Town Asylum Land Sold to Col. Colt for 10000
Col Samuel P Colt buys 26.7 acre Town Asylum property west of the railroad, paying $10,000 at a special Bristol Town Council and committee meeting. The deed was signed by town officials, with Colt’s option to repurchase within a year, and his wife Elizabeth M Colt waives her right of dower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. S. P. Colt
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Samuel P. Colt
R. S. Church
William H. Thayer
Hezekiah CC. Wardwell
Peter Gasper
Charles H. Church
Col. Colt
William T. O’donnell
John M. Coggeshall
Winthrop G. Thurston
Bristol
Rhode Island
Providence, Warren and Bristol Railroad Company
Asylum Road
Narragansett Bay
Plaza Realty Company
Lindemuth
Elizabeth M. Colt
Samuel P. Coltin
Council
James DeWolf
Alumni Banquet and Dance by Bristol High School
Seventy five Bristol High School alumni gathered at the Hotel Belvedere for a banquet and dances marked by speeches and the formation of a High School Alumni Association. Speakers reminisced on school days and stressed benefits of an active alumni network, with Munro and Reynolds among organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol High School
Hotel Belvedere
Katherine Herreshoff DeWolf
Bertram W. Wall
Wilfred Munro
John P. Reynolds
Chandler H. Coggeshall
Anna B. Manchester
Eugene V. Hughes
St. Joseph’s Church
Pawtucket
Wallace R. Brown
Munro
Bertha B. Smith
Barrington
Grace C. Paull
James F. Lavander
B. W. Wall
B. M. MacDougall
Franklin H. Springer
E. Marguerite Flowers
Catherine E. Connery
Cora M. Hill
William L. Manchester
W. H. Munro
Roswell S. Bosworth
F. Reginald Dimond
Bert Wrey Bertram W
Fourth of July Plans for Hope Street Celebrations
The Fourth of July Committee met Friday to advance events on July 5 in Hope street and adjacent streets. Activities include band music by Banda Tripoli, multiple races led by John W. Flynn, a baseball game with a United States Battleship Michigan team, and a complimentary clam bake for officers at Col. John H. Bailey’s farm with 100 plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Street
Banda Tripoli
John W. Flynn
Franklin
Thames
Church
Hope
State
Bradford
Y. M. CA
Church Street
Hope Drug Co
United States
Michigan
John H. Bailey
James A. Munro
Ferreira Vera Wedding Quietly Held in Town
In this town on June 28, Manuel Ferreira and Miss Nellie Vera were married by Rev. A. Pebello. Both parties are long time residents of the town.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Powell
Warrwell Fond
R. I
W. M. Connery
Providence Telephone Co
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Huyler’s Chocolates
A. J. King & CO
Star Theatre
Lord Lovell
Vitagraph
Selig
Edison
Prof. Nutt
Billie Ritchie
Charles Chaplin
Fate
Sophies
Fighting Spirit
Esssanay
Town Asylum
Waldo M. Place
Industrial
Edward C. Kunz
F. T.remieres
Henry H. Polytan
Eastman
Kodaks
State St
Tates Rho Yd
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
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