Busy Bride To Be Miss Helen Gross Set For Saturday Wedding
The approaching wedding of Miss Helen Judson Gross daughter of Col Harold J Gross and Mrs Gross of Providence to Mr Thomas Harris will be held Saturday. A string of lunches dinners and showers last week and this week attests to Miss Gross popularity with Bristol society. Notable events include a dinner by Miss Mabel Coats and showers at various homes and at the Agawam Hunt. Miss Gross spent summers in Bristol with relatives and is well known in local society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Judson Gross
Col
Harold J. Gross
Providence
Thomas Harris
Miss Gross
Mabel Coats
Williams Street
Marian Hunter
William W. Douglas
Prospect Street
Edwin A. Barrows
Theodora C Barrows
Duncan Langdon
Cooke Street
Charles C Marshall
Mary T Gladding
Dorothy Hackney
Governor Street
George S Squibb
Bristol
G A R and Relief Corps Meet in G A R Hall
G A R and Relief Corps Babbitt Post No 15 and Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps met Friday evening in G A R Hall. Attendance was good despite weather. Post planned Lincoln's Birthday observance. one new candidate initiated. Relief Corps held memorial for Mrs Mary R Fish and appointed resolutions committee. Numerous committees named for the year. General orders read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babbitt Post
Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps
G. A. R. Hall
Post
Lincoln
Relief Corps
Mary R. Fish
Mary E. Munro
Lillian Manchester
Lillian Nicholas
Rachel Simmons
Ernest Alder
Sadie Marshall
Martha Bailey
Marcia Gifford
Barbara LeClair
Benjamin Dorstrom
Arthur W. Barrett
Ida Newman
Elizabeth T. Carr
Old Fashioned Winter Snow Totals Exceed Last Winter
The weather man notes this month has more snow than any January since 1904 except 1912. Total snow since January 1 is 15.8 inches, surpassing last winter's total. 24.4 inches this season so far, with 106 inches on the ground and more anticipated.
Kearney Post Plans Memorial Service and Dance
The Kearney Post American Legion ratified a resolution favoring state bonuses for Yeomen F and scheduled a February 22 memorial at the Naval Armory to honor local WWI dead with French government certificates. Bertram W Wall Cyrus A Jackson and others chair arrangements while members urged prompt discharge paper checks for charter member status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
American Legion
Bristol
State Street
Cyrus A. Jackson
Washington
Naval Armory
Bertram W. Wall
F. M. Straight
Joseph M. Bottomley
Edward Kavanaugh
F. E. Garvin
Special Musical Service at St Michael's Church
A Sunday evening service at St Michael's Church drew a large crowd. The full choir performed Mendelssohn's "I Waited For the Lord" with soloists Miss Aida A Connery and Muss Mildred H MacDonald. Violinist Miss Ruth S Moulton of Providence accompanied with pieces by Borowski Thome and Bohm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Michael's Church
Lord
Mendelssohn
Aida A. Connery
Muss
Mildred H MacDonald
Ruth S Moulton
Providence
Borowski
Thome
Cavatina
Bohm
Hokara Cream Promises Quick Skin Rejuvenation
Advert says Hokara cream quickly restores faded cheeks to healthy charm. Gentle daily massage clears dead skin and dirt, with 30 years of use claimed as healing and antiseptic. Jar prices 35 cents and larger jars 100 or $1.00 at W H Bruffington druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste
H_ BRuffington
Disturbance at Garage Leads to Brief Police Contact
Police in the town arrested an Italian man after a disturbance at a local garage. A description was telephoned to Mr. Congdon but the man’s appearance did not match any of the wanted party, and he was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congdon
Hydraulion Minstrels Set to Dazzle Local Audiences
Hydraulion Minstrels promises a major amateur show with top local soloists and six professional acts. The program features Pelletier, Williston, Miss Lillian Church, Wiley and LeClair, a six-piece orchestra, and striking electrical and scenic effects. Tickets are on sale at Hamall's Dry Goods Store amid strong advance sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elho
Pelletier
Williston
Lillian Church
Wiley and LeClair
Hamall
Rogers Free Library Adds Twenty-Five New Books
The Rogers Free Library announces twenty five new books arriving January twenty eighth. Titles span travel and nature works by Wim B Stevenson and Gene Stratton Porter, biographies of Wilson and Du Maurier, novels by Oppenheim Chambers and Meckenna, and children books by A R Carr Carolyn Wells Spencer Davenport. The reading room will reserve one end for children afternoons and story telling resumes Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wim B Stevenson
Alaska
Gene Stratton Porter
John van Dyke
Harry Lauder
President Wilson
Daniel Haleby
Jean Broadhurst
Clara Rhodes
Phillips Oppenheim
Secret Service
Mr Oppenheimm
A M Williamson
Robert W Chambers
Russia
New York
Peter Ibbetson
George du Maurier
Stephen MecKenna
Sonia
Lucas Malet
Richard Calmady
Charles Kingsley
Deadham Hard
Fthel M Deel
Nan Sherwood
Rose Ranch
A R Carr
Marjorie
Obituary for Donald Allan Munro of Bristol
Donald Allan son of Walter H Munro of 260 Hope Street Bristol died in Providence on Saturday after a brief illness He was born March 26 1917 in this town and was in his third year Besides his father he leaves three brothers and one sister The funeral was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock and the body entombed at St Marys Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Allan
Walter H Munro
Hope Street
Bristol
Providence
St Mary’s Cemetery
Don A Munro dies in Bristol in third year
Don A Munro, son of Walter H Munro of 260 Honestreet Bristol, died in Providence on January 24 during his third year.
Wings of the Morning and other films showings this week
Star Tuesday features William Farnum in Wings of the Morning as Captain Anstruther a British Army officer turned sailor dramatizing his career. Wednesday presents His Wife's Friend with Dorothy Dalton a chess obsessed wife and a drowned lord. Ruth Roland appears in The Adventures of Ruth and a Mack Sennett comedy. Thursday Triangle film Weaker Sex stars Dorothy Dalton Charles Ray and Louise Glaum with Lightning Brice also featured. Friday Fox presents Albert Ray Elinor Fair in Love is Love with Pearl White in The Black Secret plus Pathe News Matt and Jeff and a Harold Lloyd comedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Farnum
Anstruther
Farnum
Singapore
J. Gordon Edwards
Thomas H. Ince
Dorothy Dalton
India
Henry Mor
Miss Dalton
Max
Ruth Roland
Ruth
Mack Sennett
Triangle
Charles Ray
Louise Glaum
Ann Little
Lightning Brice
Twede Dan
Wm. Fox
Albert Ray
Elinor Fair
Miss Fair
Pearl White
Pathe News
Matt and
Jeff
Harold Lloyd
Pyramids Stones Might Be Artificial Concrete
Researchers challenge view of pyramid construction suggesting stones could be artificial concrete. If true the material would have been produced near the site, with desert sand as a principal ingredient.
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Cascaraes
Helen J. Gross
G. A. R. and Relief Corps
Pastime Theatre
Hamill
Special Musical Service
St. Michael's
Paso
Standard Oil CO
Hydraulion Minstrels
Rogers Free Library
Donald Allan Munro
America
Ford
Waldron Company
Bradford ST
California
G. Washington
Speedwell Farm
Newman Bros
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