Schoolhouse Contract Awarded With Whetting Adjustments
The Colt High School building committee awarded the construction contract to William Williams of Providence with bids for ventilation heating lighting and plumbing to fit the remaining funds. Williams must hold his July 25 bid until August 14. Architects Clarke and Howe and Mr Merchant attended and discussed partial construction until more money is available. Original bid 530000 reduced by about 10000 after changes.
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Colt High School
William Williams
Providence
Clarke & Howe
Merchant
Williams
Assembly Hall
Antonio Cannizieri
Deacon Thresher House
James F. Lavander
Wallis E. Howe
Rhode Island Cavalrymen Seek Shelter Tents In El Paso
Letters from C Louis Bagnall and Troop C Rhode Island cavalry members stationed at El Paso Texas describe acclimation to 120 to 130 degree days and dry air but warn of sand storms flies and exposure while eating outdoors. Officers request Rhode Island aid for shelter tents as government-provided facilities are unavailable. Battery A at Camp Pershing has a shed. others eat on sand amid heat and dust.
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Bristol
C. Louis Bagnall
Rhode Island
Cavalry
el Paso
Texas
Quonset Point
Quonset
Hugh
Lieut. R. Blair
Harold E. Carney
B. H. Buxton
Battery A
Camp
Pershing
Mixed doubles draw for Bristol County tennis tourney
Draws set for Excelsior courts feature pairs Miss Augustine Van Wickle with Wallis Howe Jr. against Miss Helen Church and Griswold Boynton. Edith Trotter and Charles Tirrell face Miss Alice Greene and Charles W. Greene, while Molly Hamill and Henry Barton meet the Tirrell-Greene winner, and Margaret Best with Louis Hoar take on the Church-Boynton victor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol County
Excelsior Courts
Augustine van Wickle
Wallis E. Howe, Jr
Helen Church
Griswold Boynton
Edith Trotter
Charles Tirrell
Alice Greene
Charles W. Greene
Molly Hamill
Henry Barton
Tirrell-Greene
Margaret Best
Louis Hoar
Church-Boynton
Narrow Escape on Thames Street Injures Boy
John Martez Jr a five year old was run over by a Wardwell Lumber Company rear wheel on Thames Street between State and Bradford. The wheel passed over his right leg and Dr O R Siegel found a badly bruised limb but no serious injury.
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Thames Street
State
Bradford Streets
John Martez, Jr
Wardwell Lumber Company
O. R. Siegel
Annual Supper and Sale by Ivy Guild of St Michael’s
The Ivy Guild of St Michael’s Church held its annual supper and sale in the chapel on Wednesday afternoon and evening. The event featured decorated booths, a popular Guess It side show, and a well catered supper. Numerous committee members and booth captains oversaw Fancy, Cake, Lemonade, Candy, Supper, Novelty, Grab Box, Book Stall, Flower and Coffee booths.
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St Michael’s Chapel
Ivy Guild
St. Michael's Church
William Hanson
Thomas Ashton
William Darling
Mathew Cahoon
John Dunbar
Lena D Norris
May Wood
B. Elmer Mathewson
Augustine van Wickle
Eliza Howe
W. Fred _ Williams
J. Winthrop DeWolf
Benjamin M. MacDougall
Evelin C. Bache
Madeline Wyatt
Oscar Miller
W. E. Howe
Sadie
Baker
Helen W. Warren
Wilmarth C. Colwell
Bessie Talbot
Harry Allen
Harold DeWolf
Obituary of Carl Siegel Retired Bristol Grocer 72
Carl Siegel aged 72 died yesterday morning at the home of his daughter Mrs Lillian Church on Burton street after a lingering illness. Born in Germany he came to the United States in 1867 and lived in Clinton Mass before moving to Bristol in 1876 where he ran a grocery on Mount Hope avenue until retirement. Survived by three children Otto Siegel Oswald R Siegel and Mrs Lillian Church. Funeral Sunday at 2 pm from his daughter's home with interment at North Cemetery.
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Carl Siegel
Everett L.B. Church
Burton Street
Germany
Clinton
Mass
Bristol
Mount Hope Avenue
Caroline
Otto Siegel
Arlington
R 1
Oswald R. Siegel
Lillian Church
North Cemetery
Welcome to Our City Mr Sun Returns After Fog Visit
Mr Sun arrives this morning after a week in the fog and is greeted by many friends. Crops in Rhode Island suffer from heavy rains with Middletown Portsmouth Jamestown and Newport areas hit hardest. Potatoes and corn ruined. cattle feed affected. Outdoor flowers damaged. indoor blooms may rise in price.
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Sun
Mr Sun
Rhode Island
Middletown
Portsmouth
Jamestown
Newport
Persian at St. Michael's Speaker Profile
Paul Shimmon, a Persian native and Columbia University graduate, will speak at St. Michael's Church on Sunday morning. As a Nestorian representative endorsed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, he discusses oppression of Assyrian and Armenian Christians under Turkish rulers and his years of work in Kurdestan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael's Church
Paul Shimmon
Columbia University
General Theological Seminary
New York
Archbishop of Canterbury
Kurdestan
Mar Shimun
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Wardwell Lumber Co
Bristol, R. I
HATCH
Men’s Athletic Union
Palm Beach
Connery
Providence Telephone Co
Warren
Hope and
A. D. Lollo
Cluke
Metro Pictures Corp
Little Star
Viola Dana
The
Flower of
No Man's Land
Metro Wonder
Metro Pictures
Our City
ST. Michael's
Hope Street
Nippon Dinner Ware
Edward D. Kunz
Staples Coal Company
COAL
State Street
Campbell’s
Campbell
F. T. Remieres
Hope
Francis X. Bushman
Wm. Fox
Dorothy Green
Cooper Cliffe
Richard Mansfield
Anna Nilsson and
Tom Moore
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