Rainy Fourth of July memory from Thompson era piece
Recollections describe a drenched Fourth of July in a small town. A bicycle shopkeeper Smith and two drenched young men buy fireworks despite heavy rain. A chaotic display destroys the shop then the fire crew arrives, leaving two bandaged youths and a gutted storefront. The narrator recalls more tales from the past.
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Smith
Walter Remieres
Johnny
Bert
Alwess
Bracex
Fireworks Finale Ends Bristol Fourth of July Celebration
Spectators totaling about 30000 watched a grand fireworks display closing Bristol's Fourth of July events. The program featured a parade with dignitaries including U. S. Senator Theodore Green and Gov. Robert E. Quinn, followed by patriotic exercises. A Sunday evening pageant included music, readings, and a Battle of Concord tableau, with community leaders and numerous volunteers listed as organizers.
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Lawrence A. Mooney
Soldiers Home
Joseph A. Hammills
Daughters of the American Revolution
Charles O F. Thompson
Bristol
Cheesman
Reynolds School
Len Green
Quinn
Lawrence Deery
St Mary’s Church
Sen Green
Scanton
America
Janette McMcaw
Prescott B Paull
Bristol Town
Joseph J Dennis
John Romano
William P McLaughlin
John W. Church
Stephen Callahan
Edgewood
Edmund ()Neil
John Kelly
Warren
Mees
Castro Bento Nuptials At St Elizabeths Church
Miss Albina Bento married Alvro Castro in a Saturday morning ceremony at St Elizabeths Church led by Rev Henrique Rocha. Attended by Mrs Morris Constance as best man, the couple and families hailed from Bay View Avenue and local schools.
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Albina Bento
Alvro Castro
Henrique Rocha
St Elizabeth's Church
Jesse Bento
Bay View Avenue
Morris Constance
Tiverton
Constance
Anna Peters
nHine
New York
Castro
the Daughters of Mary of
Column letter challenges Rector opposition to Marriage Canon
A Bristol Phoenix reader criticizes a June 29 article on Rector Parshley and Canon Parshley’s divorce stance. The writer argues religious doctrine links personal faith and social obligation, insisting Love of God requires love of church and neighbor.
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Bristol Phoenix
Bristol
Episcopal Church
Waindsor
Local Portuguese societies member ties with U S Rubber
The groom, employed in the wire division of U S Rubber Products Co, is active in several local Portuguese American societies in Fall River, while the church St. Elizabeth's blesses their union.
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St. Elizabeth’s Church
Fall River
Groom
U. S. Rubber Products Ca
Great Wall of Peru Defenses Built by Chimu Near Chimborote Port
The structure in Peru likely built by the Chimu as a defense against the Incas. It starts near Chimborote on the Pacific and extends inland over 40 miles, climbing sharp slopes and sinking into deep valleys.
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Peru
Peruvian
Chimbote
Pacific
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Everett Lee Church
Lillia R. Farrington
W Wall
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F M Dixon
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AL F D'Angelo
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Carmine J Massano
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Joseph Dennis
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