Added Mails Investigation Promised by Town Officials
Bristol town council hears Boston mail service chief announce immediate review of need for extra mails. The Oct meeting had asked post office leaders for relief. Council also handles a $11 claim for car damage from an uncovered manhole and agrees to repair work by New England Telephone on High street.
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W. F. Young
Boston
Alice Kerins
Lander Street
Providence
Bristol
Kerins
High Street
Borden Avenue
New England Telephone Company
Isaac Borden
Frank Vickery
Kearney Post
American Legion
Kearney
The Enemy read at Armistice night service in Bristol
Miss Rachel Purcell directs The Enemy by Channing Pollock as the feature event of the Armistice night service at 7 30 in the First Congregational Church auditorium. Special music taps and Red Cross symbols enrich the program with American Legion and Women’s Auxiliary invited to attend.
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Rachel Purcell
Lucia
First Congregational Church
Channing Pollock
Bristol
Purcell
Red Cross
American Legion
Women’s Auxiliary
Epworth League Plans Clothing Drive for Distress Relief
The Epworth League of State Street M E Church plans to collect repair and distribute garments to relieve local distress. Working with the local Red Cross branch the effort aims to complement existing aid. The committee is led by Mrs Ina Town with Chair Mrs Walter A Briggs and members including Mrs William C Darby Mrs Guy A Sullivan and others.
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Epworth League
State Street M_ E
American Red Cross
Ina Town
Walter A Briggs
William C Darby
Guy A Sullivan
A M Miller
Harry Town
Rubyn Blaisdell
Ethel Blaisdell
Edith Coggeshall
Edward Garvin
Charles A Sylvester
Merrill Pickett
Henry A Hambrick
Town Votes Set Record in Off-Year Election Results
Town turnout shattered records with 1911 voters in the first Representative district at Artillery Armory and overall high participation in a non-presidential election. Republican Joseph C Kinder won a Bristol Senate seat by seven votes, defeating Democrat Daniel W Coggeshall. Alexander G. Fales won the second district Representative race by 170 votes over George R. Fish. Absentee voting amendment passed 547 to 186. Court-house loan and Eighteenth Amendment referendums drew large but separate totals, including 3261 votes on the constitutional question and 2692 against retention.
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Joseph C Kinder
Bristol
General Assembly
Daniel W Coggeshall
Alexander G. Fales
George R. Fish
United States
Joseph Chinder
State Returning Board
Mr Kinder
Coggeshall
Kinder
Senate
Thomas H Byrnes
Lucien Capone
Alexander G Fales
George R Fish
Bristol Voters Turnout Shifts In 1928 Preisdential Echo
In the 1928 presidential election the first district showed heavy turnout with about 2050 voters and only 139 abstentions despite rain and long hours. Bristol as a whole swung from 1928 Democratic to a Republican majority Tuesday, with Republicans winning several key offices while Democrats held one House seat Thomas Byrnes won in the first district and Alexander Fales retained a congressional race lead in the second district. Barrington re-elected Stone and Fowler by large margins.
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Bristol
Alfred E Smith
Alexander
Fales
Clark Burdick
McLyman
Thomas H. Byrnes
Lucien Capone
Armistice Day Celebration Plans Noted In Town Program
Officials announce a multi day Armistice observance with a Banquet Monday, parade Tuesday morning, marathon Tuesday afternoon, and Armistice Ball Tuesday evening. Decorations brighten the town as factories close for the day and ceremonies at Burnside Memorial Building proceed after the parade.
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Burnside Memorial
State Armory
Church Street
G. A. R Hall
W Magoon
Newport
National India Rubber Company
Collins & Aikman Corp
Herreshoff Mfg Co
Aunt Lucia Delights Bristol Crowd At Doric Club Show
Aunt Lucia drew a packed Bristol hall with standing room only as the Doric Club opened a town run of the satire. Proceeds from Saturday night’s performance will benefit the Bristol American Red Cross. Cast members received praise for humor and character parts, with special note to F Reginald Dimond and Rev H D Graetz.
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Lucia
Bristol
Doric Club
American Red Cross
Albert Johnson
Glee Club
F. Reginald Dimond
H. D. Graetz
Gaddis
Harold Hill
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Foot of
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Tel
Clive Brook
Evelyn Brent
Richard Arlen
Parent-Teachers’ Association
FOX News
Disney Cartoon
OUR Gang
Terry
the Times
Vening
Hal Skelly
Doris Hill
Chester Morris
Wallace Beery
Lewis Stone
Robert Montgomery
and Leila Hyams
Universal News
Pathe Audio Review
Pathe Comedy
Jesse H. Metcalf
Kander
Iis
Barrington
Henry P Stone
Henry E. Fowler
Joseph Church Kinder
Alexander Griswold Fales
Dstrict
Trinity Church
Harold W Gifford
Col
A M. Merriman
Dorkc Club
Net
Edward D. Kunz
Ootosicts
Ceeds
Guiteras
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