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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1940
Page
4
A Bristol reader reports swastikas painted on a sidewalk near Bradford Street and recolors on Hope Street parking spaces. The writer suspects NYA workers may be involved in both the yellow intersection marks and white parking lines and urges police attention.
A reader criticizes open-air showers for hot weather but condemns 13 and 14 year olds undressing on the Baptist Church portico. The writer complains of public exposure and labels the scene inappropriate, urging the editor to publish the letter.
The Bristol Court of Probate in Massachusetts publishes notice of Ellen G Merriam will probate and recording request. Acknowledges letters testamentary and schedules hearing for August 19 1940 at 10 oclock A M in Bristol. Publication ordered for fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix.
Bristol probate court schedules August 5 1940 hearings on wills of Jane Thayer Lough and Isabella Wardwell. Executors Francis Kendall Thayer Seth Thayer and Bank of New York named. notices published weekly in Bristol Phoenix for fourteen days. Proceedings set in Probate Court Room Bristol Rhode Island.
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