Peace Treaty Signing Lacks Jubilation in Versailles Hall
Town reacts with quiet relief as the Peace Treaty is signed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Residents report no renewed euphoria, just confirmation that the war is settled. News spreads via the Phoenix phone while Trinity bells ring and Bristol Troops of Boy Scouts march with drum and bugle corps.
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Hall of Mirrors
Versailles
Phoenix
Trinity
Bristol
Boy Scouts
Trains Block Traffic at Constitution Street Foot
Motorists complain that New Haven Railroad trains block the foot of Constitution street preventing autos from reaching the ferryboat. Autos are delayed up to twenty minutes after the hour as trains stand across the street, an annoyance seen as unnecessary and in need of remedy.
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New York, New Haven
Hartford
Constitution Street
Traffc
German presses warn of treachery after peace treaty
Editorials in German newspapers claim the new government will repeat imperial era treachery, denouncing the peace treaty as a scrap of paper and vowing that the German people will seek a rightful place among nations, with vengeance for 1919. If world powers fail to heed, they are at fault.
Camp Sims Opens as Rhode Island Junior Naval Reserve Gathers
Bristol prepares for the annual Camp Sims training base for Rhode Island Junior Naval Reserve members. Young men have arrived since June 20 and are billeted at Potter's Eve Prudence Island with embarkations by Bristol ferries. Saloons are closed today as licenses expired July 1 and the Town Council will review license renewals amid a potential lift by the President around September 1.
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Sims
Rhode Island
Juniior Naval Reserve
Bristol
Potter's Eve
Prudence Island
Flagpole ready for Fourth salute despite sparse use
Community prepares for a Fourth of July flag display as the flagpole shows little recent use. Residents recall the day the Peace Treaty was signed without Old Glory on view.
Local notes from town repairs and visits
Gooding avenue is being repaired. John Ashton and family of Providence occupy their cottage at Little's Narrows for the summer. A merry-go-round to be run on the Common until July 5 under Boy Scouts. Children's playground on the Common opened for the season under Edwin Mann. Town Hall is being repainted. west roof reshingled. Joseph Doran is contractor. Mr and Mrs Albert Whitland of Arlington left for Los Angeles after visiting Mt and Mrs Walter Carr. Ex Lieutenant John P Murphy, a traveling salesman for a Seattle firm, visits his parents on Wood street until after the Fourth. Joseph P Serpa, charged with assaulting John Tavares, pleads not guilty. case continued two weeks.
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Gooding Avenue
Jack Kenyon
Providence
Kenyon
Charles H. Smith
Bristol Neck
Bristol Naval Veterans’ Association
Naval Armory
Thames Street
Franklin Street
Camp, Brunson and Sherry
W G Low, Jr
New York
North Harbor
Maine
Low
Ferry Hill
Church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel
Joseph Polya
William H Rogers
Hartford
Conn
James Tobin
Ferncliffe
Main Road
Rogers
Holy Cross College
Worcester
Witham 4A Wardwell
Boston
Wardwell
Charles A Waldron
High Street
National India Rubber Company
John “H. Ashton
Joseph Doran
Albert Whitland
Arlington
Walter Carr
Washington Street
Los Angeles
Cal
John P. Murphy
Seattle
Wash
Wood Street
Joseph P. Serpa
John Tavares
Fifth District
F. H. Hammill
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Emily F. Tobin
Greenville
Vernon Street
Warren
Pilgrim Memorial Fund
First Congregational Church
Stephen T. Church
New Bedford
Mass
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Suzman's
John F. Rawson
Cleveland
Rawson
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Charles F. Tucy
France
Germany
Nathaniel G. Herreshoff
United States
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Atwater’ Brooks
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East Greenwich
Thomas A. Dwyer
Fort Wayne
Detroit
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Rosalind Howe
W E. Howe
Centre Harbor
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Joseph Gladue
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Company
Westerly
Rhode Island State Firemen's League
Industrial Trust Company
Antonio Sousa
Giuseppe Pitaro
Francesco Pitaro
Superior Court
Edward A Sullivan
Leah Young
Abby Hill
William McCarthy
Frank McCarthy
Cole Street
Sramme
Herreshof Manufacturing Company
Wolfred M. Harall
Liverpool
England
Mary Harmall
Everton Cemetery
Philip Bermer
Morris Bros
Bruno Brothers
Radford Street
Harold DeWolf
James Golden
Nicholas J Golden
Ernest W Weaver
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Woodstreet
Pessy Irma Goldstein
Fall River
Brockton
Dodge & Camfield Co
Tate
Righat
Birmingham
Richa A Sees Gham
ST Amen Gham
Mae Hes
Tingham
Frank Petruzzillis
P. O. Box
Bristol, R. 1
Clark’s Express
Gorham
S Express
J. H. Young
Charles Folugo
State Street
William Oberg
Hope St
N. A. Sullivan
Easterbrooks
Tel
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West Barrington Stooms
A. J. Holmes
Wood and
Collins Streets
F. M. Dimond
Burton School
Ella Waldron
Manuel Pacheco
Charles St
A. L. Johnston
Lucéensi
Ave Miller
Hope ‘Street
AIR Drife
BOY Scout
Schrafft's
F. N. Easterbrooks
Wood St
Sam the
Hope Sre
G. A. R. Block
Pierce Avenue
Telephone Cos
Franklin
ST. Garage
Goodyear
Goodrich
Chevrolet
Franklin Street Garage CO
Franklin and Thames Sts
R. I. Tel
R. A. Deslauriers
Pure Food Store
Fairview
Welch's
Phez & Jones
Banner
Armour
Pocasset
Namco
Geisha
Izumi
Armour's
Cold
Majestic
R.& R. Brand
Swift
Charles A. Johnson
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