Bristol Fire Department Improvements Insurance Report
Town officials received a comprehensive New England Insurance Exchange report from Boston detailing Bristol fire protection upgrades. The recommendations cover alarms, hydrants, standpipes, hose testing, station staffing, equipment, fire alarm systems, wiring standards, and enforcement to qualify Bristol for a Class C rating.
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Council
Henry W. Peterson
New England Insurance Exchange
Municipal Protection Department
Boston
C. B. Garman
P. C. Charnock
Bristol
Fire safety regulations proposed by National Board guidelines
The engineer P C Charnock notes that dwellings and premises records should be fully filed for each inspection. He recommends using the National Board of Fire Underwriters suggested ordinances as a guide to frame new local regulations.
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National Board
National Board of Fire Underwriters
P. C. Charnock
Sanctity of the Mind in Thoreau’s Reflections
The excerpt argues for purity of thought amid distracting traps and worldly noise. It contrasts divine inspiration from heavenly courts with the profane barroom and police court, urging readers to guard the channel of inner intellect.
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Thoreau
Collision Sparks Court and Auto Riff on Election Night
Police fray amid crowd as a small boy questions the electman. The scene mirrors a mutiny tone while a bystander helps a child onto the curb and the case grows darker.
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Small Bey
Ulways
Plagues Through Ages Mark Global Scourges
The record traces recurring black epochs of plague across centuries and decades, noting that humans, insects, and plants suffer under devastating outbreaks and that numbers fall or species face extinction due to these events.
Hat selection ends with no halo for angels
A patient saleswoman presents hats to a customer and her husband deems none suitable. The husband voices disapproval and the clerk concedes they have nothing in the way of a halo to suit the angel.
Coming Events In Bristol: Church, Masonic, and Social Gatherings
January 15 22 29 grand fair in G A R Hall by Ever Ready Engine and Hose Co No 2. January 26 27 two one act plays at St Michael's Church chap el by St Michael's Brotherhood. February 3 mid winter social by Congregational Club at First Congregational Church chapel. February 3 old time dance by Company C Bristol Train of Artillery at the armory State Street. February 14 15 First Grand Minstrel Entertainment at Pastime Theatre by Bristol Connecti No 379 Knights of Columbus. February 17 chicken salad supper at State Street Methodist Church vestry by Epworth League.
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G A R Hall
Ever Ready Engine and Hose Co
St. Michael's Church
St Michael's Brotherhood
Congregational Club
First Congregational Church
Company C
Bristol Train of Artillery
Armory
State Street
Bristol Connectl
Knights of Columbus
State Street Methodist Church
Epworth League
Quotations and cartoons from 1927 newspapers
A collage of humorous and editorial quips from 1927 papers cites politics, fashion, military, and social topics. Items mention Karry and Christmas, weigh-ins, copper togas, misdirected votes, Navy and State Department roles, sardine advertising, and Mellon’s instalment plan, with remarks on reapportionment and Vice President Dawes.
Thoreau Posthumous Fame Defines a Quiet Author
Henry J Thoreau of Concord Massachusetts died in 1862 and is the only American writer whose works reached publication after death. He published two books in life at his own cost, one with modest circulation and the other nearly none. His journals, kept throughout life, were later released, bringing his total output to about 80 volumes now printed and in demand.
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Henry J., Thoreau
Concord
Masa
Lfe
Unfair Division Quoted by Word Beecher at Meeting
A fragment quotes Merry Beecher saying unfair division will not do to the saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else. The remark reflects tensions during a religious gathering and comment on social equity.
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Merry
Word Beecher
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el Paso Times
Arkansas Gazette
Colonel Smith
Washington
Chicago Daily News
el Paso
Nicaragua
Norfolk
Austin American
Ware
Philadelphia
Detroit News
Columbia University
Columbia
Navy
State Department
Army
Prohibition
New York
West Point
Annapolis
Maine
Mme Germaine Cassagnac
Very
Paris
Detroit Free Press
Mellon
Ohio State Journal
Congress
New Yorker
Dawes
Newman’s
Burnett’s
Paradise Islamd
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