Overseer of the Poor Bolster presents Bristol report
DeWitt E Bolster submits his eleventh annual report covering Feb 1 1921 to Jan 31 1922 to Bristol Town Council. He notes high relief costs due to unemployment and illness, with groceries fuel and medical care as major items. The report details income, expenditures, and proposed appropriation of 1000 to the Poor Department plus state aid and burials.
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DeWitt E. Bolster
Bristol
R. L
Home Service Section
The
Red Cross
Bristol and Warren
Col. S P. Colt
Davis Wilson
State Infirmary
Board of Bmnistol
Howard
Penal and Charitable Commission
Poor Department
Locust Plague Delays Graaff Reinet Train Two Hours
Immense locust swarms covered the permanent way in South Africa delaying a Graaff Reinet line train for two hours. Passengers and officials swept the tracks with improvised brooms to clear the line and resume the journey. Locusts stood two feet deep in places.
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Graaff Reinet Line
South Africa
Too Busy to Worship Says Bristol Clergy
A Bristol clergy sermon laments modern life that crowds out worship as people fill Sundays with work or leisure. He argues neglecting religious duties risks lopsided living and urges preserving God's day despite societal busyness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Washington birthday address urges Legion to drop bonus politics
Bishop Manning at the Sons of the Revolution dinner in New York urged the American Legion to withdraw the bonus from political contention. He called Washington’s voice a guide to support veterans, emphasized civic duty from jury service to prohibition, and warned against false internationalism.
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American Legion
Washington
Wiliam T Manning
Episcopal
New York
the Sons of the Revolution
Hotel Plaza
New York Times
Bishop Manning
Manning
Great Britain
France
George Washington
Telephone Ownership Grows as US Leads in Lines
The American Telephone and Telegraph Company reports that Europe has one phone per 100 people while the US, though 1/16 of the world population, holds about two thirds of the world’s telephones. 1921 profits and dividends are detailed with $73.5 million available for interest and dividends and $42.7 million paid in dividends. 186,342 shareholders on December 31, 1921, with 25,700 employees among them. the company remains the nation’s most widely held stock supporting national plant expansion.
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Europe
United States
H.B. Thaye
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
Cigar smoking cautions warn against smoking to the end
The article notes tobacco oil in cigars and explains it condenses at the lips, advising against finishing cigars to the last inch. It states some connoisseurs stop at three quarters and warns bitter flavor signals should end smoking to prevent smoker's throat.
Cerizane Cough Balsam Backed By Walden Man
A Waltham Massachusetts businessman testifies that Cerizane Balsam cured his daughter's terrible cold after two sleepless nights. He notes rapid relief within a day and praises the medicine as wonderful. The product is made for ninety five years by the Wilson family of Boston.
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A. G. Swett
Adama St
Waltham
Mass
Carter
Wilson
Boston
Winsor
Sow Adopts Kitten in Ontario Farm Twist
An Ontario farmer reports a sow with a litter that has adopted a half grown kitten. The kitten nurses with the piglets and sleeps beside them. For several days the kitten has been part of the pig family and will not drink cow’s milk. At night it curls up at the sow’s side.
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Ontario
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Horace Peck
Beachmont Land Company
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G. M. Wilbur
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