Bristol Town Council Elects Officers and Passes Business
A Bristol town council meeting last evening elected town officers for the coming year and conducted other business. Officials named include free warden Arthur P Dunbar, highway surveyor candidates Alexander G Fales and Charles M Maytum with Fales re-elected, health officer Thomas F Head, sealer of weights and measures John E Conley, commissioner of the asylum Charles S Cummings, and town hall agent Peter J Lannon among many appointments. The license for Dennis Ryan to sell liquor at 212 Thames street was granted, and various council committees were formed to handle water works, sprinkling contracts, bridge bids, and grounds care. A request to call a town meeting on April 9 for water committee reporting was tabled. The council also addressed street sprinkling bids, firefighting hose purchases, and a formal note about preserving burial-ground funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Crowley
William R. Perry
Dennis Ryan
Thames Street
Ellery-Wi
Geseee
Metacom Avenue
Thayer
Frank C. Child
Conley
Charles S. Cummings
Peter J. Lannon
Andrew Lynch
Richard Connery
James Tobin
Robert A Black
John Leahy
Charles A Luther
Charles Paull
Fred M. Barney
Stephen T. Church
J. Everett Coggeshall
Charles Maytum
Robert A. Black
James M. Gooding
Charles A. Luther
Moses W Whitney
James Hoard, Jr
George H. Peck
Benjamin M. Lincoln
Lyman B. Bosworth
Clark H Straight
Corder
James D Wardwell
Spencer Rounds
Joseph B. Barpess
James Hoard
Giles S. Congdon
Church Street Park
Chas
B. Rockwell
Steve Pipes
Oliver G McGann
Frederic F. Gladding
James D. Wardwell
Seth Paull, Jr
Nathan N. Cole
Philip Brady
East Burial Ground
Lyman B Bosworth
Charles H. Douglass
Oliver H. Blaisdell, Jr
Philip R. Manchester
North Burial Ground
Charles A. Barbour
John
Ingraham
Ingraham, Jr
James N.bullock
Parmenas Skinner, Jr
Frank, B. Wilson
John Lake
John Doherty
P. Skinner, Jr
Alt
Franklin and
Waldron
Gladding
Cummings
Bristol
The
Industrial Trust Co
Harriet J. Church
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co
Baltimore
Lcense
A H. Crowninshield
Herreshoff
Josup Council
Frank Paull
Sinking Fund
Frederic A. Easterbrooks
Brave Maj Raymond H Perry dies at Bristol Hotel
Major Perry a Civil War veteran and cavalry officer who served as United States Marshal in western Texas and as Galveston police chief died after a long illness. Born in Bristol, he traced lineage to Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and led a life of travel service and public duty across Rhode Island, New York, Texas, and the Caribbean. His career included artillery service, cavalry commands, consular roles, and praise from General Sherman for his bravery and vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj
Raymond H. Perry
Bristol
State Street
Maj. Perry
South
Union
James Dew
Julia S. (Jones) Perry
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Erie
Cape Horn
San Francisco
Cal
California
Panama
Boston
Great Lakes
Detroit
Mich
Chicago
China
Lincoln
Rhode Island
Washington
Rhodesland Light Artillery
New York Cavalry
New York Volunteers
Rhode Island Volunteers
New Orleans
R. I. Cavalry
Texas
Galveston
Perry
Law
Grant
San Domingo
Haiti
Phil Sheridan
A. E. Burnside
Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Claim
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising to cure a cold in one day. It notes that all druggists refund money if the cure fails and that E W Grove’s signature appears on each box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.w.grove
Industrial Trust Company Bristol Branch Rates
Interest at two percent per annum paid on deposits subject to check at sight.
Weatherwear sale rain coat for ten dollars
A store advertises a fine all wool rain proof coat priced at 10 dollars inviting customers to come in and discuss its serviceability and use in wet weather.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stockbridge and Swift’s
Lowell Geare Fertilizers
Wars WE Eestuneen CO
the German Clothing Co
Easterbrooks Block
State ST
German Clothing CO
R. I. Drug CO
RL Drug CO
Hope St
Ferris
People’s Cash Store
Amos Trudeau
G. M. Wilbur
Radford ST. Bristo
St., Providence
DODGE
Gitonadhi
Siena
Eugene LeClair
Denard
Constitution
R. I
Bristol Phenix
Hope Street
Industrial Trust Company
Connery
Men's Outfitterr
Just
F.T. Remieres
Siaoroao Streets
Bris
Tol
Stove
B. C. Gas & Electric Co
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