Town Council Privilege Acknowledgement Urged In Bristol
A Bristol citizen urges the Town Council to grant pipe-laying rights to a consolidated gas and electric company only if the town receives a fair lighting price. The piece warns about monopoly risk and calls for prudent conditions. It notes diphtheria cases quarantined, and urges vigilance on public health. The column also discusses Providence politics, Cranston annexation, and upcoming elections, urging voter registration.
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Bristol
Proposals for Marriage Sweepstakes at Sturgeon Leader
The Sturgeon Missouri Leader editor offers a year's subscription to the young woman who writes the best proposal of marriage by November 30 though it is not stated if the proposal will be accepted. The column notes a $10,000 balance after claims in the Iron Hall receivership. Thanksgiving sales at New York Store offer all wool suits and overcoats for $6.00.
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Bristol
Hasbrouck
Gardner T Swarts
State Board of Health
Pawtucket
Rhode Island
Sturgeon, Mo
Order of the Iron Hall
Stonington Mirror
New York
John F. Howard
McLellan
Boston
Catherine Street
Matthew FE. Tyler
Bradford Street
O. K
Bristol Train of Artillery
Warren Artillery
Naval Reserves
Michael Silvia
Easterbrooks Avenue
Hope and
Bradford Streets
C. A. Johnson
Thames Street
Church
State Streets
J. Wing Monro & Son
Bridget Flanagan
Worcester
Mass
McCoy
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
S. D. Moxley
First Baptist Church
Bristol Gas Light Board Discusses Warren Bristol Consolidation
A Bristol Gas Light Company board meeting at the First National Bank considered the proposed merger with Warren’s Electric Light and Gas plants. No action was taken, but consolidation appears likely pending stockholder approval from four firms. If approved, Warren would produce gas for both towns and Bristol would supply county electricity.
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Bristol Gas Light Company
First National Bank
Electric Light and Gas
Warren and
Bristol
Warren
Barrington
Bristol Post Office Mails and Local Advertisements
Bristol notes mail schedules for the post office with morning and evening pickups, plus a flurry of local ads and notices. It lists storefront promotions, tavern and lodge events, harnesses, clothing, holidays and charity drives, plus town weathered by Thanksgiving activities.
Robbers break into Warren rail station and trunk room
Last Friday night the Warren railroad station was broken into. The safe was cracked and cash stolen while trunks were ransacked. Tools from local shops were used, and police suspect a professional gang active in nearby states. Early Sunday another burglary attempt failed at William G. Hongo’s residence. This marks the town’s fourth break in three weeks.
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Warren
Gilbert Cole
Handy
Main Street
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
William G. Hongo
Mr. Honan
Bristol Council Halts Gas Main Laying by Electric Light Co
A special Bristol Town Council meeting discussed Bristol Electric Light Company laying gas mains on the Bristol Warren highway. The council ordered a halt until further notice and scheduled a public hearing for tomorrow at 10 o'clock in the Council chamber. The Bristol Gas Light Company indicated it had no objections if pipes stopped north of the Bristol gas house.
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Bristol Electric Light Company
Bristol
Warren
W. 8. Bogert
The
Electric Company
J. Howard Manchester
Bristol Gas Light Company
Bristol Gas
Bennett
Council Chamber
Warren Line
Bristol Gas House
Herbert F. Bennett
Town considers public hearing on utility pipe rights
Letter to the editors urges the Town Council to hold a public hearing on granting Electric Light and Gas Companies permission to lay pipes within town limits. The writer hopes the meeting and council action will secure protections against future price extortion. Ad for New York Store pants promotes sizes 34 to 50 with legs 28 to 38 and prices 90 cents to 7.00.
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The
Phaniz
New York
Olden Time Supper Planned by Babbitt Relief Corps
A Babbitt Relief Corps meeting approved an olden time supper at G A R Hall on Wednesday December 4 from 5 to 8 pm. Members will wear costumes from the past with gowns up to 100 years old. the event features an old New England bill of fare and a short program including a Pansy Club drill and readings by Miss Louise P. Chadwick. The New York Store advertises boys clothing with prices ranging from 21 cents to 6 dollars.
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Babbitt Post
G. A. R. Hall
Washington
W. F. Peters
Lincoln
Providence
Grand Army Hall
D. A. Pierce’s
State Street
Babbitt Relief Corps
The
Pansy Club
Louise P. Chadwick
Tomato Cure for Liquor Habit Proposed as Cheaper Gold Cure
An old document promotes tomatoes sprinkled with salt as a substitute for the gold cure. It claims that eating large amounts daily will make liquor offensive and cause it to be rejected by the stomach. The note letters this as the cheapest and reportedly effective solution.
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Bristol Phoenix
Bristol County
Bradford St
BR. I
Farrally
Thers Ieters
Jents
Phqnix
Kiletoi
Phoenix
G W. Easterbrooks
Burgens
Hope Street
E. H. Carter
Geo. Pailthorp
Briggs’ Building
High St
Hove Street
Dr. Tillinghast
Journal
Telegram
Agin de Gang
Union Railroad Company
Bristol and Warren
Fall River
Cranston
Greater Providence
United States
Bristol and Vicinity
McNay
Grand Rapids
Hattie S. Brooks
Port Jefferson
Brown
Michael Fortune
Dimond
Burnside Lodge
K. of P
Page
Warren Driving Park Association
D. A. Pierce's
James F. DeWolf
Sons of Veterans
Gifford
Babbitt Post No. 15
Bourne
Kendall
Wardwell Lumber Co
Prudence Island
Swansea
F. S. Burgess
Priscilla Simmons
Port adsSopsen
Herg Bsiday
Hudson River
van Wickle
Herald
Bath
Lewis
Gardiner
Puawix
Frank L. Bowen
Church Street
Dispatch Post
Jamaca
West India
Saunders
Warren Gazette
Manhattan
Co. A. Johnson's
W.F. Peters
Sarah
Cornwall-on-the ‘Hudson
Russell D. Bullock
D. A. Pierce
Albert Battcher
Emma Jane Carter
Manhattan Creamery
A. Johnson
C. A. Johnson's
Common Pleas Division
Supreme Court
Edward Anthony
John S. Ingraham, Jr
John B. Pollock
Charles Henning
Nathaniel Gladding
John R. Potter
Robert Tiernan
W. F Peters
Opera House
Frank A. Tallman
State and
Hope Streets
Turkeys
Mary Burghess
Tobin
Noble
Mary Newman
Eliza Gladding
Mary A. P. Taylor
Josephine Abbott
A.P. Selden
Vermont
C A. Johnson's
C. A Johnson’s
James Connery
Bristol Neck
J.P. Reynolds
Trinity Church
William R. Trotter
William Andrew Doran
Catherine Ann Downey
Thomas
P. McCabe
W. ©. Crowell
Charles Stockern
Aleus Simard
Manchester
Howard Burdich
Rich. Waillam
C. Peckham
Wagstad
George H. Munro
James Carr
Giamasso Leuncio
Vingengo Orianno
Mary A. Card
Misses Mc Kenmann
William H. Barrett
Ssee Ee
U.S. Gov’t
Town OF
State ST
James Tobin
M. J. Tobin
Drethes-Helbern
Drs. Heilborn & Church, Chiropodists
Westminster Street
R. L
Bristol ‘Phanix
Ato
Lowney’s
Smith Bros
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