Letters From The Battlefield From Captain Cole Of The Hon. Artillery
A long correspondence from Captain R C Cole of the Hon. Artillery Company describes frontline life in trenches near German positions in late November 1914. He details cold nights in a barn, shelling, beachhead movements, and meals. He notes casualties, discipline, and hope for a swift end to the conflict while sending greetings to relatives and mentioning Christmas provisions.
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Stonnill
Jack Johnsons
Cissie
Times
Providence
Armoury House
Bobs
R. C. Cole
Ward and I
Community Christmas Tree Exercises Set for Tonight
Public invited to attend the community Christmas tree exercises on the common at 9 o clock with carols led by George W Warren. Bells will toll fifteen minutes before the start and Trinity Church chimes will be heard as workers finish wiring for colored lights.
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Trinity Church
Bristol County Golf and Electric Company
George W. Warren
Silent Night and Hark the Angels in Bethlehem
A devotional poem fragment retells the nativity scene with lines about Bethlehem, the Christ child, angels, and praise. It weaves Christmas imagery of divine light, mortal sleep, and heavenly songs, urging worship and blessing for the birth of Jesus.
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Bethlehem
Christ
Mary
God
Jesus
Heaven
Mary Perry Obituary from Easter Brooks Avenue
Mrs. Mary Perry wife of Manuel Perry died Tuesday morning at her home 13 Easter Brooks Avenue after six months of chronic rheumatism She was born in the Azores and had lived here seven years aged 44 She leaves five children four daughters and one son Funeral was held Wednesday at 2 oclock Reverend A P Rebello of St Elizabeths Church officiated Burial was at St Marys Cemetery
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Mary Perry
Manuel Perry
Easterbrooks Avenue
Azores
A. P. Rebello
St. Elizabethi’s Church
St. Mary’s “Cemetery
Wanpanoag Encampment No 9 Elects Officers
The Wanpanoag Encampment No 9 annual election after United Brothers lodge chose Chief Patriarch Asi W Hathaway Senior Warden Merton A Cheesman Junior Warden John Usher Jr High Priest Bertram W Wall Scribe John G Stewart Treasurer James A Bosworth. Installation is set for next month with appointment of officers to follow.
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Wanpanoag
United Brothers Lodge
Asi W. Hathaway
Merton A, Cheesman
John Usher, Jr
Bertram .W .Wall
John’ G. Stewart
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Francis’x. Bushman
Billy In “Broncho
Billy Outlaw
Ann
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Milford
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Cole
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Island-British Relief Society
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