Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co marks 75th anniversary
The A P & Tea Company celebrates 75 years in October, reflecting on changes in feeding a nation over the past century. The piece contrasts 19th century family cooking with modern meals, noting early challenges like home roasting coffee, making soap, and preparing hominy, and highlights advances in distribution and ready to eat foods.
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A&p
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Chicago
Ladies’ Home Journal
Callan Speaks at North Providence Club Meeting
Gen Callan addressed about 100 Marieville Curran-Zambarano club members urging Republicans to vote and start the check up now. He warned the election is lost if Republicans stay away from the polls. A large delegation wanted to hear him but arrived too late.
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Callan
Marieville Curran-Zambarano Club
Providence
Roosevelt
Halloween Dance Planned by New England Shoe Crew
Officials and employees of the New England Shoe Company plan a Halloween monster dance on October 31 in a large town hall. The event features dancing and an entertainment program with a committee led by Domenic De Martino and members including Nellie Stone Carl Accardi and others. Sub committees cover music tickets decorations refreshments and more.
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New England Shoe Company
Hallowe'en
Domenic de Martino
Nellie Stone
Carl Accardi
William O'Rourke
Antonetta Raiolla
Mary Nunes
Theodore Oster
J. Nunes
Juliette Cardoza
Thereza Rinaldi
Domenic Attruio
Antonette Raiolla
Rose Alfano
Josephine Cirillo
Domenic DeMartino
William O’rourke
Antonetta Railla
Providence Man Fined For Speeding In Bristol
Philip Rosenfield of 289 New York Avenue Providence pleaded guilty to driving at a speed greater than reasonable in Bristol. He was fined $5 and costs by Clerk Henry E Fowler after a session of the Fifth District Court. The case noted he was clocked at over 55 mph on Hope Street by a State Trooper on Oct 11.
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Philip Rosenfield
New York Avenue
Providence
Henry E. Fowler
Fifth District Court
Anthony J. Ferrara
Rosenfield
Hope Street
Joseph A. Hammill
Fowler
Paul Morge
Antoinette Fusco
Louis Tortorice
Steve Alves
Lons Torotorice
Giancomo
Columbia Assenti
Domingo Roderiques
Joseph Pereira
Bristol Man Weds Malden Girl in Malden Mass
Former Bristol man W Harvey Manning marries Miss Thelma Blackwood of Malden Massachusetts on October 6 at St Luke's Church Malden. Rev W Harold Deacon performs the double ring ceremony with Mrs Willis Shaw as matron of honor and Lloyd Manning as best man. The couple will reside at 16 Parker Street Malden after a honeymoon.
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Malden
Mass
H Thelma Blackwood
W. Harvey Manning
William Bennett
Manning
Bristol
W Harold Deacon
St Luke's Church
Willis Shaw
Lloyd Manning
Parker Street
Eddie Dowling Fails to File for Senate Nomination
In Spring’s later phase the State announced Edward Dowling of Goucher would seek the Democratic nomination for U S Senator. Dowling did not file papers by midnight and blamed Gerry agents McGrath and Hamilton for a double cross. He claimed the publicity was costly to newspapers and the public.
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Edward Dowling
Goucher
Eddie
Barn Dance Successful by Ever Ready Engine and Hose Co
The barn dance at Artillery Armory on State Street drew social and financial success for the Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company. A country atmosphere with barn decor featured corn stalks and pumpkins while Billy Gue Vremont and his orchestra supplied music. Matthew Britto chaired the organizing committee with assistants Frank Correira Manuel Ferreira George Desmarais Harvey Gladue Albert Leclerc Oliver Desilets Anthony Perry Philip Pisin and Wilfred Jemaire ex officio.
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Artillery Armory
State Street
Billy Guevremont
Matthew Britto
Frank Correira
Manuel Ferreira
George Desmarais
Harvey Gladue
Albert Leclerc
Oliver Desile
Coming Events For October To December At Local Churches
Harvest Supper on Oct 18 by the Mite Society of the First Baptist Church. Harvest dance on Oct 19 at Colt Auditorium by the Bristol-Colt Alumni Association. Tuesday Entertainment on Oct 23 at State Street ME Church by Miss Aidan Connery and Miss Irma Hein. Dinner-dance on Nov 3 by the Brist Portuguese-American Women's Civic League at Grand Army Hall. Annual Christmas Sale on Dec 4 by the Ladies Aid Society of State Street ME Church.
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The
Mite Society of the First Baptist Church
Colt Auditorium
Harvest Dance
Bristol-Colt Alumni Association
State Street ME Church
Aidan Connery
Irma Heinold
Brist
Ladies Aid Society
State Street
M. E. Church
Bristol Honors Col Samuel Colt With Grand Welcome 1909
Bristol marks Col Samuel Pomeroy Colt return after two years with a grand parade and reception at the Hotel Belvedere. townspeople, four bands, militia companies, 1000 India Rubber workers, and Colt Memorial High School students join the welcome amid electric decorations and a 26 foot Welcome Home sign.
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New England
Bristol
Samuel Pomeroy Colt
Hotel Belvedere
National India Rubber Company
Colt Memorial High School
Hydraulion
King Philip Fire Companies
Bristol Skunk Club
Col. Colt
Phoenix
Col
S. P. Colt
Ben
Asylum Road
Col Coft
Babbitt Post
No 15
Bristol Train of Artillery
Herreshoff Marine Band
Belvedere
Hope Street
Bradford Street
Thames Street
Col Colt
Davis
Judge Colt
B Rockwell
R Trotter
Thomas F Downey
Bourn
Charles A. Emerson
Providence
Wood
Hope Streets
Wood Street
Church Stret
Franklin Street
Church Street
Colt Memorial High
Linden Place
State Street
State
Franklin
Hope Again
Colt Me
Disrupted Transit Schedule Notes Holiday Omissions
Trains run with omissions on Saturdays and Sundays as listed. Holiday service changes include 5:40 P.M. on holidays and altered morning and evening arrivals such as 6:20 7:10 A.M. and 2:05 5:05 6:35 P.M. times. Mail received at 6:55 P.M. Also mentions January 1 and February 22 only for certain holiday operations.
Notable Guests and Ushers Listed at Hotel Belvedere
The article records a roster of attendees including F. Peckham Jr and many others, along with the hotel’s usher crew led by Charles Henning. Other listed names include Angie W. Peirce, William W. Perry, H. T. Peterson, C. E. Potter, and Raymond F. Taylor among attendees, and ushers such as Charles B. Brigham, Benj M. Mac Dougall, Edward E. Bunn, J. Harvey Merrill, Dr. Howard W. Church, and O R Siegel.
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Alt
Anethe
Church Street
Colt Colt
National India Ruber Company
Linden Place
Colt Memorial High School
New York
National India Ruber Co
F. L. Dunbar
John F. Magee
Wendell R. Davis
J. W. Franklin
F F Gladding
John T. Ashton
Ezra Dixon
William McCaw
Charles Henning
W. M. Gorham
W G Thurston
J F Farrally
Edward E Wilkinson
W. E. Howe
John Magee
Frank B Wilson
Asa W Hathaway
Angie W Peirce
Dr H W. Church F L. Dunbar
Ezra Dixon, Jr
J F Galvin
Robert J Conners
Isaac Gorham
George H Peck
Thomas P Brightman
Fox
A. O Bourn
O L Bosworth
H Buffington
LeBaron Bradford
W Dew Brown
W H Bell
J H Bailey, Jr
J Winthrop DeWolf
C A Barbour
Elnathan P Brownell
Oliver H Blaisdell
Charles H Brigham
J. B Burgess
Philip Brady
Luke H Callan
Philo V Cady
H H. Cabot
James Church
John M Coggeshall
Robert J Connery
Wm M Connery
E C Cobbreh
Wendell Ro Davis
W F Duffi
F L. Dunbar
JF Farrally
Stephen Bourn
Fred Bowler
William Bradford
Thomas P. Brightman
James F. Brown
William A Brownell
Russell D Bullock
Edward E Bunun
M. A Cheesman
Daniel H Coggeshall
Chandler Coggeshall
J Touts
Coggeshall
Tohn W . Church
Wilmarth
H. Colwell
Tohn Conley
Tohn Connery
Thomas
John Conrick
William H Cook
Elmer
Current
Arthur A Cushman
Frederick A Easterbrooks
William Fred Fish
M. Edward Flaherty
Jefferson F Galvin
Edward P Gladdine
William Golden
Lafayette Gorham
Carleton Hill
Eber Hill
James Hoar
Thomas Johnson
John J Kelly
Pardon Kenney
Joseph Kinder
Sam's Kinder
Amos C Lanphear
Robert Lanphear
James F. Lavander
Edward Leahy
George Liebrich
Robert A McCaughey
C. P. McGinley
Capt Patrick McGovern
Willam McKeon
Augustine McLean
Harry F. Minsher
John Mott
James
A. Munro
William T. O’donnell
Clarence A. Osterberg
C. A. Ostby
Josiah
F. Peckham, Jr
Angie W. Peirce
William W. Perry
H. T. Peterson
C. E. Potter
Frank T. Remieres
Walter Remieres
Wm. H. K. Remieres
Fred E. Suzman
Joseph L. Salliant
George Salisbury
George E. Shaw
William H Sisson
Herbert E. Strong
Raymond F. Taylor
Charles O. F. Thompson
Orrin K. Thurston
Winthrop G. Thurston
George Liebreich
William Wardwell
O. R. Siegel
Callan Worries Democrats At Providence Rally
A crowded Ellis Auditorium rally in Providence highlighted Democrats attacking Gen Callan and Governor Green while hinting at Republican gains. Luigi DePasquale denied a campaign financing claim as he runs for State Senate and Luke Callan’s popularity worries party leaders.
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Callan
United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Theodore Francis Green
Gen. Callan
Quinn
Ellis’ Auditorium
Providence
Phoenix
Gerry
Hamilton
Luigi DePasqual
Hiking Trail View of Mt Hope Bridge and Cove
The narrator describes a nature walk with crisp weather and colorful fallen leaves. A frightened rabbit crosses a lane and a hawk or pheasant rises from roadside bushes as gusts swirl the leaves. A white gateway opens to the Point grounds and Usher Cove with a rare Mt Hope Bridge view as sunlit ends glow while the center lies in shadow.
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Olle
Point Grounds
Usher Cove
Mt. Hope Bridge
Two Passing Youngsters Predict Long Week Skating
From two passing youngsters both about ten years old they chatter about the cold weather. One says Geel Tes Rice and cold. I betcha if it stays this way for a week we'll have skatin. The other adds Yours an and maybe slidin. The remark ends with shivers fuitting up and Pere any backbone.
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Ong
Cement walk at Colfe High School causes injury
A safety incident on the cement walk in front of Colfe High School in wet westhéra left a person injured. The report notes hazardous conditions and calls for inspection of the pavement and surrounding area.
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Bree
Westhéra
Colfe High School
Fall River Bay View From Ferry Road Promenade
On Sunday after noons Ferry Road becomes lively with strollers and motor traffic. Spectators observe Bay views across the inlet to Fall River Portsmouth and points south from the hilltop near the Bridge entrance.
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Ferry Road
Fall River
Portsmouth
I Am In Love With A Film Actress.
The narrator recalls past romances with Loretta Young and Claudette Colbert and now adores Jean Parker. He confesses being entranced by a film actress who, in a final scene, gazes at him and says she will be waiting.
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Loretta Young
Claudette Colbert
Jean Parker
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