Bristol Votes to Purchase Water Works in Town Meeting
Bristol voters approve buying the Bristol and Warren Water Works by a 155 to 49 margin, a 106 vote majority, with 206 ballots cast from 675 eligible. The town will appoint an old water committee to act, seek fair price, and pursue bonds up to $200 000 to acquire and improve the system.
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Old Water Committee
Bristol
Bennett
J. P. Reynolds
Bristol and Warren
George
Bristol and
Warren
General Assembly
LeBaron Bradford
Mesara
Joshua Wilbour
Hezekiah W Church
Ezra Dixon
William J Bradford
Charles F. Herreshoff
Greene
Charles Chase
Water Committee
Wilbour
Arbor Day Observed by Bristol Public Schools
In Bristol Friday Arbor Day was observed by public school children and banks per Governor Brown’s proclamation. The program featured recitations and exercises across grades from High School to first grade with teachers and pupils named for each school and class.
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Brown
Stockwell
Arthur P. Johnson
Anna B. Manchester
Lillian F. Munroe
Bertha Carey
Philip DeWolf
Allen Newman
William Wardwell
Earl Bowen
Richard Quirk
Bessie Adams
Margaret Connery
Lois Munro
Estelle Mason
A. P. Johnson
Wm. Duffy
Bessie Grey
Evelyn O. Johnson
Howard Wood
Eleanor Speakman
Thomas Tobin
Marie Duffy
Bessie Stevens
Bertha Balfour
Ethel Munro
James Hammill
Thomas Brightman
Margaret Rockwell
Frank Ryone
Juliette Fish
Katie Douglan
Veronica Stapleton
Elizabeth H. Pitman
Ethel Speakman
Alice Coughlin
Lida Kenney
Norman Anderson
Lillian Connery
Bernard Morris
Grace Cady
Helena Saunders
Margaret Peters
Juliette Gorham
Frank Doran
John Lynch
Harold de Wolf
H. Augusta Coggeshall
Maria Taylor
Charles McVey
Louise Young
William Connery
Lillian Magee
John Church
Nellie Manning
Maggie Cahill
Hattie Morris
Bixth
Ina P. Warren
C. Elder
O. Duffy
J. Connery
F. Rounds
T. Allan
Ada Munro
Mabel Pearse
Marion
Cole
Leah Young
Ina Poddard
Ida Hoar
South
Mary A. Bimena
Grace McCarthy
Margaret Tangley
Allie Finch
May Pollock
Charlie Perry
May Nerone
May Chive
Caranue Waldron
Annie Carey
Tommy Cough
Eliphalet Bailey
Mildred Close
Mary Maher
Thomas Wright
Marie Bertrand
Freddie Munro
Lillia Manchester
Hope Miller
Sadie Hughes
Clara Easterbrooks
Marguerite Tobin
Arthur Lawton
Annie Galvin
Bernard Farley
Charlie Bacon
George Henderson
Robbie Munro
Albert Mott
Ida Lanner
Louise Lavender
May Congdon
Oliver Henderson
Alice Newbold
Byfield School
S. W. Slade
Mamie Pepper
Mildred Taylor
Howard Manchester
Jennie Lisker
Helen Waldron
Tommy Hughes
Ellen Darling
Harry James
Laura Pollock
Frank Stuart
Alice Bowen
Calie Hill
Franklin Street
Mary G. Lawless
Fred Cleaver
Julia Mahoney
Geniieve Doran
Maggie Dingle
Maggie Dwyer
West
Katherine E. Scanlon
Water Committee Hints at Next Steps for Water Works Purchase
Brief addresses from committee members William J. Bradford and Ezra Dixon congratulated the public on progress. The meeting adjourned with plans to reconvene next Thursday in the Council chamber to lay out procedures toward purchasing the water works.
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William J. Bradford
Ezra Dixon
Council Chamber
Hustlers and Defenders Face Off in Comeback Defenders Win 7–5
On the common Saturday the uptown Defenders defeated the Hustlers 7 to 5 in a keenly contested game. Notable players included Gladding Newman and Manches ter for the Hustlers and Anderson McGee Moffitt and Tobin for the Defenders. A separate Hustler Juniors versus Star Juniors game ended 33 to 17 in favor of the Stars. A Warren team is slated to visit to play the Defenders at 2 30 this Saturday.
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Gladding
Newman
Manchester
Ryone
Bowen
Hayes
Wood
Perry
DeWolf
Anderson
McGee
Moffitt
McCaughy
J. Anderson
Tobin
Myers
Northrop
Wardwell
Ferry Road
Hustler
Star
Warren
Obituary of Mrs Rachael Weeden-Medicinking axonin
Mrs Rachael Weeden-Medicinking, aged several years, dies after long illness at Aldensey Church Street. Born in Bristol, she married Thomas Remieres in 1839 and lived in Cuba before returning to Bristol. Her second husband John Weeden died over 20 years ago. She was a Baptist and active in the First Baptist Church. Funeral held at her residence with services by Rev. Moxley and Rev. Locke, with interment at North Cemetery.
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Rachael T. Weeden
Axonin Canibes
Aldensey
Weeden
Bristol
T. Waldron
Thomas Remieres
Minorca Islands
Ephraim Scott
John Weeden
Leonard G. Simmons
Rensselaer Waldron
North Cemetery
First Baptist Obaroh
Town Council approves multiple town accounts and hires
At yesterday's Town Council meeting several bills were allowed across town and highway, poor, sidewalk, asylum, fire, council, license, and dog accounts. Applicants George Pailthorp, Thomas F Usher and Ellery W Greene were recommended as census takers. Grand Jurors William W Perry and Lewis B Waldron were drawn. An order for $125 in favor of James Connery for crushed stone was authorized.
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George Pailthorp
Thomas F. Usher
Ellery W. Greene
William W. Perry
Lewis B. Waldron
James Connery
Epworth League Presents Rain and April Showers Program
The Epworth League held a meeting last evening with the literary department in charge. The program featured a Rain Concert by Grace Dunbar, an April Calendar by Mabel Lindsey, piano by Bessie Gray, and other items including Rain in Summer, a Rainy Day vocal duet by Misses Gray and Peckham, ending with an address by Rav Aly Kingsley.
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Epworth League
Grace Dunbar
Mabel Lindsey
Bessie Gray
Bessie Carey
Rebecca Peckham
Mattie Gray
Misses Gray
Peckham
Rav
Aly
Kingsley
Bristol Post Office Schedules and Local News
Mails close at multiple morning and evening times and open near 9 am and 2 pm. Bristol bicycle club ride noted. Local shops advertise foods, wall papers, tea, coffee, seeds, and fishing tackle. Epworth League social planned, court session updates, church notices, and a ship cargo report headline weekend events and town improvements.
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Bristol
Birthday Social Noted by First Congregational Church
In an added section the Christian Endeavor Society of the First Congregational church reports a well attended birthday social. Envelopes with coins matched to ages raised funds, and a musical program featured Miss Bessie Stevens and others, with tableaux including Maternity and Widowhood. proceeds totaled $48.
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eManinisin Bichon Scitsluatis Wadia Pyramaasin Psa
Christian Endeavor Society
First Congrégational Church
Bessie Stevens
G. E. Church
Florence Johnson
Jennie Anderson
Eva Pickles
Nettie Kirkwood
Mixa Florence Johnston
Jennie Daggett
Lillie Peckham
Maggie McCaughey
Emily D. Bennett
Gertrude E. Talbee
Allan P. Stevens
Helen Daggett
Beatrice Thompson
Hermann Boys
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Bristol Phoenix
Bradford St
R. L. Farrally Brothers
Boston Gossamer Rubber Co
TOWN
George H. Norman
Arbor Day
J. H. Bailey
Cecelis Slade
Maud Sirson
Emma Munro
Mary Soper
Jennie Manchester
Alice Spencer
Lizzie Duffy
Sophia Borhman
Delia Wells
Beatrice Soper
Clara Lindsey
Maggie Fish
Robert Gifford
Henry Bullock
Thos. Clark
Leighton Billborough
James McShane
Freddie Murphy
James Tanner
John Christie
Edward Doyle
John Wright
Willie Crowley
Thomas McAleer
Robert
A.V. Baxter
Arthur Newman
Reba Slocum
Clara Diman
Annie Kavanaugh
Alice Spillacy
Lennie Manchester
Hattie Rolson
Rebe Goddard
Harold McCaw
Madeline Tilley
Edith Keene
Gertrude Keene
Hattie Pelley
Charlie West
Gardner Ryan
Johnnie Collins
Nettie Easaterbrooks
Bristol and Vicinity
Bristol Bicycle Club
C. A. Johnson’s
G. W. Easterbrooks
F. S. Burgess
Marblehead
H.M. Howe
State Street Methodist Church
C. A. Johnson's
Fall River Line
F. T. Remieres
Formosa
C. A. Johnson
James Murphy
Bourn Street
Columbia
Hartford
F.T. Remieres
B. W. Snow
Wampsnoag
Parker
W. H. Buffington
Apothecary
R. I
Morris’ Pharmacy
St. Alban’s Lodge
No. 6
A. F
A. M
B. L. Eaton
Calais
Maine
Grierson
Seth Paull
Eaton & Co
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Blue Cross Ceylon Tea
McNay
Hope Street
United States
State Street Methodist
Isaac B. Munro
P.O
D. J. Neylan
Arthur la Roach
Cournoyer
Timothy Conway
Thomas Biutler
Jon Manchado Tens
Signor~Paluasbo
Antonio Ppotas
William H. Prosther
Thomas Slater
Mary E. Toomey
Pardina Lucier
J T. Hillard
Hattie Smith
Annie Slater
Frank J. Murphy
Harriett Greene
Kate Gravert
M. E. Dailey
New London
America
Massachusetts
Wardwell Lumber Co
Common Pleas Division
Supreme Court
Housebreaker Wood
Wil
Teisis Waar Thue Prigoier
Hecker
C. A. Johnston
Ladies’ Benevolent Society of
St. Michael’s Church
Louis C. Sanford
Selma
California
Fowler
Cal
St Michael's
Idaho
Benevolent Society
James Henry Weed
St. Mark’s Church
Riverside
United Brothers Lodge No. 18
I. O
C. F
National India Rubber Company
Frank W Fish
Henry F. Card
James A. Newman
W. Fred Fish
James T
Zara
Capt.Kineman
Providence
Minsher Brothers
C.A. Johnson
G. W. Easterbrooka
H. C. Baxter
Portland
Neckan
J. B. Herreshoff
N. G. Herreshoff
Bay
Katrina
Francis S. Knowles
New York
D. Fullwood
New York City
Mr. Knowles
Glen Cove
Long Island
Loring Coggeshall
Bristol Narrows
Pacnix
J. Howard Manchester
Young
U.S
Mackintosh
Buston Gossamer Rubber Co
Cranstun Mlols
First Congregational Church
Wilson’s Lene
Benjamin Kk. Wilson
Sevinee
Treas
Prume Bes
Wm. H. Dunbar
Charles W. Kounds
County of
State of
Rhode Island
K. T
Woollawn Avenue
William H. Dun
Waiiluld
Woodlawn Avenue
Andrews
Hounds
Charles W. Hounds
William H.dunvir
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