Bristol Town Council Elects Witherell Patrolman
A special Bristol council meeting elected Carl C. Witherell as permanent patrolman, making eight officers in the Bristol police force. He is known in baseball circles and runs Wee Wee Poultry Yards. The session also discussed street extension plans, road land donations, suburban rail crowding, freight depot sites, and election supervisor resignation. The tax list canvass for the Financial Town Meeting followed.
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Financial
Carl C. Witherell
Witherell
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Namquit
Bristol
Bristol County Poultry Association
State Street
Philp Brady
Josephus Gooding
Gooding
Rhode Island Company
Wallis F Howe
Rhode Island
James F Duffy
Frank Goff
Mystery of the Gale Tree Branch Camouflage Explained
Sun City news reports that Sun Day night storm split a elm branch on State street. Tree warden Samuel Kinder and assistants cut the branch, laid it in gutters, removed wood, trimmed the stump about 15 feet up, and painted the surface to camouflage the work, leaving a lineman puzzled by the source of the large limb.
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Samuel Kinder
The
Phoenix
State Street
Mr Kinder
Hokara Skin Food Claims Rapid Eczema Relief
W H Buffington reports selling hundreds of Hokara jars with a refund guarantee for dissatisfied buyers. The ad claims chronic eczema and other skin conditions are cured or relieved quickly when Hokara is applied, with a 35 cent price and a guarantee.
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W H Buffington
W. H. Buffington
Treatment that gave relief from constipation and headaches
James J. Royall of Boston recounts three years of constipation dizziness and violent headaches. He credits Fruit-a-tives Liver Tablets with dramatic relief after taking a box then two dozen more until his health was perfect. Sold at 50c a box or six for 2.50 from Fruit-a-Tives Limited Ogdensburg N Y.
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Crxtrat Waazr
Boston
Mass
Jas. J. Royall
Ogdensburg N. Y
Annual School Reports Show Budget Requests and Attendance
The Phoenix Office prints the annual school report now available at the Town Clerk's office. The School Committee petitions for 553,95, while last year’s total expenditure was 540,000 with 7,000 state aid. this year estimated at 563,000. Superintendent’s summary notes 1,868 pupils registered and 1,513 average daily attendance. Colt Memorial High School reports 187 students, 84 boys and 103 girls, down slightly from last year. Evening schools rise to 177 elementary and 79 high, with 532.03 expenditure. 20 week continuation proposed. Truant and medical reports list cases and defects prompting parental notices.
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Phoenix
the Phoenix
Superintendent of Schools
Colt Memorial High School
William W Lee, Jr
Lee
Colt High School
Philip Brady
Brady
A M Merriman
Homeless Bristol and the call for worker housing
A citizen urges Bristol leaders and industry owners to build affordable, attractive housing for workers. The piece cites a shipyard and growing industries, asks for immediate housing development using federal funds, street repairs, and cleaner housing to keep workers local and preserve Bristol as a model New England industrial town.
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Bristol
Department of Labor
Congress
Bristo
New England
Y M C A Bowling Results Report
Rowdy Dons win two of three strings against Nuff Leds with a one-pin roll-off. J Guinta totaled 301 CW with 118 and three strings. Cromer had 113 a 22. Never Sweats beat Slow Five two in three strings in Social League.
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J. Guinta
Cromer
Wade
Never Sweats
Social League
Rowdy Dows
Balfour Bottomley
J Bottomley
J Birtwistle
Emipraett
DeCosta
Fo Erro
John DeCosta
L. Gallo
Orrine Drink Habit Ad Promises Quick Breakup
An advertisement pitches Orrine as a secret treatment to break a drinking habit in husbands, sons, or fathers. It guarantees a refund if no benefit and markets Orrine No 1 and No 2 at $1.00 per box, offering a booklet from W. H Buffington at 458 Hope Street.
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Orrine
W. H Buffington
Hope Street
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Converse
For
U. S. Army
F. N. Easterbrooks
Y. M. C. A. Bowling
F Child, Jr
H_ Geisler
A. Campbell
F Spencer
C Bickford
Slow Five
W Coggeshall
Hid
J Anderson
A Geisler
aSee
Broad Street
Weybosset
Providence
Mueller
Ballard
Bristol Auto Shop
FORD
Florida
Indian River
Lo-Wi-Co
Philadelphia
Advocate
Newman Bros
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