Navy informs mother of son presumed dead from sinking
Mrs. Sarah Kearney of 61 Church Street receives a Navy Department letter dated January 9 1918 confirming there is no hope William Hirst Kearney of the destroyer Jacob Jones survived the December 6 1917 torpedoing in European waters. The letter notes two other sailors captured by a German sub and official death is declared.
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Navy Department
Sarah’Kearney
Church Street
Washington
William Hirst Kearney
Jacob Jones
Washington, D. C
Bureau
Red Cross
Berne
Switzerland
Albert DeMello
John Francis Mufphy
William’ Hirst
Kearney
W. H. Hall
Maccabees Install Officers at Odd Fellows Hall
The Macabees Installation ceremony at Odd Fellows Hall crowned Commander Elmer Galley and officers including Mancant, Hiram A. Rounds, John D. Dimond, William Hy Fielding, Frank T. Kinnicutt, William N. Burgess, and Bree Fe Sergeants. A reception followed with a fine supper.
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Arthur “H. Barret
Adsenter
Fficer
Dloth Thers
Bristol notes and events drift through a wintry week
Local notices report marriage intentions for Harold Field and Mildred Eegine, a United Brothers Lodge installation with supper, and naval and civic updates. Bristol citizens loaned binoculars for submarine sighting, exam dates shift for a water works petition, and Ensign McCaughey helps win a championship. Weather turns icy as ice fields break up, with rain and cold temperatures.
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LO. C. F
Odd Fellows
Herreshoff Manufacturing “Company
Serge
William D. ‘McCaughey
Bristol
Enry W. Remington
C. Dimond
H. W. Chhrch
Charles F. Sanford
Ruth Orgelman
Harriet Pardey
Hope Avenue
Harold DeWolf
James J. Walsh
Bristol and Warren
Public Utilities Commission
State House
Henry G. Earle
Alfred G.earle
Quartermaster’s Corps
Fort Slocum
Mechanics Bank
Providence
Albert O. Earle
103D Field Artillery
American Expeditionary Force
France
Erreshoff Manufacturing Company
Hotel Belvedere
James Swan
Swan
Belvedere
Col
Andrew “Weeks Anthony
Anthony
United States Service
Anniversary gathering at State Street home
A birthday anniversary party was held at a State Street residence with many guests present. Attendees included Mary Walsh, Betty Breen, Lena Collard, Rose Collard, Mira Felson, Luella McCarthy, Annie, Seeing Walsh, Mae Murphy, Walter and Thomas Steve Warren, Bert Hart, William Ernest Dr. Tobin, Everett, Spragit, Lakewood, and Private Mars Patterson with Private Edward Mc Dermott of South Carolina. A turkey supper was served and the hostess received a lavelier.
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Aha Thiel
San Mirage
State Street
Isses Mary Walsh
Betty Breen
Lena Collard
Rose’ Collard
Mira Felson
Luella McCarthy
Annie
Seeing Walsh
Mae Murphy
Walter
Thomas Steve Warren
Bert Hart
William Ernest
William Ernest Dr. Tobin, Everett , Spragit Lakewood
Frank McDonald
East Providence
Mars Patterson
Edward McDermott
South Carolina
Lavelier
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured Claim
An advertisement states catarrhal deafness is incurable once the auditory tube is permanently inflamed. It claims the condition is caused by mucous inflammation and promotes a medicine by F. J. Cheney Co. Roiedo Oo as a cure.
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F. J. Cheney CO
Roiedo
Obituary of Alester A MacDougall of Bristol
Alester Allen MacDougall died last Friday at Wallum Lake at 41. Born May 22 1877 in Bristol he was a machinist for Brown and Sharpe Providence and a longtime Bristol resident. Survived by wife mother and brother Benjamin M MacDougall funeral held at his mother’s Franklin street home with Bristol Aerie F O E Hydraulion Hose Company flowers. buried North Cemetery.
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Alester A.’ Macdougall
Alester Allen MacDougall
Wallum Lake
Brown & Sharpe Manufacturing Company
Providence
Bristol Aerie
Annie MacDougall
Benjamin M. MacDougall
Franklin Street
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company
Anson B. Howard
St. Michael’s Church
Chester R. Burgess
William McShane
John Collins
Frederick Coggeshall
North Cemetery
James Coyle Dies After Brief Illness at 36
James Coyle died Sunday morning at his home 17 Usher Avenue after a brief illness of two weeks. Born in Ireland he had lived here since boyhood and was the son of the late James and Bridget Coyle. A rubber worker by trade, the deceased funeral service was at St Mary’s Church at 9 o’clock with interment in St Mary’s Cemetery. Bearers were Hugh F Kelley, H Walsh of this town, and Charles Dubois and Walter Steens of Warren.
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Ireland
James
Bridget
Coyle
Fle
1St. Mary’s Church
St Mary's
Ayere Hugh F. Kelleycee H. Walsh
Charles ‘Dubois
Walter Steens
Warren
Mrs Elizabeth Hill Dies At 86 In Town
Mrs Elizabeth Hill widow of Joseph Hill longtime resident of the town died yesterday afternoon at her home 33 Borden avenue after years of poor health. Death was due to old age with rheumatism as a contributing ailment. Born in England January 30 1832 she had lived in town for many years. Survived by three sons Eber Edwin and Alfred Hill with Edwin in Norwich Connecticut an A M C A secretary. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm from her Borden avenue home.
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Elizabeth Hill
Joseph Hill
Borden Avenue
Hill
England
Namquit
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