mary Melvina Shepard 52 died about 6 pm Wednesday at 158 Wood Street from typhoid fever. Born July 26 1854 in Montgomery Vermont, daughter of Q Clark and Mariam Jewett. Wife of Allen P Shepard, a carpenter, they moved here about five years ago. Survived by a Vermont daughter and a son living with parents. Funeral at 2 pm from the residence, services by Rev John McVay, State Street Church member. Interment North Cemetery.
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Mary Melvina Shepard
Allen P. Shepard
Wood Street
Shepard
Montgomery
Q Clark
Mariam Jewett
Vermont
John McVay
State—Streat.m
Clinton T.sherman
T. F. Usher
North Cemetery
Boy Bitten by St Bernard Dog on State Street
Eight year old John DaCosta, son of Mr and Mrs Louis Da Costa, was badly bitten on the left arm by a large St Bernard while playing with peers on Thames Street near State. He received treatment at J A Young drug store and Dr A M Merriman’s office. The dog, said to belong to a Poppasquash worker, struck with four bites on the upper arm and two on the lower. Police action is unclear though a complaint was filed.
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John DaCosta
Louis da Costa
State Street
Thames Street
State
J. A Young
A. M. Merriman
Consolidated Trains Discontinued on New Haven Line
Twenty eight trains were taken off between Providence and Warren with 15 minute then 80 minute alternating intervals. Regular departure and arrival times remain for certain trains though service to Fall River is unchanged. The cuts affect shore resort trains and the Providence 7.85 p.m. to Bristol 8.09 p.m. service. Bristolians often use Warren then Suburban cars.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Providence
Warren
Fox Point
Fall River
Bristol
St. Andrews Club Admits Six New Members
The annual meeting at St. Michael's chapel admitted six new candidates to St. Andrew's club. George Pailthorpe was elected secretary. The entertainment committee plans a moving picture exhibition. Rev. William N. Chapin invited members to the lawn fete at St. Andrew's School, Barrington. Next meeting is the first Monday in October. The club ends with a reflective quotation.
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St. Andrew’s Club
St. Michael’s Chapel
George Pailthorpe
John Pailthorpe
Frank Stuart
Wallis E. Howe
William West
William N. Chapin
St. Andrew’s School
Barrington
Sailor’s caution and a tonic for digestion
A wary buyer avoids sailboats with non adjustable sails, noting wind risk. The text promotes Kodol For Dyspepsia to aid digestion, described as digesting what you eat and restoring stomach function, sold by W. H. Buffington.
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W. H. Buffington
Devoe Paint Ad Ironically Warns On Bone Meat Prices
A letter to Samuel McCaw uses a bone vs meat analogy to argue buyers chase cheap paint. The writer, F. W. Devoe & Co., contrasts high quality Devoe paint with the $1.50 option, illustrating cost per gallon and labor, and advising that many customers insist on cheaper, bone-filled offerings. The sign-off notes Congdon & Carpenter Co. distributes their paint.
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Devoe
F. W. Devoe& CO
New York
P.S. Congdon & Carpenter Co
Providence
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PhiloHay Co
Newark
Hope Drug CO
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St. Bernard
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Elizabeth Hamill
Raye
Seana
John J. Hughes
Katherine A. Hamill
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Charles L. Miller
Hope F. Miller
Stephen W.church
Rebecca A. N. Church
Robert Kirkwood
Inssa
Annie
Zirkewood
Ellestein L. West
Loewis
William L. West
Helena T. B. D'Wolf
Annie B. Wardwell
Probate
Bristol Phoenix
Herbert F. Bennett
G. M. Wilbur
Hristo
Bristol Dry Good Store
Bradford Street
Eugene le Clair, Sr
MASON
New England
W. H. Buffington Hope &J
Arthur
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Mount Hope Park
Callender, McAuslan & Troup Company
Samuel W. Church
Metacom Avenue
Mount Hope
Bassett & Raymond, Attys
R. J
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Elizabeth R. Simmons
PxQuare
George Waters Diman
W. Fred Williams
Bristol Peasntx
Mascagni
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Bradord St
Franklin Street
John Ducan
Mark
Belvedere Hotel Hall
Miriam P. Robb
Hodgkinson Cottage
Union Street
Hotel Belvedere
Barton ED Buffinton
John Shepard
EDDY
Waldron-Brownell CO
Bradford St
G. W. Simmons
Constitution Street
R. P. Smith
William Street
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