Rogers Free Library Circulates Fifty Books
The Rogers Free Library reports fifty books circulated last Wednesday. Notable titles include Recollections of Thomas Marshall and Twenty Five Years by Lord Grey of Falloden, Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, and The Life and Letters of William Reed Huntington. Also listed are biographies, travel, biographies for women, fiction classics, and children’s tales with multiple new works added by request and updates on illustrated annuals and music volumes.
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Rogers Free Library
Thomas R. Marshall
Lord Grey of
Falloden
England
Walter H. Page
Burton J. Hendrick
William Reed Huntington
Huntington
Locke
Bristol
Brigham Young
M. R Werner
P. T Barnum
White North
Donald B. MacMillan
Providence
United Israel
House Beautiful
Albert Wiggam
Sarah M_ Lockwood
Florida
Ralph Henry Barbour
Milton C
H. A Roberts
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
David Grayson
Christopher
Kentucky Mountains
Lucy Furman
Dells
Fanny H Lea
Sam
Po G Wodehouse
Captain Blooday
Ralphael Sabatim
Gabric
Samara Peacemaker
Phillips Oppenheim
Oppenheim
Frances Seeding
JS Fletcher
Gregor
Gods Country
James Olver Curwood
the Gables
Georgiana
Tranquility House
Rusty Muller
Buffalo Bill
Ken Ward
Bob Hanson
Safety First Club, Inc
Fauldkner
D’aulnoy
A Browne
Bristol Residents Clash Over Thames Street Snow Clearing Policy
The Bristol highway chief rebuts a Feb letter by Mr Munroe, saying the railroad has done little to clear Thames street in recent storms while town crews and milkmen prioritized open routes for workers and patients. He argues town needs come first before rail traffic and accuses Munroe of urging a shift toward railroad access.
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the Phoenix
Constitution Street
State Street
Munroe
Bristol i5
Yizco
Thames Street
Bristol
Highway Department
Mount Lane
YNH & H
Branklin Street
Franklin Street
Providence
Union Station
Pdo
Funeral services for Waham Hi Bell
Funeral services for Waham Hi Bell a prominent local businessman who died Thursday at his home 353 Hope Street were held at 2:15 yesterday afternoon at the First Congregational Church. Rev James J Goodacre led the service praising his deacon service and song, with hymns Lead Kindly Light and The King of Love My Shepherd Is sung by a quartet. A pink rose blanket covered the casket as floral tributes came from the church faculty Syracuse NY Bristol YMCA St Albans Association William H Bell Furniture employees and others. Bearers included Dimond brothers Reynolds Hobbs Munro and Skinner. The body was entombed at North Cemetery.
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Waham Hi Bell
Hope Street
First Congregational Church
James J Goodacre
Mr Bell
Wilmarth Ho Cdlwell
Chester R. Burgess
Federal Hill School
Syracuse
Bristol Y McA
St Alban’s Association
William H. Bell Furniture Company
Lybland Roft Brothers and Montgomery Company
New York City
Lincoln example of leadership recalls Civil War era
A town commemorates Abraham Lincoln with a celebration stressing cooperative leadership and civic duty. The event honors Lincoln as a unifier and organizer, notes on civic progress, and lists guests including Town Councilmen and state representatives. A banquet and dance followed with formal processions and remarks.
Boy Scout troop meeting changes and schedules
Troop Two shifts from Tuesday to Thursday evenings with a 7 30 start this week and a registration session a business meeting and patrol re formation. Troop Four holds a Friday evening business meeting with all officers and scouts expected. Troop Five meets Thursday evening in Trinity Parish House with basket ball on the program.
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Trinity Parish House
Obituary of Lewis Herreshoff a town figure dies at 11
Lewis Herreshoff aged 76 died at his home 142 Hope Street after a 14 month illness. Born February 3 1844 at Point Pleasant Poppasquash he was the fifth of nine children. Survived by brothers James Nathaniel G and J B Francis Herreshoff. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm from his residence with burial at North End Cemetery Providence.
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Lewis Herreshoff
Hope Street
Mr. Herreshoff
Charles Frederick
Julia A. Herreshoff
Herreshoff
Point Pleasant
Poppasquash
North End
Providence
Herreshof
Julian Herreshoff
Willam H Greene Civil War Vet Dies at Soldiers' Home
Willam H Greene a Civil War veteran died at the Soldiers' Home on Sunday morning after being confined to the hospital there since December 7, 1923. Born in Douglas, Massachusetts, he was 85 and served in Company F of the Fourth Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. He worked for years as a merchant in the mills at Pascoag and was a widower. He is survived by a niece, Mrs Edward Eddy of.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Carlson
Samuel Conners
Harold F Hill
Henry W. Peterson
Thomas H Byrnes
Farle H McKenzie
Dwyers
Merton A Cheesman
Elizabeth Gladding
Woman's Relief Corps Department
Rhode Island
Artillery
Bristol Train of Artillery
Andrew W Anthony
Col Anthony
Willam H Greene
Comrade Greene
Douglas
Mass
Fourth
Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
Pascoag
Edward Eddy
Mrs Almeida Dies After Illness. Services Held
Mrs Mary Almeida wife of Jesse Almeida died Saturday at her Court Street home after a two year illness. Born in Portugal 44 years ago she had lived here for several years. Besides her husband she leaves three sons and a daughter. The funeral was held at 9 o'clock yesterday morning at St Elizabeth's Church and the body entombed in St Mary's Cemetery.
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Mary , Almeida
Jesse Almeida
Court Street
Portugal
Colck
St Elizabeth’s Church
St Mary's Cemetery
Probate Court Considers Eleven Estates in Morning Session
Judge Edward Leahy presided. Eleven estates were reviewed with various petitions granted or continued. Executors and administratrices named include Moses E Connery William L Connery Mabel E Eckersley Bertha F Slade and Emily T Blakeman with bonds set and inventories approved.
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Edward [. Leahy
Mary EF. T Connery
Moses E. Connery
William L. Connery
Mabel E Eckersley
Dora May Slade
Bertha F Slade
Eleanor B Munro
Herbert B Burnham
John Anthony — Fenner
Walliam H Fiske
Joan Jacinto Xavier
Manuel Xavier
Sylvia DeWolf Ostrander Wall
Imily
TD Blakeman
Isabelle E Filint
Albert H Flint, Jr
Wilbham DeWolf Dimock
Celestina Goff
Philip Terrence Morns
Ellen Morris
Carrie ME Newman
James Seymour
Epworth League Supper Tickets Sold Out Thursday
Tickets for the Epworth League salad supper in State Street ME Church vestry are all sold, with no extra servings available. Proceeds support Epworth League activities.
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State Street
Epworth League
Marriages and obituaries listed in local church and town notices
The item records several marriages performed in town churches on Feb 12 13 and 14 including Cabral Francis Downey Dunbar Moreland Hey and Almeida with details of officiants and residences. It also notes Easterbrooks memorial in Brockton Massachusetts and obituaries for William H Greene Lewis Herreshoff and Lewis Herreshoff with funeral details and burial plans.
Liberty Bell's Recorded New Year Bell Tolls and History
A 1926 New Year Eve broadcast tapped 1 9 2 6 from Mrs W Freeland Kendrick to herald the Sesquicentennial year and Exposition in Philadelphia. The article chronicles the bell's casting, repeated cracks, relocations, current Independence Hall position, and the bell’s famed note for the 1776 Declaration of Independence.
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Philadelphia
W Freeland Kendrick
John Marshall
Thomas Lister
Whitechapel
London
Province
Mim
Independence Square
Independence Hall
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Fcore
Manuel Silvia Bourn
Perry Plat
G. H. Spencer Roofing Co
F. M. Gifford
Usher Place
Bristol Neck
William H. Greene
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M. M. Hochman Electric CO
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Wood Street
the Electric Shop
Narragansett Electric Lighting Co
Bristol, R. I
NELGO
Bell Brand
C. Gorton
Alaska
Oakland Beach
Swift
Newman
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