Liberty Loan Sermons Stir Local Parishes
Clergymen across local churches urged support for the second Liberty Loan during services. Rev S A Partridge of the Portsmouth Navy Yard spoke at Trinity Church calling bonds a duty to God and country, noting the war as a force for global liberty and social change.
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S. A. Partridge
Trinity Church
S A. Partridge
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Partridge
Bishop Partridge
Partidge
Germany
Snete
Europe
South
Old World
War stories from Sergeant Miller at YMCA talk
Sergeant George Miller formerly of this town described Canadian Mechanical Transport division experiences behind the French firing lines. He praised Canadian troops and predicted American soldiers would prove superb. He recalled his own grave injuries from a German shell and urged duty over heroism in wartime.
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George Miller
Canadian Mechanical Transport Division
France
Red Cross Treasury
Miller
Edwards
YMCA
John Post Reynolds
Battle Front
State Street
MFE
Resignation of Bristol Clerk From State Draft Board
Col Anthony Weeks Anthony of Bristol resigns from the State Draft Selection Board on Governor Beeckman’s recommendation. Crowder accepts the resignation stating he is ineligible for Exemption Board due to draft age. Similar resignations occur elsewhere.
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Beeckman
Crowder
Andrew Weeks Anthony
Bristol
Washington
Col Anthony
Exemption Board
Pentecostal Church Sermons and Cottage Meeting Held
At the Ste Miss Custance preached a sermon from 1 Chronicles 12 33 at the morning service and Rev Miss Allen spoke from Isaiah 55 6 at the evening service. Miss Tunice Motlen was the soloist and Miss Mabel Bovay sang at the evening service with a cottage meeting this evening at 608 Wood Street Ralph Morgan residence.
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Custance
Miss Allen
Isa
Tunice Motlen
Mabel Bovay
Ralph Morgan
Wood Street
Local Liberty Loan rallies planned in Bristol
Citizens urged to support the second Liberty Loan with a strong two night effort. Farrand S. Stranahan of Providence will speak at 8 PM at the Hotel Belvedere. Tomorrow a parade by the Herreshoff Band at 7 PM will precede Ira Lloyd Letts addressing from the Industrial Trust Bank steps. The Bristol branch stays open for subscriptions until 6 PM, then 7 PM onward as demand lasts.
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Hotel Belvedere
Bank Steps
Bristol
Belvedere
Farrand SS Stranahan
Providence
Herreshoff Marine Band
Ira Lloyd Letts
Bank of the Industrial Trust Company
Liberty Loan
Industrial Trust Company
Stenographers Wanted for Federal Civil Service
The Civil Service Commission seeks 10 000 typewriter operators and stenographers for Washington departments. Examinations occur weekly in 450 cities, with options to hold tests at accessible places for small applicant groups. Entrance salaries range from 1000 to 1200 dollars annually with rapid promotion for satisfactory service. Apply only through authorized channels via the local board secretary.
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Sam
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Law
Red Cross to Send Christmas Gifts to Military Men
The American Red Cross Woman's Bureau plans Christmas packets for all service members in the Army and Navy. By Christmas many will be in France and 600000 in cantonments at home, plus thousands more in posts and ships. Bristol Auxiliary asks for money or suitable gift items for overseas and domestic troops, donations accepted through Fred Williams or the Phoenix Office.
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American Red Cross Woman's Bureau
France
Bristol Red Cross Auxiliary
Fred Williams
Bristol Auxiliary
Phoenix
Lombardi Convicted for Beer Sale at Steam Wharf
Salvatore Lombardi admitted sufficient evidence to convict for selling beer without authority to Mariano Cavalho Oliveira on Steam boat wharf on October 13. Judge F H Hammill fined him 20 dollars plus costs and sentenced him to 10 days in Providence County Jail. He appealed to the Superior Court for trial.
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Salvatore Lombardi
Mariano Cavalho Oliveira
F H Hammill
Fifth District Court
Providence County
Lombard
Jose Almeida
Bradford Street
Jose
Louis DeCosta
Hammill
H. L. Teller
Antone Andra
Shaw’s Lane
Haftenreffer
Mount Hope
Arthur X Sousa
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Carol Holloway
Billie West
Charlie Chaplin
Cupid
Elno Lincoln
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Alice Joyce
Harry Morey
Inv
George Miler
Col
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Pentecostal Church
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U. S
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Staples Coal Company
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