War News: Gallipoli Evacuated as Dardanelles Ended
The Royal Navy reports the King Edward VII struck a mine and sank with all hands saved. General Monro confirms Gallipoli evacuation complete, guns removed except 17. casualties minimal for British, none for French. Turks kept busy while Allies abandon peninsular push after eleven months. Germans gain in Vosges. Russians advance in Galicia capturing Czartorysk. reinforcements redirect from Balkans to Salonika. Civil War era letter searches Bristol area for Civil War veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Charles Monro
Gallipoli
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Vosges Mountains
Teutons
Galicia
Czartorysk
Balkans
Salonika
Community event calendar highlights for January and February
January events include an oyster supper at State Street Church hosted by the Ladies Aid Society on Tuesday evening. The King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co. holds its thirteenth annual fair on nine winter dates at Artillery Hall. Bristol Aerie hosts its eleventh annual banquet on January 20 at G A R Hall. Grand Calendar Carnival runs February 1 to 5 in G A R Hall under G A R W R C and S of. A February 22 dance is planned at the Naval Reserves Armory by the Aviation Corps Rhode Island Naval Battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Street
M. E. Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co
Artillery Hall
G. A. R. Hall
Bristol Aerie
Order of Eagles
Naval Reserves Armory
Aviation Corps
Rhode Island Naval Battalion
Advertised Letters Bristol R I Jan 8 1916
List of names in Bristol Rhode Island postal notice divided into Women and Men with several titles and partial names. Entries include Mary Carmo Mrs B E Crandall Miss Rose Dias Minnie I Gifford Mrs C B Gurney Prof and Mrs George Mead John DeWolf Rev L H Dorchester Antonio Romano Philips Trehan and foreigners Francesco Abate B Kahan Augusto Cabral Pirez D G Coggeshall P Hd
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Carmo
B. E. Crandall
Rose Dias
E. N. Emmons
Minnie I Gifford
C. B. Gurney
George M.ar
John DeWolf
L. H Dorchester
Antonio Romano
Philips Trehan
Francesco Abate
B Kahan
Augusto Cabral Pirez
D. G. Coggeshall
P. Hd
Married Bruno Santilli in town by Rev Gillan
In this town on January 10 Frank Bruno wed Miss Assunta Santilli. also January 10 Charles H Scott married Miss Florence G MacDonald, both couples performed by Rev Francis Duffy in the same town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruno—Santilli
Thomas J. Gillan
Frank Bruno
Assunta Santilli
Scott—MacDonald
Francis Duffy
Charles H. Scott
Florence G. MacDonald
Obituary notices from town records January deaths
A list of death notices and funeral details from January in various towns. Agnes Toye Blanchard 65 in White Plains. Henry Rodman Cooke age 89 near in town. Charles Simmonds Cummings 73 formerly of the town. Fannie Milburn Gladue 21 in Rhode Island Hospital. Emma Godin 35 at Wallum Lake. Felonise Guivremont 74. Michael T Holden 80. Sanford Chaffee Maxfield 87. Relatives invited to attend funerals and services as noted.
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Guivremont
Felonise Guivremont
Alex Guivremont
Holden
Barrington
Michael T Holden
Maxfield
Warren
Sanford Chaffee Maxfield
Opportunities for specialty farming in New England
The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad publishes an illustrated booklet on southern New England farming prospects. It highlights Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut with articles by Hurd Adams and Jarvis. It notes strong markets near urban centers and lists favorable conditions for poultry vegetables fruit and tobacco along with land values and transport access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
William D. Hurd
Massachusetts Agricultural College
George E. Adams
Rhode Island State College
C. D. Jarvis
Connecticut Agricultural College
Jarvis
Middle West
Pacific Coast
New Haven
Boston
Ou England
New Enland
Bristol Chapter D A R Holds January Meeting and Plans
Bristol Chapter D A R met at Mrs M H Merchant War ren with seventeen members present. The ways and means committee outlined two public whists in January to fund state flags for Warren schools and Bristol residents host Mrs E I Brownell at 30 Walley street. A board meeting was slated for Jan 17 and a program featured piano solo by Little Miss Merchant two vocal selections by Mrs J Denby and a paper by Cora M Hill on her Pan American Exposition trip. Refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
M. H. Merchant
Warren
Ways and Means
New Fessenden
E. I. Brownell
Walley’ Street
Regent
Fielding
Williams
Hope Street
Miss Merchant
J. Denby
H. Ks. DeWolf
Cora M. Hill
America
Merchant
Alice B. Cole
D. C. Black
Eagles Induct New Bristol Aerie Officers In Grand Army Hall
The Bristol aerie No. 953 Fraternal Order of Eagles installed new officers led by David J. Barr and Thomas J. Tobin. Installed are Worthy President Harry R. Gray, Vice President George A. Feathers, Chaplain Albert A. Edmonds, Treasurer John T. Robertson, Secretary Walter F. Simmons, Inside Guard Amos Trudeau, Outside Guard Almedex Ethier, Aerie Physician Dr A M Merriman, Trustees George H. McClure and De Witt E. Bolster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Aerie
Order of Eagles
Grand Army Hall
Sowam’s Aerie
Warren
David J. Barr
Providence
Thomas J. Tobin
Harry R. Gray
George A. Feathers
Albert A. Edmonds
John T. Robertson
Walter FE. Simmons
Amos Trudeau
Almedex Ethier
Aerie
A M. Merriman
George H. McClure
DeWitt E. Bolster
Credit and cash habits drag on business, says Exchange
The Exchange laments that many people spend cash on luxuries and entertainment while asking coal dealers grocers and printers for unlimited credit. They pay cash for unnecessary items and run up bills for essentials, harming merchants and credit providers alike.
Dr King’s New Discovery for Coughs and Colds
An old advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for children and adults. It claims pine tar and balsams soothe coughs, act as a mild laxative to expel poisons, kill germs, raise phlegm, and relieve irritation, urging immediate treatment at all druggists.
District Court Notice in Lind Bankruptcy Case 1915
In the District Court of the United States for Rhode Island Carl A Lind bankrupt a discharge petition filed with a December 1915 order set for January 1916 at 10 oclock A M creditors and other interested parties may appear to show cause why the petition should not be granted Referee in Bankruptcy Wand 414 18 page cited
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl A. Lind
Bristol
Gene i
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Mass
the Phoenix
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Hay
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Edwin Peck
Hannah Smith
Louise Smith
Hannah
Allie Peck
Abbie Peck
Abbie
Lewis
Judith
Joseph M. Wardwell
Portsmouth Grove
R. N. Hospital
William P. Monroe
New York
Asus
21St Regiment
WM. H. Rose
South 7Th Ave
Whitestone, Long Island, N. Y
R I
Pat Cestele
Hope Drug CO
Rexall
Hurd
Commonwealth of Maassachusetts
California
Nand
M. . Yor
Adams
Rhode Ad
United-States
Asociation
George J. Fisher
International Committee of the
Bristol Improvement Association
Hotel Belvedere
W. M. Connery
Lindemuth
Samuel Lindsay
School House
O. L. Bosworth
John F. Dunn
Octave LeClair
A. M. Merriman
H. L. Teller
District Court of the United States
District.of
Carl A, Lind
Bufington’s Pharmacy
John Temple Drury
G. M
Wilbur Undertaker
Liscomb & Coggeshall
Sodini & Giusti
Wood St
Weaver & Matheson
G.W. Simmons
Undertakers
Oe Insurance
T. Clarke Brown, Jr
Constitution St. Te
R. Bristol
Isaac B. Munro
R. J
A. W. Orgelman
William W. Franklin & Co
Otis L. Wood
Tappuers
Bristol 146
Kingsthorpe
Metacom Ave
Northup Brothers
E. K. Reynolds Cabinet Maker
High Street
Hydraulion Hall
Pearseave
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
E. L. Watson & CO
Stoten
Industrial ‘Trust Co
R. L
Chiropodist
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