Gotham Novelty Plan Offers Steady Bristol Jobs
Gotham Novelty Company of New York seeks to locate in Bristol with ten months of work per year for about 250 workers. It would relocate equipment from Freeport and New York City, seeking town aid for moving costs, while Parrigan Toys has operated in Bristol for three years with a $12 weekly minimum wage and strong labor relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gotham Novelty Company
New York
Bristol
Paragon Toys, Inc
Freeport
L. L
New York City
J. A. Bernstein
Parrigan Toys
Ing
Bernstein
J. Floyd Huestis
Gotham Novelty Co
Frank
Bristol Train of Artillery to resume Washington Ball
Renewal of Bristol's long running social event the Washington Ball was set to return with Capt Charles T Heilborn Jr named chairman. The date Feb 22 was chosen and site details to be decided at Artillery Hall with Col Edwin Godfrey presiding. Assistants include Capt George W Boutlier secretary and Lieut Albert Johnson treasurer. Col Godfrey and Lt Col Albert Hartley join reception committee.
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Washington
Charles T. Heilborn, Jr
Bristol Train of Artillery
Bristol
Artillery Hall
State Street
Edwin A. Godfrey
Heilborn
George W . Boutlier
Albert Johnson
Godfrey
Albert Hartley
Member of Postal Force Observes 30th Anniversary
Michael P Coughlan a veteran postal employee marked 30 years with the local Post Office hosting 20 colleagues at Shorty’s Diner Warren after a gathering at his home 100 High Street He was presented an easy chair by Postmaster Daniel W Coggeshall noting his long service Coughlan joined as a substitute on December 9 1909 and became regular staff March 1911.
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Michael P Coughlan
Shorty
Warren
Mr. Coughlan
High Street
Daniel W Coggeshall
Coughlan
Barrington School Supt to Speak at PTA Meeting
Barrington school superintendent Carl H Porter Shirley will address the Junior-Senior High PTA next Thursday evening at the new Andrews Memorial School at 7 o clock Guest Night invites all mothers fathers and friends of the pupils to attend and bring a guest. After the session refreshments will be served and group singing led by R S Bosworth will open the meeting.
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Carl H. Porter-Shirley
Barrington
Ian M Walker
New Andrews Memorial School
R S Bosworth
Bristol Auto Sub-Station Extends Hours Next Week
State Registrar George R. Beane approves extended hours at the Makowsky building sub station in Bristol next week to aid renewals. Senator Bertram W. Wall notes satisfaction with results and hints the station may stay open longer, contingent on future decisions. Castriotta reports the best day since opening and says factory workers will have noon to 1 30pm access, with a 9am start.
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Bristol
George R. Beane
Louis Castriotta
Providence
Pawtucket
Castriotta
Governor Vanderbilt Receives Seal of Good Will
Rhode Island officials receive the Italian Socialites Women’s Club Seal of Good Will for the charity drive. Governor William H Vanderbilt joins Town Council President J Floyd Huestis and Rev Joseph Sorzano in the honor. The campaign will air on WPRO radio twice weekly during the Italian half hour and aims to fund educational and charitable activities, including a planned recreation center for children.
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William H Vanderbilt
Rhode Island
Women’s Club
Vasta Lar. Ruggiero
J. Floyd Huestis
Joseph Sorzano
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
Ruggiero
Antonio Pace
WPRO
Providence
Preacher Rev Richard G Preston Headlines Community Service Series
Reverend Richard Greeley Preston veteran of World War I and rector of All Saints Church Worcester will preach at Sunday evening community service at St Michael's Church at 3 o'clock. A concert by Miss Margaret J Prew Dana R Bellows and Walter H Angell follows at 7 30. Preston's career spans Princeton Phillips Academy Sorbonne and multiple parishes including Grace Newton and All Saints Worcester.
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Richard Greeley Preston
All Saints Church
Worcester
Massachusetts
New England
St Michael’s Church
Margaret J. Prew
Dana R. Bellows
Walter H. Angell
Preston
Arlington
Mass
Lexington High School
Phillips Andover Academy
Princeton
United States
Sanitary Corps
41St Division
France
Sorbonne
Princeton Unversity
Philadelphia
Bishop Bennett At St. Michael's Sunday
The Rt Rev Granville G Bennett Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island will administer confirmation to a small class at the Children's Eucharist and Confirmation service at St Michael's Church Sunday morning at 10 Rev Robert N Turner will assist. Bishop Bennett will also preach the finance and will follow at 11 Canon Parshley rector will officiate at both services.
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Granville G. Bennett
Episcopal Diocese of
Rhode Island
St. Michael’s Church
Robert N. Turner
Bistion Benastt
Canon Parshley
Bristol Safety Council Reorganizes After Inactivity
After months of inactivity the Bristol Safety Council plans a reorganization meeting Monday night at the home of Stanley E. Friswell on Ferry road. A new slate of officers will be chosen and many Bristol groups were invited to appoint representatives, with secretary Michael W Pasquarelli reporting favorable responses.
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Bristol Safety Council
Stanley E. Friswell
Bristol County
Ferry Road
Bristol
Safety Council
Michael W Pasquarelli
Christmas Seal Sale In Bristol Raises Early Funds
Bristol's Christmas Seal Sale shows $300 collected by week one end, one third of the Bristol goal. Mrs N G Herreshoff says returns are encouraging and Miss Sophia Young runs the Post Office Booth from 9 am to 5 30 pm. Residents urged to use Seals on letters and packages to promote TB crusade.
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Ruggiero
N. G Herreshoff
Bristol
Altar Society Gifts $200 to Mount Carmel Church
The Altar Society of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church announced a $200 donation this week. Mrs. Julia Velleca, president of the organization, disclosed the gift.
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
Altar Society
Julia Velleca
Alessandri Prominent Chilean Figure Sparks Personal Anecdote
The writer recalls Arturo Alessandri, former Chilean president, and notes a recent odd news item about him. The piece reflects on past events from 1920 in Valparaiso when the author worked in an American bank and connects those memories to current reports of Alessandri’s activities in New York and Washington.
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Arturo Alessandri
Chile
New York
Washington, D. C
Valparaiso
Alessandri
Arturo
Guilhermina
Chilean radical Alessandri a 1920 presidential hopeful
In 1920 Alessandri, a young Chilean leader of the radicals, was nominated for the presidency by a leftist faction of the radical party. The party name is unclear, but it represented the liberal left in Chile.
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Alessandri
Radical Party
Chilean Election Sparks Hope and Tension in Valparaiso
A wartime-era Chile recounts Alessandri's 1920 campaign as the poor imagine reforms while a rising middle class emerges. The narrator notes torchlit rallies and foreign observers see potential changes without revolution. Servants and sudden wealth highlight social shifts as election nears.
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