Rhode Island Constitution Convention Costs Critics Call Waste
Rhode Island opponents urge rejection of a proposed Constitutional Convention citing a nearly $200 000 price tag. They argue the plan would threaten local autonomy and empower state officials from Providence, risking increased taxation and loss of home rule. They compare it to a costly sewer proposal previously defeated.
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Rhode Islanders
Senate
Rhode Island
Providence
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
Funeral Service Tomorrow for Howard Grayell Brownell
Funeral services are set for tomorrow at the George MoC Walter Jr Memorial Chapel in Warren. Howard Jownses Grow Brownell, a World War veteran and native of Bristol, died Wednesday at a Newington Connecticut hospital. He was born December 18, 1898, in Bristol and was a standout baseball player and tenor soloist. Survivors include his parents, three children, a brother, and two sisters. Burial will be in North Cemetery.
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Howard Jownses
Newington
Bristol
Robert S
Mary Bk (Brownell) Gray
Colt High
Warren Baptist Church
Providence Institution For Savings
Dana and
Bradstreet
East Providence
North Attleboro
Defiance Engine and Hose Company
Fas Waite
Leah (Gardner) Gray
Howard, Jr
Gloria
Roseline Gray
Harry R. Gray
Bristol County Water Works
Board of Fire Engineers
Thomas Pendleton
Cranston
Robert Griffith
Barrington
Queer and Unbelievable Accidents of 1935
Feature from the American Weekly distributed with the February 2 edition of the Boston Sunday Advertiser recounts remarkable and improbable mishaps from 1935. Reads as a vivid collage of strange events and near misses.
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Boston
Bladder Remedy Promises 25 Cent Trial and Refund
An old advertisement touts Ju ni per leaves as a bladder aid with cautions of irritation and burning. It claims relief from scanty flow frequent urges and backaches and promises a refund from W H Buffington if not satisfied after four days.
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W. H. Buffington
Local Church and Community Notices Brighten Week
Weekly church service in DeWalt Memorial Chapel led by Rev H D Garagtz with Mite Society meeting at Mrs George Marshall's High Street home. Saturday bingo at Hydraulic Hall with 25 cents admission and prizes. basketball game Sunday at Recreation hall between U S Rubber Products Inc and St Michaels Boys Club Woonsocket. Minstrel show planned by St Marys parochial alumni for Feb 24-25. Bristol jail bill moves through state House. Mrs Marion Marshall celebrates 57th birthday with seven sons and five daughters. Olivia Fournier injured at Colt Farm after ladder fall, admitted to Fall River General Hospital. Twenty five Bristol WPA workers strike over shelter. later return to work. Swami AkhilAnanda addresses St Michaels Brotherhood on India in American books. Mrs N G Herreshoff hosts song selections with piano by Mrs Frank Rounds.
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Payen Bs
Swami Akhilananda
Providence
Hiindu
Vedanta Society
St Michael’s Brotherhood
India
N G1
Herreshoff
Frank Rounds
John Brechin Jr
Frederick Coggeshall
Ernest ¢ Want
Diocesan Episcopa Mission Planned by Committee of Five
A committee of five members organized a diocesan wide Episcopa Mission scheduled for February 2016. The planning focuses on church outreach and regional coordination.
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Taledaye
TKS ‘Braet ‘Phenix ’ Publishing Company
R.R
Roswell S. Bosworth
Joseph P. Quartaro
Bradford St
Thames
Phoenix
Phoenix News
C_A
Howard Brownell
Iray
Connecticut Hospital
Sree
Ats
Battomest
Baldwins
Benjamin Church Home Telephone
Hess
Tees Rayer Rs
DeWalt Memorial Chapel
H. D. Garagtz
The
Mite Society of the? Urch
George Marshall
High Street
Hydraulion Hall
High and
Franklin Sts
Washington
Netopian
Society of the Congregational Church
Guneras House
Recreation Hall
U. S. Rubber Products Inc
St Michael’s Boys Club
St Mary's Parochial School
Pasquale Pagnano
House of Representatives
Bristol Police Department
Marion Marshall
Fox Hill Avenue
Joseph Silvia
Rose Marshall
Martha Anne Nastet
Andrew Nastri
Philomena Tamburro
Suzman’s —Adv
Olivia Fournier
Colt Farm
John A. Mellone
Fall River General Hospital
WPA
William Hongevine
Hydraulion Engine and Hose CO. NO. 1
Station High
Franklin Streets
Oliver Street
Paull
Hope Street
J. Brown
Tel
Conn
Linden Place
Allen
Canon Parshley
St. Michael’s
Colt Memorial High School
Corporation of Trinity Church
Elope Circle
Daughters of Isabella
State Street
Bristol District Nursing Association
Rockwell House
AIF
Congress
Ball’ “Bey Jeitip
U. S. Supreme Court
Howe
Earit Jae
Gouricil
Kr of C
H. F. Bell
Wm. H. Bell, Inc
Casey
Polce Gate
Ostf
Altar Society
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Parish House
McLellan’s Store
California
Florida
J. F. Gilroy
Cor
Franklin and
High Streets
Ile
E. A. Skinner
Hope St
Bristol, R. I
HOTEL
Marlton
West 8Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Washington Square
New York
F. W. Hatfield
Miodel Grocery
Lower High Street
Ocoli
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