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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1925
Page
11
Navy Yard tops Sunset League action with a 4-3 win over Quimby as Redden and Hartnett spark a close contest. Pitcher Bikl Horan held the opposing lineup to three hits, Quimby earned his 11th win in a tense game that featured early scoring and key defensive plays by the yard.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a person named Hany Fark and a place or group with unclear references. The text is incomplete and lacks clear event, date, or location details to form a full report.
A local Kittery meeting at the home of Mrs. Charles Saxeyer featured John Graham reading a paper on law enforcement and a social that followed. Town schools report a successful year with all pupils passing and a Sea Point picnic planned. Mrs. Jana Patch observed her birthday with well wishes and family notes. Rehearsals and a recent Parent-Teacher meeting at Butcher school drew good attendance, and Kenneth Tobey is among Friday academy graduates. Some residents arrive for the summer at cottages, while others return from trips.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a local notice or brief item mentioning Boras and Boson in association with Quimby and Kor rand Urapires-Bunkoy, with unclear context and names. Readable fragments suggest a naming or event tag rather than a full report, leaving essential details unspecified.
Four teachers from Portsmouth schools prepare a European itinerary departing June 14 after classes end. Dilva Ballard, Catherine Brady, Mina Boomer, and another Dover educator will travel from New York to scenic and historic sites in Britain and continental Europe. Passports secured, travel by Waite Star and Red Star Line ships, returning around September, with travel arranged by I L Hall, Webet agent, and steamship lines.
Fragments show a stream of classified notices offering jobs such as waitresses carpenters salespersons and housekeepers plus ads for selling antiques and various goods. Names and addresses appear with general location cues and contact boxes. The text reflects a busy midcentury small-town ad page with numerous WANTED listings and sale pitches.
A scrambled OCR list of apartment and room rental notices. Includes furnished cottages at Kittery Point, light rooms opposite Olympia Theatre, large front rooms with modern improvements on Middle Street, two to three room flats with kitchen privileges, and private family bedrooms with baths. Contact phone numbers and street references vary widely.
Sunday activities in local churches include christenings and dedications of children. Several congregations plan services with young participants and oral declamations as part of Deliverer's Day observances.
A garbled, period voice extols a small shop on Haddy Street in the alley. The speaker rejects large profit margins, praising steady margins and loyal patrons while imparting quirky maxims from items like an ice chest and knife. The text reflects a community micro-enterprise ethos and self improvement urged by named objects.
A chaotic market-era fragment describes a street vendor offering cricket sweaters, white shoes, washable suits, sport jackets, raincoats, dresses, shirts, dungarees, and shoes at bargain prices. It notes a running stream of anecdotes about customers, a marriage tale, and a distracted mayoral-side remark as shoppers browse a cluttered display along Todd Street.
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