Prudence Island Ferry Firm Plans Fleet Upgrades
The Prudence Navigation Company, serving Prudence Island and Bristol, hires Halsey Chase and expands operations. It will sell tickets at docks, open a State Street Bristol filling station, install a State Street dock telephone, replace the Anna M with a larger boat, and run Hog Island Ferry service alongside Prudence trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudence
Prudence, Ad . Navigation Company
Prudence Island
Bristol
Halsey Chase
State Street Dock
Capt. Chase
Hog Island
Playground events announced for August schedule
The Board of Recreation outlines a busy August with a baby show on August 7, doll carriage parade on August 14, and a Prudence swimming match on August 11. Local swimmers Herbert Geisler and Miss Feelon Cheshire set last year’s times as references. The playground season closes August 23 with a long list of events for boys and girls and prizes awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Recreation
George O’brien
Prudence
Herbert Geisler
Feelon Cheshire
Life Saving Classes Attract 116 Enrolled At Town Bath
Over 116 persons enrolled in Red Cross life saving and swimming classes at the community bath house foot of Burton street. Instructor Sebastian Rew of the Providence Boys Club leads daily sessions for 10 days, Bristol Chapter sponsoring. Classes cover beginners to seniors with specific morning and afternoon time slots and list numerous enrolled students.
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Red Cross
Community Bath
Burton Street
Sebastian Rew
Providence Boys’ Club
Bristol Chapter
American Red Cross
Louis Sylvia
Mabel Rawson
William West
Madgalene Shaw
Margaret Cicerchin
Helen McGuigan
Anthonys Almeida
James St Angelo Michael Pasquereth
Charles Pendleton
Ida Rawson
Mary Walsh
Anthony Cardoza
Veronica Flynn
Charles Langella
Jumeers
Frances Weostmma Slinger
Edith Kershaw
John McCarthy
Hope Cate
John White
Elizabeth Warner Walham McKay
Gorge St Angelo
Josephine Arruda
Michael Maneim
John Bishano
Walhiam
Oliver Desilets
Cleta Connors
Muriel Ashton
Christine Boernes
Wailham Manchester
Ruth Molasks
Mary Coakes
Walter Miller
John King
Father Hasting
Elizabeth King
John Hagan
Jesse Sanford
Manan Stanton Rae Bo Salisbury Woallam
McCarthy James Duffy
Virgina Scott Padward
St Apgeler
Virgil Med
Real Estate Transfers in Prospect Heights Area
Caster Caste and ware sold to Guovannina Ouchi of New York two lots on Prospect Heights east of Hope Street. Cosmo Casta and wire sold two lots on Prospect Heights near Half Way Fill to Cuevannina Oecchine of New York. William To Cashin and wate Wil helmina Mohave sold a tet of land on the east side of Wood Street. The deed is filed for record at the Town Clerk's Office.
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Guovannina Ouchi
New York
Prospect Heights
Hope Street
Cosmo Casta
Cuevannina Oecchine
William
Cashin
Wate Wilhelmina Mohave
Vta Nera
Castle of Wood Street
Town Clerks Office
Practically the Same Billy Plays Doctor in Quack Joke
A doctor’s son Billy pretends to treat people with a toy medical case. Neighbors laugh as Lillian asks if he is a real doctor. The mother replies he is a quack, sparking a playful comment about calling him Doctor Duck for her doll with mumps.
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Billy
Lillian
Doctor Duck
Patteran and Road Language of Gypsies
A description from American Magazine explains a patteran as two short crosswise sticks forming triangles that signal which caravan will depart or cross roads. The system, claimed to be thousands of years old, is said to be unreadable by white men.
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Alan
Americah
Doings of Bristol Soldier Boys In Camp
Bristol Battery C 243d C A H D arrived at Fort Wright Fishers Island NY last Saturday noon and was greeted by master cook Bill Manchester with a steak dinner. The unit pitched tents and held a court martial over a missing parade ground key, as recruits received awards and drove the first night’s drill. the ball team began practice with hopes to win the cup and several veterans and stars were listed for field and infield roles.
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Fort H G Wright
Fishers Island
Bill
Manchester
Fort Wright
Gamelin
Sergi Ruggiero
Sergi Lewis
Lawrence
Harber Coco
Carp Collins
Corp Velleca
Quito
Sergi Ruggiero Allg
Sal” Sevigny
Jimmy Garvin
Cork
Servant
Mike” D'Arcangelo
New Haven Senators
Mart ™ Mansi
Hons” Martin
Warren
Joey” Ruggiero
Foot
Andrew
Bill” Willams
Terry
Hope
Sergi Murphys
Obituary of Joseph Ruggiero of Bristol
Joseph Ruggiero 46 of No 12 Bradford street died yesterday morning at Rhode Island Hospital after treatment. He ran a dry goods store at 50S Wood street and worked for National India Rubber Co. He hailed from Foggia Italy and moved to Bristol in 1903. He leaves six children five sons and one daughter. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church on State street.
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Joseph Ruggiero
Bradford Street
Rhode Island
Mary
Ruggiero
Wood Street
National India Rubber Co
Vaeste
Foggia
Italy
Bristol
Church of Our Lady of Nit Carmel
State Street
Mrs Margaret Black Buried in Juniper Hall Cemetery
The body of Mrs Margaret Black wife of the late Robert A Black who died suddenly last Friday in Providence was brought here Sunday afternoon for interment in Juniper Hall Cemetery. Mrs Black had lived in this town for years, her husband once the caretaker of Juniper Hill Cemetery in Bristol. She is survived by a niece Mrs Wham C Preree of Providence.
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Margaret Black
Robert A Black
Providence
Juniper Hall Cemetery
Black
Juniper Hill Cemetery
Bristol
Wham C Preree
The Opportunist Traps Victim After Meter Accident
An incident from the Boston Trap sketch describes a man being carried to a house after a meter accident. A sharply dressed man asks to see the victim but is told he is not conscious, prompting the plan to sell him another car.
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Boston
Congregational Church Sermon and Union Service
The Congregational Church schedules a sermon at 10 30 on The Misdirection of Our Aims in Life with Roswell S Bosworth as soloist. A Union Service for the Daily Vacation Bible School follows at 7 30 in the church auditorium with a full evening program for children and the community church school.
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Congregational Church
Community Church School
Lloyd Smith
Dorothy Corea
Jane Mackie
Girls demonstrate handicraft at public playgrounds
Miss Theresa Sullivan directs groups of girls at the public playgrounds in handicraft for an upcoming exhibition. They display skill in hooking weaving mats scarves and handkerchiefs, painting on fabric and china, and show proficiency in needlework under her supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresa Sullivan
Miss Sullivan
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Victor Radio and
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Victor
Victor Radio
Victor Radio-Electrola
Capone’s
First National Stores Inc
Bristol, R. I
Finast
the Mayflower Fist National Stores
Bath House
Egamners
Chardes Byrne , Anthea Brune
Martin Fdmonds
Thomas Ceretta
Prank and
Gerald Burne
Gypsy Patteran
N. Y
243Rd Coast Artillery
Robert A. Black
Henry Hambrick
Medeiros & Bernard's Grocery
Franklin and
Wood Streets
Tel
Proctor & Gamble
California
Sunkist
E. A. Skinner
Hope St
R. I
Newman Bros
Swift
Dean
R. I. Cerery
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