Bristol Yacht Club plans 250th anniversary yachting carnival
The Bristol Yacht Club maps a 1930 season around the town's 250th anniversary with regattas and big yacht events. Commodore Paul Nicholson and officers are reelected. Sir Thomas Lipton and his Shamrock lineage are invited guests to Bristol and Herreshoff venues as fleets from Narragansett Bay and beyond gather for the celebration and America's Cup preparations.
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Bristol Yacht Club
Bristol
Paul C. Nicholson
Wind Hill
Ferry Hill
Robert H. S. Goddard
Rudolf F. Haffenreffer, Jr
Charles Warren Lippitt
Francois L. deWolf
Thomas P. Brightman
John H Wall
Elmer C. Maxfield
Everett LeBaron Church
William Wood
Edward D. Kunz
House
Paul [. Nicholson
Murray S. Danforth
Wallis E. Howe
Halsey DeWolf
Francois L
New York Yacht Club
Narragansett Bay
Atlantic
Rhode Island
Herreshoff
Yacht Club
Thomas Lipton
Atlantic Ocean
Thomas
Marriage Intentions for Local Couples
Joseph Zinowich a blacksmith of 132 Bay View Avenue this town and Frances Bretta of 67 Abcott Street filed intention. Gabriel Sousa Martin 35 Grant Street Fall River and Jeannette Sousa Martin 97 Franklin Street this town also filed intention.
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Joseph Zinowich
Bay View Avenue
Frances Bretta
Abcott Street
Pawtucket
Gabriel Sousa Martin
Grant Street
Fall River
Jeannette Sousa Martin
Franklin Street
This Town
Community events calendar highlights local groups
September and October listings include whist and bridge at the K of Home by Hope Circle No 70 D of I on Thursday September 20, a chicken salad supper by the Mite Society at the Baptist Church on Thursday September 26, a food sale by the Ladies' Aid Society at Vestry State St MEF on October 8, a dance by Battery C at the State Armory on October 12, and a Christmas sale by the Ladies' Aid Society at Vestry State St ME Church on December 3.
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Mite Society
Baptist Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Vestry State St Mef. Church
Battery C
State Armory
Vestry State St. M E. Church
Milk with bactericidal power claims by Dr Schiapelli
Dr Friedrich Schiappl of Berne reports milk from nursing mothers holds strong bacteria killing power at room temperature for up to sixty hours. Boiled milk loses this property. He filtered milk to a clear greenish liquid with albumin but no fat, still retaining the germ-killing effect.
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Friedrich Schiaeppl
Juvenile Love at Last Has Legal Definition
A Los Angeles couple eloped to Santa Ana to wed but failed because both were minors. The girl's irate father sued, defense urged dismissal saying no harm occurred and both parties were at fault in a case of puppy love. The court queried what constitutes puppy love and the attorney joked it is too young to bet on license.
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Los Angeles
Stanta Ana
Los Angeles Times
Worms Reproduce in Coral Crevices at Ocean’s Edge
Scientist Prof J Arthur Thomson notes the palolo worms emerge during the third quarter moon before sunrise. The bodies shed millions of eggs and sperm, swarming the reef in a vermicelli like surge. Heads survive to seed new bodies next year, a remarkable life cycle.
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J. Arthur Thomson
John
London
Landowners held title to capital lands before federal use
National Capital Histories notes that Virginia and Maryland ceded sovereignty but land ownership remained with individual proprietors. Nineteen original owners, led by four principals Daniel Carroll, David Burnes, Samuel Davison and Notley Young, retained title. Carroll held land including present Capitol Hill. Burnes owned much of the city area including sites of the White House and Treasury.
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Washington
Virginia
Maryland
Daniel Carroll
David Burnes
Samuel Davison
Notley Young
Carroll
Capitol Hill
Burnes
White House
Treasury Building
Talbot Tarrell recounts a half full theater tale
Irish comedian Talbot Tarrell tells of a bull about audience size in a remote town. A touring company seeks ticket comparison. a local resident quips that the theater is sometimes half full and sometimes half empty, capturing the crowd’s fickle patronage.
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Talbot Tarrell
Peatsin's Weekly
Salt’s Pursuit Through History and Diet
The piece notes that humans have long sought salt for flavor rather than essential nutrition. It observes common diets already contain sufficient salt, and extra salt generally harms no one in typical amounts, though very high intake can affect food assimilation.
Desert flower garden protected by new desert laws
California and Nevada passed laws making it a misdemeanor to dig up destroy or pick flowers of certain desert plants including Joshua trees and desert holly. The laws aim to guard the vast desert corridor between Tonopah and Laws described as the Wests largest natural flower garden by Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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California
Nevada
Tonopah
Laws
Weat
Populac Mechanica Magazine
Cages peas ba he ip Lo cari ane eb ston i
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Spider Spins Thread Nearly 20 Miles Long
The article notes a spider known for an extraordinary web spanning almost 20 miles. It highlights the creature's remarkable silken reach and mentions observers tracking the vast thread across landscapes. Registered experts weigh in on the feat and its rarity.
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