Bristol Leads State in Victory Loan Oversubscription
Rhode Island total subscriptions reach 45,342,700 with over 210,000,000 in bonds bought in under two years. Bristol tops towns with 563,800 and 1402 subscribers, nearly doubling its $300,000 quota. Other large buyers include Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Newport, and Cranston.
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Bristol
Old Town
Glocester
Little Compton
Block Island
Rhode Island
Rhode Islanders
Providence
Central Falls
Cranston
Newport
Pawtucket
Westerly
Woonsocket
Pierce Dramatic Players to Stage Third Community Entertainment
The Pierce Dramatic Players of Boston led by Mr and Mrs Harry Pierce with the Boston school of drama and elocution will present the third in a series of community course entertainments Tuesday evening.
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Pierce Dramatic Players of
Boston
Harry Pierce
Boston School of Drama and Elocution
Wallace Reid at Y M C A in Too Many Millions
Wallace Reid stars as Van Dorn in Too Many Millions a comedy of money love and adventure based on the novel Someone and Somebody. Ora Carew leads as the love interest with Current Events Burton-Holmes Travelogue Pictograph and The Tiger shown alongside.
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Wallace Reid
Porter Emerson Browne
Mr Reid
van Dorn
Ora Carew
Paramount
Burton-Holmes
Colonial AC Baseball Opens Season at Bristol Common
Leo Hughes leads the Colonials for their season opener against the East Providence Independents on Bristol Common. A pregame street parade will feature Council President Peter Gasper pitching to Councilman Elisha Hibbert, with Ed McCourt starting for East Providence. Pin Lester is also in the lineup along with Garvin Baker Gogha Lee Velleca Langello Ruggero Matrioni Coggeshall and others.
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Leo Hughes
Colonial AC
East Providence Independents
Bristol Common
Peter Gasper
Elisha Hibbert
Ed” McCourt
East Providence
Pin Lester
Colonials
Garvin
Baker
Gogha
Lee
Velleca
Langello
S.i Ruggero
Matroni
Coggeshall
Salvation Army Campaign to Raise 13 Million
The Salvation Army announces a national fundraising drive from May 19 to May 26 to support its postwar work. It emphasizes wartime strength turned to peacetime duties and a mission focused on aiding the poor and lifting up those in need.
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Salvation Army
Salvation Army Plans May Fund Drive in Bristol
Commander Evangeline Booth announces a 1926 Bristol drive to fund the Salvation Army as war support fades. A local committee led by Wallis F. E. Howe will solicit donations through press appeals rather than house to house canvassing with a £2 assessment and Liberty Bonds accepted at par.
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Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Executive Council
Bristol
Wallis FE Howe
Edward E. Bunn
James W Franklin
Douglas Morey
George R. Fish
A. W Anthony
Mary
May Festival At St Mary's Parish Benefits Convent
The annual May festival of St Mary's parish benefiting the Sisters of Mercy drew strong attendance. Suppers were served each night and motion pictures were part of the program. The festival closes tomorrow evening.
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St. Mary's Parish
Sisters of Mercy
Teachers Association to Close Season With Reading Event
The Teachers Association holds its final meeting of the season next Monday at 8 PM in the Colt Memorial High School auditorium. Miss Adelaide Patterson of Rhode Island State Normal School will read The Witching Hour. The public is invited.
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Colt Memorial High School
Pierce
Teachers’ Association
Adelaide Patterson
Rhode Island State Normal School
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