Thomas Davies Bristol Native Dies in Chicago at 77
Thomas Davies longtime Bristol resident died at his Chicago home on Dec 11 after weeks of malaria fever. He built gas piping for early Bristol works and lit St Michael's Church with a chandeliers plan. Davies later led Hyde Park Gasworks in South Chicago and retired to real estate. He leaves a son, William T Davies, and three grandchildren. his sisters survive. Funeral held in Chicago on Dec 14.
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Thomas Davies
East 52Nd Street
Chicago
Davies
Bristol
Wm. J. Miller
Congregational
St. Michael’s Church
Tavies
St. Michael's Church
Olneyville
Delaine Mille
Hyde Park
South Chicago
Tire Company
4’S
St Alban‘s Lodge of Masons of
Eagle Lodge
Anna Kinder
Samuel Kinder
North Cemetery
Emma Newcomb
William T. Davies
Cook County
Samuel Boardman
Central Falls
George Lansing
Providence
The Christmas Stamps Station At Bristol Post Office
The Bristol Fortnightly Club sets up a Red Cross Holiday stamps booth in the post office lobby for sale through Christmas. Proceeds aid consumptives via the National Red Cross. Hundreds bought stamps in the first hour as people wear stamps on clothing and schoolchildren are urged to participate.
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Red Cross
Bristol
National Red Cross
Tempest and Sunshine at Bristol Opera House Tuesday
Bristol Opera House presents Tempest and Sunshine a drama tization of Mary J Holmes popular novel on Dec 22. The four act play features a company of special performers and new scenery designed to captivate the audience with heart interest, exciting scenes, and climaxes. Seats are on sale at Conley Bros.
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Mary J. Holmes
Bristol Opera House
Conley Bros
Visit to the Children's Home Shows Painting and Upgrades
Capt George Bush and a crew of painters completed extensive interior and exterior work at the Children’s Home. New furnishings include green third floor rooms, large clothes presses, and a babies’ dormitory with six cribs. The home houses 18 children, ages 5 months to 16 years, with seven boys and eleven girls in good health. The report highlights matron Miss Elizabeth Whitmore, hospital room gifts, donations from Mrs. Babbitt, and support from Miss Waldron’s Board of Managers. The project benefited from a fair that raised 164.76 and donations from Herresholt Manufacturing Company and Dr O R Siegel. Continued in fourth pages.
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George Bush
E .8. Babbitt
Babies
Department For Babies
Elizabeth Whitmore
Santa Claus
Mya
Lewis B. Waldron
Herresholt Manufacturing Company
Whitmore
O. R. Siegel
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