Town Council Acts On Garbage Collector and Street Opening
The town council appointed Antonio F. Benevides as garbage collector at $100 monthly, with a $1000 bond, to collect three times weekly under health committee supervision. They discussed opening Usher Avenue east of Coggeshall Street to connect sections, with legal steps to be prepared for a future vote at the next financial town meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio F. Benevides
Coggeshall Avenue
William T. O'Donnell
L. H. Callan
Benevides
Pasquale Pagnano
Usher Avenue
Coggeshall Street
William’ T.Q O’donnell
Financial
Christian A. Ostby
Williamsport
Lycoming Rubber Co
Sewer Commission
Ostby
Elisha Hibbert
Bristol Laundry Company
Roma Street
Angelina Beretto
Henry Jlasiello
Wood Street
Hehst Street
Archibald M. Bell
Charles Peper
Mt. Hope Avenue
Fourth Street
Antonio de Resende
Joseph Sousa Moniz
Kearney
American Legion
John W. Flynn
James J. Velleca
William H. Remieres
Robert E. Lanphear
Albert Johnson
K of C Garden Party Heads Bristol Tonight
If weather allows a large turnout, the Knights of Columbus Home on State Street hosts a Bristol Council Garden Party this evening featuring postponed attractions. The Bristol Boys' Community Band opens in an early parade with automated members and Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella assisting. the band performs from 8 to 11 o'clock.
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Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Question on Proving a Woman's Age Sparks Debate
A correspondent asks the most delicate method to verify a woman's age. The only practical approach proposed is to inspect her birth certificate.
Begging Believers at Sacred Heart Parish Montmartre
A Paris church built for the poor at Sacre Coeur on Montmartre hosts a Sunday mass for destitute supplicants. Hundreds arrive nightly and morning to receive 25 centimes and a bread card, with aid for work available. The service ends with a pledge to uplift broken lives.
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Sicre -Coeur
Sacréd Heart
Montmartre
Maris
Dparhtinder Magazine
Romance of Brownings Throve on Mere Words
Divi Loh argues in The Braewings that Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning loved through words. They exchanged their devotion in letters and poetry, crafting elegant pleas and playful imagined trifles to sustain their romance.
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Divi Loh
Robert Browning
Elizabeth Barrett
Roberts
Robert
Earth and solar system age and past conditions
The Naval observatory notes the solar system likely existed in its present form for millions of years, though no definite past period can be stated. A recent estimate in Astronomy places Earth's age at four to five billion years, subject to revision. It suggests days were shorter and the Moon nearer the Earth in the past.
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Naval Observatory
Russell, Dugan
Stewart
Reverberation in Modern Rooms Increases Noise Levels
The article explains how busy cities and modern bare plaster rooms reflect sound, causing rooms to retain noise. A clap in a plastered space reflects more than 5 percent of sound back, making echoes linger for several seconds and increasing perceived intensities.
Verse Quoted From Bible Atchison Heathen Belief
An Atchison Daily Globe item notes one verse the editor believed in, quoting Peter about fishing all night and catching nothing. The terse remark reflects local religious humor or sentiment in the periodical’s brief verse reference.
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Atchison
Peter
Atchison Daily Qglobe
Tanlac advertised as relief for digestive troubles and stomach pains
Doctors say 90 percent of sickness stems from digestion and Tanlac is touted as a remedy for gas stomach pains dizziness and poor appetite. A Woonsocket man reports weight gain clearer skin resolved constipation and renewed appetite after using Tanlac with a money back guarantee.
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Tanlac
Penny press origins traced to early Boston and Philadelphia papers
The History of American Journal Jam notes the Daily Evening Transcript of Boston begun July 24 1880 by Lynde M Walter as a penny paper. It compares the Boston edition sold on streets for one penny with a four dollar yearly rate and cites the 1st one cent daily in Philadelphia the Den of Philadelphia. Dr Horatio David Shepard is linked to New York idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Transcript
Boston
Lynde M. Walter
den of Philadelphia
Daily Evening Transcript
New York City
Horatio David Shepard
Berlin Bus Driver Tests Screen Obstacles For Applicants
Berlin candidates for bus driver posts face strict tests. After meeting basic requirements the applicant sits at a steering wheel and watches a moving picture screen showing buses, other vehicles, a runaway horse, pedestrians, and a jay walker. Passing all obstacles earns the Jab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hus
Jay Walker
Early Bell Towers: Trees, Gates, and Village Belfries
The text notes that early Christian bells were hung from tall trees near churches and that similar tree belfries exist in Russia and elsewhere. It mentions Icelandic “lych gate” burialyard entrances and recalls the tree Belfry as once common in Scotland and Ireland.
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Sutig N Coleman
Russia
Iceland
Scotland
Ireland
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Mayflower Division
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Underwood
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Alaska
California
Rhode Island
Benjamin Moorby
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Industrial Trust
W. F. Hazelton
Bay View Ave
Bristol, R. I
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Burton ST
Liberty Tailor
Uniterms
High Street
Bristol
Penny Press
Burnside Memorial Building
Amos
Gorham
Taxea
United States
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Jena
ST. Sokence
State Street
Makowsky
Hope Street
I. Phenes
G M. Wiebur
Constitution ST
G. H. Sperker Roofing Co
F. M. Gifford
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Octave LeClair
Mason
General House
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
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Peel Mt
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