Bristol Surpasses Victory Loan Quota With Large Subscriptions
Bristol exceeded its $300 000 Victory Loan quota by subscribing $563 750, shared by 299 subscribers at an average of about 423 each. Miss Isolene Barnes led solicitors securing $126 950, with the Industrial Trust s bank open to 9 pm. Rhode Island likely oversubscribed its 37 500 000 allotment by over 20 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Rhode Island
C. T. Sherman
Bank of the Industrial Trust Peminady
Isolene
Break-in at Franklin Street Garage Steals Tires and Cash
Thieves broke into the Franklin Street Garage Company between 1 and 2 a m on Saturday, taking seven tires 24 tubes and 620 dollars. Police recovered the goods later under a skiff at Oliver street. A second break-in occurred last night with more tires tubes and about 650 dollars in change stolen.
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Franklin Street Garage Company
Franklin and
Thames Streets
Oliver Street
May Festival Opens At St Marys Parish
The annual May festival began last evening in the upper section of the new church and runs daily this week. Booths attract crowds and entertainment is planned each night. Proceeds fund rebuilding and remodeling a dwelling near the church to serve as a convent for the Sisters of Mercy.
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St Mary's Parish
Holy Name
Daughters of Isabella
Knights of Columbus
King Philip Fire Company
Chuch
Sisters of Mercy
Wallace Reid at Y M C A Too Many Millions
Wallace Reid stars in Too Many Millions a light comedy at the Y M C A next Saturday afternoon and evening. He plays a book agent who inherits forty million dollars and lives as a wealthy man before discovering ennui and a rush of rapid-fire adventures with a lovely heroine and a dramatic chase. The plot features a robbing uncle, a vanished fortune, and a final escape from a burning inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Reid
Mr. Reid
Xantippe
Funeral of Mrs Elizabeth Nichols Held Saturday
The funeral for Elizabeth Nichols widow of Edward T Nichols was held Saturday at 2 pm from her Cooke street home. Rev Anson B Howard pastor of St Michael's Church conducted the services. Bearers were Cyrus Edison Freeborn Cole Abram Bliss and Fred Foster. Interment followed at North Cemetery.
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Elizabeth Nichols
Edward T. Nichols
Cooke Street
Anson B Howard
St. Michael’s Church
Cyrus Edison
Freeborn Cole
Abram Bliss
East Providence
Fred Foster
Riverside
North Cemetery
School Committee Reelects Hobbs Principal at Higher Salary
William C. Hobbs of Auburn was reelected principal of Colt Memorial High School with a raise to 1800 dollars a year. Miss Anna Pierce was chosen principal of Byfield and supervisor of penmanship. The board approved teacher reappointments, accepted Rose Blackman's resignation, and planned cadet inspections and an equipment gift, with a new school in memory of Elizabeth Wardwell Guiteras.
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William C. Hobbs
Colt Memorial High School
Anna Pierce
Byfield
William ¢. Hobbs
Auburn
Byfield School
Mary E. McGinn
Providence
Gertude A. Leonard
Riverside
Fall River
Laura Smith
Nayatt Point
Elizabeth G. Manning
Hannah McMullen
Elizabeth Walsh
Ruth O’brien
Warren
Elizabeth W. Clowes
E. Mildred Gorman
Helen A. Condon
Grace E. Shiel
Phoebe Foley
Rose Blackman
Wallis E. Howe
George L. Cke
Obituary for Miss May Elizabeth Cleaver in local notice
Miss May Elizabeth Cleaver died last Thursday at her brother’s home on Munro avenue after years of ill health. A Colchester, Connecticut native, she lived 24 years in the area and worked in the stitching room of the National India Rubber Company factory. She was a member of St Mary’s Church and related Catholic societies. Funeral services were held at St Mary’s Church with a Mass and choir performance, then interment in Colchester after a Providence train transfer. She is survived by her mother Mrs. Jennie Cleaver and two brothers William and Frederick.
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May Elizabeth Cleaver
Munro Avenue
Rhode Island
Colchester
Conn
National India Rubber Company
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
the Blessed Virgin Sodality
Mrs Anastatia Ingram Dies at 42 at Bristol Asylum Home
Mrs Anastatia Ingram wife of Jacob R Ingram keeper of the Bristol Asylum died Sunday morning at her home on the Asylum road after a long illness She was 42 born in this town a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs William O Brien She leaves four children and two sisters The funeral was held today at 9 o clock at St Mary's Church
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Jacob R. Ingram
Anastatia Ingram
Bristol Asylum
Asylum Road
William O’brien
St. Mary's Church
Death notices for Ingram and Kelly on May 11
Ingram Mrs. Jacob R. Ingram died in this town on May 11 at age 42. Kelly Comrade Timothy Kelly died at the Soldiers' Home in this town on May 11 at age 79.
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H. J. Wheeler
Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station
Winiaya Ross
Pai
Bowker
Bowker’s Fertilizer
Connery
Men's
Ford
Waldron Company
Bradford ST
Henry H. Polytan Studio
His
Lawrence Santulli
Eastman’s
Kodaks and Films
Vulcan Films
Eastman
State Street
Franklin ST. Garage CO
Chevrolet
Bristol, Warren and
Barrington
Flint
Michigan
Franklin Street Garage CO
Franklin and Thames Sts
Bristol, R. I
R. A. Deslauriers
Staples Coal Company
St. Mary’s Church
Miss May Elizabeth Cleaver
Hope Street
Edward D. Kunz
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Paramount
Hee Alton
Metro
Allison
Marie Waldgamp
Patty
Arbuckle In “Moonshine
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