Entering War's Third Year Amid Vast Casualties and Costs
The third year of the great European War opens with an estimate of 16.7 million killed, wounded, or prisoners. Totals by side show Entente roughly 9.41 million losses and Central Powers about 7.3 million, with daily government costs at 110 million dollars and 24.93 million soldiers now in Europe.
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Russia
Britain
Italy
Belgium
Serbia
Entente
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Great Britain
Asquith
France
Aca
Austria- Risiapary
JNLAY
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Express timetable notes Bristol departures and arrivals
Adams Express lists outward departures at 7 50 am 11 20 am 2 20 pm 5 20 pm. Inbound arrivals occur at 8 00 am 10 00 am and 2 00 pm 4 00 pm 7 00 pm.
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Bristol Post Office
Bristol
Adams Express
Local briefs include visits, meetings and civic updates
Doris Farrally leaves for a Boston visit. Town fire companies and the Town Council plan meetings tomorrow. LeClair family heads to Vermont and New Hampshire for ten days. Mrs Trock and Mrs Clark visit hosts on State street. Norman of Staten Island departs after a 10 day stay. Local licenses issued for Henry Driscoll and Edna Nelson. Wood shop layoffs affect twelve workers at Herreshoff. Bristol Artillery units depart for rifle practice in Rumford with Col Cheesman. Obituary notes infantile paralysis claims Marie Cote. Linden Place fence project to replace a collapsed wall. Maccabees tent plans parade and field day in Providence. National India Rubber Co adds timber supply. new adjoining building planned. Found dog Speaker sought by owner W B Chase. Samuel W Church heirs sell Thames street properties.
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Doris J. Farrally
Boston
William J. LeClair
Arthur
Vermont
New Hampshire
Robert Trock
Allen Clark
Robert
Betty
George Clark
State Street
T. Norman
Staten Island
N. Y
J. E. Doran
Court Street
William Henry Driscoll
Edna Laura Nelson
Herreshoff Boat
Bristol Train of Artillery
M. A Cheesman
Rumford
Marie Gabriel Cote
William A. Cote
Campbell Street
Warren
Wardwell Street
Linden Place
Col . P. Colt
Constitution
Knights of the Maccabees
Pokanoket Hall
Providence
Crescent Park
James T. Haines
Constitution Tent
National India Rubber Company
W. B. Chase
Bristol Ferry
Bristol
W B Chase
Mr Chase
Paine Burton Street
Samuel W Church
Thames Street
Kenne Givermont
Nazaire Metevier
Meyer Pale
Franklin
Oliver
Catarrhal Deafness Claims Cure by Constitution
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local means but only by a constitutional remedy. It explains inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes hearing loss and offers Hall's Catarrh Cure, with a $100 reward for uncured cases and circulars free from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Night Blooming Cereus Lights Up McKee Conservatory
A 15 year old night blooming cereus at Blithewold owned by Mr. and Mrs. William L. McKee has bloomed across three to four nights. The plant reached enormous size and produced 14 blossoms Friday, at least 85 on Saturday, and 26 on Sunday, filling the conservatory with white flowers and a gentle fragrance. The cactus Epiphytic Phyllocactus group bears white blooms with yellow centers that open only at night and close at daylight.
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Cereus
William L. McKee
Blithewold
Central
South America
Perreira and Rodrigues versus Rhode Island Company Case Details
Fifth District Court heard the case of Perreira and Rodrigues bakers against Rhode Island Company for damages to a team on Bristol Neck last December. Other matters included Manuel Carreirs versus Alfonso Vasconsellos larceny of bicycle continued one week and Vincent A. O'Reilly versus Catherine Charette book account continued one week. William P. Hammill versus William H Manchester et al book account entered, answered and continued two weeks with bill of particulars due Aug 7. A circus worker Bert Watkins was jailed after attempting to shoot into the air amid heat and alcohol use. he remained in custody as the circus train departed.
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Perreira
William H Manchester
Bert Watkins
Dwyer
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Knee Pain Relief
A Philadelphia reader testifies to wonderful relief after one Sloan's Liniment application for knee pain. The ad urges suffering readers to apply it where pain lies and buy at drug stores for 25 cents, claiming deep penetration without rubbing.
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Sloan
James S. Ferguson
Phila
Fights and Accidents Break Out Among Circus Crew
After monthly pay, colored workers and others drank excessively and fought on the grounds. Portuguese youth Borges was slashed on the back requiring 25 stitches. Dr Hasbrouck treated another head injury and a bystander was struck on the face by a plank. injuries are not severe.
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Borges
H L. Teller
C J Hasbrouck
Ing
Teutons on Defensive In War View
A correspondent reports the Germans are on the defensive as Verdun attacks fade while north France requires reinforcements. German losses reach 4.5 million in two years with Austrian losses at 500,000 since the Russian drive began. German reserves could run short in three months, threatening a retreat toward the Niemen and Bug rivers.
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The
Phoenix
Verdun
France
Germany
Poland
Lithuania
Niemen
Bug
Kover
Pinsk
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Bristol County
Hope Street
B. L
Phenix
Phoenix News Stands
Wm. F. Briggs Wan
H. M. Darling
Northup Bros
Richard C. Quirk
I Place & Foster
High Street
Hasbrouck Block
St. Wood Street
WDEX
Jumper Hill Cemetery
J. B. Miller
Maine
California
Dodge & Camtfield Co
Exchange Place
August A.M. P.M
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Beecham
James F. Stoughton
New York State
John J. Cooke
St. Mary’s Benevolent Aid Society
Columbia Hall
Lewis B. Waldron
Waldron Company
Oliver H. McGann
Waterbury
Thornton
Rhode Island
Aileen
Naval Reserves Wharf
Juliet E. Cogegshall
Taft School
Walnut Lawn
Westdale
Mass
F B. Chester
Kansas City
Sons of the American Revolution
Newport
Theodore O Gladding
Wardwell Lumber Company
Jeremiah H. Young
Genevra F Gray
Congregational Street
Henry C Gray and Wife
Gabrielle DeFelice
Rhode Island Naval Militia
United States
Octave LeCann
Burton Street
Robert J Connery
Augustus V Connery
Industrial Trust Company
R J Connery
New York
Connery
South County
Wickenden
Bridge Streets
Charles Clarke
Sagamore
Bowen
Rhode Island Hospital
Alice McDonald
Philadelphia
Rogers S. Farrally
Raymond Bliven
Great Barrington
F. M. Dimond
Prudence Island
Markdown
Butler’s Shoe
Ruth Hanson
Bristol Telephone Exchange
Jamestown
R. I
Margaret McCaughey
Williard Parker Memorial Hospital
New York City
Fifth District Court
Hammill
Colt Farm
Page & Shaw’s
Russells
Lowneys
Samosett
Lovell & Covel
George Washington
Fancy Creamery
J. F. Gilroy
John B. Miller
Gorhan’s Express
Young's Drug Store
Aetna Protection
B. W. Wall
B. I
Eta Ie
Second National Bank
Nashur N. H. Finder
K. Osterberg
Central St
Church ST
JAM Church
F. M
Teutons
Town OF
Clarke & Howe
Turks Head
G. CG. Minard
Belvedere
Hope St
Postoffice
Marathon
AJAX
TURES
Howard R. Newman
Aeisenstadt and CO
Clothiers
Pure Food Store
Cliquot Club
Made In
America
Charles A. Johnson
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