Mount Hope Bridge Cables Like Clothesline Says Engineer
W G Brenneke resident engineer of the Mount Hope Bridge Company explains the bridge’s cable system. He points to a concrete base and two intermediate towers and compares the structure to a clothesline with cables attaching from base to towers and across the span. The description ends with the note that the story continues on the third page.
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W. G. Brenneke
Mount Hope
Ferry Hill
Bristol
Brenneker
Ivy Guild Annual Sale Aids St Michael's Chapel
The Ivy Guild at St Michael's Chapel on Hope Street held a successful afternoon supper and sale. Tables featured fancy articles cake candy books grabs lemonade coffee and ice cream while Mrs William Wood oversaw supper and ice cream service. The arrangements committee included Mrs W Fred Williams Mrs Benjamin M Mac Dougall and others led by guild president Mrs Arthur Wood.
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Ivy Guild
St. Michael’s Chapel
Hope Street
John Stewart
William A. Darling
Walter “Carr
Wm. H. Angevine
Isabel Hoff
John T. Ashton
Ernest
John Magee
John H. Wall
William H. Angevine
William P. Gladding
Arthur Wood
Guild
Live Wires Fall Near Ferry Road After Break
Last Tuesday at 8 30 p m an electric light wire snapped near Ferry road by Griswold avenue causing street lights to fail for about four minutes while Narragansett Electric Company repair crews fixed the line. Investigators suspect stump blasting at Griswold avenue loosened a 10 foot wire which burned through the electric line and brought it down.
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Ferry Road
Griswold Avenue
Narragansett Electric Company
Testimonial Arrangements For Harold S June Day
Bristol townspeople prepare a multi event tribute for Chief Petty Officer Harold S June with a dinner dance at the Bristol Casino and a 5 PM ceremony at the Hotel Belvedere. Flags will be presented by Kearney Post American Legion and a public reception follows, with Governor Case and Congressman Clark Burdick among dignitaries invited.
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Governor Case
Burdick
Bristol Casino
Bristol
Harold I
Hotel Belvedere
Kearney Post
American Legion
June
Providence
Bertram W. Wall
Belvedere
South Pole
Legion
Norman S Case
Clark Burdick
Newport
Congress
R I
J. W. Bolger
Naval Air Training Station
Byrd
U. S. Navy
Providence Journal
Reception and Luncheon Open to Ladies and Gentlemen
Chief Petty Officer June will speak on the proposed south polar expedition at the event. The organizing committee is led by Bertram W. Wall with H Callan and other council members from Mexico and Gulf Coast states. The article notes Hamp Road base duties and the speaker’s background as pilot radio operator and first class electrician.
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Stamford
Conn
Irving I June
Riverbank, Conn
June
Providence
Herreghoff Manufacturing Company
Elisha Hibbert
Capt. Chase
Bristol
Prudence Island
Capt Chase
Harold Vanderbilt
Mary Foster
Frank Goff
Cottage Street
Navy
Herreshoff
Block Island
Great Lakes
School of Mechanics
Naval Aviation Training School
Pensacola
Florida
Mare Island Naval Yard
Philadelphia
Lakehurst, N Jair
Washington, DC
Washington
Rodgers
Bertram W. Wall
H. Callan
Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
West Indies
Ie Ates
Hamp Road A
Beob
Anl 2 Wifot
Jimmie Garvin Delivers No Hit No Run Victory
Jimmie Garvin pitched a masterful game Wednesday at Fort Wright to lead Battery C past Battery A of Providence 4-0. He also starred at the plate with a double and a single and two stolen bases, aiding Battery C to the battalion championship and advancement to the regimental series. Carcangelo added three singles as Bristol’s lineup featured Servant, Mederios, Perry, Garvin, Martin, Ruggiero, Carcangelo, Lewis, and Corea in the field.
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Fort Wright
Jimmie” Garvin
Battery C
Battery A
Providence
Garvin
Carcangelo
Bristol
Servant
Mederios Ss
Perry
Mrs. Cook Celebrates 80th Birthday at Little's Narrows
Mrs. William H Cook marked her 80th birthday with an informal reception at Capt. Charles A. Slocum’s home in Little's Narrows. She enjoyed robust health and received many greetings from friends and relatives, with out of town guests including Mrs. Lena W Gee and daughter from Vineland New Jersey guided by relatives in attendance.
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William H Cook
Charles A. Slocum
Little’s Narrows
Cook
Lena W Gee
Vineland
N.J
William Slocum
Mr. McKronick
New Jersey
Probate Court orders trustee payout in Fitch Hitchings estates
In a special Probate Court session Judge Edward L. Leahy granted a petition directing the deposit in the Fitch estate to be paid over to the Hitchings estate administratrix. The action designates the distribution from Eliza H. Fitch’s estate to Grafton S. Hitchings’ administratrix.
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Edward L. Leahy
Eliza H. Fitch
Grafton S. Hitchings
Bristol Town Taxes For Year 1928
Recapitulation filed with the town clerk shows a tax rate of 2.32 dollars per hundred dollars of valuation, up two cents from last year’s 2.30 rate. The rate applies to real estate and tangible personal property, and 0.40 dollars per hundred applies to intangible personal property.
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Bristol
Bristol Assessors File 1928 Town Tax Assessment
The Bristol Assessors led by Robert Newbeth filed the 1928 town tax assessment with Town Clerk John W. Church following the March 19 town meeting. Despite higher appropriations and larger exemptions, the tax rate rises 2 cents per $100 of real estate and tangible personal property valuation.
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Bristol
Robert Newbeth
Philip Brady
John W. Church
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Pathe News
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