Troop Ships Make Port as Armistice Ends
The Cunard liner Mauretania sails from Liverpool to New York with 165 officers and 3834 soldiers including 116 sick and wounded. Together with other ships Lapland Minnekahda and Orca carrying 387 officers and 6614 men, about half of the American troops in England head home. Most troops are expected to be in New York early next week with the rest arriving within ten days and all home before mid December.
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Cunard
Mauretania
Liverpool
New York
Air Service
England
Lapland
Berlin meeting flags counter revolution in full swing
At a Soldiers and Workmen's Council gathering in Berlin Herr Barth secretary for social policy in the Ebert ministry declared a counter revolution was in full swing A Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company reports several generals have issued counter revolutionary proclamations and tried to dissolve the councils.
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Berlin
Herr Barth
Ebert
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
President Wilson to sail for Brest for peace conference
President Wilson and a distinguished party will sail from Hoboken next Tuesday or Wednesday on the George Washington and reach Brest, France about December 10. He will go to Paris for the peace conference and may not sit at the peace table. Lansing, Henry White, and Col. M. House are named as representatives. He expects to return around January 15.
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Wilson
Hoboken
George Washington
Brest
France
Paris
Lansing
Henry White
Col . M. House
al Nt. Mempre
Thanksgiving recess and local notices from Bristol area
Public schools close Wednesday for Thanksgiving recess and reopen Monday. Local events include the Bristo l Poultry Show December 10 to 12 with entries due December 2. Minor repairs completed on the Low Wharf at Ferry Hill by G M Terry of Fall River. Notables—Senator LeBaron B Colt and family visited relatives on Thanksgiving. Residents in Dorchester and Providence hosted Thanksgiving gatherings. A US Navy man, William J Downey, home on furlough. Colt Juniors vs All-Stars game canceled as visitors did not appear. Coat markdown sale at Jacob Molasky 44 State Street. Willam Alphonse Demers of 326 Thames Street cleared for Merchant Marine training ships. Bristol Council Knights of Columbus planning homecoming for 26 in national service. MFE Church sermons titled A Broad Vision and The Soul of a Great Artist. Y M C A work in France reports dawn of peace to soldiers.
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Bristol Poultry Show
G A. R Hall
William G. Low
Ferry Hill
G. M. Terry
Fall River
United States
LeBaron B. Colt
Senator Colt
Samuel P Colt
Joseph Myette
Dorchester
Mass
Ellen Kenney
Woodstreet
Hugh Campbell
Providence
Campbell
Andrew Campbell
Cole Street
William J. Downey
Norfolk
Thomas F. Downey
Franklin Street
Colt
All-Stars
Willam Alphonse Demers
Thames Street
United States Shipping Board
Boston
Charles F. Dimond
Charles F. Dimond, Jr
King Farmer
Cleveland
Dartmouth College
Army Training Corps
Bristol Council
Knights of Columbus
State Street
MFE
A C. McGilton
Wendell R Davis
France
Thanksgiving visits and local events amid wartime notices
Veterans and service members reunite with families for Thanksgiving amid price changes in coal and nitro supply. Local residents like Miss Phyllis Farrally James Perry and Seaman Dimond visit relatives. A flurry of social events includes church gatherings, dances at the Naval Armory and Colt Memorial High School, and a large family anniversary dinner. The article notes employment bureau changes and upcoming lectures by the Council of National Defence.
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National
Franklin
Henry Barton, Jr
Camp Meade
Maryland
Phyllis R. Farrally
New York City
James D.W. Perry
West Haven
Conn
Andrew R. Perry
East Providence
Seaman F. Reginald Dimond
Naval Maintenance Department
Newport
F. M. Dimond
Elva L. Martin
Syracuse
Fred Pickles
Albany
N. Y
New York
Mite Society
George L. Kinnicutt
Supply Division
Ordnance Department
USA
Washington, D. C
Frank T. Kinnicutt
Priv. Kinnicutt
A. C. Nerone
Frederick M Coggeshall
Emma
Emma Crowley
Providence
W. J. Smith
S. Smith
John McPike
Warren
Frances Crowley
H W Brown
National India Rubber Company
Douglas Morey
John Usher
John Usher, Jr
Hope Street
Rhode Island State Guard
Colt Memorial High School
Damon Club
G. A. R. Hall
James F. Wylie
Cottage Street
Mrs Wylie
Evarts
The
Food Administration
Fraser
Rhode Island
Woman's Committee
Pastime Theatre to Feature The Return of Mary and More
The Pastime Theatre presents The Return of Mary starring May Allison tomorrow evening a five reel romantic drama. Also showing are up to date comedies and Prussian Can a gripping German spy indictment to cripple America next week.
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Mary
May Allison
Germany
America
Local Marriages and Obituaries Notice
In Troy New York on November 16 Herman Fiske Bell and Blanche Elizabeth Page both of New York City marry. In town on November 27 Mrs Arriett Brownell wife of Elnathan P Brownell in her 84th year. In Providence on November 23 George Reynolds formerly of this town aged 43 years.
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Bell-Page
Troy, NY
Herman Fiske Bell
Blanche Elizabeth Page
New York City
William H. Bell
Troy
N. Y
New York
Cambridge Couple Spends Thanksgiving Here
Mr and Mrs Edward F Christie and child from Cambridge Massachusetts spent Thanksgiving with relatives. Mr Christie will return tonight while his wife and child stay here for another week.
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Edward
F. Christie and Child
Cambridge
Mass
Derivation of Hebrew Prophet Name From Fountain Idea
The article explains that the Hebrew word for prophet comes from a verb meaning to bubble forth like a fountain. It discusses linguistic roots and connected imagery in ancient Israelite language.
Rehearsal Monday December 2 1918 at 730 p m
An urgent invitation notes a rehearsal set for Monday December 2 1918 at 730 p m in the old B T A Armhory on State Street. All interested are urged to attend.
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B.T. A. Armhory
State Street
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad From Cheney Firm
Frank J Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co claims payment of one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary A W Gleason records 6 December 1886 in Toledo Ohio. The firm advertises internal use and blood action for cures and sells Hall's medicine and family pills.
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State of Ohio
City of
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F J
W Gleason
Hall
Cheney & CO
Ohio
Firefly of France at Y M C A in wartime photoplay
Wallace Reid stars in The Firefly of France a tale of Devereaux Bayne an American ambulance driver who aids Esme Falconer in recovering secret papers sought by German spies The film blends romance action and war praise from the Official War Review Ditmar's Animal and Burton Holmes Travelogue Also a matinee admission is ten cents with five free tickets at 3 o'clock shows.
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House of Ciss
Wallace Reid
France
Devereaux Bayne
Esme Falconer
Bayne
Esme
Ditmar
Burton Holmes
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