Alerion Ship Sold by Capt. Herreshoff Mentioned
Charles B. Rockwell Jr. purchased from Capt. Nathaniel Herreshoff the 21 footer centerboard knockabout Alerion built at the Herreshoff plant in 1923. The vessel measures 26 feet overall with seven feet beam and a draft of two feet five inches without the centerboard. Alerion was the third boat of that name built and used by Capt. Herreshoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles B. Rockwell, Jr
Nathaniel G. Herreshoff
Herreshoff
Factory Officials Outing At Metacom Farm
The National India Rubber Company factory supervisors held their second outing of the season at Panzarella's Farm Metacom avenue. After breakfast two baseball teams played five innings with Eddie Flanagan's team taking the win. Joe Lewis made a standout outfield catch amid a lively outing featuring Bowling on the Green and a chicken dinner by chef Saverio Rinaldi. The event was organized by William Brahmstedt Paul Celone and Joseph George. All Factors Council Representatives plan another bake next Saturday on the same grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National India Rubber Company
Panzarella
Metacom Avenue
Eddie” Flanagan
Joe Lewis
Saverio Rinaldi
William J Brahmstedt
Paul Celone
Joseph George
Factors Council
Women delegates to state conference attend Pleasant View events
Mrs Harold W Baker and Mrs Mav Williams represent the Womens Home Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church at the State Society House Party at Pleasant View. Delegates from the World Wide Guild including Mrs Harold W Baker Mrs George E Luther Mrs Harry Bullock and Miss Dorothy Mott will attend the World Wide Guild Conference at the same venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W Baker
Mav Williams
Womens Home Missionary Society
First Baptist Church
Pleasant View
World Wide Guild
Harold W . Baker
George E. Luther
Harry Bullock
Dorothy Mott
Evening Schools Start Monday Under Same Staff
Evening high school and the Americanization School reopen Monday October 1 1928 at 7 o clock with the same principal and teaching corps as last year Detailed announcements will follow.
Misses Drury Host Garden Club Meeting at High Street Home
The Misses Drury hosted about thirty Bristol Garden Club members yesterday at their High Street home. Flowers in the garden impressed after a business meeting where Mrs. Albert Crabtree spoke engagingly. Refreshments were served with help from Mrs. Thomas Clarke. A Fiskeville Fair exhibit was planned with a committee including Mrs Charles B. Rockwell Jr and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misses Drury
Bristol Garden Club
High Street
Albert Crabtree
West Barrington
Thomas Clarke
Maine
Fiskeville Fair
William W. Perry
Drury
Charles B. Rockwell, Jr
Harry Dew. Allen
Daniel W Knowlton
Agnes M. Herreshoff
R F . Haffenreffer, Jr
William W Perry
Bristols 1035 Telephone Subscribers Listed
The Bristol telephone exchange shows about 1 035 subscribers in the new fall winter 1928 29 directory distributed this week by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Telephone Exchange
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Real Estate Transfers Named on Walley Street
Lola Abbre Dunbar transfers land on the south side of Walley street to Domenico Palangio. Domenico Palangio transfers land on the south side of Walley street to Fabio De Cristofaro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Abbre Dunbar
Domenico Palangio
Walley Street
Domenico Palangira
Fabio de Cristofaro
Marriage Intentions for Simmons and Almeida in Town
Joseph Reposa Simmons of 93 Bay View Avenue and Mary Angell Almeida of 37 High Street filed marriage intentions. The notice mentions residents and addresses in this town with no further details.
Little girl pleads for splinter removal in dinner scene
Betty notices her mother removes pin feathers from a chicken for dinner and imitates the process. She asks to share the spill bone with the family dog but the mother fears hone splinters could injure the pet’s throat. Betty objects saying you take out all the splinters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Phila Delphiia
Abenante Sentenced to Year in Providence Jail
Raffaele Abenante, who in March 1921 received a deferred sentence for breaking and entering and larceny, was sentenced to one year in Providence County Jail after violating the terms of his deferral. He was arrested near Bradford and Wood streets after a disturbance and appeared in Providence Superior Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raffaele Abenante
Providence
C. A. Walsh
Abenante
Bradford Street
Wood Street
Manuel Henry
Wood
Bradford Streets
Bristol County
R J Kavanaugh
Superior Court
Fifth District Court Finds Levitin Not Guilty and Dismissals
In the Fifth District Court Judge Frank H Hammill acquitted David Levitin of operating a vehicle without adequate brakes after an Aug 14 crash into a fence post. Thomas J Page of 16 Mason Street was fined $100 and costs for driving on Bourn Avenue while intoxicated. The cases of Mary Tromblee versus Manuel Botelho Jr and the related defacing charge were dismissed by mutual agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Levitin
Fifth District
Frank H Hammill
High
State Streets
Thomas J Page
Mason Street
Warren
Bourn Avenue
Mary S” Trombier
Manuel Botelho Jr
Botelho
Manuel Botelho, Jr
Mary S Trombles
Born Sousa and Trainor Families Announce Newborns
In this town Sept Ilsa daughter Florence to Mr and Mrs Antone Sousa of 18 Bay View Avenue Trainor in Providence reports a son born Sept 13 to Mr and Mrs Edward L Trainor formerly of this town.
Early dictionaries cited through history and key figures
The article traces dictionary development from ancient Chinese roots to modern works. It notes Samuel Johnson's influential 18th century dictionary, Noah Webster's 1828 American dictionary, Worcester's 1860 English dictionary, and earlier compilers like Pa-Out-She Varro Julius Pollux Calepinus Vauglas and national language efforts across French Spanish Italian Russian languages with dates ranging from 1000 B C to 1789.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathay
Julius Pollux
A. D
B. C
Varro
Caleptal
Vauglas
French Academy
Observations on Shinto and Chinese Temples in Asia by Senator Bingham
Senator Hiram Bingham describes in World’s Work his impressions of temples in Korea and China. He notes respect shown by Japanese visitors at Shinto shrines on hilltop sites overlooking Seoul. In contrast Chinese temples are often in disrepair or used for commerce and soldiers, with few worshippers. He emphasizes home life sanctity in China and ancestral worship as central to religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teltos
Healehy
Seoul
Korea
Chosen
China
Hiram Bingham
Big Executives Have Their Own Troubles
A chaotic office scene follows Amos Bump of Killzem Rat-Trap Associates as he struggles with interruptions and a cluttered desk. Secretaries and colleagues like Miss Vince and Mr Schimmel loom, while a cryptic message from his morning work surfaces as the central concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos It. Bump
Killzem Rat- Trap Associates, Inc
Mr. Bump
Vince
Mr Schimmel
Schimmel, Schiimmel, Schimmel & Schimmel
Bump
Nso
Schlumel
Binos
Silk weaving history from China to Europe and America
The record notes silk filaments first woven in China by ST Ling-Chi and empress, silk introduced to Europe in the sixth century, James I importing silkworms and mulberry trees to England, the Virginia Company promoting silk, initial experiments failing, and a colonial act mandating mulberry trees for every hundred acres with penalties for neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Ling-Chi
China
Europe
James I
England
Company of
Virginia
United States
Leetshiture
Remembered Jumping Girl in Country Ride Debate
A recalled scene shows a girl and her uncle en route from the country to the city. The girl doubts the country’s attractions while the uncle points to cows in a pasture and a fence as proof of country life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiltheo
Modern electricity replaces many workers in daily life
A narrator argues that advanced facilities reduce the need for a traditional handy man, stating electricity now does the work of 850 million men without fatigue. The piece underscores the shift from improvised labor to standardized industrial power in homes and factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manhattan
Pedestrian's Haven Bermuda Says Pedestrians Always Right
Bermuda Dispatch notes that in Bermuda pedestrians have right of way and may jaywalk at will. Drivers and riders who infringe on foot traffic risk conflict as the island law requires vehicles to yield to walkers on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Islands
America
Causes of Eclipses
An Eclipse of the Sun happens when the Moon moves between Earth and the Sun. An Eclipse of the Moon occurs when Earth casts a shadow on the Moon. Therefore both eclipses cannot occur simultaneously.
Great French Writer Had Odd Superstition
Emile Zola, the French writer, counted everything to calm his nerves. He walked Paris streets counting trees, carriages, lamps, and people while Gala noted and calculated the figures for lucky numbers. If results failed to yield luck he became morose and unable to write.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile Zola
Vierre van Paassen
New York
Gala
Zan
Paris
Daddy on Fire and Mildred's Warning
A Philadelphia Record item tells of Mildred rushing home to warn her mother that her father was on fire. She had seen him at the barber shop applying matches to his hair, then ran home to alert them. He returned safely to an affectionate greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Philadelphia
Eel Day Draws Longevity Claims From Tokyo Figures
The eel festival highlighted the dish as nourishing and healthful though costly for many. Notable attendees included 90 year old miner and retired financier Kihachiro Okura of Tokyo, described as an eel devotee, and 85 year old Imperial Theater actor Muatsusuke Onoye, also praised for his eel enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Kihachiro Okura
Tokyo
Muatsusuke Onoye
Imperial Theater
Tehyy
Reason for Insect Name The Praying Mantis
The Praying Mantis is an insect in order Orthoptera. Its name comes from the resting stance with bent knees and folded front legs as if in prayer. Ancient Greeks used it in divination and Hindus revered it. In southern France it was said to point a lost way, and the Hottentots believed its sight warned of good fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orthoptera
France
Hottentots
Rising Insect Threat Prompts Alarm for Hunnai Race
A historical note warns that over 300 thousand insect species threaten the Hunnai, with new finds every year, as fears grow of their impact on the human race, per Woman's Tome Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Just Change Diet and Live on the Fat of the Land Editorial
An editorial writer questions how a man can live peacefully with a lien on his property and argues the solution is to pursue life on the fat of the land through farming and home life. The piece emphasizes practical self sufficiency and resourcefulness in difficult times.
College Days musical comedy benefit at Pastime Theatre
Sunday afternoon and evening program features College Days with musical comedy at the Pastime Theatre under St. Rita's Girls Club for the benefit of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. Monday afternoon dance in Grand Arm Hall by The Checker Boys from 2 to 6 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ckwell Hall
St. Rita’s
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel’ Church
Grand Arm Hall
Checker Boys
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N. G. Herreshoff
Brigit’ Garden Garden Club
Sentenc
Lanier
Drovidenge County
Fifth District Court
Fisher
Genu
Buick
John G. Deslauriers
Tel
Bristol-75
Hope and
Washington Streets
Sahae Es
Fe Lik
Daddy On Fire
Mldred
Garfield Avenue
Freeborn
R. Cole
Isaac B. Munro
Telephone
Colonial
Dorrance St
Gaspee
Archie H. Rounds
Tel. Con
Union Street
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
William Street
E. W. Weaver
Bristol
District Nursing Association
Martha Graham
Hope Street
Miss Thyra Carlson
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
W. Bristol
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
William A. Doran
Bay View Ave
John the Tailor
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
E. L. Watson & CO
Weybosset Street
Charles M. Connery
Barton St
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