Inning Man Struck by Auto Near Vernon Street
Charles Doherty was thrown from a wagon when an automobile struck the horse driven by Warren vendor John Vitullo reported the incident near Halfway Hill. The horse had to be shot by Dr. B Munro. Doherty escaped with minor bruises as the driver fled and license details remained unknown. Officers from Warren and the local police investigated the mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Doherty
Vernon Street
Warren
Halfway Hill
Dr . B. Munro
Doherty
John Vitullo
Lewis
DeMers
American Legion Auxiliary Plans Meeting and Whist
The American Legion Auxiliary Kearney Unit No 6 schedules a semi monthly meeting for Thursday at 8 pm in G AR Hall. A military whist for the Delegates Fund will be held next Wednesday at 8 pm in the Jefferson Street Armory Warren. Public attendance invited. RSVP to reserve tables.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Kearney
G AR Hall
Auxilary
Jefferson Street
Warren
Ella S Paull
Hope Street
Nora F Dwyer
Collins Street
Bristol Town Team Carnival at Naval Armory
Several hundred people attended the first annual Bristol Town Team AA carnival at the Naval Armory foot of Churchystreet. Martelly's Orchestra provided music and proceeds will buy uniforms and equipment for Bristol basketball for the coming winter. The combination prizes will be awarded Saturday night due to mis understood ticket stubs. The carnival runs tonight and each night for the rest of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Naval Armory
Local Home Repair Services Advertise Custom Work
A Bristol Rhode Island ad lists A ROUNDS Window Shades made to order Old Furniture recovered and mattresses made over. Automobile tire and radiator covers offered with reasonable prices. Estimates on all kinds of work. 17 Charles Street Bristol RN. Tel 283 R.
Fifth District Court Hears Drunkenness Plea and Continuances
Clerk John L Lonergan presided in Judge Hammill's absence. A man charged with drunkenness pleaded not guilty but was found intoxicated and fined 2 dollars plus costs. The assault case Jessie St Angelo versus Manuel Corte was continued two weeks. In juvenile court three boys caught stealing peaches from trees at the Home for Aged Men were placed on probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth District Court
John L. Lonergan
Frank H Hammill
New York
Kelley
Jessie St Angelo
Manuel Corte
Coming Events with Local Organizations This Fall
A series of community events listed by local groups includes a Sep 25 supper and sale at St Michael's Chapel under Ivy Guild, Sep 26 dance in Bristol Yacht Clubhouse by Bristol Girl Scouts, Oct 4 Shadows of the North at Pastime Theatre with US Volunteer Life Savers, Oct 6 Grand Fair in G A R Hall by Dreadnaught Hook Ladder and Hose Company, Oct 11 Community Supper at Y M A under Ladies Committee.
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St Michael's Chapel
Ivy Guild
Bristol Girl Scouts
Bristol Yacht Club
US Volunteer Life Savers
Dreadnaught Hook, Ladder and Hose Company
Gifford Family Welcomes Daughter Marcia
In the town on September 15 a daughter Marcia was born to Mr and Mrs Harold W Gifford of Lincoln Avenue and granddaughter to Mr and Mrs Frank M Gifford.
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Gifford
Marcia
Harold W. Gifford
Lincoln Avenue
Frank M. Gifford
Franklin Funeral Notice for James W Franklin
James W Franklin aged 56 died in town on Sept 17 funeral from 192 Wood Street Thursday at 2 pm relatives and friends invited to attend
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Franklin
James W. Franklin
Wood Street
Ice Patrols Under US Priority in 1918 Agreement
An authority explains the ice patrol organized under US management by an international 1918 agreement. Two US coast guard cutters maintain a continuous patrol with rotating two week tours, gathering vessel data and broadcasting ice conditions to approaching ships. The patrol also collects scientific observations for the weather bureau.
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United States
United States Coast Guard
Weather Bureau
Labrador
Cheated of Just Reward by a Pioneering Invention
A historical note on William Lee, inventor of the steel loom for knitting stockings. He failed to gain royal support from Elizabeth I and James I, sought help in France, faced political danger, and died broken hearted. In the next century Cromwell granted a patent to the Company of Framework Knitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lee Lee
Queen Elizabeth
James I
France
Oliver Cromwell
Onion Imagery Signals New Philosophy In Print
The piece muses on Clemenceau’s onion soup link and a metaphor about an “Infusible authority on literature” who speaks from “the center of the onion.” It hints at a pungent, influential thinker shaping a new revolutionary onion philosophy in the movement.
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Clemenceau
George Eliet
Fortunes Made in Minutes in Early Songwriting
The article notes how quickly hits could pay, listing songs like Alexander's Ragtime Band and Her Golden Hair as major moneymakers earning tens of thousands. It cites examples such as The Bogey Man and After the Ball, and mentions Sing Me to Sleep composed in ten minutes, with Dear Heart by Tosti and Killarney by Balfe also produced swiftly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Pretty Jane
Sims Reeves
Tosti
Balfe
Killarney
London
Old Car Sits At Curb As Neighborly Confusion Arises
A neighborly incident unfolds when Mrs H backs out of her driveway in an old car with Charles beside her. He guides her to be careful not to hit Jones' car, joking that it wouldn’t matter since theirs is the old vehicle.
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Charles
New Stamp Machine Installed in Berlin Plant
A government printing plant in Berlin has installed a machine capable of printing counting and perforating 12,000 two colored postage stamps per minute.
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Berlin
How We Instru mentally describe common things
A reflection on the limits of verbal description. The piece argues that some objects such as a spiral staircase or a violin resist precise explanation, while recognition comes from experience rather than precise words. It notes that description often fails where familiarity and practical knowledge prevail.
When Money King Loses Out in Kayne's Fiction
In Arthur Train's novel His Children's Children Rufus Kayne confesses to Maitland about a frenzied chase of wealth and luck. He says all men walk a tight rope and those without balance fall, a moral fiction reflecting real peril in finance.
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Rufus Kayne
Arthur Train
New York
Maitland
Kayne
Bird Minded Farms Fight Imperial Valley Crop Losses
Blackbirds descend on Imperial Valley California crops causing about 10 percent loss across 20 000 acres with total annual costs near 50 000 dollars. Poisons and toxic gases prove unreliable while the only effective method described is patrols using shotguns to frighten the flock during feeding times.
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Imperial Valley
California
Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Language Puzzies in Wireless Talk Readers
An American on an Alaskan steamer asks a Japanese operator for his identity and position. The reply says he is Taki in the radio room. Another American asks about a mid ocean typhoon report and is told the ill wind has not benefited anyone. A third query about a Chinese boycott yields no recent captures.
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Taki
Radio News
Cactus Joe Claims Gentlest Poker Title in Crimson Gulch
In Crimson Gulch the exchange turns humorous as Cactus Joe shrugs off being called the best poker player, insisting instead that he is the gentlest and kindest. The remark adds a light note to the town’s latest card game chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimson Gulch
Cactus Joe
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Grace Goodall
Arthur Carew
Rita Maurice
George Fawcett
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Harold Lloyd
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Daniel Boone
Frank
Charles Street
RN. I
Neva Gerber
William Fairbanks
Sundog
Bill
A Pathe
Coon
Community Suppor Y M
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Burnside Monmonal
Ct 1
Huis
Amos S Gorham
Amos & Eorham
Het Sheer Base
Burgess Street
Providence
Fred Suzman
Hope St
Dimond
First Congregational Church
James J. Goodacre
Earle Sumner Day
Annie Church Dimond
Over Transportation
Fall River
Talbot
Hopkins Electrical Supplies & Service
Bradford ST
Mount Hope
Star Theatre
D. D’ambrosio
Dimond's
Hopesteed
Ain Ice Patrol
Svsnev
Werk
Peresa
Warren Products
Uphams
Cémer
Massachusetts
Massa
E. E. Couillard
Ropractic Palmer
Constitution Street
Elmwood
Avenue
Dorchester Mutual
Boston
BH. L. Watson & CO
Weybosset Street
Archie H. Rounds
Carpenter and
Union &T
William W. Franklin
Wood St
R. P. Smith
Burton Street
Tel
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
E. W. Weaver
Pierce Avenue
Ingram
Suzman
Robert J. McKay
G.W. Simmons
William Street
Isaac B. Munro
Garfield Avenue
Freeborn R. Cole
Cooke Street
F. M. Gifford
R. 1
G. H. Spencer
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