Fourth of July plans in Bristol promise grand celebration
An editorial notes Bristol will host a larger Fourth of July event with Col Colt entertaining the Governor at Linden Place, a $1000 fireworks display, a Herreshott Marine Band concert, a parade featuring the old DeWolf stage coach, and a Brockton band concert. Events include a Common fireworks display, a parade with Governor Pothier, a bicycle race, and a $85 baseball fund allocation. Subscriptions are required to raise about $175 more.
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Bristol
Col
S. P. Colt
Linden Place
Herreshott Marine Band
Brockton
DeWolf
Col Colt
Pothier
Narragansett Fire Company
Warren
State Street
Half Way Hill
Murphy
Hibbert
Bristol Phoenix
J. E. Fletcher
Frederic Hayes
Ezra Dixon
F. HO. Hammill
Walter Hidden
George A. Arnold
B. M. MacDougall
Uohannes B. Rockwell
W. H. Buffington
T. D. Bowen
H. W. Church
Bridges
Bristol Post Office Mails Arrive and Close Times
Mails arrive at 7.00 10.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 7.15 p m and close at 7.40 9.00 11.80 a m 2.00 6.00 7.15 p m Sunday mails arrive 8.00 a m and close 4.50 p m Office hours Sunday 9.80 to 10.80 a m Sunday mail is issued from carriers racks at south door 9.80 to 10.80 8 m
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South Door
Express matter departure times from Bristol by Adams Express
The schedule lists outward departures at 7.50 and 11.20 a m, 3.20 and 5.20 p m. Inward onward arrivals occur at 8.00 and 12.00 a m, 3.00 and 6.30 p m.
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Bristol
Adams Express
Tides and high water timings at Newport Bristol Providence
Tide schedule lists high water times for Friday June 8 and Saturday June 4 plus several other dates. Provides mean tidal ranges for Newport Bristol and Providence in feet and inches.
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Bristol
Newport
Providence
Star Jones and Gillam Sing at the STAR Tonight
Local notes report Jones and Gillam, singing and dancing comedians, appearing at the STAR tonight. Several town residents are noted visiting relatives, moving households, and returning from New York for summer.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Credited By Doctors
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications and requires internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure, a regular prescription from leading physicians, combines tonics and blood purifiers to affect mucous surfaces. Testimonials offered free. sold by druggists for 76 cents.
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J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ladies' Black Silk Skirts Special for Saturday
A fragment from a New York Store advertisement touts ladies black silk skirts at 2.98. The note sits among local notices detailing arrivals, social events, and civic updates across Warren or nearby towns, including dance plans, property transfers, and community announcements.
Burglars Break Into Colt Memorial High School
Unknown intruders damaged Colt Memorial High School, forcing open desks of Principal Williams and Superintendent Reynolds. They pried doors, removed glass, and left finger marks on the scene, with no items reported stolen. Police investigated but offered no solid clues.
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Colt Memorial High School
Williams
John P. Reynolds
Medal Awarded to Oliver H Blaisdell for Civil War Service
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts presented Oliver H Blaisdell a bronze medal for his service as a minute man when the Civil War began. Residing in North Easton at the time, he later lived in Bristol for about 20 years and works as master mechanic at the National India Rubber Company. The medal carries the inscription to Massachusetts Volunteer Militia members from April 15 1861 and features the state coat of arms with his name.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Oliver H. Blaisdell
Massachusetts
Bicycle Rider Is Injured In Night Collision
Louise Pepper, 24, riding toward Warren on Main Road last evening at about 8 80 pm, collided with an unknown bicyclist coming toward Bristol. Pepper suffered a concussion and head injury, was taken to his home after treatment, and remained unconscious. The other rider was also injured but the name could not be learned.
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New York
F. M. Dimond
Francisco E. de Wolf
New York City
Margaret
Lillian Hattis
John Robin
High Street
South Framingham
Colt Memorial High School
G A. BR
Charles Sandford
Cottage Street
National India Rubber Company
Charles B. Rockwell
Philadelphia
J. Wilson Moorhouse
Ardmore
Irving Smith
Albert E.sparks
Cooke Street
Chasse
Board of Grand Officers
Wampanoag
Harry W. Munro
Washington Street
Reba Rebkah
Dorcas Rebekah Lodge
South Providence
Reba Lodge
George Pailthorpe
Samuel Kinder & Bro
Pailthorpe
Providence’ Woman’s Christian Comperance Union
Frederick H. Jackson
Union Street
Mme Homer
New Britain
Conn
Memorial Chapel
Knights of King Arthur
Congregational Church
Smith’s
Hasbrouck Block
St. Charles Branch
L QO. B. U
Memnerance Hall
William Dwyer
Firat
Bernard O'Rourke
Margaret Dwyer
Rose Fay
Katerine Maher
Louise Doyle
Elizabeth Breen
Margaret McCarty
Hope Street
A. A. Liebreich
Gertrude Liebreich
Bradford
England
George Liebreich
Cranston
Wallia E. Howe
Joseph Snow
Louise Pepper
Warren
Bristol
Mr. Pepper
Constitution--Street
Catherine Street
W. F. Duffy
Muggina and Buggins discuss Miss Yellowleaf
Muggina cites his wife describing Miss Yellowleaf as a sight to behold and not fit to be seen in the same breath, illustrating a queer way of expressing herself.
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Miss Yellowleaf
Masquerade Ball and Senior Dance Planned This Week
June 7 and 8 feature dances at Artillery Hall and G A R Hall respectively. The Ladies Auxiliary to the BTA hosts the masquerade ball on Tuesday, and the Colt Memorial High School seniors hold the last dance of the season on Wednesday in G A R Hall.
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Virginia
Irving Smith
Eason
Colt Memorial High School
8. P. Colt
Daniel Stevens
Burnside Memorial Hall
John Patrick Head
J. H. Young & Co
Arthur May McCaw
Hope Drug Co
State Board of Pbharmacy
Crown Hotel
Providence
Benjamin L. Hall
Hope Street
Artillery Hall
Claus
Colt *Mémorial High School
G. A. R. Hall
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Bristol Phoonix
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Farrally Brothers
J F. Farrally
Phoenix News
van Proxnix
J. T. Peterson
Wm. F. Brigge
H. M Darling
Fred Fish
Richard Quirk
Wood’s Ponaine High St
Y. M
Yashrouck
Wood Street
Editorial
Dodge & Camfield
Exchange Place
Black Suede
Black Cravenette
Russia
Thos.f.peirce & Son
Dorrance and
Westminster Corner
Bristol Post Office
Robert Black
Sherry Avenue
Jones and
Gillam
Star Tonight
Philip Brady
Ochurch Street
Hugh Brady
Samuel Norris
Maria Norris
the Star
United Brothers Lodge
No. 13
John McVay
Boston
St. Mary’s Total Abstinence Society
Ladies of
St. Mary
Cleaver
Ipany
Andrea
Volpe
Florence
First Baptist
Charok
Philathes
Beietol Train of Artillery
Fred KE. Seamee
Irving Smilh
the Mutual and
Colt Memorial
Cleveland
Registry Voters
Rym Jane
Jane
Joan M. Coggeshall
Thames St
Notic
George Jamiel
Charles Paull
Oliver Street
Church Street Cor
Milk Street
Walley Street
Telephone
Hope and _ valley
Peck Hams
Shere R. C. Quirk
Cor
Weed & State Sts. Telephone
Bristol, R
Del
Monte
Crystal Lyme
Férn ‘Crest
Brookfield
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