Americanization Meeting Highlights Rhode Island Effort
A public mass meeting at the Pastime Theatre discussed absorbing aliens into American life. Judge Edward L. Leahy presided as Theodore Francis Green urged naturalization, equal suffrage concerns, and a town canvass to count non English speakers. Mary Antin spoke on English instruction and citizenship for wartime efficiency.
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Edward L.leahy
Theodore Francis Green
Providence
Leahy
Green
Rhode Island
Council of National Defense
State
New England
United States
Equal Suffrage League
Mary Antin
Professor Grabau
Columbia University
Russia
Boston
Edward Everett Hale
Antin
Boy Struck by Auto on Hope Street Injuries Minor
Joseph Perry about 9, of 10 Bourn Avenue, was hit by Henry J. Wood of 98 Bradford Street Saturday morning near the Western Union office on Hope Street. He suffered bruises to the forehead and left knee, no bones broken, and was taken to A Buffington drug store for treatment. Wood escaped injury. the car struck a tree but was undamaged.
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Joseph Perry
Bourn Avenue
Henry J. Wood
Bradford Street
Hope Street
Western Union Telegraph Office
Mr. Wood
O . A. Buffington
H. L. Telfer
Irene Fisher
Pentecostal Church Sermons Honor Holiness Concept
At Sunday services Rev Miss Custance preached on Christian Perfection and Rev Miss Allen spoke on Holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. A cottage meeting invited at Ralph Morgan 608 Wood Street this evening. all welcome.
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Miss Custance
Miss Allen
Ralph Morgan
Wood Street
Automobiles Registered at State Board Office
Last week three Bristol registrations shown include Eugenia T T Herreshoff with an Oldsmobile 19 hp sedan Oswald R Siegel with a Ford 22 hp coupelet and Joseph Roderick with an Overland 25 hp touring vehicle listed by number and owner in Bristol records.
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Office of State Board of Public Board
Eugenia T T. Herreshoff
Bristol
Oldsmobile
Oswald R. Siegel
Ford
Joseph Roderick
Overland
Red Cross Campaign Names List of Women Workers
Miss A Bertha Wyatt announced the Red Cross fundraising total and then listed lieutenants and workers including Mrs Alfred Merriman Mrs Delicia Dela Morte Miss Helen Warren Miss Katherine Paull Miss Frances Merriman and many others across multiple households and duties. The document records numerous women volunteers and their affiliations in the campaign.
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A. Bertha Wyatt
Corps of Women
Red Cross
Alfred Merriman
Delicia Dela Morte
Viola Dela Morte
Helen Warren
Katherine Paull
Frances Merriman
John Wall
William Buffington
John Dunbar
Frances Peckham
Julia Gorham
Betty McLaughlin
Doris Farrally
Julia Drury
Agnes Herreshoff
Mary D. Easterbrooks
Henrietta Connery
Helen Church
Evelin Bache
N. G. Herreshoff
Elizabeth Bourn
Florence Kellogg
Evelyn Carter
Hannah Kinder
Alice Bourn
Waldron
Lawton
Alice DeWolf
Augustine van Wickle
Russell Church
William O'Donnell
William Gladding
William Duffy
Frank Crabb
Clarke Brown
Pythians Visit Newport In Fraternal Tour
About 40 Burnside Lodge No 34 Knights of Pythias members visited Redwood Lodge No 11 Newport for the Grand Lodge officer visitation. Guests included Lieut Frost Bandmaster T Clarke Brown and Samuel J Smith Navy men. Brown received a metal mirror gift. The Bristol party returned home after a buffet luncheon and a silver quartet performance, arriving around 1 a m.
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Burnside Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Redwood Lodge
Newport
Grand Lodge
Lieut. Frost
T. Clarke Brown
Samuel J. Smith
Naval Force
Brown
John A. Miller
James A. Clarkson
George S. Marshall
Frank Goff
Bristol
Burnside
Grand Concert at Pastime Theatre Nov 14
The Grand Concert at Pastime Theatre on Wednesday evening November 14 will be directed by Professor Donovan. The program features local stars and performers from Providence including Augustus St Angelo Mary Mc Cabe Nellie Pierce Minnie Franklin Arthur Fontes and others with Bristol and Providence Orchestra. Reserved seats are available at St Mary's Rectory.
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Donovan
St. Mary’s Church
Providence
Augustus St. Angelo
Mary McCabe
Arion Club
Nellie Pierce
Minnie Franklin
Arthur Fontes
Bristol
Mr. Manchester
Tom Mulgrew
Margaret Conley
Mary Magee
Bill O'Donnell
Joe
Rhode Island urged to conserve coal through lighting cuts
Federal Fuel Administrator George H. Holmes launches a campaign to reduce waste by turning off illuminated display signs at business hours. Narragansett Electric Lighting Co led by example by shutting off its Eddy Street plant sign. Providence merchants' division of the Chamber backs turning off signs after business hours to save fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
George H. Holmes
Narragansett
Holmes
Chamber of Commerce of
Providence
Fifth District Court Arraigns Aiello On Threats Mount Hope
Francisco Aiello was arraigned before Judge Hammill in the Fifth District Court on a charge of threatening to kill Arthur X. de Sousa deputy commissioner of Birds at Mount Hope Sunday. He pleaded not guilty and bail was set. He also faced a separate charge of hunting on posted land at Mount Hope. plea not guilty and case continued one week with bail at 100. Jose Gomes pleaded not guilty to assault charges against Rudolph and Mary Michele and must post surety for trial November 19. The case against Lucien Bloctur for common drunkenness was discontinued on cost payment. In Sebastiano Canisarro vs Giuseppe Rigirio the court awarded possession and costs to the plaintiff after a civil session. Pasquale Della Morte vs Pietro Panza was defaulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Aiello
F. H. Hammill
Fifth District
Arthur X. de Sousa
Mount Hope
Aiello
R. F. Haffenreffer, Jr
Jose Gomes
Rudolph Michele
Mary Michele
Lucien Bloctur
Sebastiano Canisarro
Giuseppe Rigirio
Uncle Tom's Cabin at Pastime Theatre with colored entertainers
Tomorrow evening at the Pastime Theatre the film Uncle Tom's Cabin will be shown. A large company of colored entertainers will perform plantation entertainment and sing a musical score during the film, with New Orleans jazz band selections during a noonday street parade. The management touts it as a major novelty in motion pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Hunger in Germany Revealed by Bristol Letter
Mrs. Coolidge relays a Swedish visitor in Stockholm who says Sweden faces food shortages while Germany fares worse. She cites German refugees reporting undernourishment and hair loss, and notes mutinies at sea and desertions as the war drags on.
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Holland
Kidney problems rise yet more as deaths climb thirty percent
Government figures show deaths from kidney trouble are 72 percent higher than twenty years ago. Health notices urge sufferers of backache nervousness dizziness headaches and urinary issues to rest, avoid strain, and use Doan s Kidney Pills as a trusted remedy praised by Bristol residents such as Mrs F Childs of 200 Wood Street. The advertisement cites Dean s Kidney Pills as the widely recommended solution with local dealers listed.
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Dean’s
Bristol
F. Childs
Wood Street
Doan
Revue 606
Ae Dealers
Dean
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Florida
Choice
Lemen Orange Vanallla Mayle
F. N. Easterbrooks
Pastime Theatre
Machine
Pentecostal Church
RED Cross Campaign
Pythians
Addie F. Lawless
High Street
Ebenezer
Lydia Grant
St. Michael's Church
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Hayman
Franklin ‘Street
Byfield School
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Geo
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Newman Bros
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