Portuguese Consulate Opens in Providence and Lisbon Announces Elections
Editorial notes a new full-time Portuguese consulate in Providence serving Rhode Island’s Portuguese Americans with Dr Jose Vilela as leader. It also reports Portugal’s President Costa Gomes calling free elections for April 12, signaling a shift from Salazar Caetano rule toward a more open, progressive society both at home and abroad.
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Providence
Rhode Island
Lisbon
Portuguese Blic
Constitutional Assembly
Portugal
Jose Vilela
Ottawa
Canada
Pres Costa Gomes
Salazar
Caetano
Ice and court notes from 1875 town
During this week people walked and skated between Bristol Bay and Fall River and other Narragansett areas. Jurors were drawn for the March Supreme Court term, including Grand Jurors Usher Gladding and Coggeshall and Petit Jurors Munroe Johnson Peabodie Anthony French Duffy. The Arctic cold brought a deep winter, urging benevolence to the poor. A boy, John B Dean, about eighteen, drowned after breaking through ice while crossing to Hog Island. Milton E Barney was injured when thrown from a wagon on Hope Street. The Wilmington Daily Commercial reports Chas Morgan and Harlan & Hollinsworth Co plan two iron steamers, Capt Lawless visiting town amid speculation on his business.
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Fall River
Bristol Ferry
Island of Prudence
Narragansett
Mount Hope Bays
Supreme Court
Thomas J. Usher
James H. Gladding
Henry B. D. Coggeshall
William B. Gray
Charles S. Darling
Richard Smith
Joseph F. Simmons
Samuel S. Munroe
Charles Johnson
Frederick Peabodie
Edward Anthony Jr
George T. French
John Duffy
John B. Dean
Chessawanock
Hog Island
Dean
New York
John
Jamaica Plains
Mass
Bradford Street
Phebe F
Milton E. Barney
John W. Barney
Mount Lane
Hope Street
Captain Johnson
Hope
Franklin Streets
Wilmington
Del
Chas. Morgan
Harlan & Hollinsworth Co
Lawless
Bristol
Public debate over Penn Central yard marina proposal
Letters critique Bristol’s waterfront plan weighing park needs against private marina development. Advocates cite Colt State Park and town beach while urging a mixed use marina to boost tax revenue and jobs and support local merchants. Opponents attack town administration and insist on fiscal prudence.
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Penn Central
Bristol
Colt State Park
Hawkins & Fales
Thames Street
Park and
Mini-coup hits Bristol GOP town committee elections
George T. Cooper chaired Bristol Republican Town Committee as two endorsed candidates for the Republican state central committee were defeated by floor nominees this month. Michael Balzano Jr fell to Robert Kreher 22 to 9, and Robert DeCosta lost 18 to 13 to Gerard DeCelles. Alternates elected without opposition were Anna K. Remington and Anna Freeman.
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George T. Cooper
Bristol
Republican Town Committee
Republican State Central Committee
GOP
Michael Balzano Jr
Robert Kreher
Tower St
Robert DeCosta
Juniper Court
Gerard DeCelles
High St
Anna K. Remington
Acacia Rd
Anna Freeman
Poppaso
Bristol Phoenix Established 1837 Weekly Publisher and Staff
The Bristol Phoenix weekly newspaper, established in 1837, prints every Thursday with publisher R. S. Bosworth Jr and editors Geoffrey Davis and Doug Fellow. Subscriptions cost $10 per year and the issue is second-class mail in Bristol Rhode Island 02808.
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R.S. Bosworth, Jr
Geoffrey Davis
Doug
Bristol
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