Town Meeting Fears Relief Spending May Be a Long Emergency
In Bristol voters rejected the full 20 000 relief appropriation proposing only 10 000 this time. Weary of endless relief costs and wartime defense outlays taxpayers demand accountability and a plan to curb annual relief spending while ensuring aid for the genuinely needy. The piece labels a growing taxpayer hardening and questions when relief will end and if spending will become a fixed charge.
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Bristol
WPA
SAR
Fire destroys house at Bristol Narrows Tuesday
The summer home of Mr and Mrs Jose A. D Oliviera at Bristol Narrows was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon. The couple were away and the maid, who had left a one year old baby in her care to cook, returned to find the bungalow ablaze. Firemen lacked town water and had to lay ten feet of hose from Mount Hope Bay to battle the flames. The house and contents were a total loss. the bungalow, owned by John Mello, was reportedly insured.
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Jose A. D’oliveira
Bristol Narrows
D'Oliveira
Providence
Mount Hope Bay
Hame
John Mello
Charles Street
Mt Carmel Parish Summer School Art Exhibit
Children from Mt Carmel Parish showcase the summer school results in Parish Hall under Mother Superior Ersilia Rosetti. The display features colored streamers, artificial flowers, embroidery by Antoinette Ro Giglio and Jennie Trat ano, woodcarving with religious symbols, and frames depicting religious scenes. The exhibit closes tomorrow.
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Mt. Carmel
Mt Carmel
Ersilia Rosetti
Antoinette Ro Giglio
Jennie Tratano
Mother Superior
Montpelier judge and local notices across town
Mr and Mrs William Pinch of North Farm travel to Montpelier Vermont where Mr Pinch serves as a horse show judge. A first anniversary mass for William Joseph Fiynn is planned at St Marys Church. The August clearance sale at Suzmans Store highlights discounted Ladies silk dresses and polo shirts. Numerous local residents travel, recover from operations, and attend events including dances and bridge dedication for Jamestown Bridge.
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William Pinch
North Farm
Montpelier, Vt
Mr. Pinch
William Joseph Fiynn
St. Mary’s Church
Suzman’s
Adv
Barbara Huestis
J Floyd Huestis
Jamestown Bridge
R. I
Own
Mass
Paperhanging and painting by Ralph DeFellee
Quality paperhanging and painting services with free estimates. Ralph DeFellee lists contact at 4 Constitution Street and phone number 249 J for work guarantees and estimates.
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Ralph DeFellee
Constitution Street
For Rent Six Room Furnished Cottage on Prudence Island
Six room furnished cottage opposite Union Church on Fier Road Prudence Island listed at 15 dollars per week by James Bains Homestead Prudence Island for rent.
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Union Church
Fier Road
Prudence Island
James Bains
Shore Lot for Sale Near Wharf and Stores
For sale a large shore lot near the wharf with nearby stores and churches. Price described as reasonable. Contact James Bains of Homestead Prudence Island.
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James Bains
Homestead
Prudence Island
Cottage with Modern Improvements and Two-Car Garage
Centrally located 6 room cottage offering updated features and a two Car garage. Apply Box B Ethoenix Office.
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Ethoenix
Modern apartment with three rooms and both Telephone Bristol 14
A compact listing notes a modern three room apartment offered for rent or sale in Bristol with access to a telephone service. Details on price availability and contact not provided in readable text.
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Bristol
Hod-a-davy hot water heater in good condition
A brief notice notes Hod-a-davy hot water heater is in good condition and available from the Phoenix Office for a price of four dollars.
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Phoenix
Combination Gas and CL Kitchen Steve No Burner Parlor Heater
A damaged fragment notes a circulating heater on 73 Burton Street in a room near a kitchen and parlor. No burner details or full context provided.
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Steve
Burton Street
No More Hicks Says Billy Rose Public Taste Shifts
Billy Rose, famed World's Fair showman, argues public taste has moved away from strip teasers and bare dancers as shows seek new appeal. The remarks appear in a full page American Weekly Magazine article tied to the August 4 Boston Sunday Advertiser.
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Hicks
Billy Rose
Tax Auction Notice for Bristol Real Estate 1940
Amos S Gorham Tax Collector of Bristol announces a public auction of real estate for unpaid taxes and assessments for 1938 and earlier. The sale will be at Memorial Hall Burnside Memorial Building Bristol on June 4 1940 at 10 AM Daylight Saving Time with parcels described in Bristol Phoenix January 30 1940 and adjourned dates prior.
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Bristol
Memorial Hall
Burnside Memorial Building
Bristol Phoenix
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Sweet
Phi
Loos: Itaveét
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Thurley
Marshall Bailey
Rush
William J McCarthy
Mary McCarthy
Woodstreet
Rhode Island Hospital
Suzman’'S
Esther Clarke
Byfield
Truesdale Hospital
Truesdale
Elizabeth Menzel
Riverside
Fredda Schafft
Schafft
California
Texas
New York State
Ours
New
Een
William Pinch, Jr
Spending
Fred Pinch
Wilmington, del
Jantzen
John R. Magee
Malta
Salvatore Massano
Washington Street
Canopie Lake
Salem
New Hampshire
Joseph Alger
Alger
George Hadfield
William Rinaldi
Lester Dunbar
Ralph Gallo
Manuel Prenda
Manuel Furtado
John Serpa
Paul Delgado
Louis Chirico
Joseph Wales
James Medieros
Albert Crabtree
New England
Canada
William P. Buffington
Hope Street
Herbert Geisler
Timothy J .Burns
Charles T Burns
Providence Journal-Evening Bulletin
New Bedford
St Joseph’s Church
Lucy Machad Do Iandsson
Robert
Kveelyn
Kathleen: Brito
Ogonquit, Maine
Raymond Makowsky
John B. Toste
Second School Street
Patterson
Cal
Harold C. Peckham
Mariner
Yachtlab
Ever Ready Fire Company
Kearney Post No. 6
Franklin Street
Parra Ing
Ee Caesar Brito and
oFork City
Ee Aine Eses
Frank ‘H.buffinton
Fred G. Perkins
Buffinton Farm
Mina C. Wendell
Richard’ ‘Poisson
Warren
Mapleville
New York City
Halsey Street
John Temple Drury
ANN Marie Dress Shop
Clearence Sale
Seersucker and
Pique
Come Earl
Collector’s Sale
Tax Collector's Office
Amos S Gorham
Burnside Social Club
G. A. R. Hall
Dominick Bisbane, Jr
South Main St
Naugatuck, Conn
Industrial Trust Co
McCarthy
Odd Fellows Building
High Street
Roy Hargrave
Newport
TEL
Joe Louis
N. Y
N. Y Post
United
Ferrycliffe Farm
Halsey Dewolf
Glen E. Smith
Mgr
Wood St
Bristol, R. I
Maisano Bros
Atlantic
KE. A. Skinner
Im Insurance
Hope St
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