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Old Academy to be Sold at Public Auction in Bristol
Items from August 30 1873 report the Old Academy building in Bristol slated for four o'clock public sale that Saturday. Other notes include local clambake, a wrecked locomotive back on track, a new stone cottage rising on Hope and Valley Streets, and burglaries foiled in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy
Bristol
Pearce’s Grove
Amos D. Smith
Bristol Neck
A.O. Bourne
Hope
Valley Streets
Byfield
NB. Cooke
Silver Spring
Maxfield
Hiram
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Company No 1
James F. Stoughton
Stonington
New London
Middletown
Hartford
Bristol Cornet Band
Bristol Baseball Club
Kelsey
Huntington
L.I
Long Island