School Committee Sets Limits on Colt Memorial High School Use
Last evening the School Committee met at Colt Memorial High School library. An executive session adopted a resolution restricting use of the building to legitimate school purposes only and revoked prior privileges. Clarke and Howe were engaged as architects for a new school building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial High School
R S. Church
H. C. Wardwell
Reynolds
Rhode Island
Ellen M. Pairpoint
Cora M. Hill
Willard
Hayman School
Committee On Accounts
Clarke and Howe
Health Promotes Happiness and Bowel Health Ad
An advertisement urges maintaining digestion and regular bowels for health and happiness. It promotes Dr King’s New Life Pill as a nightly remedy to ensure a full bowel movement by morning and improve appetite and digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Several Local Notes Span Clams to May Events
Elijah Cornell finds seven clams weighing six pounds in Bristol area. Jennie Malafronte of 27 State Street ill with diphtheria reported to Health officer. James Wood and Harry Munro from Herreshoff Mfg Co installing boilers in Alexandria Bay. Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company delegates attend Watchemaker Fire Company fair in East Providence. Stephen George buys George Parash’s shoe shop on Hope Street. Parash to run similar business in Pawtucket. Catholic Girls' Club votes May breakfast for St Mary’s parish May 1 in parish hall. Requiem for William W Franklin held at St Mary’s Church. Regal and Queen Quality shoes advertised. Octave LeClair issues high-tide circular for Bristol area. Public schools reopen after Easter. Hayman rotation begins. Oliver School to start in September. Excelsior Tennis Club dance at Hotel Belvedere promises large turnout. Lafayette Orchestra to provide music. Sixteenth Anniversary Sale at Suzman’s with all goods marked down. James Foley rescued from Narragansett Bay by Capt. Oscar Crandall. Foley later released after brief jail stay.
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Elijah Cornell
Jennie Malafronte
State Street
James Wood
Harry Munro
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Alexandria Bay
N. Y
Hydraulion
Watchemaker_ Fire Company
Providence
Stephen George
Milford
Mass
T. J. Gillan
A. P. Nerone
Octave LeClair
Phoenix Press
Bristol
LeClair
Hayman
Oliver
John P. Reynolds
Excelsior Tennis Club
Hotel Belvedere
Lafayette Orchestra
Suzman's
James Foley
Narragansett Bay
Oscar M Crandall
Local Notes and Social Highlights From Town Weekend
Benjamin Low of Brooklyn visiting town. Charles Sartini joined Fred E. Suzman as clerk. Rev. O P Gifford preached at First Congregational. Capt N G Herreshoff returns home from Bermuda in improving health. Grand Domain Rhode Island official visit to Burnside lodge with salad supper. Bristol Aerie notes membership and remarks by district officials. Miss Farr hosts linen shower for Miss Mary W White with whist prizes to Nellie Norton and Myrtis Green. decor pink and white.
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Benjamin Low
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles J. Sartini
Fred E. Suzman
O. P. Gifford
Boston
First Congregational Church
N. G. Herreshoff
Bermuda
Philip C. Joslin
Grand Domain
Rhode Island
Burnside Lodge
Bristol Aerie
Aerie Rooms
George Mickle
Sowamsaecrie
Warren
Claude Sousa
East Providence
Bequests of Local Interest From Holmes Will
The will of Julia G. Holmes, who died in Providence on March 12, is filed at the town clerk’s office. Local bequests include $1,000 to the Bristol Home for Aged Women and $1,000 to the Bristol Home for Destitute Children, $10,000 to Miss Evelyn Monro, with the remaining estate left to the Rhode Island Hospital to maintain free beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia G. Holmes
Providence
Bristol Home
Bristol
Evelyn Monro
Rhode Island Hospital
Pine-Tar-Honey Antiseptic Ad From Dr Bell
An old advertisement extols Dr Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey Antiseptic as healthful pine forest spirit. It claims clearing throat and head mucous ailments and promotes buying a bottle at druggists for 25 cents.
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Dr. Bell
Tennis Ball at Hotel Belvedere by Excelsior Tennis Club
An informal dance will be held at the Hotel Belvedere under the Excelsior Tennis Club on Thursday evening, April 15. Music will be provided by the Lafayette Orchestra. Tickets are available.
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Hotel Belvedere
Excelsior Tennis Club
Lafayette Orchestra
French Triumph at Les Eparges Defeats German Tenth Army
In the Les Eparges push above St Mihiel the French routed the German tenth active division. German losses over two months reached about 30,000 men. The Kaiser urged his Fourth Guards Regiment to persevere saying God wills victory and aid in destroying the enemy until conqueror dawns.
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Les Eparges
St. Mihiel
Fifth Army
Fourth Guards
Cologne
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Rheumatic Relief
An advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as a spring tonic for rheumatism. It claims quick relief by applying to the surface without rubbing, penetrating to the pain source and easing sore muscles and joints, with a 25 cent bottle available at drugstores and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan’s
Sloan
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Constitutional Remedy
There is more catarrh in this section than all other diseases. For years it was deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure by FPJ Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is claimed as the only constitutional cure. It is taken internally and affects blood and mucous surfaces. A $100 reward offered for any failed case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
FP. J. Chen & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Special Town Council Meeting Delays Building Law Action
A special Town Council meeting discussed a proposed building law but took no action. With limited time, the matter will wait until the next session. Licenses were granted for liquor at several streets and a baseball team received field use until June 1. Council President Lindemuth will pursue back rent collections on town property.
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Fury
Juirood Street
Louis Molasky
Corger State
Thames Streets
Antonio Fortin
Wood Street
Colt High School
Lindemuth
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Olhee
Hope Street
R. I
Phenix News
H. T. Peterson
EL Deiwere
Libro Wood's
High Street
H. M. Darling Y. M. CA
Northup Bros. Hasbrouck
Richard C. Quirk
Hops Shoe Shine
E. F. Quirk
S. George
B.C
ES. L. Straffin
A. W. Davis
O. K
Dodge & Camfield Co
Exchange Place
Butler Exchange
RB. I
Adams Express
Sun
AM. P.M
Takhoma
J. F. Gilroy
S. C
Orpington
WEE Wee Poultry Yards Co
C. Witherell
George Parark
Hope St
Bridge Party
Col. S. P Colt
Bristol County Equal Suffrage League
Gorham's Express
Young’s Drug Store
Joseph Milone
High St
Vincenzo Santo & Co
Roma Street
Albert W Davis
No. 1
Franklin Street
Broad St
Beach Terrace
Hector Allard
Washington Street
Apply
Phoenix Office
Baby Carri
de Enix
Phoenix
Lawton
Church ST
Es Ae
Fas. Beet
Saraety
Sanborn
Formosa
Chase Sure
Maracaibo
Santos
Stickney & Poor’s
Cai
D. & L. Slades
Comstock
Jersey
Campbell’s
Lusitania
Richardson & Robbins
Borden
van Camp
Webb
Hunt
Orchard
Garden City
New York State
California
Singapore
Charles A. Johnson
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