Bristol Notes on Local Happenings and Music
The town reports ownership transfers including the cat-boat Winona sold to Officer B T Munro and summer residences for the Colt and Mills families on Hope Street and Bristol Ferry Road. Local events include parade sign repairs, steamer Priscilla inspections, fire brigade equipment updates, naval reserve activities, and a long list of civic and social notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Ashton
B.T. Munro
S. P. Colt
Hope Street
J. B. Mills Esq
New York
Bristol Ferry Road
Tompkins
Providence Journal and Bulletin
Atlantic City
N.J
Ellis
Dimond
Chas E. Cole
New York City
Providence
McLellan’s
Cahit
E. G. Macomber
Warren
Wm. Baylies
Alaskan
Charles Finley
McKay
Thames Street
Munro
B T A Centennial Celebration Honors Bristol Train of Artillery
The Bristol Train of Artillery and Veteran Association marked their centennial with a Sunday service, a 100 gun salute, and a 1.20 PM parade and 17 gun salute for Gov. Brown on the Boston line. A banquet at the Commercial Club House followed the parade, with Col. C A Greene presiding and J B Burgess as toast master. The Bristol Cornet Band performed on the common in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Train of Artillery and Veteran Association
Veteran Association
State Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Wm. J. Smith
Adj
Daniel Stevens
Gov. Brown
Providence
Boston
Church Street
Bristol Train of Artillery
C. H. Straight
B. T. A. Veteran Association
C. A. Greene
United Train of Artillery
Kentish Guards
Bristol Light Infantry
Thomas Lahey
Bristol Naval Reserve Torpedo Co
Hodgkinson
Commercial Club
Burlando
Col
J. B. Burgess
Bristol Cornet Band
Dr Coburns Summer School In Town Hall This Summer
Dr Wm Coburn announces a summer school in Town Hall from June 30 to July 18 with lectures on art Rome Pompeii and Pilgrim's Progress. Activities include physical culture lectures mornings afternoons and outdoor exercises under Rev Waxnace Coburn and Mr Wm Dwuinnetu. Full course ticket $1.50 grants admission to 30 lectures, with extra costs only for apparatus use. Tickets on sale at the Woman's Exchange starting Saturday at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Dr. Coburn
Wallace Coburn
Pompeii
Coburn
Wm. Coburn
William Cosunn
Waxntace Coburn
Wm. Dwuinnetu
Wa. Cosurn
Dre. Wau
Cosurn
Wal- Lace Copurn
Wallace Co Burn
Woman's Exchange
Novel Rubber Hunting Suit Promises Stealthy Waterfowl Tactics
Col Lemon of Hot Springs Arkansas invents water tight rubber pants with attached boots and inflatable float to enable paddling in rivers bays and swamps. The suit includes front and rear pointed floats inflated at will and paddles on the feet for speed. Inventor tested in Kickamuit River and Narragansett Bay with satisfactory results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tadia Rubber Co
Bayong
Col. Lemon
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Kickamuit River
Narragansett Bay
Two Years Ago Prosperity Ends in Arizonas Wool Region
The excerpt notes a sharp drop in wool prices from 14 cents to under 5 cents per pound after shifting to Eastern commission houses. It cites lower wages for sheep-herders and shearers, reduced daily wages for workers, and widespread hardship. It attributes economic decline to free trade gains in Congress and the presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Eastern Commission
Congress
Appeal and notices in Bristol religious and community notices
An appeal to Bristol Christians by J G Fry of the African Methodist Episcopal Church seeks fair treatment to gather unchurched Black Christians. Also notices promote Fourth of July ice cream orders, a Grand Army Hall gathering, coal pocket rebuilding, hair care, and a travel anecdote about Anglican/Episcopalian identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph G. Fry
Mr. Taylor
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Munro Avenue
Fay
Fry
Bristol
Christ
Grand Army Hall
Seth Paull
Herbert M. Howe
Newport
Plymouth
Spindle Rock
Albert M. Sparks
England
John Morrisey
Episcopal Church
New Orleans
Press Club Visit to Mount Hope and Bristol—Pleasant Day
Members of the Southern R. I. Press Club and guests visited Bristol on Monday. Ex-Lieut. Governor Wardwell welcomed them at the depot and escorts toured Mount Hope, King Philip Spring, and the Mount Hope Lands. A collation near King Philip Spring followed, with remarks by Ex Senator Carmichael and Wardwell. They viewed Soldiers Home, toured the town parade, and returned by the 6:15 train to Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. I. Press Club
William ‘T. O. Wardwell
Carmichael of
Westerly
Wardwell
Orrin L. Bosworth
Mount Hope
Bristol
Hall
Veterana
Press Club
Providence
Died Notices for Local Families Mix Youth and Veterans
In this town, d ie d Samuel McCaw Jr aged 4 years 9 months son of Samuel McCaw. Also McCaugher son of David A and Jennie J McCaugrey aged 1 year 4 months 17 days. Ambrose B Winelow aged 62 years died at the Soldier's Home. Notices dated 16th and 17th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel McCaw Jr
Samuel McCaw
High St
Richmond Street
H. A. Stevens
Wm. J. Smith
McCaw
McCaveney
Wn. J. BH
McCaugher
David A
Jennie J. McCaugrey
Winston
Ambrose B. Winelow
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Home News
Rounds
Priscilla
Robert Lowery
Bennie Greene
Babbitt Post
Stephen T. Church
Nathaniel Gladding
Wm. B. Read
Peter Dermody
Block Island
Fred Dixon
Burlington
Ezra Dixon
Saunders Boat Works
F. H. Pease
Warwick
Berlyn
E. H. Perkins
Hook & Ladder and Hose Company
New London
Canonicus
Fall River and Providence Steamboat Company
Stalin’s Dry Dock
Staten Island
N. Y
R.I. Yacht Club
Merriman
Lippitt
Wright
Frank Pierce
N. J. Miner Co
Hope
State Streets
Miner
Palace
Ayer
Advent Christian Church
Byfield School
High Street
Celestial Battalion of Heaven
Bristol Naval Reserve
Sorpers, Company
Newport Naval Reserves
Newport Company
Wm. E. Hodgkinson
Capt
Kidd
Sexton’s Yard
Bridgeport
James Lawder
Chesnut Hill
Philadelphia
Robert Lawder
Burnside Street
Miss Lawder
D. J. Neylan
Ambrose B. Winslow
Soldiers
East Greenwich
Twelfth Regiment
William R. Trotter
Trinity Parish
Ridgewood Cemetery
King Philip Steamer
The
Childrens Home
Newman Bros
Trinity Church
Drury
Cabot
Hosmer
Misses Burn
Miss Nelson
Miss Ostrander
H. ¥. Bennett
E.S. Babbitt
Robert Allen
KE. Pitman
M. Pitman
Allan
Ayers
Bexeperie
East Providence
Aida
Herreshoff’s
Win
Hydraulion Engine Co
Pickles
John Usher
Bristol Neck
Wm. Faulkner
Juniper Hill Lane
Hoard
David McCaughey
Edsworth
Win. H. Church
Veteran Association of the
Providence Daily Telegram
Theodore Foster
Geo. Saunders
Russell Grinnell
New Bedford
St. Alban'’s Lodge
A. F
A. M
Henry A. Stevanié
Cintrch
Philip Sterling
Srz- Ven the Jeweller
Geo. A Littlefield
Town Hall
McNay
Hydralion Engine and Hose Co
D. Moxley
First Baptist Church
Nerett
Wan. F. Peters
Bob Hunting
B. T. A. Centennial
J. G. Fry
Mc’Nays
J. A. C. Gladding
Bay View Avenue
R.S
L. A. Clark Co
Conn
C. F. Gladding
R. J. Woman’s Exchange
D. W. Curtis
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