River Pilots Miss Fall River Line Steamers After 95 Years
River pilots recall the Fall River Line steamers closing after ninety five years as an East River and Long Island Sound navigation gauge. The big wooden and steel vessels, including the Puritan Pilgrim Priscilla Providence and Commonwealth, were famed for predictable schedules and wash that drew bathers.
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Fall River Line
East River
Long Island Sound
Commonwealth
City Island
New York
Hell Gate
Pilgrim
Port Morris
Clason Point
Bronx
Priscilla
Providence
Ever Readys Face Olympians In Twilight League Showdown
The 1937 twilight league headline attraction pits Ever Readys led by Bill Doran against Larney Bisbane's Olympians Monday night. Both clubs chase the second half title with a prior 10-game history including 3–1, 4–3, and 6–? wins. Pitchers Fox and Correira expected to duel, with Borges, Lemaire, and other lineup details listed for the night.
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James B. Lee
Bill Doran
Larney Bisbane
Fox
Marshall
Hut Correira
Fremen Mound Corps
Joe Borges
Leon Lemaire
Correira
Doran
Olympians
Firemen
WPA Dance Draws Hundreds at Academy Hall
Several hundred attended the WPA invitation dance in Academy hall Wood street amid other social activities on Wednesday night. A band concert on the Common under the State Department of Education featured marches operas and popular selections conducted by Prof. Alfred P Zambrano. Nearly 1000 attended the carnival.
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WPA
Academy Hall
Wood Street
State Department of Education
Alfred P Zambrano
WPA Dance Arranged by DeLeo Hits Bristol Venue
Hope Circle Daughters of Isabella and Bristol Council No 379 Knights of Columbus co hosted a WPA dance at the rear of the K of C Home on State Street. Michael DeLeo WPA recreation supervisor organized the event with several more WPA dances planned soon.
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Hope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
Bristol Council
Knights of Columbus
K. of C
State Street
WPA
Michael DeLeo
WPA Recreation
Inquest Opens in Death of Mrs Duarte
An inquest into the death of Mrs Mar Duarte 53 of 135 Franklin Street opened with Coroner Albert Edmonds presiding. Three witnesses testified and two more were to be called. the hearing will continue into next week. Duarte, mother of Frankie Duarte a former Colt Memorial athlete, was struck by a car on Wood Street July 3. The driver Oney Malfronte 23 Catherine Street H pleaded not guilty to driving to endanger life and causing death and is free on $2000 bail.
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Mar. Duarte
Franklin Street
Wood Street
Albert A Edmonds
Edmonds
Earl
Duarte
Frankie Duarte
Colt Memoral
St Elizabeth's Church
Oney Malafronte
Catherine Street H
In Memory of Buddy Dear Buddy
ANN M. ADAMS records the 1937 death of a pet named Buddy. The verse laments the dog’s passing and recalls his gentle, polite presence and companionship as he walked the street with the writer. The obituary notes Buddy had no faults and will live on in hearts.
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Ann M. Adams
Silvers Sent In The A Reet Grows In The Crater Of Apes
A fragment notes something about silvers being sent and a strange phrase about the A Reet growing only in the crater of apes in Hawaii. Details are unclear and no clear event or names emerge.
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Silvers
Crater of Apes
Hawaii
Bristol Factory Nine to Meet Providence Team
The Bristol and Providence plant teams of United States Rubber Products Co. play in a feature baseball game at Rocky Point tomorrow as part of the company outing. About 600 employees and families attend with transport by boats buses and cars. The Bristol squad managed by Larney Bisbane Dom DiRiso and coached by Ernest G Brown faces a Providence club that beat Bristol 3 to 1 earlier this season.
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Bristol
Providence
United States Rubber Products Co
Tomorow
Rocky Pont
Providence Aggregation
Larney Bisbane
Dom DiRiso
Ernest G. Brown
Banks Bottomley
Bristol-Colt Alumni Dance Planned at Colt Auditorium
A Bristol Colt Alumni Association dance is set for tonight in the Colt auditorium with Maurice and his Casino orchestra of Providence providing music. Several hundred former graduates are expected. Fitzpatrick serves as general chairman.
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Bristol-Colt Alumini Association
Colt Auditorium
Maurice
Casino Orchestra
Providence
RTE Res
Exseayre Fitzpatrick
Going Forward By Looking Back at Bristol History 1887
At the First Congregational Church 1887 celebration Messadore T Bennett read a historical sketch of Bristol's founding and the church. The account traces early settlement from 1620 to Massasoit and the Pilgrims, the wartime era of Philip, and the Mount Hope lands, ending with the transfer of title and the town's 200th anniversary reflections.
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First Congregational Church
Messadore T Bennett
Bristol
J P Lane
Norton
Mount Hope
Munro
Oliver
Byfield
Burton
Walley
Plymouth
Massachusetts
Epoapnich
Coréniarroreee
Diman
Philis
Mount
Hopelands
Popular Ballad Frankie and Johnnie Gains Noted Fame
Collier's Weekly notes that Frankie and Johnnie became Americas most popular ballad in the late 1800s. The simple song inspired more than 300 variations sung nationwide, possibly exceeding the total of all remaining English original ballads.
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America
Frankie
Johnnie
Collier's Weekly
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