Council Defies School Committee Over Morrissey Census Move
Editorial condemns Town Council for denying School Committee's reappointment of Chief Morrissey as school census enumerator and truant officer. It argues public officials must face votes and justify actions, condemns secrecy, and labels opposing members as mollycoddles while urging transparency and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrissey
Counci
Chef Morrissey
Chief Morrissey
Bristol
Touseh
Molly
Bristol Post Office Mails and Hours Summary
Bristol post office announces mail arrival and close times throughout the day with Sunday hours. Geneva delivery window for stamps runs 4 80 to 5 p m. Express mail by Earle and Prew shows outward runs at 7 50, 11 20 a m, 3 20, 5 20 p m and inward at 8 00, 12 00 p m, 3 00, 7 00 p m.
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Bristol
Geneva
South Door
Earle & Prew Express
Christmas Week Holidays and Local Events Highlights
Families in Fall River Newport and Stamford plan holiday visits as schools close for Christmas. A Courthouse session sentenced Henry C. Pierce to six months for vagrancy. Charity bake sale at GaA R Hall netted about $20 forState Encampment expenses. Fort Adams Band hosts a concert and dance in G A R Hall with an eight piece orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Robertson
Fall River
James T Robertson
Constitution Street
Algernon Johnston
Newport
Del
Harry FP Gregory
Stamford
District Court
Johnson Henry C. Pierce
State Farm
Gaa. R
Babbitt Post
Woman's Relief Corps
F. E. Suzman
Robert N. Vorner
Washington R Prescott
Providence
Bristol
A. P. Nerone
Christmas notices and local calendar items in Bristol
The Bristol section notes holiday greetings from A P Nerone and Miss Millis D Charch entertaining guests, Xmas calendars and gift ideas, a Bennett Memorial window for St Michael's Church, theatre and moving picture ads, and 1909 diary sales. Real estate transfers include Mt Hope properties and land parcels with listed owners and companies.
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A. P. Nerone the Phoenix
Bristol
Millis D Charch
Rhode Island
A. P. Nekrone
Pany
the Phoenix
The
Phoenix
Bennett
St. Michael's Church
Uniform Rank K of P Election in Rhode Island Company No 1
The Rhode Island Company No 1 Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias held its annual election on a Tuesday evening. Officers elected include Captain William Gardiner First Lieutenant Augustus A CGravelle Second Lieutenant Herman Jablinski Recorder Janes A Clarkson Treasurer Alex Alexander Chaplain Walter T Remieres. Captain John J Hackett declined renomination after two years in office. Col Murray and Major Arnold attended and praised the organization. Installation of officers is planned for next month.
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Rhode Island Company
Knights of Pythias
William Gardiner
Augustus A Cgravelle
Herman Jablinski
Janes‘a Clarkson
Alex Alexander
Walter T. Remieres
John J Hackett
Col. Murray
Arnold
Mrs Rob inson Awarded $3800 in Damage Suit
Ada M Rob inson of Pawtucket sued George H Peck Town Treasurer of Bristol for 4000 damages for injuries on Church street in Sept 1907. Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 3800 after about an hour. Counsel for plaintiff were William T O'Donnell and Lewis A Waterman. Henry W Hayes defended. Court adjourned to Monday morning at 19 oclock.
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Ada M. Robinson
Pawtucket
George H Peck
Bristol
Church Street
William T. O’donnell
Lewis A. Waterman
Henry W Hayes
Waiter and Grouch Clash Over Beet La Mode Styles
A waiter asks if beet la mode was ordered. the grouch retorts impatiently about waiting for styles to change, highlighting a humorous dining room exchange.
Whenebber a man pits so affection ate
Uncle Eben notes a tale about sharing his last dollar, suggesting suspicion when someone proclaims generosity. The dialectal line hints at humor and miserliness, capturing rural character and speech.
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Eben
Hold-Up at East Greenwich Telegraph Exchange
A masked robber forced P. Earle Laughlin, 20, operator at the Providence Telephone East Greenwich exchange, into a lavatory at 100 Main Street. He and accomplices looted the cash drawer, valued under $10, then escaped via the back through the cellar. Investigators report at least three men may be involved. The operator escaped by breaking a lavatory transom.
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P. Earle Laughlin Dight
East Greenwich
Providence Telephone Company
Main Street
Landglin
Walter R. Tucker
Exchange
Laughlin
Adjoining that through which the robber forced the operator
A fragment notes a robber forcing the operator through an adjoining passage. No further details are readable to identify location, time, or identities.
Sockanosset School Boys Delight Keith’s Audience
Sockanosset School for Boys wowed a large Providence audience at Keith’s on Tuesday afternoon as 848 pupils filled the venue with lively applause. The annual Christmas visit by the Locks nosset boys is a banner day for the inmates, marking the sixth such hospitality event.
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Providence
Keith
Sockanosset School For
Welkin
Locksnosset
Keith’s
Coming Events Hinted in Local Notices
Dec 25 Friday matinee dance and evening hop at G A R Hall with Fort Adams Band. Dec 29 Tuesday evening Bristol Opera House hosts Festival of St Michael's Sunday School. Dec 31 New Year’s Eve dance at Armory under Division One KLIL. Jan 1 January Five Act Romantic Drama By Royal Command at Bristol Opera House.
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G. A. R Hall
Fort Adams Band
Bristol Opera House
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Bristol Phoenix
Bristol County
Hope Street
R. I
Btinkmentn Opera Houses
Moving Pictures Moving Pictures Opera House
U.c. Easterbrooks
Chesebrough Guardian
Mildred F. Newbold
Guardian
LeRoy HH
Newbold
Editorial
Peirce
Thos.f.peirce & Son
Dorrance and
Westminster Corner
Sunday Mails
G. A. R. Hall
Fort Adams Band Orchestra
Dodge & Camfield
Exchange Place
Providence, R. I
New York
F. M. Dimond Elwyn A. Fish
National India Rubber Co
Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary J. Holmes
Lannon
Moving Picture
Wattnees
C. W. Sparks
John W Eddy
Edward Soper
Garfield Avenue
Mt Hope Water Supply Company
Fritz O. Miler
Mt. Hope Terrace
Luigi Savino
Quit
Mt. Hope
Arthur O'Leary
Mt. Hope Water Supply Con., Et al. To Luigi Savino
Mt. Hope, Mt. Hope Water Supply Co
Marino Colucci
Mrs. Robinson
Hall
Toledo.o
Wall
State Street
James Ferrara
Franklin Street
S. B. Paull
Deve
Clu
Collins Street
Mason
Cleveland
Merry Christmas
Peter J. Lannon
William H. Smith
Tommy
Montreal
Julian Walsh
Star Theater
Pokanoket Hall
J. White
Rank W. Smith American Oyster Co
E. H. Matteson
John Shepard Payne & Butler
HOG Island Oyster Watch N. A. Lybeck
G.M. Wilbur
Kristol
Gandy
Easterbrooks
H. T- Peterson
Pruwr
Burton St
Herreshoff Mfg. CO
SEO
Atrea Aldron-Brownell CO
Bradford Street
A.R. Paull
F. A. Weeden
Dewolf Avenue
C. A. Johnson
Hope St
Fox Hill
Eugene Leclair
Howestrest
Sockanosset School
Keiths
Willian H Smith
Red Man
Julia Walsh
Jack Francis
Phoenix Supply CO
G. W. Simmons
Eine Nes
Eee Eearey
Jacobh Molasky
Bristol Hotel
William G. Murphy Mason
Sowamsett AY. Waeren
A. W
Byfield ST
Bristol R. 1
Dewitt’s
W. . Buffington
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