Bristol Fire District Holds Meeting and Plans Transfer
A Bristol Fire District meeting in Town Hall elected officers for the year and adopted a resolution to transfer property and ob ligations to the town. The treasurer reported accounts, and the motion to adjourn to April 19 was approved after debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mretine
Bristol Fire District
William H. Spooner
Cléerk
Pater Gladding
William O. Manchester
Henry Goff
Nehemiah Cole
Peter Gladding
John B. Munro
Isaac F. Williams
E. W. Brunson
Messrs
KE. W. Brunson
John Turner
S. D. Wardwell
W. B. Kimball
Wm. T.C. Wardwell
Solon H. Smith
Bristol
Pnaemix
W. O. Manchester
Nat'l Eagie Bank
C. C. Pearse
N.N. Cole
Cc. F. Simmons
C. A. Greene
Jas. N. Bullock
Hydraulion
J.H. Pitman
Town Hall
J. Andersop
Monitor
G. Sharkey
G. B. Edwards
Gaslight Co
E. A. Fish
J. F. Munro
William H. Bell
National Eagle Bank
P. B. Bourne
E. Burr
B.M. Lincoln
J. Luther
J. H. Manchester
Stoves &c
Seth Paull
Wm. R. Taylor
J.D. Waldron
John Petty
J.B. Pearce
Allen Supply Co
Wx. O. Manchester
The Bristol Phone calls for honest men in politics
The piece argues for steadfast public duty amid a hostile political climate. It warns of a ring aiming to ruin honest leaders by deception and misrepresentation while urging readers to distrust baseless tales and demand integrity in public service.
Spring frezhets and ice breaks in order
The Spring frezhets and ice breaks are in order with a note of many breaks in business this Spring. In our day when it rains, it pours.
London organ company fiction exposed by Sankey agency
Mr. Sankey’s agency for the organ company in London is rejected by headquarters as a fabrication. The organ company itself denies any involvement or endorsement of the claim.
Unprin cipled nature’s shot at a shining mark
Recent developments reveal intense resentment and the careless disregard of a reckless person toward the potential impact of a single impulsive action, exposing latent hostility in some characters and the calm indifference of others in the wake of a volatile moment.
Tender hearted humanity and restless unrest in news clippings
A collage of editorial fragments discusses crime and cruelty, Cuban insurgents renewal, possible third Ulysses Grant term skepticism, Narragansett town meeting practices, John Mitchell’s patriotism, New England domestic bliss, Vermont orchards, Boston Post Office investigations, and burial expenses for Sumner.
No Choice of Governor of Lieutenant Governor
The remaining Republican candidates on the state ticket were elected by a margin exceeding 11,000 votes.
Local meetings and town events announced
The Y M C A to hold its regular monthly meeting Monday at eight o clock. Elder E R Wood of Exeter to preach at Advent Chapel Sunday afternoon and evening. Town meeting for electing town officers and business to be held at Town Hall starting at ten o clock. A spelling school next Monday evening at the Hall with prizes from D A Pierce's store. Bristol Cornet Band hosting a three day fair and festival next week with prizes including a silver set and rosewood desk. Birds herald spring as robins and bluebirds arrive, signaling milder days ahead.
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Y. M. C. Association
E. R. Wood
Exeter
Tha
Advent
Hall Hall
Harper's Magazine
D.A. Pierce's
Bristol Cornet Band
Town Hall
Bristol
R. I
Boston Store Displays Fine Week of Goods on Hope Street
Window displays feature prints dress goods hosiery jewelry collars shawls gloves perfume and assorted fancy articles inviting shoppers to enter. A spelling school at Town Hall next Tuesday will use Worcester and Patterson dictionaries with Miss Anne Bradford and Dr. Pike as word presenters and Rev. C J Rogers as referee. Three gold prizes will be awarded with proceeds benefiting the Baptist Sunday School.
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Boston
Hope Street
Messrs
T. T. Allan & Co
Town Hall
Worcester
Patterson
Webster's
Anne Bradford
Pike
C. J. Rogers
Thompson
Baptist Sunday School
Hyde letter praises Urso concert company in Boston
A Dr Hyde from the Chicago Y M C A writes to the Camilla Urso Concert Company agent in Boston praising Madame Urso and her accompanying artists. He calls the two concerts elegant and attractive with musical standards above criticism and notes the performers Fessenden and Rudolphsen won the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hyde
Chicago Y. M. C. A
Camilla Urso
Boston
Madame Ursa
Conrae
Madame Arsa
Messrs
Fessenden
Rudolphsen
Ivery
Voting totals from Wednesday town election results
The Town Magazine records that polls opened at ten in the morning and closed at eight thirty at night. A total of 716 votes were cast for state officers and General Assembly representatives. For Senator: John Turner 398, Joseph M. Blake 308. First Representative: William T. C. Wardwell 342, Walter B. Stanton 278. Second Representative: Isaac F. Williams 448, William F. Paull 256. Six scattering tickets for Senator, one for first Representative, and nine for second Representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
John Turner
Joseph M. Blake
William T. C. Wardwell
Walter B. Stanton
Isaac F. Williams
William F. Paull
Bristol Fifty Years Ago A Personal Recollection
The narrator recalls Bristol fifty years past, recalling childhood ties, local families, and the town’s once bustling harbor. He describes familiar streets, old servants and masters, and a community knit by family links, sailors, and memories of a wealthy, bustling era before decline.
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Bristol Phanlx
Bristol
Narragansett Bay
Gores
Goree
Chit Cain
Prime Clark
Prime
John Casco
Lemucél C
Richmond’s
Sara
Barbary
Bristol Smith
Jack Howland
Correcting Rhode Island historical notices on Winslow and King Philip
A reader corrects errors in a Rhode Island Phenix notice about Major Winslow arresting Wampanoag Chief Alexander at Assaswompset Pond. The letter argues Winslow acted at Middleborough and that Philip’s mortar relics misdate his death, citing authentic artifacts from Pilgrim Hall and Providence.
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Cox
Greene
Rhode Island Historical Society
Providence Press
Alexander
Winslow
Mount Hope
Mount Hope Neck
Marshfield
Assaswompset Pond
Middleborough
Plymouth
Pittsfield
Mass
Athenaeum
King Philip
Milly Brown
Abraham Brown
Adams
Rhode Island
Philip
Brown
Wheeler M. Blanding Esq
Providence
Pilgrim Hall
Town Council and Court of Probate Meeting Minutes
Regular monthly session notes examination and approval of probate accounts for James H. Parsons and John G. Sparks. Guardians appointed for Eliza B. and Emma French. Inventories for Charles Fales Susan Gorham and William McCaw recorded. Council items itemized with total expenditures of 1 188.31 and adjournments to set voting lists and continue probate business.
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James H. Parsons
Sarah A. DeWolf
John G. Sparks
Kate McKenzie
John G. Watson
Eliza B
Emma French
James E. French Bond
Charles Fales
Susan Gorham
William McCaw
James C. Brown
Guardia
Samuel F. Liscomb
Board of State Charities
Board of Prisoners
Kent
Court of Probate
Connell
Board of
Ganvasgere
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Talby’s Corner
Payne's
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Bill
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Hartford Conn
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Philadelphia Press
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Indian Council
John Mitchell
Vermont
Samuel
Charles Sumner
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Providence Daily Journal
W. T. Hartow
M. E. Church
W. T. Thurston
Thames Street
S. D. Hatch
Gillies
Troue
Constantine
Geo
A. Pike
Lope and
Bradford Streets
Ge Ax WM. CO. Richards
M. D
Bradford Street
U. Jill
G. P. Barnes
Hope and
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Wardwell Street
Als Ly
A. Boscheck
Germany
William H. Buffington
West—Gladding
G. L. Locke
W. Frank West
Armony
R.J
Tallulah A. Gladding
John Henry Gladding
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
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Fall River
Chief
Terry
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Oliver Chase
Kelly
New Bedford
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Weaver
New Haven
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Portsmouth
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THE
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Fulton ST
New York
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Earle & Sone
Swansea
I. I. Bent
Ead
B. Munro
S. A
J.B
Spooner
B. Munko’s
Gho. H. Reynolds
Westminster Street
Providence, R. I
Annable & Allen
F. A. Daniels
A. S. Wilbur
Bristol Neck
Ape Street
C. Wal. R. Taylor
Geo. H. Reynolds
Horace J. Wetherell
OCE
Madam Camilla Urso
Clara Doria
W. H. Fessende
J. F. Rudolpi
Auguste
G. W. Easterbrooks
Aps
Ison
Lauret
AND
Choice Pictures
Hope
Fraskiin
F. M
B. Morley
M.y.neem
Aple MO
B. Munro’s
Carter
John B. Monro
A.T
T. J. Osher
Franklin
Gardner’s Wharf
James Connery
Tee
Bristol Chorus Society
L. W Dean
J. Lapham
Amberat Quintette
M. Vs. Newton
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