Council Acts On Baker St Complaints About Repairs
Town Council met Tuesday to address Baker Street complaints after residents reported unsafe road conditions and vehicle damage. Officials considered temporary repairs funded from reserves while urging a strong case for full reconstruction at the next financial town meeting. The group also endorsed a Bristol Veterans housing project to alleviate local housing shortages.
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Baker Street
Highway Department
Lucien Capone
Bristol Veterans Sixth Frame Council
Saints Edge YMCA 3 2 In Twilight League Thriller
In a dramatic Twilight League game Saint Elizabeth edged the YMCA Club 3 to 2 in extra innings to extend its first place hold in Bristol. The contest, described as one of the most thrilling in league history, featured a late lead change and clutch plays that secured the win for Saint Elizabeth.
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St Elizabeth Nine
Bristol
Ymca Club
Armstrong Reveals X Ray Schedule At Bryant College
Five Bristolians graduate at Bryant College exercises as part of the league's top mound talent Benevides leads the pitching staff with sixth win of the season. Corricelli Candelmo and Baker receive Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degrees while others from the town advance in the program.
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Roy Malloy
YMCA
Biancuzzo
Bert Velleca
Saints
Ferreira
Vollaro
Sam del Piano
van Voast
Corricelli
Carmine Corricelli
Roman Street
Candelmo
Domenic Candelmo
Bourne Street
Baker
D B Baker
Helen G Baker
Byfield Street
Zoning Board Orders De Leo To Halt Manufacturing
The Zoning Board ruled that DeLeo Bros can stop any manufacturing processes at their Doran Avenue site. Residents argued the structure housed storage, landscaping concerns, and noise from loading and unloading. De Leo pledged no future manufacturing and noted prior permits and limited machinery use.
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Ralph DeLeo
DeLeo Bros Con
Ee Wee Eens
Bailey
Es Group
Planning Board
Rhode Island Soldier’s Home
Leu
Narragansett
Julio Biancuzzo
DeLeo
Lucien Capone
Doran Avenue
Capone
Mr Capone
Otis M Banley
Scouts Readied For Fifth Annual Drum Corps Contest
Preparations are complete for the fifth annual Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps contest to be held Sunday afternoon at Guiteras Athletic Field after a parade. More than fifty invitations have gone to corps in Massachusetts Connecticut and Rhode Island with about twenty expected to participate. Corps arrive for registration at Scout Hall by 1 30 p m then march via Franklin Hope Church and High streets to the field for the competition led by Commander Walter C Walander of the Yankee Division Post No 26 American Legion Providence.
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Bristol
Franklin Street
Hope Street
Church Street
High Street
Guiteras Athletic Field
Walter C. Walander
American Legion of Providence
Scout
Bristol Man Sentenced After Guilty Plea on False Pretense
Richard J. Ford, 23, of Colfontal Hotel Bristol, pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses. Acting Judge John P Cooney sentenced him to 30 days in Providence County Jail at Sixth District Court session. Ford allegedly sold magazine subscriptions for six dollars each and then inflated checks to sixty dollars across Newport Fall River New Bedford and Providence.
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Bristol
Richard J. Ford
Colfontal Hotel
Providence
John P Cooney
Sixth District Court
Ford
Newport
Fall River
New Bedford
Lip injury at playground affects Lucille Pacheco
Two year old Lucille Pacheco, daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur Pacheco of 513 Wood Street, was injured yesterday afternoon at the playground after falling from a see saw. She was taken to Dr Paul Bruno's office where one stitch closed the cut lip.
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Lucille Pacheco
Arthur Pacheco
Wood Street
Paul Bruno
Local Girl Zamille Raiola Featured in National Geographic
Miss Zamille Raiola daughter of Mr and Mrs James Raiola of 608 Wood Street appears in the August issue of National Geographic in a photo linked to a feature on Rhode Island modern city state Bristol is profiled in the article which surveys the state its history towns and people The St Marys Social Club met to plan its First Annual Ball to be held August 27 at the White Rail with plans for professional entertainment The committee includes Mrs Jean Asciolla chairman Raymond Saitim assistant chairman Mary Perreira Augustine Nerone Luke Callan R O Turner and Eugene Ferreira
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National Geographic
National Geographic Magazine
Zamille Raiola
James Raiola
Wood Street
Rhode Island
Bristol
St. Mary’s
White Rail
Jean Asciolla
Raymond Saitim
Mary Perreira
Augustine Nerone
Luke Callan
R O. Turner
Eugene Ferreira
Vacationing Scribe Heads North for a Short Hiatus
The Inorth country will host the long time columnist as he plans a vacation. He hints at shenanigans during his absence and announces a new reporter who recently graduated from Brown University and spent the summer in Weehawken New Jersey.
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Brown
Weehawken
Bright proposal to fill in as Bristol writer sparks reader interest
A writer proposes a temporary replacement to help Bristol residents get acquainted with him. The assistant replies with willingness to try the role and sends his draft about the lowly beginner in journalism and the challenges with his boss. The editor is described as tough, yet the piece promises engaging reading.
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Bristol
Cub
New Lifeguard Hours at Pier A Spark Town Meeting Debate
A town council discussion sets new lifeguard hours at Kunz's Pier from noon to six in the evening. Officials aim to have two guards on duty during peak hours three days a week, with overlapping shifts for Vincent Securo and Attilio A Pansa.
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John McIintosh
Alaska
Shanghai
China
Kunz’s Pier
Vincent Securo
Attilio A Pansa
Looking Back at Bristol 1908 Summer News
The Phoenix recounts Bristol’s 1908 summer: no buses or major upheaval, city parade led by Chief Marshal George W. Warren, elm beetle combats funded, and Mary Dolan’s death in an automobile accident. Town politics feature William Jennings Bryan and Taft era parties, with local officials debating traffic speed on Papasquash Road and council actions to enforce laws.
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William Howard Taft
Bristol
William Jennings Bryan
Mary Dolan
Olney Arnold
James C. Church
Ually
Bradford Street
Frank H Hammill
H.mary Dolan
Wardwell
Repub
Local Garden Club Alcohol Abuses Highlight Bristol Event
Bristol Garden Club hosts a tasting with prizes for flower arrangements and sharing stories of prohibition era violations. Officials note illegal booze and bribes, while exhibitors remark on a lively, sometimes shady market for contraband goods and currency exchange in Shanghai.
Inflation Hits Ceiling in Shanghai and Across China
The text notes inflation as a long-standing issue for Chinese residents. It explains that in Shanghai most people are Chinese and earn Chinese dollars. Price doubles cut earnings in half, a condition described as prevailing throughout China including Communist China.
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Lluecoo
Shanghai
China
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Zoning Board
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Mount Hope Avenue
Mobile Chest
X-line Mass Community Project
Bristoll
Andrews School
Wesley A. Armstrong
Bradford St
Andrews Memorial School
Gladys M Brightman
Pasebess
J Francis Connell
Brightman
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Fredrik T Goff
R. Bosworth, Jr
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Bonvicia
van Johnson
Allyson
Butch Jenkins
Hume Crown
Una Merkel
Jesse James
Mark Twain
Man
Edgar Buchanan
Anna Lee
Robert Shayne
Tarzan
New York
Johnny Weissmuller
Maureen O’sullivan
Thurs
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Merle Oberon
Ethel Barrymore
Hoagy Carmichael
Rob Connery
Inorth Country
the Phoenix
Jaeaiei
Marshall
George W. Warren
The
Phoenix
Philip Eddy
Eddy
Pappasquash Road
Garden Club
Sinclair Lewis
Sepp
Carl W. Haffenreffer
Secassig Asa
Bristol Garden Club
Gilbert C. Hoover
Isutes LO TV
WYLUG
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R. F. Haffenreffer III
Fred N. Palmer
Wesley Armstrong
Tacmatoes
B. F. Haffei
Bristol Public Mart
Mt. Hope Bay
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