Bond issues pass in light turnout amid snowstorm
Special state election yields show Soldiers' and Sailors' Bonus bond issue approved by 10,652 to 1,308 and a 8,731 to 2,435 bridge loan approval. All 39 towns backed the bonus. Middletown opposed the loan. Providence and Newport cast fewer votes. Bristol results tabulated by district. Weather and road conditions kept many from polling, with unusually comfortable voting halls reported.
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Middletown
Portsmouth
Newport
Providence
Pawtucket
Woonsticket
Bristol
Wilness
Peter Lannon
Crawford
Easterbrooks
George Arnold
Good Turn Week Promotes Daily Scout Kindness
Boy Scouts conclude Good Turn Week with a Bird Feeding Hike and daily acts of service across the town. Fathers Day and America Day featured displays of patriotism while Mothers Day morning breakfast surprise cheered families. Local firms like NIR Co and Rk I Co joined Community Day by aiding subway track clearing to resume service.
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Boy Scouts
America
Reynolds
GAA
N I R Co
Rk I Company
Scout Movement
Noted Orator Dr Devadasen To Preach At State Street Church
Dr Devadasen the converted Indian educated at Boston University will preach at State Street M E Church Sunday morning at 10 30. He is in Bristol with many friends who heard him at the annual conference in Boston. Evening service at 7 30 features the pastor's subject Her Song the Road to Health.
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Devadasen
Boston University
India
State Street
M. E
Boston
Bristol
Pastor
Watches Advertised For Young Men Guaranteed Twenty Years
Advertisement claims watches are guaranteed for 20 years aimed at young men. Question arises whether such long guarantees are practical or typical for the era and market segments.
Grand Army Flag Day Observances in Bristol High Schools
Bristol public schools held Grand Army Flag Day activities honoring Lincoln on his birthday. John Post Reynolds and Colt Memorial High Schools staged principal programs with church and Legion members in attendance. Students sang The Battle Hymn of the Republic and The Star Spangled Banner, heard Lincoln readings and a Lincoln tribute debate, and flags adorned school buildings and homes.
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John Post Reynolds
Colt Memorial High
Bristol
Abraham Lincoln
Colt Memorial
Babbitt Post
Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps
Kearney Post
No 6
American Legion
Bristol Boy Scouts
William C Hobbs
O. H. Wallace
Baptist Church
Reading
Louis Evans
Lincoln
Charles Serbst
Wiliam C Hobbs, Jr
Cyrus A Jackson
Frank T Remieres
Esther Saunders
Country
Washington
Luciano Capone
Ralph Petrucci
Israel Makowsky
Joseph Kelley
James Sullivan
John Walsh
Three Fingers Blamed on Curious Boy Blast
Frank Bisbano five years old at 50 Catherine Street lost three fingers when a loaded 32 calibre cartridge exploded while he pounded it on a board in the yard. He was treated at Rhode Island Hospital after police and neighbors found the shell and the missing digits.
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Frank
Ignacio Bisbano
Catherine Street
Rhode Island Hospital
A M Merriman
Dwyer
Bisbano
Bisbane House
Sumner elected Speaker as General Assembly meets
The General Assembly elected Arthur P. Sumner of Providence as Speaker of the House 82 to 40 over Albert B. West with other candidates named. A Senate Finance Committee measure authorizes the State Board of Public Roads to repair rails used by the Rhode Island Company and charge costs to the company. A $20,000 appropriation to assist cities and towns in mosquito extermination was recommended for concurrence.
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Grand Committee
The
General Assembly
Arthur P. Sumner
Providence
House of Representatives
Superior Court
Albert B. West
F. H. Hammill
Chester W. Barrows
Boss
Baker
Newport
Republican Party
Sumner
West
State Board of Public Roads
Senate Finance Committee
Saugy
Warren
Rhode Island Company
Committee On Finance
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Ice Gerriett
Arnwenli
Ay -Warowele. Lumber CO
Bristol, R. 1
Trotwood
E. & W. Collar
Connery
Oon
Ford
Waldron Company
Bradford ST
F. T. Remieres
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Fox
John Quigley
ALL Star
ADV
Dr. Devadasen
Methodist Church
Grand Army
Frank Bisbano
Hope Street
Victor
Edward D. Kunz
Gencian Bristol
Ty Ve Wat Ae Star Theatre
William Fox
Jesse L. Lasky
Pathe News
Mutt and
Jeff
PATHE
Marion Davies
Marie Walcar
Antonio Moreno
Dare
James J. Corbett
L KO
Alice and
Frances Mann
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