Influenza cases rise in town prompt school and theatre closures
Health Officer Dr Henry L Teller ordered public schools and moving picture theatres closed after consultations with local physicians. Two influenza deaths were reported since last Friday and cases, including pneumonia, spread across Rhode Island. In Fall River 8 new deaths in 24 hours, total 2705 cases and 34 deaths statewide, with 12 000 soldiers temporarily disabled at Camp Devens over three weeks.
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Henry L. Teller
John Della Morte
Franklin Street
Manuel Freitas
State Street
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Fall River
Bulletin of the Board of Health
Pawtuxet Valley
Camp Devéns
Bristol and Vicinity RRR Notes News of Interest
Community roundup from Bristol and nearby areas highlights local events and notable happenings. Brief items cover public meetings, school activities, and small community updates affecting residents in the Bristol region.
Edgewood residents recover from pneumonia and local notices
Mrs. Frederic L. Waldron recovers at home in Edgewood from pneumonia. John G Stuart returns from a Maine vacation. Local society notices include the Bristol Female Charitable Society meeting, Rebekah Lodge harvest festival, and announcements from Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps. Mrs Reynolds travels to New York for daughter Margaret’s illness. Local students enter Smith College and Brown University. Dog Constable Philip T Morris shoots a collie near Thames and State. Dan Doyle runs an overland express to Providence with an Indiana auto truck schedule. Charles F Smith advances to an assistant superintendent position at Gale-Sawyer Company in Boston.
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Frederic L. Waldron
Edgewood
John G Stuart
National India Rubber Company
Maine
Reba Rebekah
Odd Fellows’ Hall
John P Reynolds
New York
Margaret Reynolds
Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps
Bristol Female Charitable Society
Sarah E. Spooner
Hope Street
Charlotte Snow Merrill
Katherine Merrill
John Henry Merrill
Providence
Smith College
Laurine Bradford
Annie Coggeshall
Miriam McCaughey
Colt Memorial High School
Women’s College of
Brown University
Philip T Morris
Thames and
State Streets
John J Hackett
Soldiers
John T Hackett
Dan” Doyle
Phoenix
Charles F Smith
Charles H Smith
Lincoln Twist Drill Company
Taunton
Mass
Gale-Sawyer Company
Gtoal Makers
Boston
Hisamong
State, Parti Et
Rhode Island Guard Dances and Parades Plans
The Thirteenth Company Rhode Island State Guard hosts biweekly dances at the Naval Reserve Armory with Henry Donovan's Orchestra providing music. A preliminary drill in Providence is set for Sunday Oct 13 for the Liberty Loan parade. Rev Dr Edward G Bass preached at evening services? about 450 attendees. The Billy Sunday campaign union meeting to organize the effort is scheduled Friday evening at the First Baptist Church.
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Nj Srenianery
Stephen Aw
Rhoe Island State Guard
Naval Reserve Armory
Henry Donovan
A C McGilton
State Street
MFE
Edward G Bass
Billy Sunday
Town Council Meeting and Local Health Updates
The regular monthly Town Council meeting is scheduled for this evening. Frank C Pearce remains seriously ill with Spanish influenza at home on Court Street. Miss Mary Cady, daughter of Sheriff Philo V. Cady, also ill with influenza, was taken ill on Sunday. The Red Cross rooms at 35 Church Street are open with volunteers to attend Mondays and Thursdays. A special School Committee meeting will address the resignation of teacher Charles Makowsky who has left for Harvard University. Miss Julia Gorham resigns effective Nov 1 to marry Edward P. Church. George Dewey Janson has been promoted to First Sergeant of Wagoners in Battery C, 66th Artillery, after two months in France. Chief Yeoman Clarence A. Osterberg, USN, ill in New York. parents report improvement but disease details withheld.
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Frank C Pearce
Court Street
Charles B. Rockwell, Jr
Maine Woods
Red Cross
Church Street
Mary Cady
Rogers Free Library
Sheriff
Philo V. Cady
Charles Makowsky
Max Makowsky
Colt Memorial High School
Harvard University
Julia Hobart Gorham
Gorham
Edward P. Church
George Dewey Janson
J A Janson
Sixty-sixth Artillery
France
Fort Rodman
Fort Adams
Clarence A. Osterberg
USN
United States Transport Service
Willard Parker Hospital
New York
K. A Osterberg
Central Street
Fifield Lofthouse-In Holderness Marriage
Ernest M Fifield of Quincy and Ada G Lofthouse of Everett Mass married Sept 18 in Holderness New Hampshire by Rev Lorin Webster Ph D. The bride formerly resided in this town.
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Fifield Lofthouse
Holderness
N. H
Lorin Webster
Ernest M Fifield
Quincy
Ada G. Lofthouse
Everett
Mass
Local Deaths and Obituaries From Various Towns
Death notices from Bennett Seekonk Gardner Swansea Della Morte Freitas Griffith Middleton Perry Ramsay Peterson Sousa list ages and hometowns. Entries include Aaron Bennett 78 Carolin Gardner 46 John Della Morte 26 Manuel Freitas 34 James Griffith 63 Frederick Middleton Eleanor Perry 28 George Peterson ? John Sousa 3 months.
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Bennett
Seekonk
Mass
Aaron A. Bennett
Gardner
Swansea
Carolin (Barney
Willard C Gardner
Della Morte
John
Pasquale Della Morte
Freitas
Manuel Freitas
Grifith
Barrington
James Harvey Griffith
Middleton
Waterbury
Conn
Frederick Middleton
Perry
Philadelphia
Eleanor Ramsay
Charles V and
Mary I Perry
Peterson
Melrose
George Peterson
Town Tax for 1918 in Burnside district notice
Amos S Gorham, town tax collector, announces 1918 taxes due in Burnside Memorial Building. Office hours in September 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 to 5 p.m. with evening hours Sept 27 28 30 7 to 9 p.m. August payments receive 5 percent discount. payments after Oct 1 incur 6 percent interest. Taxes due by May 1 1919 or per law.
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Burnside Memorial Building
Amos S. Gorham
For Sale Rubber-tired Buggy Cheaper at Crossing
A compact ad notes a rubber-tired buggy offered cheaply by A McVarish near Oppasquash Crossing. The brief notice emphasizes low price and location for interested buyers.
Fifield Lofthouse Nuptials at Holderness Chapel
Miss Ada G Lofthouse daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Lofthouse formerly of Plymouth marries Ernest M Fifield of Quincy at Holy Cross chapel Holderness on Wednesday afternoon The couple plans a wedding tour through Canada then reside in Quincy Massachusetts Mrs Fifield is known in Bristol Rhode Island musical circles.
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Fifield
Lofthouse
Plymouth
N. H
Ada G Lofthouse
Joseph Lofthouse
Ernest M. Fifield
Quincy
Everett
Mass
Holy Cross Chapel
Holderness
Lorin Webster
Bristol
R. I
Canada
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