Quiet at National as Mill Reopens in August
Following a recent strike at National India Rubber Company the Employment Bureau at Millville is rehiring workers for the August 1 restart. Hundreds lined up as the company plans a tagging system to track each employee while the Wire Division and Machinists and Carpenters work resume. Strikes have drawn government arbitration requests, though Millville and Woonsocket mills call demands excessive and War Department investigators study the causes.
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National India Rubber Company
Millville
Boys Steal Money and Pocket Book in Local Theft Spree
Albert Morris of Fox Hill avenue stole eight dollars and eighty cents from John Brides of Wood street after a water break during a water run. Chief Dwyer recovered six dollars and ninety cents and a painted gray bicycle stolen from a Portuguese man. Morris also took a pocket book with thirty dollars from a schoolteacher. Salvatore Giglio of E street faces juvenile court after confessing to stealing thirty dollars at Crescent Park and thirteen dollars spent there with another boy. Both boys are set to appear before Judge Hammill next Monday.
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Albert Morris
Fox Hill Avenue
John Brides
Wood Street
Dwyer
Chef Dwyer
Morris
National India Rubber Company
Chief Dwyer
Salvatore Giglio
E Street
Spuritino
Giglio
Crescent Park
F H Hammill
Practical Diving Stunt Charms Narragansett Assembly
Charles McCanna a Steamer Sagamore mate and pilot and noted vocalist dives for a missing money bag after a guest drops it during a East Greenwich luncheon. He locates and returns the $40 bag without accepting reward, illustrating his practical diving stunt for the Narragansett Assembly.
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Charles McCanna
Sagamore
Bristol
East Greenwich
Narragansett Assembly
Charlie
Charles
McCanna
Murdock C McKenzie Named Commandant at Soldiers Home
The Rhode Island State Board of Soldiers Relief elected Murdock C McKenzie to succeed Capt Benjamin L Hall as commandant of the Soldiers Home in Providence. McKenzie, commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Rhode Island, will assume duties next Wednesday.
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State Board of Soldiers’ Relief
State House
Providence
Murdock C McKenzie
Benjamin L. Hall
Soldiers’ Home
McKenzie
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Rhode Island
Canteen and Shoulder Strap From German Soldier Exhibit
An exhibit in the Phoenix office show window features a canteen and shoulder strap recovered from a dead German soldier on the Western front. Sergeant Cornelius F McElvogue of Providence sent the items after a major drive. the canteen maker Wilhelm Berg dates 1913 and the strap bears regiment numbers 168. The items were loaned by the sergeant’s sister Mrs Robert McLaughlin of 223 Massachusetts Avenue.
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Phoenix Office
Cornelius F. McElvogue
Wilhelm Berg
Sergt. McElvogue
John McElvogue
Providence
Pierce Avenue
National India Rubber Company
Sergt McElvogue
France
First Infantry Training Regiment
AFEF
Robert McLaughlin
Massachusetts Avenue
Phoenix
Missing touring car reported in Bristol garage theft
Wilfred Vermette driver for Jo seph Congdon Bristol Auto Shop reports his five passenger black Chevrolet with monogram EV stolen from the garage between 9 last night and 5 this morning. Police note the car has RI number 18496 engine 245577 Goodyear tires and Mechlin spare. A National Touring Car linked to Miss Sadie Callan was later found in an adjacent yard after a tampered lock.
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Wilfred Vermette
Joseph Congdon
Bristol Auto Shop
Thomas Dwyer
Goodyear
Sadie
Births Report in Lowell Area This Month
In Lowell Massachusetts a daughter was born to Lieut and Mrs James F O Donaghue on July 12 Trudell occurrence in this town records a son born to Mr and Mrs Henry P Trudell on July 24 another birth for Mr and Mrs John Floyd Huestis a daughter born on July 25 all noted in the local birth notices for the period
Obituary notices from Bristol Norton Rehoboth and nearby towns
Died in Beaumont Texas July 15 after brief illness Phineas Lynch Garrett former Bristol Norton resident. Emma F widow of William D Norton died July 23 in Rehoboth aged 54 55. Parmin as son of Jose and Virginia Simas died in this town July 24 aged 6 months.
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Garrett
Beaumont
Texas
Phineas Lynch Garrett
Bristol
Norton
Rehoboth
Mass
Emma F
William D Norton
Simas
Parminas
Jose
Virginia Simas
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Werdwell Lumber CO
TAN LL. Lumulin UU
Yale Locks & HarDwAre
Bristol, R. I
W.S
Thrift Stamp Agency
W.S.S
Connery
Henry H.polytan Studio
State Street
Star Theatre
Wm. Fox
Sunshine Maid
June Caprice
Vitagraph
Lakes
Great Northern Snow Fields
William Duncan
Irene Hunt
Popular Prices ‘LLC
Pathe News
Earle Williams In “the Seal OF Silence
B. L. Hall
Linden Club
G. A . Hall
Donovan
Minnie Franklin
Hamill
Buffington's Pharmacy
Hope Drug Co
Hope Street
Edward D. Kunz
Orician
Cee
F. T. Remieres
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Franklin Street Garage CO
Sansone Bros
Franklin
Bristol 339
R. 2A
Deslauriers
Bator Fiat
Metro Pictures
Emily Stevens
Metro and
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