The Old East Burial Ground and Pioneer Cemeteries
A historical account traces the town’s burial sites from the 1684 meeting house to the East Burial Ground on Wood Street and the later Common graveyard. It notes the relocation of stones, use of the Pest House, artillery burials, and Walker family graves including the 1719 John Walker. Juniper Hill Cemetery marks Anthony Walker’s hillside grave.
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Munro
Wood Street
Old East
St. Corner
Old Town
Glad- A
William Gladding
John Liscomb
Gladding
Liscomb
Bennett J Munro
S. E
William Walker
High
Wood Streets
Walley Street
Walker’s Cove
Dows
Rockwell
Walker
John Ye
Thomas
Elizabeth Walker
Furst
Thomas Walker
Walker's Island
Bosworth
the Phoenix
James P Pierce
Barbour House
William Card
Card
Mt Lane
Mt Hone Ave
Mt Pond
Bristol
Dartmouth College
Phoenix
Tilden
West Lebanon
N. H
Hanover
Connecticut River
White River Junction
Early Letter Censoring in Chile Seventeenth Century
A fragment notes how Spanish forces first conquered Chile in the sixteenth century and then restricted emigration by censoring letters abroad to protect the colony’s reputation, making unfiltered correspondence punishable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Forand Presents Flag to Rhode Island Soldiers Home
Congressman Aimee Forand presented an American flag flown over the Capitol on May 14 to the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home. Nearly 200 attendees, including officials and veterans groups, witnessed the ceremony as Commandant Lawrence A. Mooney accepted the flag. Forand lauded improvements at the Home and cited Democratic support for veterans programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Aimee Farzind
Lawrence A. Mooney
Congressman Forand
Mooney
Institution
Raymond E. Jordan
Forand
McMahon Fined $75 In Court Here
Vincent I McMahon of 107 Benedict Street Pawtucket a Providence attorney was fined 75 and costs in Fifth District Court by Judge William T O Donnell for leaving the scene and driving to endanger. He posted 500 bail on each count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent I McMahon
Benedict Street
Pawtucket
Providence
Fifth District
Willam T O'Donnell McMahon
Anthony J Ferrara
McMahon
Hope Street
State Street
Wood Street
St Mary's Church
Manuel Viera
Third School Street
Viera
Mary Sousa
Salomon Nussenfeld
Rose Paul
Helen Dufourth
Bristol Macaron Company, Inc
Ferdinand J. Alves
Economy
Frank J. Svivia
McKendall Land Company, Inc
Trats Freitas
Antonio Buttigher
Sous Santo
Living Bristol memories and thanks for Phoenix copy
A San Francisco correspondent thanks a Bristol reader for sending a rare Phoenix mimeograph and shares memories of floods storms in 1869 and early town life. She recalls St Michael's Church aid, the Boy Scouts, and local history from Mount Lane to West Lebanon, praising Bristol's recovery and community kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Phoenix
Bristol
Old Town
San Francisco
New England
Providence Sunday Journal
Journal
Providence
Joyce Kilmer
Old Bristol
St Michael’s Church
Lucinda Mason Pierce Reid
Holloway Avenue
Ingleside Terraces
Cal
Italo American rally backs Republican slate at Poh Hall
More than 200 Italo Americans attended a Poh Hall rally on State Street where Sen. candidate Bertram Wall urged a straight Republican ticket and attacked current administration extravagance. Rep candidate John Magee proclaimed good government linked to Republicans, others named included Michael Pasquacelli Vincent Lentini and Dr J R Bernardo.
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Poh Hall
State Street
Bertram W Wall
John R Magee
Michael
Pasquacelli
Vincent Lentini
Italian War Veterans Association
J R Bernardo
Albert Johnson
Joseph Fusco
G R_ Perrom
Bristol
Duty Is To Town Alfred Tells Gathering
Alfred Tells Portuguese American rally in Lincoln Hall that his duty is to Bristol not to any party or nationality. He praised the Bristol Democratic town committee as a stepping stone for Portuguese progress and stressed Americanism and town over faction. Other speakers included Pagnano Davis Magee Forand Cappell Leahy Lucarelli Byrnes Nunes Pimental Vargas. Dennis presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Henry Alfred
Lincoln Hall
Alfred
Bristol Democratic Town Committee
Pasquale Pagnano
General Assembly
Senate
Charles L. Davis
John R. Magee
Aimee Forand
Louis W Cappell
Edward L. Leahy
Nicholas Lucarelli
Providence
Thomas H. Byrnes
Anthony J. Nunes
Democratic Town Committee
Peter J. Pimental
Division of Parks and Parkways
Daniel M Vargas
Joseph J. Dennis
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S Mae Oe
Ma”nthony
Billboard
Star
Lanett
Kearne
Bristol Cleansers and Dyers
Oys
Baden Powell
London
Providence Journal
Drristyvn
Doel
A. A. Edmonds CO
Newman Bros
Boyd
Kirkman
van Camp
California
Pudd
S. S. Pierce Co
Newman
Ile S. S. Pierce
John Alden
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