Oration by Senator Colt at Bristol Fourth of July ceremony
Senator Colt urges unity and readiness to wage total war against Germany. He warns that Europe’s crisis threatens the United States, calls for Allied victory, and stresses consequences of peace with German terms if the Allies fail. He cites German organization, militarism, and the need for U.S. cooperation to prevent further devastation.
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Bristol Common
Senator Colt
M. Louis de Sadeleer
Belgium
Bristol
Europe
Germany
England
France
United States
America
Mexico
Japan
Rome
Napoleon
Prussia
Russia
Italy
School Committee Hears Resignations and New Courses
Philip Brady elected Truant Officer at $350 yearly. Superintendent DeCoudres report received. Enrollment 1602, average attendance 1400. Teachers Miss Laura Davis and Miss Ellen O'Reilly resignations accepted. Colt Memorial High School new state approved course. Janitor Edward Kavanaugh granted extended leave. Anna Sullivan may run summer school at Hayman School. Cora Hill to use Byfield School top floor for Girls’ Canning Club. Dougall to arrange Colt Memorial High School cleaning. Bills totaling $4261.54 approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Brady
T. H. DeCoudres
Laura M. Davis
Ellen K. O’reilly
Walley School
Colt Memorial High School
State Board of Education
Edward M. Kavanaugh
Oliver School
Kavanaugh
Lincoln
Anna E. Sullivan
Hayman School
Cora M. Hill
Byfield School
Fall River Man Drowns After Sailboat Capsizes
Sylvester Rouse, 45, of Fall River, drowned in Usher Cove near Pappoose Squaw Point when his 14 foot sailboat capsized while he steered. Companion Leon Korzeneski swam ashore after the vessel overturned and later helped authorities search the cove. Rouse leaves a wife and five children.
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Sylvester Rouse
Fall River
Usher Cove
Pappoosesquaw Point
Leon O. Korzeneski
Korzeneski
Portsmouth
Bristol
Koreneski
Rouse
Usher’s Cove
Praise for Bristol Fourth of July Parade
A reader lauds the Bristol Fourth of July parade praising the Chief Marshal and all participants. He credits clergy, all companies, Red Cross girls, and Court Alice girls for their patriotic spirit and notes the parade was among the town’s best in years.
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Longfellow
Canada War Cake Saves Resources For Red Cross
A Canadian home baking initiative shows how to stretch eggs butter and milk for nutritious cakes. Mrs W G Low Jr of this town offers printed recipes at 10 cents each for Canadian Red Cross relief, also sold at the Phoenix Office.
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Canada
W. G. Low, Jr
Canadian Red Cross
Phoenix
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Death
Paris Green
Bordeaux
Wardwell Lumber CB
Bristol, R
Connery’s
Men's Shop
STAR
F. T. Remieres
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Staples Coal _Company
COAL
State Street
Star Theatre
WM. Russell
Clara Kimbrel Young
Earl Williams
Bessie’ Love
Nina the Flower Girl
Triangle Keystone
Jimmie Dale
The
Grey Seal
Fatty Arbuckle
Romeo
U.S
Colt
Pappoosesquaw
the Phoenix
Ee E
Edward D. Kunz Goncian
Constitution Street
Ryone & Farr
Mary Pickford
John Luther Long
Marguerite Clark
Lady Eileen
Sorny Skostoeine
Zorspway Wonder Mist
Ukan Ff Lite Saeed Cc
the Waldron CO
Bradford St
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