Harmony urged for Bristol highways and town government
In Bristol a town meeting urged harmony between the council and the surveyor of highways to improve road conditions and economy. Rhode Island politics loom with governor elections in four weeks and a chartered Central Falls effect. Prohibition tickets list Quimby, Franklin, Thorpe, Williams, Anderstrom for state offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Prohibition Party
Smith Quimby
Warwick
William B. Franklin
Newport
George W. Thorpe
North Providence
James A. Williams
Providence
L. L. Anderstrom
Bristol
New York Herald Contest Seeks Name for Cup Defender
The New York Herald closed its $100 prize contest on March 1 for the best name for the cup defender. Judges face a pile of about 14,000 suggested names. Reported that the cup defender will be named Hope and that rival names from Van derbilt Commodore Morgan and Khimeelf are unlikely to unite soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Iselin
Vanderbilt
Commodore Morgan
Khimeelf
Hope
Town Meeting Opens In Town Hall With Heated Council Ballot
The annual town meeting opened Saturday at 10 in Town Hall with the warrant read by H. F. Bennett and re election of Wm H Spooner as moderator and Bennett as town clerk. Candidates for council were nominated on rival tickets and ballots cast through the day with results announced, followed by Monday night sessions electing judges, treasurer, and various town officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Hall
H. F. Bennett
Wm.h. Spooner
Russell D. Bullock
Henry M. Gibson
Ezra Mason
Charles A. Barbour
William H.thayer
Charles H. Church
Wm. Williams
Citizens
Henry M. Gibgon
Joseph E. Simmons
Sanford B. Munro
C. A. Barbour
Barbour
Taylor
D. Wardwell
Williams
Friends of
Messis
Thayer
Messrs
Simmons
Munro
Wm. H. Spooner
A. F
Hunnett
Bukakd
H. M. Gibson
Joseph Simmons
Wm. H. Phayer
Sandford
Spooner
Paanix
Surreyor
Lyman B. Bosworth
George H. Peck
James Hoard, Jr
Benj. M.lincoln
H. H. Bosworth
A. Gresne
Clark
Stephen H. Church
William Williams
Mr. Williams
Church
Bonworth
Cole
Connery
Downey
Peckham
Bullock
Gorham
Lewis
Missicker
Lead
Rhode Island Proposal to Shift Elections to Biennial Schedule
A constitutional amendment to move Rhode Island general elections from annual to biennial timing is advancing. If approved by both chambers and a three fifths voter majority, officials including governor and senators would be elected every two years at April meetings, with the lieutenant governor as senate president.
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Newport
Senate
House
Ciizens
Rhode Island
Lent origins and evolution from Quadragesima to forty days
The Newport Herald notes Lent named from a Saxon term for spring and tracing its 40 day length to biblical fasts of Moses Elijah Ninivites and Christ. Ash Wednesday began the ashes blessing to remind believers of mortality, retained by Protestants after the Reformation.
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Moses
Elijah
Christ
Newport Herald
Bristol Post Office Hours and Local Notices
Mails close at 6.35 9.15 12.20 3.40 and 5.50 am pm. Mails open about 9 2 5 7 25 p.m. Miss Edith Clarke of Boston visits Dr. Dillon and wife. Buttercups and candy sold in Bristol. Prohibition rally tonight at Town Hall with J A Williams and M M Fogg speakers. A house sale at Franklin Street to Josiah F. Peckham for 2295 dollars. St Michael church clock has not struck since the storm. Local notices include ads for M Cunningham store and a council petition for damages from ice. Grand Carnival tomorrow at Grand Army Hall with supper and Kazoo orchestra. Ladies Benevolent Society reports net proceeds 221. Election results for St Mary’s Total Abstinence Society list officers. no President elected.
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Bristol
N. G. Herreshoff
Hope Street
Lieut
Wooley
U.S. A
Bristol Train of Artillery
Naval Reserve Torpedo Company
Franklin Street
John B. Pearse
H. H. Bosworth
Josiah F. Peckham
P. T. Barnum
Town Hall
J. A. Williams
Providence
M. M. Fogg
Brown University
Mrs. Beveridge
Colorado
St. Michael’s Church
George G. Douglass
National India Rubber Co
Linjory
M. Cunningham
Foot of
State Street
Rhode Island
T. H. Crowley
Grace del Grego
Byfield
Grand Army Hall
Ladies’ Benevolent Society
St. Michael's Church
C. A. Johnson
Old Folks Supper and Sale at Congregational Chapel
Albert A. Alden visited town last Sunday and promotion for the Old Folks Supper and Sale to be held Thursday evening at the Congregational chapel. Mrs Mary A Vickery's funeral was held from her Franklin Street home with Rev George L Locke officiating and floral tributes on the casket. Bearers named Wardwell Manchester Munro Remieres accompanied the burial at North cemetery.
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Albert A. Alden
Mary.a. Vickery
Franklin Street
George L. Locke
D.D
St. Michael’s Episcopal’ Church
William T. C. Wardwell
J. Howard Manchester
Sanford B. Munro
Frank T. Remieres
North Cemetery
Captain N G Herreshoff Recovering From Illness
Reports indicate Captain N G Herreshoff has escaped a severe fever but remains bedridden and weak. Nervous prostration from worry overwork is noted, with Henry F. Card acting as night nurse and J B Corthell as day nurse. Great anxiety spreads from Bristol to the nation awaiting a favorable update.
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Herreshoff
N. G. Herréshoff
Henry F. Card
J. B. Corthell
Newport
Lent Service at Trinity Church Sparks Strong Plea
A large congregation attended a Sunday evening service at Trinity Church. The rector’s sermon urged strict Lent observance and adherence to Catholic spiritual laws, citing denying oneself and taking up the cross. The boy choir, led by Mr. O W Young, performed Mendelssohn's unfinished oratorio Christus.
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Trinity Church
O. W. Young
Mendelsohn
Christus
Newly Elected Town Council Sworn In
The full board was present as newly elected Council members were sworn in by the Town Clerk. Votes approved removing four small buildings from Thames Street to Third Street if moved per town ordinance, and granting Bernard Hart’s move of a one story building on Hope Street to Congregational Street under the same condition.
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Fred Jablinskie
Barbour
Russell D. Bullock
Thames Street
Third Street
Bernard Hart
Hope Street
F. A Warner
Congregational Street
Probate Court Admits Kenney Will and Appoints Executor
Probate Court yesterday admitted the will of Mary H. Kenney to probate and approved Alonzo Kenney as executor with a $200 bond. The accounts of Geo F Stanton administrator of Martha D Gardner estate and Charles Paul administrator of Ann E Paull estate were allowed. Inventory of Charles F Simmons and Benjamin B Wilson estates was allowed, as was the account of Annie P Slade administratrix of the estate of John A Slade. William H Phillips administrator of Nancy L Davis estate continued. Wm R Trotter appointed administrator of Alice Rhoan estate with a $1000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary H. Kenney
Alonzo Kenney
Geo. F. Stanton
Martha D. Gardner
Charles Paul
Ann E. Paull
Charles F. Simmons
Benjamin B. Wilson
Annie P. Slade
Official Inspection of Co. C at Bristol Armory
The Bristol Light Infantry Co. C held its annual inspection at the armory on Friday evening led by Lieut. Frederic Woolley. Seated spectators filled the room as the company lined up, performed drills, guard mounting, and roll calls. Six of 42 members were absent. Woolley praised the company for a creditable appearance and noted improvement over last year.
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Co. C
The
Bristol “Light Infantry
Frederic Woolley
10Th Infantry
Leahey
Charles Hammill
Luke Callan
Tieut
District Court Hears Grand Larceny Case Over Stripped Cat Boat
Horace W. Shipee of Prudence Island reports a cat boat drifted from Prudence Island during a storm. Geo H. Springer Wm Seymour and James S. Martin arrested on grand larceny charges. Bail set at 200 dollars each. Trial slated for next Monday before Judge Bosworth. Additional cases heard and continued include Saduskie vs Valeake and husband and several book account suits against John Collins.
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Horace W. Shipee
Prudence Island
Geo. H. Springer
Wm Seymour
James S. Martin
Bosworth
Warren River
Martin
Himself
Seymour
John Usher
Springer
Wm. R. Perry
Seane P.’“Saduskie
Questioning Life and Truth in a Museic Reverie
The speaker grapples with consciousness and meaning asking if life is real or illusion. They ponder noble living versus path discernment, fate versus will, and the nature of afterlife as a mocking echo shrouded in mystery.
Abby Howe Waldron Dies at Age 7
In the town on March 5 Abby Howe Waldron widow of Ambrose Waldron aged 7 funeral Friday March 1h all army from residence on Plasgauy street
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Bristol Phoenix
Bradford
R. I
Farrally Brothers
SPR i
PH@NIX
Bristol Post Office
Mr. Cole
O.L. Bosworth
General Assembly
Central Falls
Miline Lease
Marshall Woods
Surveyor
John A. C. Gladding
D. G. Coggeshall
Charles Cole
William N. Nerone
James Connery
Geo. H. Peck
John V. Lewis
Clark H. Straight
Thomas F. Downey
Michael Hammill, Jr
Benj. L. West
Lafayette F. Gorham
George Peckham
Amos K. Ballock
Bristol_and Vicinity
Edith Clarke
Boston
Dr. Dillon
McNay
Stephen Girard
F. S. Burgess
St. Mary's Total Abstinence Society
Chas. J. Cahill
Francis P. McGovern
John M. Finlay
Rev. P. McCabe
Richard J. Galvin
Frank Hammill
Frank Kearney
Jeremiah Kirby
John Findlay
James Brown
Hugh Breen
Jefferson Galvin
Yary
U.S
Christua
Probate Court
Providence Journal of
Saunder
Commodore Hollingsworth
Corinthian Yacht Club
Atllantic City
N. J
Commodore Hollingewortf
Sindy
Gaede
Saunders
J.P. White
Lyman W. Dean
Fall River
Herspara
Maggie
Walker's Cove
Henry M. Slocum
Benjamin T. Munro
Slocum
Phamsix
Tia
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