New England Governors to Attend Eastern States Horse Show
New England governors and other guests will be at Governors night opening the Springfield Horse Show running Sept 21 to 26 under Eastern States Exposition management. Exhibitors from 1924 and new participants promise a record indoor event with boxes booked as society eyes the fall season.
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Springfield
Charles A. Nash
Eastern States Coliseum
Laula Long Combs
Lees Summit
Martha Lathar Ellis
Washington, D. C
Mortimer B Fuller
Scranton
Frederick H Bontecou
Port Chester
A W Atkinson
Merchantville
N H
Jean Browne Scott
Port Kennedy
J Macy Willetts
New Marlboro
Mass
George Crouch
Brooklyn
Louise D’a
Irene duPont Carpenter
Montchantn
Del
Marion
Grace Douglas
Amherst
N S
R. J. Goodman
Hartford
Louis K Liggett
Chestnut Hill
M. F Murphy
West Roxbury
Michael J Devaney
N. Y
Alice Stuart
Medfeld
Barbara Wallacey
E C Whiting
William Whiting
Holyoke
New England
Old men rule streets of Algiers as family funds fuel leisure
In Algiers the city sparkles with native dress while elderly men, living off their children, idle in cafes and parks. Tourists notice the contrast as sons support fathers who spend days gossiping and sharing advice, while women manage home life and daughters socialize.
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Sialy
Algiers
North
Ofa Araba
Seeks Pirate Fortune From Eighteenth Century Heir
Signor Qugllelgno Calouazi claims descent from Frederico del Re an Italian naval officer turned pirate. He alleges Del Re inherited a vast fortune from a pirate chief and hid it with the British East India Company. Calouzi seeks legal action in Madagascar where the treasure was reportedly kept and later revealed.
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Bombay
Milan
Signor
Qugllelgno
Calouazi
Frederico del Re
Italy
Quirates
del Re
I N. Com
Madagascan
British East India Company
Madagaascar
Stone Age Flint Workshop Found Near Strood England
Archaeologists uncovered a prehistoric arsenal dating to the Stone Age near Strood close to Frindsham church and Rochester cathedral. After eight days, they revealed four thousand flint weapons and tools in 17 heaps three feet high, with no human bones found. The chipper makers lived in Britain during the woolly mammoth and baby mammoth era.
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Strood
England
Frindsham Church
Rochester Cathedral
Britain
Digging Carthaginian Ruins Showcased on Screen
Archaeologists at Luea near Carthage reveal laborers as moving pictures in Tunis screenings. Count De Prorak notes using the camera could have spurred grand temples and palaces if tools replaced the whip in ancient labor.
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Luea
Carthase
Moving Picture Theater
Tunis
de Prorak
Presidency Careers Across U S Leaders
The text outlines diverse early vocations of U S presidents. Washington was a farmer and surveyor. Harrison studied medicine but joined the army and politics. Taylor a soldier and cotton planter. Johnson a tailor. Grant a tanner, farmer, real estate agent, hardware clerk, and soldier. Roosevelt entered politics from age twenty two. Harding a newspaper man. All others began as lawyers after various starts.
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United States
Washington
William Henry Harrison
Taylor
Louisiana
Johnson
Grant
Roosevelt
Harding
Ribs of the King Phrase Sparks Irish Court Laughs
In the Irish Free State courts the title king is dropped and the king bench becomes irrelevant. The criminal department formerly called crown side was humorously rendered in Irish as taobh an righ by a republican lawyer, who meant the king s rib a phrase that scholars say misstates the meaning and provoked laughter.
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Irish Free State
King’s Bench
Oil drilling costs exceed petroleum revenue, science note
Statistics show more money has been spent in drilling for oil than has been received from the sale of the petroleum produced, according to Science Service.
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Science Service
Fragments From a Turbulent Night in a Lost Market
Odd snippets recount a chaotic scene with stray animals and evasive talk. A dead weasel is described as striking, while references to replies and pretenses hint at a tense social moment amid unclear events.
Gold Piece Loses Weight In Handling
A 3 percent gold piece loses about 1 percent of its weight in a year of handling according to report. The note highlights gradual wear on the coin and its implications for value and size.
Public Auction to Sell Bristol Land Under Execution
Philo V Cady Sheriff announces sale of attached Bristol land parcels by public auction at Bristol County Court House on September 26 1925 at 11 AM to satisfy an execution from the Superior Court Providence County Rhode Island. The notice lists Coggeshall Street lots 4 and 5 and Wilson Homestead lots on Chilton Street with boundaries described and figures. Names Wars cers Bristol AgRAINSt Joseph Verrs and BRRR Wilson appear in the record. The sale covers the debtor’s real estate including improvements and is subject to costs and contingent expenses.
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Shena
Bristol
Providence
Ehnode Island
State of Rhode
Joseph Verrs
Hristol
Coggeshall Street
Coggieshall
Franklin
Wood Street
Esristol
Coggeshall
Brrr Wilson
R. Wilsom
Westerl
Chilton Street
Wilson
Frank E. Waterman
Chilton
Bristol County Court House
Margaret Feely
John A. Flynn
Nehemiah Cole
R. J
J A Latham
Richmond Street
Samuel McCaw
Mary
Probate
Bristol Phroenix
Antone Rego Mello
Rhode Island
Fragmented text from an ancient manuscript
The passage appears as garbled OCR from a medieval page. Readable elements mention eastern Roman and Fifteenth century culture, but most words are broken or miscopied, preventing a clear event or author identification.
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Baer Bros
N.Y
W. H. Remieres
Hope Street
Railroad Avenue
Croade Street
Warren, R. I
B. A. Freoch
Selease i of
America
Lake Champlain
Cape Cod
Penobscot
Berkshires
Winnipesaukee
Narragansett Bay
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Felippo Teixeira
Court St
R. I
Archie H. Rgunds
Tel
Con
Union Street
Warren and Bristol
Railroad Ave
Warren
William A. Doran
Bay View Ave
E. W. Weaver
High Street
William W. Franklin & Co
Wood St
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
Sheriff's Sale
Providence Plantations
Bristol, Sc
Philo V Cady
All
Fr. Cheney & CO
Telade, Olio
Alfred L. Morgan
Said -Court
John W. Church
Ceres
Alice B. Morga Drecublic
John W Church, Lerk
Joseph A Hammils
Guardian's
Mary Feters Solomon
John S Solomon Warren RI
John W Church
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
Charles M. Connery
Undertaker
Burton St
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
BE. L. Watson & CO
Weyboeser Street
Robert J. McKay
G.W. Simmons
William Street
Isaac B. Munro
Garfield Avenue
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