Public Works Proposals To Absorb Unemployed In Town
A town columnist proposes practical public works to employ the unemployed. Suggested projects include sidewalk construction along Main Road, water mains at Bristol Narrows for fire protection, a Woods Street extension toward the Defiance Fire Station and Mount Hope bridge, and a park junction at Gooding Avenue. Projects could be funded with self liquidating loans or RF C funds, with land donations from nearby property owners.
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the Phoenix
Warren Line
Bristol Narrows
Water Company
Metacom Avenue
pMinane
Binance ‘Corporation
Leahy Farm
Woods Street
Defiance
Gooding Avenue
Hope Street
Wood Street
Mount Hope Bridge
Bristol Common Field Public Acknowledgment From Local Baseball Groups
Public letter to the editor by Bristol field users thanking Town Council Brig Gen Callan and others for improvements to the playing field including backstop alterations base lines and relocated home plate. Signatories include James F Duffy Edward J Fitzgerald John Loveria Orlando Bisba ng Joseph P Quartaro and others from multiple baseball clubs and relief workers.
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Bristol Common
L. H. Callan
C . Getchell l
Court House
Fair Territory
Home Plate
Stanley Friswell
L. Burleigh
Patsy) Flanagan
James F Duffy
Bristol Twilight League
Edward J Fitzgerald
Colt
John LO Veria
Langley Goff case ends with $300 judgment and costs
Fifth District Court clerk Henry E Fowler sitting in for Judge Lindemuth disposed of three civil cases. Langley vs Goff: judgment for the plaintiff $300 plus costs on a book account. Shepard Company vs Tracy: decision for Shepard for $63 plus costs on a book account. Jamiel vs Buffum: case continued one week.
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Fifth District Court
Henry E Fowler
Benjamin F Lindemuth
T Langley
Francis F Goff
Shepard Company
Joseph I. Tracy
Albert G Jamiel
Edith G Buffum
World’s All Right musical extravaganza at St Michael’s
May 22 23 events include a parish council production The Worlds All Right at St Michaels Church Ginteras School auditorium May 24 Alumni Bridge at Colt Memorial High School auditorium June 3 act comedy Happy Go Luck presented by the BTA Entertainment Association at Cutteras Auditorium Bristol hosted by Cotton Ball Portuguese American Civic League June 9.
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St Michael's Church
Ginteras School
Auditorum
Alumnii
Colt Memorial High School
Portuguese American Civic League
Bristol
BTA
Entertainment Association
Cutteras
Knowledge and Virtue as Elevating Qualities
A reflective note argues that knowledge raises a man as virtue elevates character, suggesting true distinction comes from moral and intellectual development rather than mere power or force. The text implies refinement of mind and ethics as the higher path.
Outlawed Bear Baiting in English Parliament 1853
A historical note records the English Parliament banning captive bear baiting in 1853. The act ended cruel entertainment practices involving bears and highlighted rising animal welfare concerns of the era.
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Pardiament
Devs
New Books at Rogers Free Library in Circulation
The Rogers Free Library lists new non fiction and fiction titles now in circulation. Among non fiction works are Great Dipper to Southern Crass Edward HE Dodd South 4 Suez William Jo Makin Arctic Village Robert Marshall Wa Sue in the Moslem Fast and Emma Ponafidine Was a Spy Marthe VickKenia The US in the World Stars Walter Lippmann The Watch of Democracy James Trustow Adams Psychology Everett D Martin Cav alcade Noel Coward 190 000 000 Guinea Pigs Arthur Kallet and F J Schlink Radio Theory and Operating Mary T Loomis Tennyson's Political Works Emily Post Book of Etiquette New editions. In fiction Grand Canary A J Cronin Pageant G B Lancaster The Last Adam James G Coser Hardy Perennial Helen Hull Walls of Gold Kathleen Norris Imitation of Life.
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Rogers Free Library
Edward HE Dodd
South
Suez
William Jo Makin
Arctic
Robert Marshall
Sue
Emma
Ponafidine
Marthe VickKenia
Walter Lippmann
James Trustow Adams
Everett D Martin
Noel Coward
Riverside Coronas Defeat B. T. A. 6-5 In Ninth Inning Thriller
E Read singled home the deciding run in the ninth inning as Riverside Coronas beat Bristol Train of Artillery 6-5 at Hames Memorial Park. Bristol committed two errors in the frame, giving the Coronas the edge in a pitchers duel between Herb Remick and Hut Correira. Remick allowed 12 hits with nine strikeouts, while Correira yielded 10.
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E. Read
Bristol
Corona Club
Barrington
Bristol Train of Artillery
Hames Memorial Park
Bart Rington
Herb Remick
Coronas
Hut” Correira
Remick
Correira
The Midst of Life Novel Review in Atlantic Monthly
Mina Curtiss uses a letters form to recount a widow writing to her dead husband. The narrative blends intimate recollection with country life on a shared estate, including gardens, animals, and neighbors, delivering a buoyant and whimsical tone.
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Mina Curtiss
Atlantic Monthly
Mrs Curtiss
Smith College
Unclear baseball play recited with names and stats
The fragment lists players Derson Lemaire Marshall and hits by Marshall and Polick with Murray, a sacrifice by Buckett and a struck out by Remick and Correira. It notes left on base counts for Coronas and Bristol, umpire Warren, and game time 1 hour 50 minutes. The winning run timing is described as ignored or zone out.
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Derson
Lemaire
Marshall
Polick
Murray
Buckett
Remick
Correira
Coronas
Bristol
Warren
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New York
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