Portrait of Bristol Governor Proposed for State Portraits
Senator Ezra Dixon introduced a Senate resolution to appropriate $600 for an oil portrait of former Governor Francis Moore Dimond to hang in the State House beside other governors. Dimond, born in Bristol June 8 1796, served as U S Consul in Vera Cruz, aided during the Mexican War, was Bristol’s Lt Governor in 1853 4 and later led a railroad venture with the Southern Pacific.
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Ezra Dixon
Senate
Francis Moore Dimond
State House
Francois Moore Dimond
Bristol
Capt
Royal
Maria Eustis (Parker) Greene Dimond
Cuba
United States
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Dimond
Washington
Havana
Vera Curuz
Texas
Rhode Island
Philip Allen
Southern Pacific Railroad
Still More Tax Questions to the Editor
A Bristol reader questions tax policy and asks Mr. W about National Rubber Co. valuations from 1909 and 25 years prior. He requests clarity on whether improved property and machinery justify higher taxation, the company’s ratable estate accounting, and the town versus corporate burden, noting exceptional town company relations but seeking parity with other residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Phoenix
Board of Tax Asassins
Bristol
National Rubber Co
Kourth
Something for Nothing in Town Health Officer Call
A reader questions a doctor’s offer to serve as Health Officer without pay urging the Town Council to appoint a salaried official. The letter hints at politics in school matters and seeks honest, properly compensated service for the town’s health and education administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Health Department
Iit
Advertised Letters for Week Ending March 19
List of named individuals including George Skinner A Trade Chas Potter Wm Mark Brooks Manuel Souza Silva Manuel Furtado Sanastro and families Mr and Mrs Jan Russell Mr and Mrs K Hibbard Mr and Mrs Wilfred Hamptra E B Bransfield Ida Heffroother Goldsmith for the week ending March 19 as advertised letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George ©. Skinner
A. Trade
Chas. E. Potter
Mark Brooks
Manuel Souza Silva
Manuel Furtado Sanastro
Russell
Hibbard
Wilfred Hamptra
E. B Bransfield
Ida Heffroother Goldsmith
Two America's Cup yachts sold for turtle fish trade use
Two America's Cup yachts the Volunteer and the Vigilant were sold on Saturday and will head south for a turtle fishing trade role in the Caribbean Sea. Edward S. Reiss purchased the Volunteer from Capt. Charles Barr and has it in South Brooklyn, while L. L William E. Iselin owned the Vigilant, now at Greenport. The sale marks the end of eras for historic racing craft once central to the Cup.
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Caribbean
New York World
Edward S. Reiss
West Street
Charles Barr
Brooklyn
Greenport
William E. Iselin
South
Gen
Charles Paine
Boston
James Sbell
Thistle
George C
Naushon
Elizabeth Islands
Osape Cod
Barr
Lord Dunraven
New York Yacht Club
Nat Herreshoff
Vigilant
George Gould
Percy Chubb
Theo F. Lathrop Ames
Stephen Peabody
Iselin
Questions for Assessors Concerning Tax Assessments
A concerned taxpayer, OHAS A JOHNSON, questions Mr. Williams on taxing Bristol County Gas & Electric, New York New Haven Hartford Railroad, and Rhode Island Suburban Railroad properties. He cites valuations, protests, and past tax adjustments, asking for true accounts of all real and personal property and alleging overtaxation and partial valuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Phoenix
Williams
Iask
Telephone Company
Bristol County Gas & Electric Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Rhode Island Suburban Railroad Company
National India Rubber Company
New York,New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
Warren
Bristol Gas Company
Whiy
Bristol County Gas & Electric Light Company
Ohas
A. Johnson
In Memoriam for John I Petty
In sad memory of our beloved father John I Petty who died March 22 1908 Gone from among us we miss thee Loving thee father memory we will keep Never till life ends shall we forget thee Dear to our hearts is the place where you sleep
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
I’. Petty
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Wars Eet Oneen
Bristol, R. I
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Waldron
F. T. Remieres
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Hope and
Bradford Street
William G. Murphy
MASON
Bowamextt Ave
Warren, R
Belepisag Connection
Geo Smithson
C. W. Wall
Hope St
James Dixon
Church Street
Thames Street
Chiropodist
A. W. Orgelman
Proimptly
Oysters
Finnan Haddie
John Temple Drury
G. W. Simmons Undertakers and Funeral
Emma E. Carry
Y Frooket
Ee Telepmore
Ali Cade
Francis M. Dimond
Herreshoff
Hope Street
Edward D. Kunz
Onictan
iStol
Hope Cor
Bradford St
Providence Telephone Co
Staples Coal Company
State Street
Bristol Co. Gas ~ Electric Co
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