State Wide Rhode Island Baptists Launch Canvass Drive
The Rhode Island Baptist Convention unveils a state wide Simultaneous Every Member Canvass to fund local budgets and missionary apportionments. The campaign, April 1926, relies on church cooperation, canvasser training, and literature to boost giving beyond last year’s 633000 dollar total.
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Rhode Island Baptists
The
Baptists of
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Baptist State Convention
Baptist World
Rhode Island Baptist Convention
C P Christopher
Fden Park
William Reid
L L. Aber
George H Watt
American Baptist Foreign and Home Mission Societies
Prudence Island Boat Schedule April 26 to June
The Prudence Island Navigation Company issues a new timetable effective April 26 to June 1. The steamer Prudence departs the wharf at State street on weekdays at 7 am and 5 pm for Sand Point and Homestead with extra Saturday trips at 10 am and 3 pm. Sundays show departures from Bristol at 10 pm and 5 pm. weekday Sand Point to Bristol runs at 7:40 am and 5:45 pm, with Homestead 10 minutes later. Saturday extra trips are 10:45 am and 3:45 pm. Sunday Sand Point departures occur at 4:30 pm and 6:00 pm.
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Prudence Island Navigation Company
Prudence
State Street
Sand Point
Homestead
Prudence Island
Bristol
Probate Court Adjourned Session Names Executors and Settles Estates
At an adjourned probate session Judge Edward Le Leahy presiding three estates were acted on. Peter Cristaudo named executor of Angelina Cristaudo with bond set at 2000 and John Ferri as surety. Carmine Biastice appointed appraiser. Administrator of Victor J Miller estate permitted to deposit funds for burial lot perpetual care. Guardian of Isabel W Farrington estate granted first and final account and it was allowed.
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Isabel W Farrington
Bristol 25 Years Ago Excerpts From Phoenix Files
Selected excerpts reprinted from Phoenix files detailing Bristol events from a quarter century ago. The notes cover local news, personalities, and civic happenings as remembered in archival Bristol records.
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Bristol
Phoenix Files
Governor appoints lawmakers to four committees in General Assembly
On January 9, 1906 Governor Utter named Senator Hi H Shepard to the Judicals and Elections Committees and Representative Dr WF Williams to the Special Legislation and Charities and Corrections committees. That evening Isaac W. Gorham and George L. Rinnicuttel hosted a popular subscription dance at Grand Arms Hall.
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Utter
Hi H Shepard
WF Willams
General Assembly
Shepard
Rep Williams
Isaac W. Gorham
George L. Rinnicuttel
Grand Arms Hall
De Fence Hose Company Elects Officers And Ball Plans
At a recent De Fence Hose Company meeting, Samuel Young was elected foreman with Gardner West as secretary treasurer. John Coggeshall and George Springer named first and second assistants, Hugh Campbell steward, Manuel August inspector, while Fox Pont veteran takes the post once held by Perkins on the NYo oN H & HOR yards. The Robert Emmett Literary Association elected officers Sunday. Patrik Garrity as President, Bernard Rourke Vice President, Edward Morrissey Treasurer, Patrak P Walsh Financial Secretary, Woatham O'Rourke Recording Secretary. They scheduled the society ball for Friday February 23 at Mount Hope Block rooms.
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Defence Hose Company
Samuel Young
Gardner West
John Coggeshall
George Springer
Hugh Campbell Manuel August
Fox Pont
Harks [ Perkins
Nyo
H & Hor
Robert Emmett Literary Association
Ovlock Om Oats
Mount Hope Block
Patruk
Garrity
Bernard (Rourke
Edward
Morrisses
Patrak P Walsh
Woatham O'Rourke
Grand Army
Wim M Nerone
Dennis
Cart
Patrik Po Walsh
Michael Jo Tobin
Michael Dowte
James Wo Goth
Patrick J Crarrats
Thomas Tobin
Bernard Hart
Michael Jo Dowte
Completed the Cycle In a Strained Domestic Scene
A woman notes a man missing at six and twelve and finally returns at dawn in a tense domestic moment. The fragmented lines imply suspicion or concern as she confronts his absence and arrival.
Bristol Town Dog Licenses 1931
Notice issued by Town Clerk John W Church announcing annual dog licensing in Bristol Rhode Island. It sets April registration, collaring, and fees: $1.30 for male or spayed female, $5.30 for unspayed female. May late fees $2.30 and $6.30 respectively. Licenses available April 1 and June 1 start, at Town Clerk’s office.
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Bristol
R. I
John W Church
Probate notices in Bristol March 81 1931
Probate court presents Etelvina doCarmo Cordeiro Franca will for probate and sets April 20 1931 for hearing with fourteen days notice in Bristol Phoenix. Administrator of William E Matteson estate files first and final account and requests distribution to heirs. hearing set for April 1931 in Bristol Probate Court.
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Bristol
Etelvina Docarmo Cordeiro Franca
Bristol Phenix
John W Church
William E. Matteson
Harold E. Hill
Bristol Probate Court Names Guardian for Lucy Ruggieri
The Bristol Probate Court reviews Lucy Ruggieri as minor over fourteen appointing Antonia Ruggieri as guardian of her person and estate. Notice ordered published for fourteen days weekly starting soon in Bristol Phenix. Court date set for April 20 1931 at 9 AM.
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Robate
Bristol
Tucy Ruggiero
Lucy Ruggieri
Luc. Ruggiero
Tucs Ruggieri
Antonia Ruggieri
Michele Ruggieri
Bristol Phenix
John W Church
Violet songs and Broadway memories from a bygone era
A nostalgic collage recalls Raquel Miller, Gus Edwards revues, Lila Lee, Eddie Cantor and George Jessel graduates, Vincent Lopez at the Pekin, stage-door sighs, Belasco nights, Paramount Theatre, Knickerbocker lunches, and wartime streetlights. It notes layoffs after a merger and the weary truth about newspapermen, with vignettes of clubs, actors, and a drifting, glittering Broadway.
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New York
Raquel Miller
Violet
Gus Edwards
Lila Lee
Eddie Cantor
George Jessel
Vincent Lopez
Leo Dietrichstein
Great Lover
Lenore Ulric
Belasco
Acmed Abdullah
Ben Hampton
Castles
Healy’s
Murray
Romar Garden
Winter Garden
Paramount Theatre
Broadway Rouss
Biind Merchant
Leonard Bergman
Kaiserhof
Joel’s
Herald Cellar
John Bunny
Broadway
Roxy
Emily Stevens
Rector's
Delmonico
Castle Cave
Knickerbocker
Leander Richardson
Olive Thomas
Martha Mansfield
Allyn King Reisenweber
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Maurice C. Smith, Jr
Clarence C. Gleason
Kenneth Armstrong
Clarence E Cray
J. Willard Baker
Lewis L. Allen
Sidney Clifford
Howard B. Rice
Herbert Humes
Wallace L. Pond
William Maddocks
Frank E Ballou
C . Christopher
Wilham Reid
Probate
E. A. Skinner
Hope St
Railroad Avenue
Croade Street
Warren, R
Mire Cornelius Harrington
B. A. French
Soovens
Puneral
Prest & Dixon
Barton
Lee Traebhy
Oldsmobile
Lansing
M.A. C
Franklin Street
Franklin and
Thames Streets
R. J
Locke
Palace
Ted Cook
Roxy’s
Capri
Hope Williams
Social Register
Atlantic Gardens
Courtney Burr
E. Ray Goetz
Arthur Murray
Lyda Roberts
Carlton Cafe
Shanghai
Charlie Chaplin
Bernard ‘Sabel
Louisiann
Sil
Miam
Sophie
Paris
Mcbayve
Synditte Inc
Glenwood
Narragansett Electric Company
Gas & Electric Shop
Belvedere
Hope Street
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