Harvest Festival and town events fill New Milford schedule
The town notes a Sunday post office closure until May, a Harvest Festival at the Soldiers’ Home, hydraulic and water board plans, and social visits by dignitaries. Local clergy, clubs, and the D.A.R. hold meetings. a yacht wreck, a fire at Patrick Hammill’s, and new Bristol newspaper proprietors are reported.
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Wantzep
Burster
Pxaxnrx
Reba Rebecca Lodge
I. O
O. F
J.J. van Alen
S. P. Colt
Marguerite DeWolf Allen
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co
Attleboro
Wm. B. Meenan
Natick
Town Hall
Ireland
Young Men’s Christian Association
Major
John Tweedale
Washington, D. C
Philip B. Bourne
Tweedale
Hope Street
Wm. H. Buffington
Prudence Island
George Gladding
Narragansett Cottage
Frank Dimond
New York
Church Street
Issac L
Sarah H. Hoard
United Rubber Trust Co
Charles Kenney
Burlington, Vt
South Christian Church
J. Carl
Frank Perry
Patrick Hammill
J. Maximus
Electric Light Co
Bristol Neck
Faust on stage at Providence Opera House in Morrison production
Lewis Morrison presents a revised Faust at Providence Opera House with a strong company led by Morrison as Mephisto and Florence Roberts as Marguerite. The review praises the dramatic clarity, stage effects, and the actors strong commitment, noting a vivid interpretation and memorable Mephisto performance.
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Providence Opera House
Lewis Morrison
Faust
Mephisto
Bristol Commemorates Battle and Privateering Heritage Event
The Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution held a Bristol Town Hall ceremony with a large statewide gathering. Speakers included Prof. Wilfred H. Munro and Samuel Norris Jr. Esq. The program recalled early Bristol resistance, the Gaspee affair, privateering from Rhode Island, and the 1778 bombardment by Captain Wallace, describing local courage and the town’s wartime sacrifices.
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Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution
Town Hall
Wilfred H. Munro
Henry M. Gibson
J. P. Reynolds
Bristol Neck
Layfayette
Alonzo Williams
Brown University
Isaac H. Southwick
B. O. Wilbour
Bristol
A.R
Samuel Norris Jr. Esq
Rosseau
France
Plymouth
Boston
Yne
Gaspie
Simeon Potter
America
Washington in Bristol A Nation’s Hero Returns
The town of Bristol greets George Washington with admiration as he visits Newport and contemplates the young Republic. Citizens debate whether he is conqueror, guest, or future president while recalling his roles at Valley Forge, Trenton, and Princeton and his enduring place as Father of the Country.
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Wm. Bradford
Wallace
Bradford
Simeon Potter
Kose
Bristol
Warren
Newport
Europe
Fair Island
Rochambeau
Valley Forge
Trenton
Princeton
Yorktown
Our
Republic
George Washington
Commandments Against Spells Dreams and Mediums
Religious instruction condemns divination fortune telling and contacting the dead as sins against God. It explains spells do not cure and that dreams arise from the waking mind with imagination ungoverned by reason. Vision in scripture differs from mere dreams and the afterlife remains unknowable after death.
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Obituary notes and society items from a New England town
Obituary notices honor residents including Wilson a seed grower with New England ties and church donor, Luther, Maxfield a Warren pensioner and veteran, and other local figures. The piece mentions marriages in Providence and Rome, public notices, and a High School Debating Society meeting with debate on Grant versus Lee as military leaders. Names include David E. Luther George W. Maxfield Melville Badletown Warren B. Pa Iggester and Miss Mary Wentworth Morrill the Providence bride.
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Hig
East Franklin Street
Wilson
New England
Advent Christian Church
Sappec
Christian Church
David E. Luther
Neal
Child Street
Warren
George W. Maxfield
Vernon Street
Rhode Island
Tobin Post
B. R. Wilson
Providence
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Pita
X-Fovernor A. Q. Boum
D. C. Morrill
Europe
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Home News
Dilemma
Herreshoffs
Nathan A. Fish
Norman Perry
Rome
the Water Board
Memorial Hall
LeBaron Bradford
Joshua Wilbour
Ezra
Dixon
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Anna B. Manchester
C. M. Shepard
Miriam W. Skinner
S. P. Hasbrouck
H.B. Luther
Geo. A. Arnold
H. F. Bennett
W. T. C. Wardwell
H.W. Skinner
J. Russell Bullock
Lulu Pratt
Helen M. Gibson
Ammie Spooner
State Street
Hammill
Fire Department
Toe
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
New Milford
New Milford Gazette
Winthrop G. Thurston
John L. Sheppard
Charles Henning
Lorene
Slocum Post Woman's Relief Corps of Providence
State Soldiers Home
Epworth League
Pitblade
York
Otty
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Livermore
Melrose
Mianski
Obaries LG. Goodell
Orient
State Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Parsons
John B. Pollock
Board of Grand Officers
United Brothers Lodge
Binstex
George A. Arnold
P. J. Erea
J. E. C. Farnham
John Cocroft
Geo. F. Mackinnon
Adoniram J. Cushing
Wm. H
Henry F. Lippitt
Lawless
Bristol It Infantry
Samuel Kinder
Trinity Church
Thomas G. Holmog
the Sons and Daughters of the
William Bradford
Poquet
Lord North
Hay
Committee of Safety
Council of War
Continental Congress
Bristal
James Munro
England
Rosa
Providense
Parson Burt
Webber
Narragansett Bay
Rhode
General Assembly
Kickamail
Bath
St. Michael’s Church
Helys Gal Renton
Marquis de la Fayette
La'Fayetts
John Pos
Reynolds
Byfield Hall
U. S. Grant
Eenseld
Elmer
General Rubber
Manufacturing Corporation
P.O. Box
First National Bank
U. S
Dutrom
Leneon
Jess
National Bank
Ted To &Tate
State OF
County of Gristol
Hezekiah W. Church
Parmenas Skinner, JR
W. ‘St. C. Wardwell
J. Howard Manchester
Nehemiah Cole
National Eagle Bank
National Banke
Hesery
John G. Watson
Bay
Helief, Jr
G. Watson
Cashior
Farmenas Skinner, Jr
E. Dixon
David McCcaughey
Mary
Anid
Herbert H. Bennett
Ann D. Pierce
James M, Muneo
A.a.shepherd & Dr, Scott
Park
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Doc Hennedy gFamcart
Pon
Scott
New York City
A. Shepherd
W. H. Buffington
Malison
Buffington's Pharmacy
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