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Pageant and Fireworks Celebrate Independence Day in Bristol
The 1904 Fourth of July event features a full military and veterans procession led by Col. Barrett with divisions from Newport Providence East Providence Bristol and a naval battalion. The Seventh Band Artillery Corps conducts a long concert program on the common followed by a firework display. A baseball game Bristols vs Attleboro Athletic Club occurs during the day with a second concert and more displays in the evening. The Town Council approves taxes and a card index purchase and fireworks sales permit. An advertising medical notice for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure appears at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artillery Corps
J. T. Freeman
Bristol Train of Artillery
Arthur W. Barrett
Co. C
2Nd Regt
Luke H. Callan
B.R. LM
Gardner W. Simms
Newport
Charles E. Lawton
Providence
S. Howland Pitman
East
Geo. Bliss
Bristol
Edward P. Gladding
State Soldiers Home
Bristols
Attleboro Athletic Club
Band Artillery Corps
J. T. Frbeman
Freeman Overture
Rossini
Pirates of Penzance
Conterno
L. M. Wilson
Louie Feller
Bucalossi
Damm
Kinnaird
Sleeping Beauty
Freeman
Eugene LeClair
Constitution Street
Edward G. Easterbrooks
W. J. Fish & Co
Katharine A. Hamill
Katharine A. Hammill
A. D
Hester W. Barrows