Pay Day at Fort Rodman With British Highlanders Recruiting
A Fort Rodman detachment joins First and Second Companies in New Bedford to escort the Black Watch of Canada as they recruit among Britons. The Third Company shows rapid drill, strong muster, and plans for upcoming football games while adding two recruits and praising cooking and barracks comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Phoenix
New Bedford
Black Watch
Royal Highlanders of Canada
Ypres
Highlanders
Dartmouth
Barton
Littlefield
Frederick Middleton, Jr
George Newman
Bistol
L. F L Pyle
R I C A
Bristol
George R. Fish
Car and Auto Collision Narrowly Avoids Disaster
A Ford sedan stalled on tracks near Gooding Avenue after 5 PM Sunday. Owner T Everett Starett of Bristol Highlands jumped clear as a Suburban struck. the trolley line was blocked for about an hour. Motorman Mason West and conductor William O Gara noted it was impossible to stop on the slippery rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gooding Avenue
T Everett Starett
Bristol Highlands
Mr Starett
Rafi
Mason West
William O'Gara
School Committee Hears Plans for New Building
Superintendent DeCoudres warns another new school building will be needed because of crowding and a rising birth rate. The board considers enlarging Mason School or sending upper grades to central town schools while Red Cross rooms are approved for use and a memorial tablet presentation awaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. DeCoudres
Helen Condon
Colt Memorial High School
Rhode Island Normal School
Mason School
DeCoudres
Bristol Woman’s Auxiliary of the Red Cross
John Post Reynolds
Red Cross
Larned
Patrick Mahoney
Oliver School
Bristol Mothers’ Club
Bristol
Philip Brady
Brady
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Bristol, R. L
Patrick Mackanaws
Connery
F. T. Remieres
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Star Theatre
Greater Vitagraph
Wm. Duncan
Carol Holloway
William Fox
WM. Farnum
Charles Chaplin
Lillian Gish
Diana OF the Follies
Keystone Comedy
E. H. Sothern
Man OF Mystery
Fort Rodman
19Th Company
Hope Street
Thermos
Edward D. Kunz Sewerer
Staples Coal Company
Coa Foot OF
State Street
Vitagraph
Earl Williams
the Soul Master
Meetro
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Metro Pictur
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