Mustered into State Guard in Bristol
A new Bristol unit of the State Guard was formed after 109 of 113 Bristol Artillery members were examined and signed on Wednesday evening. Col Alvin A. Barker presided at the Naval Armory as the company plans weekly meetings and fundraising dances to purchase uniforms and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States Guard
Bristol Strain of Artillery
Alvin A. Barker
Naval Armory
Naval Reserves Armory
Bristol
John H. Bailey, Jr
Bristol Train of Artillery
Eifert
U. S. Tonnage Reaches 10 Million Giants In Merchant Fleet
Department of Commerce shows growth in wartime merchant marine with 629 vessels built in five months totaling 687 055 gross tons. January fleet stood at 26 742 ships and 9 343 224 gross tons. US fleet ranks second to Britain and includes Shipping Board vessels and numerous smaller ships enhancing carrying capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Navigation
United States
Army
Navy
Shipping Board
Son born to Mr and Mrs John Borgia in town
A son was born on June 20 to Mr and Mrs John Borgia in the local town. The birth adds a new member to the Borgia family.
Gorman and Cummings Obituary Notices in Swansea
Mary A. Gorman wife of Thomas Gorman dies in Swansea on the 19th. Levi Leonard Cummings, aged 77, dies in Swansea. Cited obituaries note June 18 as the dates connected to the families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Mary A
Thomas Gorman
Cummings
Swansea
Mass
Levi Leonard Cummings
Weighing and measuring children for wartime fitness
A nationwide drive endorsed by President Wilson urges mothers to bring children to the John Post Reynolds school for weighings and measurements tomorrow between 10 and 12 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. A corps from the Child Welfare Department will perform the checks at no cost to parents, aiming to strengthen national health and future citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds School
John Post Reynolds School
Wilson
Corps of Women
Child Welfare Department
Council of National Defense
John Post Reynolds
British Board of Education
Canteen and Service Club to Open at Bristol Yacht Club
The Bristol Auxiliary of the Red Cross opens a Canteen and Service Club for national service men at the Bristol Yacht Club House tomorrow. Miss Alice W Bourn leads as captain. facilities include reading recreation smoking rooms a library and daily papers with refreshments and a bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Red Cross
Alice W Bourn
Relief Corps Presents Flags at Burnside Lodge Meeting
At G A R Hall on Wednesday the Babbitt Woman’s Relief Corps presented a National and a Bist ae to Burnside Lodge No 34 Knights of Pythias. Mrs Mary Crispell led the ceremony with four color bearers. Two girls carried the flags into the hall as The Star Spangled Banner was sung. Refreshments followed and attendance was good. Earlier in the evening James A Clarkson reported Thrift Stamp Club sales were increasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babbitt Woman's, Relief,Corps
Burnside Lodge
Knights’.of
Pythias
G. A. R. Hall
Mary Crispell
Relief Corps
Dorothy Mott
Dorothy Kenney
Burnside
Willard S. Kenney
James A. Clarkson
Thrift Stamp Club
Star Theatre Showcases Patriot Drama and Western Card
The Star Theatre presents Gladys Brockwell in For Liberty as a Fox drama with an American girl behind German lines, Pearl White in The House of Hate, Keystone Comedy, and a Saturday lineup featuring Jack Richardson in The Man Above the Law and the final Vengeance and the Woman episode. Monday highlights W S Hart in A Cold Deck and The Eagle's Eye with five acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Theatre
Gladys Brockwell
William Fox Timely
Pearl White
Keystone
Triangle Wonderplay
Jack Richardson
Vengeance
Pathe Weekly
Triangle
W S Hart
Y M C A Presents Wallace Reid Feature and Travelogue
The Y M C A plans an afternoon and evening program featuring Wallace Reid in The Thing We Love, with Kathryn Williams. The Damiel story pits patriotic drama against foreign spies. Also shown are Burton Holmes Travelogue In the Land of Madam Butterfly and Dr Ditmas The Biography of a Stag with Mandolin Club selections led by Miss Charlotte Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Reid
Kathryn Willams
H B
M G. Damiel
Burton-Holmes
Japan
Real Estate Transfers Involving Fox Hill and Court Street
Amala Panzerella transfers a lot at Fox Hill to Lews H Sousa and Antonio do Rego Varno transfers a house and lot on the south side of Court Street to Eva Makowsky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amala Panzerella
Lews H. Sousa
Fox Hill
Antonio Do Rego Varno
Eva Makowsky
Court Street
Green's August Flower for stomach and liver balance
Green's August Flower is advertised as a remedy for ailments linked to a disordered stomach and inactive liver. It claims to ease sick headaches constipation sour stomach and nervous indigestion by gently laxative action and digestion regulation. Sold by J H Young & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J H Young & Co
Probate Petition Seeks Sale of Weston Bristol Estate
Frank G. Weston, administrator for Mary E. Weston, requests approval to sell all or part of two Bristol lots to cover debts, funeral expenses, and support. The court orders a fourteen day notice in the Bristol Phoenix and sets a hearing for July 1, 1918 at 10:30 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank G. Weston
Mary B. Weston
Bristol
Warren
F. H. DeWolf
R. I
Charles Beals
Peter Church
Henry M. Gibson
Bristol Phoenix
J Vee Prk Orr AU
Elizabeth De’w. Adams
Elizabeth De'w Adams
Censts OG Rbeall
Sheriff Sale of Bristol Real Estate 1918
Sheriff’s sale notice from Bristol Rhode Island details an execution against Raffalo Alfano and Guiseppina Alfano. It levies on a parcel of land with buildings on Catherine Street, Bristol, with judgment in Alfredo Clerico’s favor dated February 4, 1918. Sale pursued per court order dated March 25, 1918.
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Bristol
District Court
Fifth Judicial District
Holden
Rhode Island
Alfredo Clerico
Raffalo Alfano Allas
Catherine Street
Rhode
Sahlover
N. N
Cate
Colt Memorial High School newspaper staff and details
The Colt Memorial High School periodical lists staff roles including Editor-in-Chief William Aimanna and Athletic Editor George E. Ingram Jr, with circulation 43,008 and price 15 cents. It features editorials, literature, notes on athletics and alumni, plus local business ads and a staff photo engraving. Paper obtainable from pupils of the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial High School
William Aimanna
George’ Cooke
George E. Ingraham, Jr
Charles Jg
Kys
Charl Eer Dimond, Jr
S Jamies
Sullivan
Baseball Notes From The Common Cricket Series
The third game in the Markers versus Cutters series of the National India Rubber Company is set for tomorrow at 10 30 A M on the Common with each side having one win and a 36 dollar purse. Also the Rotary A C and St Anthony s clash tomorrow at 3 P M on the Common with St Anthony s seeking revenge after a one run defeat. Bristol Grammar School beat Colt Memorial High School Freshmen 10 3 and challenges any 14 or 15 year old team in the state. Packers and Makers top Twilight League meet on the Common at 5 30 P M today a rain postponement from Wednesday. Office beat Night Packers 26 0 last evening. Wire Department defeated Maintenance 11 10 Tuesday but the contest will be thrown out as Wire Men used Pitcher Barry not connected with that Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National India Rubber Company
Tomorow
Rotary A .C
St. Anthony’s
Barry
Town of Bristol Registry Voters Notice 1918
Town Clerk John M. Coggeshall announces that all voters must register in person by June 29 1918. Office hours are June weekdays from 9 am to noon and 2 pm to 5 pm with June 24 29 extended hours. Registration closes Saturday June 29 at 9 pm due to June 30 falling on Sunday.
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John M. Coggeshall
Appointment of administratrix for Thomas Connery estate
Mary E Connery is appointed administratrix of the estate of Thomas Connery of Bristol Rhode Island by the Probate Court. She has given bond as required by law. All creditors must file claims with the Bristol Probate Court clerk within six months from the first advertisement date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
R. I
Thomas Connery
Mary E. Connery
Mortgagee's Sale of Bristol land by public auction
The mortgagee will sell at public auction on Saturday June 29 1918 at 2 pm on the described Bristol Rhode Island premises. It follows a mortgage dated May 10 1912 by Luigi Saviro Domenico Saviro and Guiseppio Saviro recorded in book 70 page 36. The sale includes plots from the Mount Hope middle portion plat and a King Philip Avenue lot with two acres more or less. Auction by attorney Washington R Prescott with notice of bidding.
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Joseph Benjamin
Bristol County Court House
Bristol
Philo V. Cady
Luigi Saviro
Domenico Saviro
Guiseppio Saviro
R. I
Mount Hope
Perry
King Fe Avenue
Davis Avenue
King Philip Avenue
Town of
Peranula
Ford-land
Sixth Judicial District
Holden
Providence
Rhode Island
Bertrand H. Alger
Mary A. Hobbs
Beach Terrace
Philo
Cady
Philo V Cady
Public meeting to draw jurors in Rhode Island 1918
On July 1 1918 at ten o'clock in the morning a public meeting will be held in the Jury Commissioner office Providence Rhode Island to draw Grand and Petty Jurors for all counties under Chapter 1677 of the Public Laws. The meeting will continue daily until all jurors are drawn. Jacob A. Eaton Jury Commissioner. June 14 1918.
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Warren
Bristol
State Board of Public Roads
State House
Providence
Rhode Islands
Providence County Art House
General Assembly
Jacob A. Eaton
R. I
Rheumatism Patient Credits Fruit Liver Tablets
ALEXANDER MUNRO of BAR No 1 Lorne Ontario reports a three year bed confinement with rheumatism ending after using Fruit-a-tives. He says pain eased, swelling receded, and he can walk two miles and perform light chores after half a box.
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Lorne
Ont
Alexander Munro
War Savings Stamps Call to Aid Wartime Effort
Secretary Baker urges saving to aid the war front. He notes 800000 of our boys have gone to the front and appeals to the public to buy War Savings Stamps to help bring them home quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
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Prever Sonst Srl
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the Waldron CO
Auto Tires & Accessories
Lodge
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Abram L. Atwood
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Benjamin F. Robinson
Frank Cole
Michael van Beuren
Burton School
East Side High Street
Philip Brady
Dorchester Mutual Fire
Ns. Co
Boston
E. L. Watson & CO
Industrial Trust Co
R. L
J. A
Breault
Shree Lanes
J. A. Breault
Harrisville, R. L
J. H. Young & Co
Hope St Hope Drug Co
Hope St. Warren
Mary E. Weston
Sheriff’s Sale
Brirtol
A. D
Otis L. Wood
W. Tel
Isaac B. Munro
Garfield Avenue
G. M. Wilbur
Union Street
Reef
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Sieden Catalauge Colt Memorial
Washington R. Prescott
Turks Head Bldg
Providence, R. I
Providence Plantations
Fruit-A-Tives Limited
Ogdensburgq, N, Y
Sheriff's Sale
G.W. Simmons Undertakers
MRS
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Biopeletor
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Second Street
BR. L
William W. Franklin & Co
Wood St
W. Hochman
State Street
Talbot & Hopkins Electrical Contractors
Bella
Bradford Street
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