Mary Pickford to star in Less Than the Dust at Pastime Theatre
Mary Pickford will be seen at the Pastime Theatre Thursday evening in an extraordinary production Less Than the Dust. Scenes are laid in India and England with faithful pictures and vivid street life. Manager Dillon books next Saturday for Metro all star Under Handicap with Harold Lockwood in the lead eight act feature. Special features draw full houses.
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Smeltzer Peck Couple Marry in Portsmouth Chapel
George A Smeltzer of Winchester Massachusetts and Miss Cora L F Petk of Portsmouth formerly of this town wed September 4 at Stary's Chapel Portsmouth by the pale Mr Smith They reside in Lunenberg Iowa Scotia after October L
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Peck George
Winchester
Mass
Cora L. F. Petk
Portsmouth
A.ny
Stary’s Chpel
Smith
Lunenberg
Iowa
Scotia
New Books at Rogers Free Library Arrivals
New books arrive at 7 Rogers Free Library on September 26 including Neilson's Encyclopedia of Sunday Schools in three volumes and histories such as Swansea Wright. Other titles span biography travel poetry and war subjects with bound periodicals and personal narratives available by donation.
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Rogers Free Library
Neilson’s
Swansea
Wright
Munrss
Cobb
Bang
Smith
Bairnsfather
Archer
Hodgson
Vatican
Sea
France
Siberia
Canada
Flanders
Hellas
Library War Service aims to raise million for camps
Rhode Island projects 30068 toward a nationwide drive to fund library facilities at U S cantonments and training camps. The plan calls for 32 camps with 350000 books initial stock and trained librarians to aid soldiers, convalescents, and sailors.
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Baker
Josiah A. Cowles
John Finley
James A. Bey Fert
E. T. Stotesbury
Theodore Vail
Harry A. Wheeler
War Service Committee
American Library Association
Charles F. D. Belden
Boston
Herbert O. Bingham
Wallis E. Howe
Bristol County
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Knights of Columbus
Star Theatre Lineup With Chaplin and Gish Attracts Fans
Star Theatre presents Clark at the Star Theatre this evening in Seven Sisters plus Charlie Chaplin in Sentimental Charlie and other comedies with two reels. Dorothy Gish appears Wednesday in Her Official Fathers with Jimmie Dale alias The Grey Seal and A Berth Scandal. Coming Thursday features Edith Storey Antonio Moreno and William Duncan in Money Magic and Do the Children Count. Twenty boxes of chocolates given away.
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Clark
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie
Dorothy Gish
Jimmie Dale
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Edith Storey
Antonio Moreno
William Duncan
Real Estate Transfers Recorded by Town Clerk
Charles H Kemph sells to Fannie A Callan a house and lot on Sherry avenue. Rose McKale sells a house and lot on Catherine street to John C Mello and wife. Mrs Charles A Johnson sells to Rose McKale a two story house and lot on Franklin street.
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Charles H. Kemph
Fannie A. Callan
Sherry Avenue
Rose McKale
Catherine Street
John C. Mello
Charles A. Johnson
Franklin Street
Hotel Belvedere Sold to Kunz and Hei Did
Ward D Kunz jeweler and Hei Did proprietor of the five and ten cent store purchased the Hotel Belvedere from the Rhode Island Hospital Trust trustees of the John Hipprreshort estate. The sale price and exact terms were not disclosed. The 100 room, two story brick hotel on Hope Street includes a Western Union Telegraph office and a dry goods store on the ground floor with a 65 foot frontage.
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Rhode Island’ Hospital Trust Company
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Belia
Hope Street
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John Street
Étrance
Western Union Telegraph
Harry P. Morrissey
Jessee
Kunz
Sterbrooks
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Bristol Team Defeated by Fort Rodman Soldiers
The Bristol baseball team traveled to New Bedford Sunday and lost 7 to 5 to a Fort Rodman soldier team. Bristol scored all five runs in the fifth inning, with Baker, Hill, E Garvin, Kemph, F Garvin, and White delivering key hits. Fort Rodman countered with seven runs in the seventh as Garvin's pitching faded and Carney relieved him, with E Murphy finishing the game.
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Fort Rodman Falls to Bristol 7-5 in Hard Fought Contest
In Bristol the Bristol team defeated Fort Rodman 7 to 5 after a balanced game. Millett Carney and E Murphy led Bristol with key hits while Garvin pitched effectively, striking out twice. Stolen bases by Millett Carney and E Murphy helped Bristol build the lead, with strong defensive plays including a double play.
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Carney
Kelley
White
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Kehoe
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Simanice
Sullivan
Fifth District Court Hears Drunkenness Guilty Pleas
At yesterday morning's Fifth District Court session Judge Hammill fined two men two dollars plus costs for drunkenness. Lepriste Michalangelo pleaded not guilty to assaulting Fidan Lucca at the National India Rubber Company factory on September 22 with a dangerous weapon. case continued two weeks. Herman Augustine pleaded guilty to drunkenness and was fined two dollars plus costs. Manuel Sousa, sleeping on New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad tracks, also pleaded guilty to drunkenness and was fined two dollars plus costs. Lucien Bloctur pleaded guilty to common drunkard and placed on probation. Manuel Saucier, charged with reckless driving on September 9, retracted plea and was sentenced to twenty five dollars and costs. In civil court Angelo St Angelo vs Philadelphia Carabotta continued one week.
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Hammill
Lepriste Michalangelo
Fidan Lucca
National India Rubber Company
Herman Augustine
R. S. Church
Constitution Street
Manuel Saucier
Angelo St.Angelo
Philadelphia Carabotta
Rhode Island Calls for Wheatless Days to Aid War Effort
A Rhode Island wartime appeal urges support for the Food Administration by observing two Wheatless Days weekly, starting Wednesday the 26th. The call emphasizes conservation of wheat to bolster Allied forces and minimize hardship, urging gradual adoption for victory and democracy.
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Food Administration
United States
Rhode Island
Wheatles
Governor Beeckman Seeks Public Cooperation on Procedure
R Livingston Beeckman governor urges voluntary public compliance with an outlined procedure. He expresses confidence that citizens are more than willing to undertake the steps required to implement the plan.
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R. Livingston Beeckman
Another Miracle Play by St Michael's Players at Chapel
The St Michael's Players present a Miracle Play on the Feast of St Michael and AIT Angels next Saturday evening September 29 at 8 o'clock in St Michael's Chapel. The crossing of the Red Sea by the Children of Israel will be staged largely as a choral service. No tickets but an offering will be received to defray expenses.
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St. Michael and Ait Angels
St.Michael’s Chapel
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Children of Israel
Bristol Woman Credits Doan's Kidney Pills For Relief
Mrs. Angus McVarish of Pappoose Square Crossing reports backache and tiredness relieved by Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Buffing ton's Pharmacy. She says weakness in kidneys and morning pain improved, and urges others to use the same remedy. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y manufactures.
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Angus McVarish
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Buffington
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