Going Forward By Looking Back
A parish meeting at Odd Fellow's Hall Bradford street approved Trinity Church charter from the January General Assembly. Officeholders elected include Henry C. Sayles senior warden and Ellery W. Greene clerk. Services planned for Whit Sunday with Dr Waterman of Providence officiating. A boy choir prepared for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellow’s
Bradford Street
General Assembly
Henry C. Sayles
Robert Tiernan
LeBaron Bradford
William D. Skinner
Edward Lawder
Thomas Henderson
Robert Murray
Edward Blake
Ellery W. Greene
John P. Reynolds
Edward M. Spooner
Messrs. Bradford
Sayles and Greene
Trinity Church
Whitsunday
Dr. Waterman
Providence
Fire at Phenix Sugar Refining cooperage on Thames Street
A Monday morning blaze destroyed the cooperage building of Phenix Sugar Refining Co. on Thames Street near Franklin. The fire, witnessed by hundreds, consumed the structure and contents including barrels and copper tools, with no insurance on stock or tools. the building valued around $1200 carried $750 insurance. Citizens helped protect adjacent roofs as brands sparked across Franklin Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phenix Sugar Refining Co
Thames Street
Franklin
Franklin Street
Bristol Phoenix
Noyes and Oxx offer subdivided lots with installment homes
The notice advertises building lots from the Noyes and Oxx estates with a new street from Union to Burton, inviting buyers to purchase on installment and have a home built to order. It notes Mount Hope’s autumn setting and mentions a small summer residence near the Narrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G Noyes
Noyes
Oxx
Union
Burton Streets
Mount Hope
Philp
Bevant
Narrows
Hairdresser Williams Relocates to New Elegant Rooms
Mr James WA Williams a practi cal hairdresser moves from the second floor room at Hope and Bradford streets to rooms above Jol Young Co drug store opposite his former site. The building now belongs to the YMC Association and Williams fits up the new premises in an elegant style with a ladies department. Bristol Phoenix, Oct 10, 1885.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James WA. Williams
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Jol Young & Co
YMC Association
Rogers Pree Library
Willaims
Lincoln’s Invented Buoying Vessel Idea by May 1849
The Inventors Foundation notes Abraham Lincoln proposed a buoyant chamber system to lift a ship over shoals. Patented May 22, 1849, the design aimed to inflate side chambers as water deepened. The concept proved impractical, illustrating factors beyond ingenuity in invention success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Bramam Lincoln
Inventors Foundation
New York City
Mississippi
United States
The
Foundation
New York University
International Correspondence Schools
Stevens Institute of Technology
Quintet triumph noted in terse report
Brief item records a quintet victory amid sparse readable text. Names appear as Alan and Warren with roles unclear, set against a backdrop of wartime media slivers and city notes.
Lucy Gayheart review and local wedding report
A period piece notes Willa Cather's Lucy Gayheart as uneven with uneven atmosphere for musical scenes. The column then covers a double ring wedding at Mount Carmel Church with Catherine Calitri and Michael Calitri at center, their reception and bridal trip details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmel
Joseph Sorzado
Per
Elvira Fusco
Matthew Capone, Jr
Amaid
Rome
New York
New Jersey
Washington, D. C
Catherine Street
Calitri
Bristol
Shin Ke Gradwis Allegstom
Colt. Meno
St. Rita’s
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Barrington
Bowen’s Coating Company
Pawtucket
Merchant League Winners Highlight Local Bowling Action
The All Stars and Chase Brothers triumphed in Merchant League matches Friday night at the State Street alleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
All Stars
Chase Brothers
State Street
Herreshofixe
Collins“ Afkpian
Garage Hs
ghySt
High Street
Scorpions Strengthen Rotary Lead With Four Straight Wins
The Scorpions extended their Rotary League advantage by winning all four games against the White Owls at High Street alleys. Black Hawks split two games with the Harvester squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALL Stars
Phillips
Joseph Salva
al Sousa
Almeida
Scorpions
Black Hawks
Flying Dutchmen
Bristol Lions
White Owls
Harvester
Ingram
Balfour
Raspberries
R. Balfour
McCaughes
Gorham
Getchell
Huestis
Simmons
Perry
Chase Bros
Otten
Silvia
Burke
Darling Ito
Bullock
Middleton
de Rocha
Seymour
Mellone
A Edmonds
Ingraham
Callan
Od Harbor View
Paull
Model
Digati
Whitf Owls
Barry
Wilbur
Smith
Ryone
Deslaurier
Kunz
Newman
Bosworth
F Dimond
Harvesters (2
High Street
The
Harvesters
Ingram Moving and Trucking Ad
Local and long distance moving service by Geo T Ingram. Contact at Hope Street phone 489 1606 for residential or commercial relocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Street
Coming Events February 18 15 22 fairs and dances listed
Readable items show a schedule of events from February with multiple venues. Italian dinner and dance at Bristol Casino hosted by Our Lady of Mt Carmel Altar Society. A weekly calendar includes dances, a Valentine whist, a toy shop presentation by Lee School pupils, and bridge at Guiteras House hosted by local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy Hill Wood Street
Princess Elena Lodge
Sons of Italy
Bristol Casino
Altar Society of Our Lady of
St Mary’s School
St. Mary's Austitorium
Lee School
Colt Memorial Hall
Guiteras House
Auspices Men’s Union First Congregational Church
Mortgagee Sale of Barrington RI Property Set for Feb 26 1936
Public auction to satisfy a deed of mortgage executed July 9 1920 by Alphonse Di Matteo and Maria Di Matteo for lot 50 on Plat No. 2 Barrington RI. Property lies between Prince's Hill Avenue Cottage Street and Lot 49 51 with tax lien and pending sale. Attorneys HUDDY MOULTON announce bid rights and sale adjournments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse di Matteo
Maria di Ma
Barrington
Bristol
Rhode Island
R. I. Lai
H. L. Cady
Charles BF. Chase
Prince’s Hill Avenue
Cottage Street
Met
Mor En Gorsa
H. L. Cady and
R. I
Huddy & Moulton
Bristol Rhode Island public auction of former Formisano mortgage
Public auction is set for February 13 1936 at 11 AM on the Bristol Rhode Island property described by mortgage from Raffaele Formisano to Wilfred Munro et al dated March 20 1917. The sale includes two adjoining Bristol parcels with buildings and improvements bounded by Bradford Street High Street and adjacent land, conveyed through various deeds to Abby H Munro and others, with proceeds to satisfy the mortgage and associated costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raffaele Formisano
WiIf Munro
Bristol
Rhode Island
Alfred Luther
John .N. Miller
Bradford Street
High Street
John B. Munro
Hiram Luther
Samuel Coggeshall
Abby H. Munro
John Yeos
Coggeshall
Becca
Albert M. Finimore
Frank L. Miller
Lydia Miller
Herors
Raffaele Frormisano
Wilfred H., Munro
Walter L. Munro
Annette G. Munro
Dana C. Munro
Ders
Walc
Inghast , & Wheeler
Red Salute and Freckles lead film bill with Lar
The program features Barbara Stanwyck in Red Salute with Robert Young as the second feature. Laddie star Virginia Weidler returns in a world famous romance with Tom Brown and co stars. Gene Stratton Porter’s Freckles from Limberlost appears alongside Virginia Weidler and Carol Stone in a family friendly bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erro
Barbara Stanwyck
Robert Young
Freckles
Gene Stratton-Porter
Tom Brown
Virginia Weidler
Laurie-Lou
Carol Stone
asMary Arden
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Samuel
Charles
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Woonashum
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Mount Hope Bay
Wwen
Wecopauhim
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Watapatashue
Editor
Reise
Quinte
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Warren Town
Ferreira
Thompson
Murphy
Hunt
Mansi
Lemaire
Dyman
Polak
U. S
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Gaglio
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Vittulo
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Oo Hunt
Martin
Paidtcinal
Mercier
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Osagen
A Corriera
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U. S. Rubber CO
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Litto
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Lucy Gayheart
Willa Cather
Sig
Europe
Switzerland
Cather
Miss Cather
Merchant's League
Annual Report OF Dist. Nursing Treas
Metropoltan Life Ins
John Hancock
Town of
St Michael's
Rotary League
Geo. T. Ingram
John B. Carpenter, Inc
Hibberts
Moore
Ethier
Dunbar
High ST. Garage
Estrella
Eee Stee
Simmel
Rice
E. Ryone
H. Ryone
Dixon
Sadd
Arbbert Bole
Brown
Pozzi
A. Ryone
Lawson
Herreshoff
Brightman
Kenney
Nelson
Pierce
Smith Meee
E. W. Weaver & Son
RCA Radiotron
Warner
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
Willam Street
Tel. Con
Albert M. Remieres
Colonial Line
Buffington’s Drug
Bristol District Nursing Association
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