Obituary of John F McDonough Proprietor of Goffs Hotel
John Francis McDonough 54 died at Hope Hospital Providence after a brief illness. He led Goff's Hotel in Warren for 20 years and headed Goodwin Howe Cigar Co of Boston, with prominence in Providence and Boston sporting circles. Survived by wife Bridget two sons Martin and John and daughter Mrs George L McEvoy, plus siblings. Funeral tomorrow with high mass at St Mary's Church Warren.
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John Francis McDonough
Goff’s Hotel
Warren
Goodwin, Howe Cigar Company
Boston
Providence
Hope Hospital
Jack” McDonough
New York
Martin McDonough
Jeremiah Goff
New England
Bridget McDonough
Martin
John McDonough
George L. McEvoy
Brockton
James P. McDonough
John Healey
James Smith
Catherine
Bessie McDonough
the Elks and the Eagles
St. Mary’s Church
Suit filed against Bristol town council over 1915 fireworks accident
Alfred F Hassett a minor sues five Bristol town council members for 20000 claiming severe injuries from a bomb or rocket set off at a July 16 1915 celebration on Bristol common. The suit alleges negligence in supervising fireworks to protect spectators and names John F Collins and Philip S Knauer as counsel.
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Benjamin F. Lindemuth
Elisha Hibbert
Peter Gasper
John Usher, Jr
Francis P. McGovern
Superior Court
Providence
Alfred F. Hassett
Bristol Common
John F. Collins
Philip S. Knauer
More Men for Bay Forts Described in RI Coast Guard Needs
A Fort Wetherill call to Capt Metcalf at Providence recruits 600 more men for Rhode Island coast guard duties guarding Narragansett bay. It also transfers 405 men to the Twenty sixth Division engineering regiment and field artillery and notes two discharges for physical disability.
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Fort Wetherill
Metcalf
United States
Caesar Misch
Providence
Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
Engineering Regiment
Field Artillery
Third Electrical Storm Damps Woonsocket Area
A third storm in a week rattled this section with heavy rain and thunder. In Little Compton Mrs. Robert Snow lost two valuable horses to lightning and barn buildings suffered damage. Woonsocket lights failed 15 minutes prompting a fire alarm for a blaze at 26 Hamlet Avenue. A barn burned to the ground at Samuel F. Scott’s Elm Dale farm, with $10,000 in insured losses. livestock saved.
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Little Compton
Robert Snow
New Bedford
Woonsocket
Blackstone Valley Gas and Electric Company
Hamlet Avenue
New Haven Road
Samuel F. Scott
Elmdale
Uxbridge
Rhode Island to grow wheat for poultry feed urged
A Thursday conference at the State House between the State extension department Rhode Island College and State Food Administrator Alfred M Coats recommends Rhode Island farmers raise wheat for poultry feed. Authorities say local soil supports wheat and the move could curb feed prices while strengthening the state food supply. County agents will urge farmers to participate in the program amid growing demand and price pressures.
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Rhode Island
State House
State Extension Department
Rhode Island College
Alfred M Coats
Eye of Envy at Star Theatre with Crane Wilbur
Crane Wilbur stars in Eye of Envy at the Star Theatre in five acts marking Crane Walkur specials. The film, by Francis Dunbar, blends sermon and entertainment as Shorty Hamilton debuts a two part Western comedy and a Love Sublime with slum realism follows a crook confined to a hospital and a Greek hero helps a gunman. Thursday features The Law Decides with Dorothy Kelley and Donald Hall.
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Crane Wilbur
Star Theatre
Francis Dunbar
Shorty Hamilton
Wilfred Lucas
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Orpheus
Collier’s Weekly
Lucas
Jimmie Dale
Dorothy Kelley
Donald Hall
Coast defenses near Newport deemed safe by War Dept
Former Governor Charles Warren Lippitt secured assurance from the War Department that the coast defenses south of Newport are in proper condition. The inquiry, brought via Congressman O'Shaunessy and Coast Artillery officers, found no cause for anxiety.
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Charles Warren Lippitt
War Department
Newport
Mr. Lippitt
O’shaunessy
Coast Artillery
Work of Exemption Board in Bristol and nearby towns
A long list of individuals from Bristol and surrounding towns appears as members or subjects related to an exemption board. The names include residents of Bristol Tiverton Jamestown Newport Middletown Portsmouth and Little Compton with multiple entries noting aliens wives children and parental relations alongside several government employees and town officials. The fragmentary record shows widespread participation across families with several connected to Tiverton and Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luciano Rivicccio
Bristol
Frank Arruda
Joseph Perry
Luis Alfano
Luther L. Millikin
Block Island
Elmer J. Peckham
Tiverton
Larence W. Francis
Jamestown
Gov
Fred S. Espinosa
Antonio Perreira
Antonio Leitao
James M. Kennelly
Joaquim C. Martino
Posceh Rego
Ector de Carvalho
Manuel Ib. Costodis
Antonio Amateo
Louis T. Underwood
Middletown
Raffaele Guordano
Manuel Louis
Albert G. Winward
Vincenzo Frattannolo
Portsmouth
Antion Vieira
Alien
Joseph Vargas
Adelina Cunha
Bernard M. Pearce
Little Compton
Giulio Toric
Manuel de Oliver
Guy
Manchester
Leonardo de Lucca
William Manmean
Antonio Soldano
Rudolph Mickel
Arthur Matherson
William R. Matthews
Munziato Crupi
Joseph de Arruda
William A. Manchester
Antonio Manduca
Marsimo Sousa
Lorenzo Greico
Joseph Provost
Joseph M. Meries
Frank P Souza
James F Bowler
Jose Benevides
Espinnel Filippe
Manuel Vieira
Ose V. Lopes
Aquidneck
Jank S. Brazil
Francesco F Machado
Giovanni Solaro
Joseph Scott
Michael A Cavallaro
Manuel D. Silvia
Dominick D’ambrosio
Manuel Viveros
John Rapoza
Francisco Diaz
Alen
Frederick L. Dunn
Charles F. Weaver
Joseph Sears
Joseph M. Gomes
Dominick Cavalleri
Jose Mello
Gilbert W Coombs
Luis Asa Cunha
Joseph Freitas
Frank J Bruno
Joseph Nunes
Stanley Bo Grinnell
Adriano Miguel
Manuel B Qmfiveira
Joseph Maderros
John Brechin
George E Shaw
Joseph Fusco
Luigi Scialla
Antonio Cabral
Robert A Smith
Howard B. Sanford
Manuel Correa
Fred A Lawrence
William Rogers
Giuseppe Russo
Antonio Selanna
Manuel Das Santas
Real estate transfers filed at Town Clerk's office
The Old Colony Co operative Bank transfers two parcels to Hyman Yarlasavetsky while Harry C Perry sells a Thames street house and lot to Peter Bassing who then resells to A S Fratas and wife Hannah C Perry conveys a Thames street two story house to Peter Bassing via C H Straight & Son Real Estate Agency.
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The
Old Colony Co-operative Bank
Hyman Yarlasavetsky
Perry Slope
Harry C. Perry
Peter Bassing
Thames Street
A S. Fratas
Hannah C Perry
C H. Straight
Windflower homage to anemone’s delicate sway
The note compares the windflower to anemone in delicate balance. It emphasizes how the flower seems poised to move with the slightest breeze, highlighting its subtle responsiveness to atmosphere.
Methodists raise 100000 for Red Cross on Red Cross Day
In Washington Bishop Nicholson presented a 100000 check to Eliot Wadsworth for the American Red Cross on Red Cross Day. The ceremony marked the first donation from a religious denomination, with about 60000 more received since. Dr. Edgar Blake shared President Wilson’s gratitude for the Methodist Sunday Schools effort.
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Washington
Nicholson
Methodist Episcopal Sunday Schools of America
Eliot Wadsworth
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Edgar Blake
Woodrow Wilson
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Rise and fall in triumphs marked by restraint
Victory can bring peril as power slips into folly. Celebrations tempt rulers to bend principles and test honor. True greatness rests on keeping one’s own standards while rising, for pride invites costly consequences and the danger of calamity in triumph.
Irish Wit Triumphs at Hotel Cork Kill Kenny Quip
An Irish waiter named Kenny amazed a party of hotel guests with quick retorts. During a bet a champagne cork popped into his mouth and he quipped that corking is not the way to Cork. He then said it’s the way to Kill Kenny to finish the exchange.
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Kenny
Good Cause for Alarm Ends in Kidney Health Warning
A vintage plea warns that kidney disease deaths have risen 72 percent over twenty years noting risks from overindulgence and infection. It promotes Doan’s Kidney Pills as the trusted remedy, citing Bristol resident Mrs. R. H. Anderson’s testimonial and urging readers to buy at 60 cents through Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
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NATO
Beecham
Bright
Doan
Bristol
R. H.anderson
Cook Street
Dean
Hope Drug Co
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Kingston
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Westminster Aes
Providence, R. I
Alaska
Dasher
Waldron Company
Bradford Street
la Touraine
la?’ Touraine
Sunshine Biscuits
Newman Bros
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