Bristol Teams Drubbed In Armory Basketball Doubleheader
In Bristol last night at the Naval Reserves armory foot of Church street Dean Academy of Franklin defeated the Naval Reserves 43 to 16. Rogers & Allen of Bristol River routed the Hustlers 87 to 3. Dean’s Phillips led scoring with 12 points and Herrmann added two one handed goals despite tight coverage. Rogers & Allen benefited from strong team play and Burke's 8 goals to lift the final tally. Referee Murphy and Lieut Brightman oversaw the two games.
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Bristol
Naval Reserves
Church Street
Dean Academy
Franklin
Rogers & Allen
Dean Boys
Herrmann
Phillips
Dean
NAVAL
Rand
Balfour Kenneyh Duffy
Wardwell Phillips
Herrmann Berry
Barrows
McVaughey
Walden
Kenney
Berry
Randt
Balfour
Herrmano
Wardwell
Foals
Murphy
Financial reminiscences prompt town tax questions
A reader laments rising personal property tax and town costs over twenty years. He contrasts 1888 and 1908 figures, questions debt growth, and urges business leaders to demand system reform rather than accept “Sam, Dick or Harry” choice. He warns exemptions entice future burdens and calls for informed voters.
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the Phoenix
John Doe
Rehoboth
So-and-so
Treasury
Sam
Harry
Nhi
Industrial Trust Announces February Savings Deposit Reminder
Industrial Trust notes that February 1 marks a new interest quarter and encourages deposits to earn semi annual interest. Deposits received by February 15 start earning interest from February 1, with interest compounded in February and August.
Explanation of Morrissey pay by Bristol Town Council
Philip Brady explains in a Providence Evening Bulletin letter that two payments in one fiscal year covered two years enumeration of the school census for John H. Morrissey plus his truancy officer salary. Total paid in 1907 and 1908 was 145 dollars, with 70 for census work and 75 for the truancy post.
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Bristol
Providence Evening Bulletin
Morrissey
Philip Brady
Patriot ic Instruction Lecture For Italian Residents
The Bristol Chapter D A R committee on patriotic education held a stereopticon lecture in Columbia Hall Wood street for Italian residents on a Wednesday evening. Rev J E Downing of St Marys Church delivered the talk in Italian with slides from the Gaspee Chapter Providence. The lecture traced the discovery and early settlement of the country, aligning with patriotic work done by other chapters nationwide.
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Bristol
Columbia Hall
Wood Street
J. E. Downing
St. Mary’s Church
Gaspee
Providence
Funeral of Edward Maynes at St Mary's Church
The funeral for Edward Maynes was held yesterday at 8:80 from his Mt Hope Avenue home and 9 o'clock at St Mary's Church. Rev Thomas J Gillan officiated. Miss Catherine Connery sang Ave Maria during offertory and Miss Katherine Mather sang Where Is a Beautiful Land on High after mass. Bearers were John Hye Frederick Middleton William Connor and Richard Magee. Interment followed at Warren.
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Edward Maynes
Mt. Hope Avenue
St. Mary’s Church
Thomas J. Gillan
Catherine Connery
Jordan
Katherine Mather
John Hye
Providence
Frederick Middleton
William © Connor
Richard Magee
Warren
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Allen’s
Hustlers
Tne
Harrington
Swith McDonald
Bush Howard
Bell Martin
B. Gray Burke
H. Gray
McDonald
Burke
Howard
Bush
Smith
Bell
Lieut. Brightman
Hope Street
Bristol, R
Warbsell
Lui Ditka
R. I
Suips
Oxford
Connery
F. T. Remieres
Cor
Hope and
Radford Streets
Lorraine Mills
Smithfield Ave
Woodlawn
Pawtucket
Mineral Spring Ave
James Dixon Carpenter
A. W
Byfield ST
Collins Street
Wilbur
Plasterin Q. Masonry
William G. Murphy
John Temple Drury
Drury Block
Hope St
Chiropodist
Mars. Williams
Waldron-Brownell CO
Reed & Barton
Edward D. Kunz
Jeweler Optician Bristol
A. P- Nerone
The
Providence Telephone Co
Staples Coal Company
State Street
Welsbach
Bristol CO. Gas & Electric CO
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