Bristol Man Shoots In Providence Club Challenge
Seven members challenged W J Weaver for the club championship at Providence Gun Club Arlington grounds. Charles H Dillon won the event. the cup holder must win three in a row to retain the trophy. Dillon has numerous prizes from sessions in Westerly Oak Bluffs Hartford Newport Worcester and beyond.
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Arlington
Providence Gun Club
W J Weaver
Charles H Dillon
Star and Pastime
Providence
Dillon
Tartious
Westerly
Oak Bluffs
Hartford
Bristol Bay Soldier Volunteered for Foreign Service 1917
Private Charles Farley of Bristol Bay writes from Huntington Ave Boston that he and 31 others volunteered for foreign service in August 1917. He describes transfer from Fort Wetherell Coast Artillery to Company D 101st Regiment U S Engineering Corps, now with 250 men stationed near Wentworth Institute. He notes evenings off 6 to 10 15 and a recent nine mile hike while training as gasoline engineers.
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Bristol
Charles Farley
Warreh
Fort Wetherell
Co. D
101St Regiment
U. S. Engineering Corps
Boston
Farley
Job Printing Department of the Phoenix
Huntington Ave
U. S. Coast Artillery
Huntington Avenue
Wentworth Institute
Engineering Corps
Service
United States
Alien Slackers in Fall River Probed for Draft Quota
Fall River residents report many aliens hamper local draft quotas with dodge and disdain toward military service. Native and adopted citizens are urged to bear an equitable burden as calls to arms grow under wartime pressures.
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Fall River
Providence Journal
In Memoriam For Yaepan by Mrs Emma Deveaux
In loving memory of my dear Yaepan who passed away August 30. I think of him in silence no eye can see me weep but ever deep within my heart his memory I see. There is nothing yet to answer but his picture on the wall.
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Yaepan
Emma Deveaux
Bristol Man Apprehended After Appeal in New York
Benjamino Vinti, sentenced to 30 days in Providence County Jail and a $20 fine plus costs, appealed and posted $500 bond. He was arrested Wednesday in New York City by Special Constable Hammill and bondsman Campanelo, brought before the Superior Court in Providence, and surrendered by the bondsman. In default of bail he was committed to the Providence County Jail.
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Bristol
Benjamino Vinti
Providence
New York City
Charles L. Hammill
Guiseppe Campanelo
Vinti
Providence County
Real Estate Transfers Record in Reynolds Estate to Vermette
Town Clerk records transfer of property from the Estate of John P. Reynolds to Alphonse Vermette. The tract lies on the east side of Hope Street.
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John P. Reynolds
Alphonse Vermette
Hope Street
Obituary notices for Barney and Carey families
In North Swansea on August 26 Rodman S. Barney son of Algernon H. and the late Madora B. Barney died at age 42. In this town on August 30 Emily Carey daughter of Joseph and Mary Carey died at age 3 years 9 months.
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Barney
Swansea
Rodman S
Algernon H
Madora B Barney
Carey
Emily
Joseph
Mary Carey
RECORD SIZE CUCUMBER IN NEW ENGLAND EXHIBITED
A cucumber measuring 114 inches long and 1d inches in circumference is on display in the Phoenix Office window. Grown by James C Church of Pappoosesquaw, it weighs three pounds. William M. Carpenter of Providence also shows two cucumbers from his Rumford truck farm, one ten inches long and the two lighter ones weighing about 1.75 and 1.5 pounds respectively, surpassing a prior Dedham record.
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New England
Phoenix
James C Church
Carpenter
Rumford
Dedham
Mass
Bristol
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Westminister Street
R. I
Main Street
Pawtucket
Eos Pretatti
Mills Tea & Butter Corp
Hope ST
Doz Green Peppers
F. N. Easterbrooks
C. H. Dillon
France
Bristol Bay
Memoriam
Colt Memorial High School
William W. Lee,jr
EF. W. Weaver
Union Street
Frankforts
Frankfort
State St
The
Alaska
Waldron Company
Bradford Street
DR. Andrews
Washington ST
Mathewson ST
Phone Union
James C. Church
California
Dold
Philadelphia
Newman Bros
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