Editorial urges voters on constitutional convention issue
The Providence Tribune argues Republicans block a constitutional convention and Democrats use filibuster tactics to gain leverage. It contends voters will decide this fall and criticizes Democrats for high handed tactics that undermine a clear referendum amid a tax of side issues from the filibuster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence Tribune
Senate
Quinn, Barry, Greene, McGrane, Coggeshall & Co
General Assembly
Real Estate Transfers Across Bristol Area Estates
Charles M Conners and wife transfer Bristol Narrows lot to William L Coggeshall. James P Tierney of Providence sells Bristol Highlands tract to Marval Realty Company. Beachmount Land Company transfers two lots on Beachmount Manor plat to Joseph Philea Tetrault of Providence.
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Charles M Conners
William L. Coggeshall
Bristol Narrows
James P Tierney
Providence
Marval Realty Company
Bristol Highlands
Beachmount Land Company
Joseph Philea Tetrault
Beachmount Manor
News of Interest from Local Residents and Events
A compilation of assorted town notes shows residents traveling to Boston New York Glens Falls and Niagara Falls visiting relatives taking auto trips and enjoying local gatherings. Social visits include Miss Catherine Levere Miss Helen Kelley and Miss Juliet Coggeshall. Local events feature a bean supper at the Casino Prudence Island and a twilight baseball game between Dreadnaught and Mount Hope Finishing Co. The Featherdie Club plans tennis matches with Excelsior Tennis Club. Infrastructure updates report water service work and sewer line backfilling on Mount Hope Avenue Bristol & Warren Water Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine V. Levere
Helen Kelley
Canton
Mass
Charles J. Sartini
New York
Juliet E. Coggeshall
E. J. Thomas
East Greenwich
Henry Wright
Church Street
Boston
Marguerite
Mary Tobin
Woburn
Dilys
Alma Wall
Constitution Street
Helen Wall
Rensellaer Falls
N. Y
Homestead
Prudence Island
Walter R. Corey
Providence
Corey
Bay View Avenue
James H. Barry
James Fagan
Glens Falls
Mount Hope
North Dighton
George A Clark
Marys J
Flavious Clark
North
Mary Neumann
Niagara Falls
Aileen Barry
Glen Falls
Mary Barry
Union Street
Featherdie Club
Fall River
Bristol
Excelsior
Silver Creek
Hirard Rounds
Prudence
Ads Town Frgincer Jewell
Mount Hope Avenue
Bristol & Warren Water Works
Margaret Graham
Hope Street
Attleboro
Jeanette Thomas
Cambridge
Celia Waldron
Graham
Elizabeth Cole
Lavenia Mahnkin
Albert Velleca
Jennie Velleca
High Street
John W. Wright
Hog Island
Richard Hodgkinson
Granville P. Lindley
Josephine L. Gifford
Winchester
Gladys McCaughey
John Henry Tuplin
Claire Gibson
Elizabeth
N. J
William van Voast
Congregational Street
Camiel Dufour
Florence
Franklin Street
Bristol Narrows
Mae G Lavey
Somervile
Katherine Laves
Joseph Ellis
John W_ Ellis
John R_ Burgess
J A Robbins
Worcester
Carl Bisbane
Bristol Town
White Mountains
Frederick FL Garvin
Gar
Buick Club
Mount Hope Bay
Kelley
Michigan
Bristol Highlands Improvement Assocation
Roodock
Edwin 5
Goodtres
Bristol Highlands
Nathanil Bo Fales
Pales
Fales
Bristol and area residents on visits and events
A broad note of local social activity with visitors from Providence Cambridge and Newark. Frequent weekend trips to Boston Niagara Falls and Bristol events include clambakes, a yacht club orchestra engagement, and a Bristol Highlands Improvement Association meeting.
Move Tracks In Thames Street Area Affects Harbor Plans
Town Engineer HOS Jowell requests State Harbor Commissioners permit for New Haven railroad to fill a harbor section just north of the rail station extending to the Silver Creek culvert It would widen a six foot tie in and reclaim a 10 foot strip of land occupied by the railroad for over sixty years once tracks are moved
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Thames Street
Franklin Street
New Haven Railroad
Hos Jowell
New Haven Company
State Harbor Commissioners
Silver Creek
Holmes Family Ends Visit With Arnold Hosts
Mr and Mrs Thomas Holmes and their three sons Clinton George and Thomas Holmes Jr from Paterson New Jersey concluded a two week visit with Mr and Mrs Ernest W Arnold at 856 Hope Street and returned home today.
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Thomas Holmes
Clinton
George
Thomas Holmes, Jr
Paterson
N. J
Ernest W. Arnold
Hope Street
Competitive shoot at Bristol Gun Club results posted
Bristol Gun Club held a Sunday match at Sylvester Oval Fales Farm Main Road. Robert E Lanphear won the 100 third event with 96 from 73 birds no skip, others included Eugene Boone 89 Earl H Mackenzie 87 Floyd Huestis 84 Dr Alfred Merriman 80. In the 50 third event Walter Mee Gann 46 with runners up Richard Quarrs 45 Roy Dunbar 42 Martin Mathewson 41 Martus Paulin 41. Refreshments served at the club house after the match.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Gun Club
Sylvester Oval
Fales Farm
Main Road
Robert E. Lanphear
Eugene Boone
Earl H.cKenzie
Floyd Huestis
Alfred M. Merriman
Walter E. MeeGann
Richard Quarrs
Roy Dunbar
Martin Mathewson
Martus Paulin
Ford Raises Lincoln and Fordson Prices Amid Industry Uptick
Ford Motor Company increased Lincoln car prices by 200 dollars and Fordson tractor prices by 75 dollars on July 21 amid rising industry prices. The move follows a wave of similar boosts by large car makers and signals a continuing upward trend across the sector.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford Company
Ford
OConnor Walker nuptials in St Marys Church Baltimore
Miss Susan Theresa Walker daughter of Mr and Mrs David I Walker Prospect street married Lawrence Vincent OConnor of Baltimore at 7 o clock yesterday morning in St Marys Church. Rev Thomas J Gillan officiated. Bride wore white satin crepe and carried Bride roses. Attendant Miss Mary Ennis wore green Canton crepe with Irish lace and pink roses. Best man Harold Williams of West Burlington. After reception at the bride’s parents' home the couple left for Baltimore and New York.
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Susan Theresa Walker
David I Walker
Prospect Street
Lawrence Vincent O'Connor
Baltimore
St Mary's Church
Thomas J Gillan
Mary Ennis
Harold Willams
West Barrington
O'Connor
New York
Gipsing and Tramping Life in Stevenson’s Memoir Voice
The fragment recalls a solitary travel life with a tilt cart tent stove and marching across wild Eng land and Scotland. The narrator reflects on gipssing in coves on hill sides and near woods and imagines growing old on the march and dying in the ditch as described by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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England
Scotland
Robert Louis
Aquatic Events Draw Large Crowd at Bristol Playground
A dozen events were held Saturday at the Community Bath House under the Bristol Playground Association. Winners include Edward Walsh and Regina Farley in multiple races, with several 16 and under divisions. Judges were Dr. Fred Williams and Robert E Lanphear.
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Bath House
Bristol Playground Association
R. Balfour
F. Burke
C. Mello
John Lonergan
Edward Walsh
Regina Farley
Elvira Oberg
Madeline Vera
W. Churchill
D Morrissey
C Garcia
Stephen Coggeshall
Augustine Nerone
Giuseppe Langello
Hannah Murphy
Alice Murphy
H. Tingley
Herreshoff
Fred Williams
Robert E Lanphear
Slacker's Oath Found In Philadelphia High School
Federal and state authorities probe disloyalty in public schools after a copy of the Slacker's Oath is found in a Philadelphia student's desk. At the same school nineteen boys who enrolled in the Citizen's Military Training Camp withdrew their participation. The oath urges refusal to defend the country, buy bonds, or aid war efforts. Authorities warn the movement has spread to many cities.
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Philadelphia
Stolen Auto Recovered In Franklin Street Case
Massachusetts registered auto 150 734 stolen last Thursday from 7 am to 11 pm in front of the Franklin street station. Police recovered the car and stored it at Franklin Street Garage. Chief Hugh F Kelley led an investigation revealing the theft occurred in Fall River on Wednesday and the owner was David H T Atwater of 654 High Street Fall River. Officials from Fall River later retrieved the vehicle with Atwater's chauffeur present.
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Massachusetts
Franklin Street
Hugh F Kelley
Fall River
David HT Atwater
High Street
Westgate
Bristol Society Hosts Summer Gatherings Across July and August
July 30 marks a Wednesday evening dance at Bristol Casino Bleven Field under the Doric Club. August 7 features a Thursday card party at Charles B Rockwell's Hope Street estate hosted by Bristol Alumnae of Brown University. August 9, a Saturday, is the St Alban's Lodge annual outing and clambake at Bristol Casino Bliven Field under F and A M auspices.
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David Francis
Cambridge
Lewis Hoar
Ferry Road
Maine
Augustus Mott
Ambrose Montross
Bourn Street
Marilda Garl
Viella McKay
Brooklyn
N. Y
Samuel Mintz
Bessie
Fall River
Barkey Levitan
Margaret (Best) Hoar
Providence
Umbagog Camp
Errol
N. H
John Abenande
Lena
Buffalo
Elizabeth W. Clowes
Freeport
Long Island
George Clowes
Union Street
LeBaron B. Colt
Linden Place
Harold J Gross
Ferry Hill
Newport
William G Low, Jr
Rhode Island
Ferry Cliff
James A. Munro Samuel Kinderj
Truesdale Hospital
Charles Perrys
West Haven
Conn
Reynolds
Benjamin
Bristol Yacht Club
Walter McGann
Earl H McKenzie
Harold E. Hill
C C Peck
South Main Street
Silver Creek Bridge
Bristol
Bleven Field
Doric Club
Charles B Rockwell
Hope Street
Women's College
Brown University
St Alban’s Lodge
Bristol Casino
Bliven Field
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National Teachers Agency
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Elmwood Ave
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Gibson Road
J L. Buffum
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Charles A. Johnson
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