Automobile Registrations Noted at Public Roads Office
Last week at the State Board of Public Roads office, registrations include 19625 Welles Simpson Bristol Hupmobile 22 hp sedan 16959 Edwin A Barrows Bristol Ford 22 hp touring 26808 Leslie Wildgust West Barrington Saxon 22 hp runabout and delivery vehicle.
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The
State Board of Public Roads
Welles Simpson
Bristol
Edwin A. ‘Barrows
Ford
Joseph Savino
Leslie Wildgust
West Barrington
Saxon
Advertised Letters Bristol R J Dec 2 1916
List of names including W W Case Tawitehee Garvey Gifford Harpies Rhoda Kares Samuel Marcle Frank Powder Giuseppe Rage W A Selly Guillermo E Ulyses A William Wilson and others with notes on foreign Domenics Bltrino and Ty G Coggeshall P M.
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Bristol
R. J
W. W. Case
Tawitehee Garvey
W. Gifford
Rhoda Kares
Samuel Marcle
Frank Powder
Giuseppe Rage
W. A. Selly
Guillermo E. . Ulyses
William Wilson
William Williams
Maria Clara
Ty G. Coggeshall
P. M
Allen's Foot-Ease Relief for sore feet and new shoes
Shake Allen's Foot-Ease into shoes and bath to ease swollen smarting feet. Relieves sweating callouses and stinging, helps break in new shoes. Sold by druggists, 25 cents. Trial package free. Allen 8 Olmsted LeRoy N Y.
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Allen
Olmsted
LeRoy
Special Town Meeting Moves to Postpone Tax Plan
The meeting considered delaying the tax-raising resolution amid debate on police and fire funding and school costs tied to Reynolds School. Judge Hammill urged indefinite postponement citing increased expenses, while Walter Kerr warned button-pushing could distract officers. The hose purchase of 1000 feet for the auto fire truck was approved along with related funding resolutions.
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F. H. Hammill
Police and Fire Department
Reynolds
Providence
Walter Kerr
Leahy
Weddings In This Town Prompted By Local Clergy
In this town on December 2, Rev. T J Gillan joined Gaetano Criscuolo and Miss Angela Falco, both of this town, in marriage. Also on the same date Rev. A P Rebello united Zacarias Antonio Domingos and Miss Maria Augusta da Silva, both of this town.
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Criscuolo—Falco
T. J. Gillan
Gaetano Criscuolo
Angela Falco
Domingos—da Silva
A. P. Rebello
Zacarias Antonio Domingos
Maria Augusta da Silva
Obituaries Filed for Mary Raposa and Warren Lawton
In this town on December 4, widow Mary Raposa aged 41 and Comrade Warren C. Lawton aged 77 died at the Soldiers Home. Both are remembered in local notices with brief details of their passing.
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Raposa
Mary Raposa
Joseph Raposa
Lawton
Warren C. Lawton
James H. Hoar Resigns Longtime Rubber Foreman Post
James H. Hoar resigns as foreman of the vulcanizing department at National India Rubber Company after nearly 30 years in service. William H. Gardiner named his successor. Hoar, born November 5 1847 in this town, began in 1866 and rose through varnishing and curing to foremanship.
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James H. Hoar
National India Rubber Company
William H. Gardiner
Hoar
National Rubber Company
Stephen Bourn
Bourn
Mr. Hoar
Benjamin F. Hoar
Mayo Brothers Operate With Tithe of Income Policy
The Mayo Brothers of Rochester guide their hospital by a strict fee system tied to a patient’s income and the trialed practice of charging 10 percent of annual income for major operations. A notable case involved James J. Hill paying a $50,000 bill after a major surgery, while a poor patient received free, life-saving care with a $0 bill and a voucher for a future payment.
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Wall Street Journal
Roman Catholic Church
Christian Science and
Billy
Mayo Brothers
Rochester
Minnesota
Hill
Funeral services for Annie Bowler and Jacob Grabert
The funeral for Annie Bowler widow of John Bowler was held Saturday at 2 pm from her Bourn street home with many relatives in attendance. Rev. A C McGilton officiated and burial was in North Cemetery. Jacob F Grabert’s funeral followed Sunday from his daughter’s Wood street home led by Rev. George L Locke. Burial was in North Cemetery with floral tributes from Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company and the Ivy Guild of St Michael's Church.
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Annie Bowler
John Bowler
Bourn Street
A. C. McGilton
State Street
M. E. Church
North Cemetery
Jacob F. Grabert
Costa pleads guilty in Fifth District Court assault case
Judge F. H Hammill sees Manuel Sylivester Costa admit guilt for the November 29 assault on Serafin Moraes. Costa is fined one dollar plus court costs in yesterday’s docket.
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Fifth District
F. H Hammill
Manuel Sylivester Costa
Serafin Moraes
Town Council Special Meeting Addresses Damages and Plant Site
A special town meeting Friday discussed a $16.40 damage claim by William P. Hammill for a tire damaged by an iron pipe flange on State street. Council referred the claim for report next meeting. Gasper urged textile plant site talks with Bristol Improvement Association. Dr. R S Church resigned from the School Committee effective immediately. his term would have ended next March.
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William P. Hammill
Lindemuth
Hibbert
Gasper
Bristol Improvement Association
R. S. Church
Church
Winter poultry course at R I State College short session opens Jan 2
Rhode Island State College announces a 39 day winter course on poultry keeping running January 2 through February 10. The 19th annual program includes lectures laboratories and evenings of discussion with a $10 out of state fee. A certificate of merit will be awarded and a poultry show is planned for early February with farm visits on Saturdays.
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R. I. State College
Rhode Island
Cooley
Adams
Barlow
Burdick
Corriveau
Godin
Hadley
When the Frost Is on the Punkin Poem by James Whitcomb Riley
The verse paints autumn scenes with frost on the pumpkin and fodder shocks as a farmer feels robust. It recalls morning feeds and rustic country life while praising crisp fall weather and landscapes unmatched by painters.
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Hallylooyer
James Whitcomb Riley
A Spotless Town Selected for Tuberculosis Health Project
Framingham Massachusetts will become the Spotless Town of the United States if a $100000 National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis grant funds a three year community health demonstration. The MetLife donation supports showing tuberculosis can be controlled with proper methods under Dr Donald B Armstrong.
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Framingham
Massachusetts
United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
National Association
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Donald B Armstrong
National Associa
Framingham Tuberculosis Control Demonstration Planned
A committee led by Dr Edward R Baldwin and including physicians and public health figures from New York Boston and Hartford will direct a tuberculosis control demonstration in Framingham. The plan requires tracing every living case including suspected contacts. The effort aims to show nationwide applicability of local containment methods.
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Edward R. Baldwin
Saranah Lake
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Lee K. Frankel
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New York
William Charles White
Pittsburgh Tuberculosis League
Arthur K. Stone
Massachusetts Trustees of Hospitals For Consumptives
Boston
Stephen J. Maher
State Department of Health
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Framingham
United States
Worth Thinking About A man turning over a new leaf for his wife
A wry adage notes that if a man changed with every request from his wife he would have little time left to earn money for her bonnets.
Community events listed for December and January
A sequence of forthcoming events includes dances, meetings, sales, and exhibitions. Highlights: Question Club dance, Providence District Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meeting, Mite Society Christmas Sale, Ladies' Aid Society supper sale, Bristol County Poultry Association exhibition, Congregational chapel sales, New Year dances by Young Men's Parish Club and Y M P C, and Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company fair opening.
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Providence
The
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
State
St. M. E. Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
G. A. R. Hall
Bristol Boy Scouts Beat 400 Club Juniors 18 to 0
The Bristol Boy Scouts football team defeated the 400 Club Juniors of East Providence on the common Saturday afternoon by 18 to 0. Three touchdowns were scored by Alex Geisler Barry and Langello. The Geisler brothers starred in backfield and Jimmie Garvin directed plays as quarterback with effective forward passes.
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Bristol Boy Scouts
East Providence
Bristol Boys
Alex Geisler
Barry
Langello
Geisler
Bristol
Jimmie” Garvin
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
North Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Popular
Mechanica
Memoriam
Nellie Cornell
H. A. Brown
Waldron Company
Wey
F. N. Easterbrooks
Twit
Finance
Fifth District Court
Mite Society
First Baptist Church
Bristol County Poultry Association
Congregational Chapel
Trinity Parish
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company
G. A . Hall
BOY Scouts
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company
Providence, R. I
Sabine
Westminster Street Cor. Mathewson Opp
Grace Church
Edward F. Kearns
Bristol Studio
Wood Street
Providence Studio
Pearl Street
Oneida Chief
Griffin
California
Newman Bros
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