Memorial Day Parade and Honoring Ceremonies Across Town
A large Memorial Day procession, led by Grand Army of the Republic veterans and local youth groups, landmarks including North Cemetery and Burnside Memorial Building, featured readings, Taps, wreath laying, and flower tribute at sea. Veterans groups, Boy and Girl Scouts, and the American Legion participated, with religious services and refreshments at headquarters.
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Grand Army of the Republic
North
Burnside Memorial
243Rd Artillery
R.I.N.G
George H. Fleck
Bristol
M. A. Cheesman
Kearney Post
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Kearney
Boy Scouts
Bristol Troop
Herbert F. Bennett
Sons of Veterans
Children of the Public Schools
Babbitt Post
William L. Manchester
F. E. Suzman
Bristol Train of Artillery
Artillery
Juniper Hill
St Mary’s
Legion to Hold Monthly Meeting and Bristol Circus Plan
The American Legion invites all Bristol residents to a Friday meeting at Grand Army Hall led by Commander Edmonds to discuss important topics. From June 9 to 14 the Legion will stage a circus on the common, chosen to avoid cheap carnivals and crooked games, with community involvement encouraged. The group also thanks the ladies who provided refreshments after the Memorial Day parade.
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Legion
Grand Army Hall
Edmonds
American Legion
Bristol
Kearney
Legionnaires
Police Rescue Missing Boys At Mount Hope Bay
Police joined a boat search on Mount Hope Bay after two youths aged 12 and 13 were seen in an unmanned skiff. The boys Nicholas Stanzione and Vito Ciccio had borrowed a boat from Joseph Vento at Howe farm and drifted toward the Seaconnet river mouth before officers reached them and brought them to safety.
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Mount Hope Bay
Nicholas Stanzione
Vito Ciccio
Seaconnet River
Joseph Vento
Howe Farm
Common Fence Point
Review of Business Signals Broad Economic Slump
A broad recession spreads from New England across the United States with rising failures in early 1924. Cotton textiles lag, mills curtail, and dividends fall while some optimism appears over reduced inventories. Steel, coal, and rail sectors cut output as building slows. European recovery prospects, Dawes plan reception, and currency stabilization hint at mixed future effects on U S manufacturers and rural buyers.
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New England
Steel Corporation
Ruhr
Dawes
Europe
Fifth District Court Hears Assault Cases
Judge Frank H Hammill presided at a weekly Fifth District Court session. John Medeiros was found guilty of technical assault and fined five dollars plus costs. Manuel N Fernandez faced violent assault charges. the case was bound over to await grand jury action after Waiver of examination. Bail set at five hundred dollars. Charles Falugo sued Joseph A. Janson in trespass and ejectment. matter continued.
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Frank H Hammill
Fifth District Court
John Medeiros
Joseph Marshall
Hugh F Kelley
Manuel N. Fernandez
Manuel Fernandez
Joseph A Hammill
Charles Falugo
Joseph A. Janson
Social Study Club to Meet at Rockwell Hall
Tomorrow evening at 6 30 the Social Study Club for men meets in Rockwell Hall Y M C A building for its third session. Ladies announce a menu of rolls coffee baked beans cold sliced ham raisin brown bread sliced tomatoes coffee with whipped cream and home made cake. A musical interlude and a twenty minute discussion on The Ideals of America follow, with moving pictures to close. All men invited to attend by sending names.
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Rockwell Hall
America
New Milford Editor’s Cape Cod Day Trip Stop in Bristol
Editor A C Worley of the New Milford Times and party visited Bristol during a one day run to Provincetown. They exchanged greetings with Joseph Farrally and Charles Cromer at the Bristol office and spoke of New Milford family ties during a brief stop amid a fast paced itinerary.
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Provincetown
Cape Cod
A. C. Worley
New Milford
Conn
Bristol
Warren
R. L
Joseph F. Farrally
Charles W. Cromer
Bristol Neck
Farrally
L. N Jennings
Probate Court Disposes Estates in Morning Session
Judge Edward L. Leahy presided as probate court settled a series of matters. The estates of Florence Baker Harold C Peckham John L Mandell Joseph Everett Coggeshall Ellen L Galvin were addressed with allowances inventory probate and waivers. bonds totaling 7000 15000 and 0 and appraisers named.
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Edward L. Leahy
Proabte Court
Florence Baker
Harold C Peckham
John L. Mandell
Louis Wall
American Surety Company
Robert J. McKay
Joseph Everett Coggeshall
William L. Coggeshall
Oswald Siegel
Alice M. Coggeshall
Arthur M. McCaw
Ellen L. Galvin
Moonshine Raids Hit Local Saloons and Stores
Local police raided near beer saloons run by Joseph Vincent at 164 Bradford Street and John Andrade at 258 Wood Street. Samples of liquor were found at Vincents but no possession evidence. A Bay View Avenue store run by Antonio Carvalho was also searched with no evidence found.
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Joseph Vincent
Bradford Street
John Andrade
Wood Street
Vincent
Bay View Avenue
Antonio Carvalho
John Post Reynolds School 8A Part Music Evening
Pupils of Grade 8A at John Post Reynolds School present an evening of music and recitations in the school auditorium at 7 30. Proceeds fund a gift for the school. Miss M Theresa Sullivan organizes music. Miss Cora M Hill and Miss Marguerite Brogan direct the program. ओ
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John" Reynolds School
John Post Reynolds
M. Theresa Sullivan
Cora M. Hill
Marguerite Brogan
Reynolds Orchestra
Love
Lester Eisenstadt
Mary Sousa
Juno Waltz
Helen Romano
Nicholas Pirri
Vincent Campagna
Owl
Lucy DePrisco
Il Trovatore
Wilhelmina Correa
Whispering Hope
Edith Winward
Viola Anderson
Margaret Sousa
Helen Valante
Margaret Morrissey
Colonial Rug Shoppe Opens in Bristol for Custom Rag Rugs
The Colonial Rug Shoppe at 811 Hope Street, north of Town Bridge, offers custom rag rugs woven to order by Thomas F Brelsford & Son. Bring 1.5 pounds of cut sewed rags to make a 27 by 54 inch rug for 125 dollars, with large rugs up to that size priced at 2.50. The shop also offers heavy cotton roving rugs, runners, and silk rug options using old neckwear, all woven on a modern hand loom with durable selvege edges. Brelsford, aged about 40 years in textile work, markets a sturdy, affordable product line and promises skilled weaving history.
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Bristol
Hope Street
Town Bridge
Thomas F Brelsford & Son
Brelsford
Mr. Brelsford
Samuel Duncan Brelsford
Real Estate Transfers From Local Residents
Dr. John R. Bernardo transfers house and lot on the south side of State street to Antonio Lucci and wife. Sylvester Munro transfers house and lot on the south side of Catherine street to Antonio I. Favia and wife.
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John R. Bernardo
Antonio Lucci
State Street
Sylvester Munro
Antonio I. Favia
Catherine Street
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Hope and
Bradford Streets
Benjamin Moore & Co
Planet Jr
Myer
Ingram’s
Overland Express
Providence
Franklin St
Saxman’s
Comstock’s Express
Page & Friendship
Uniom
Logan
Charles Serbst
G A. R
A. Perry
Boy Scout
Anson B. Howard
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument
Ruth Skinner
Charles W. Martin
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