Castle Island Beacon to Get Acetylene Light in 1927
The Castle Island beacon in Bristol Harbor will receive an acetylene light this season after a favorable Bureau of Lighthouses reply. The 1824 stone beacon, built by Nehemiah Cole, was designed to stand 24 feet high with a 12 by 6 foot base and to be whitewashed.
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Bulk
Bureau of Lighthouses
Washington
Castle Island
Bristol Harbor
Pacific Ocean
3D District
Staten Island
Amos S Gorham
Bristol
Ij T Yates
Prudence Ferry Lines
Christopher Ellery
Rhode Island
United States
Nehemiah Cole
Mason
James D Wolf
Nehemiah
Oor
Nfhemiah Colf
Charles Duffy
Bristol Post Office
Rand Wardex Co plans land record index install
The Rand Wardex Company of Boston installs a land record index system at the Town Clerk's office. Taxpayers allocate 6650 dollars for the project. Three Boston women supervise. local women assist part time. Completion expected in at least two months.
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Rand Wardex Company
Boston
Margaret Foley
Ida Straight
Agatha (Tobin) Franklin
Catherine Pierce
Barbara Clarke
Elizabeth Dwyer
Red Cross flood relief efforts near Bristol progress
Local American Red Cross Bristol Branch reports over 870 dollars raised for flood victims with a tentative 1000 dollar quota. Donations continue at the Red Cross Rooms in the post office on Tuesdays to Thursdays 1 to 6 pm. Benefactors include Miss Nelson, Mrs Mayo, Sunbeam Club, Inv Guild of St Michael's Parish, and several individuals.
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Bristol
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Nelson
H V Mayo
William Harrop
Sunbeam Club
St Michael's Church
Ij. EC
Ezra Dixon
Inv Guild of
St Michael's Parish
Merchants Plan Independence Day Trades Procession
A Fourth of July sub committee proposes a trades procession for Independence Day with local merchants promised full support. Samuel Molasky chairs the meeting in Town Hall with James Head as secretary and Frank J Sylvia as treasurer. The parade will feature three divisions: local merchants, national products, and automobiles, with 20 plus merchants already signaling entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Molasky
James Head
Frank J Sylvia
Co-Opera Baas
Civic Betterment Committee
Rose of Tokio Planned for Pastime Theatre Nights
Bristol Council Knights of Columbus discussed presenting the musical comedy Rose of Tokio at the Pastime Theatre on June 1 and 2. Direction by Rogers Producing Co. Fifty costumed performers, twenty three children in songs and dances, and a cast including Miss M Theresa Sullivan Nora Dwyer Bessie Pierce James Pierce John Callanan Vincent Malafronte Daniel Dwyer Charles Serbst Albert Pierce Miss Eileen Moore Frances Connell Joseph McGrath William Flanagan. Tickets on sale next week. Arrangements committee: James Meigs chairman William Flanagan William T Dwyer Andrew Dunbar Edward Le Clerc.
Benefit Entertainment at Pastime Theatre for Red Cross Relief
Next Sunday afternoon May 15 at 2 30 a benefit program at the Pastime Theatre by manager Alonzo Vail and staff to aid flood sufferers in southern states. Two feature pictures and shorts, proceeds to the local fund. An evening show at 7 30 continues the benefit with another two features and a full change of pictures for a focal organization fund.
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Mississippi Flood Fund
Red Cross
Alonzo Vail
Bristol
Focal Organization
Girl Struck By Auto Near Bradford Street
Ermina Romano six years old daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Romano 154 Bradford street was hit by a truck driven by Anthony Frederica 495 Wood street near her home at 6 PM Wednesday. Frederica rushed her to Dr Harold DeWolf for a minor scalp cut and said the child darted into the path of his vehicle. he swerved onto the sidewalk in a bid to avoid the impact.
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Ermina
Paul Romano
Bradford Street
Anthony Frederica
Wood Street
Frederica
Harold DeWolf
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FP Sak
Ceric Dowkets
GNES
Court Street Garage
the Montaup. Golf Club
Portsmouth
R. I
Howard A Piercet
John J. McCarty
New England Conservatory of Music
North Main Street
Fall River, Mass
Propostal
F. K. Knowlton
Church Street
Srer Rodolph Valentino
SHEIK
Paramount Picture
Thomas Meighan
Fox News
Felix the Cat
Collen Landis
Milton Sills
Mary Astor
Pathe Comedy
Castle
Thurston
Christ Fufry
Land Record Index
Rose OF
Tokio
K. of C
Benefit Entertainment
Edward
Jeweler
Ptometrist
Lehr
Our
Ibs
Autuibody
Epbiaat
AE V
R .Avene
Croade Street
Warren
Cornelius Hartington
Providenge Gas Store
F. Reginald Dimond
Anderson & Company
Hospital Trust
Sunkist
Libby
Aan
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