Chain letters sweep the nation in 1935 craze across cities
Twenty years ago a simple mailed letter sparked a nationwide chain inviting recipients to send a dime and copy the note to five friends. The scheme promised huge returns but proved legally dubious and widely disruptive, touching Denver Los Angeles Springfield New York and beyond.
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Denver
Los Angeles
University of Southern California
United States
Springfield
New York City
Planning board urges townwide coop on armory site
The Bristol planning board head Dr Russell S Bray called for unified coordination among town agencies to plan long term for the new Battery C armory site. Fire Chief Rishe proposed hydrants every 250 feet and larger pipe where lines run long, while developers voiced mixed support. Battery C volunteers began digging eight test holes today to speed construction after state engineers failed to provide manpower.
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Russell S Bray
Bristol
Rishe
Bray
William A Rego
Samuel A Pasqua
William E. Magee
New England Tel and Tel. Co
Cormission
Seraphine DaPonte
Perry Plat
Juniper Lane
Hope Villa
243Rd Aaa
Metacom Avenue
R. I. Veterans
Herbert R. Holgate
Peter Grim
Church Street
Rotten Apples Spoil The Bushel In Bristol Windows
Halloween window decorations planned by Bristol junior and senior high students were preempted last night when stores cleaned and waxed windows on Wood and Hope streets. The Morning check found Mother’s Cute Little Boys waxed and soaped windows earlier.
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Bristol
Wood and Hope Streets
Eats Row Pork Woman Now Has Trichinosis
A Bristol woman is hospitalized with trichinosis from eating undercooked pork. Dr Samuel D Clark warns all pork should be thoroughly cooked, noting a Bristol man and his nephew died nine years ago from raw divurice. The patient, mother of three, began symptoms about ten days ago.
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Bristol
Samuel D Clark
Clark
Colt Faces Burrillville in a Tough Burrillville Trip
Colt travels to Burrillville to play Burrillville in a Class C matchup at 2 pm. The Broncos seek improvement after a 13-7 loss to South Kingstown and sit tied for second with East Greenwich as Bristol races through a 4-1 record with wins over North Providence East Greenwich and North Kingstown.
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Colt
Harrisville
Burrillville
Broncos
South Kingstown
Bristolians
Burrillvale
North Providence
East Greenwich
North Kingstown
Green and White
North Kinstown
Bristolans
Rogers
LaSalle Academy
Revaluation Prompts Townwide Tax Shakeup in 1956
Warnings rise as Clemenshaw revaluation raises home and business values across the town. New inventories place bars shops and firms at higher tax bases, with farms and industry seeing steep jumps while some railroad land lowers overall. The town awaits the new tax book and potential rate changes.
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Mahoney
Metacom Avenue
Joseph M. Robinson
Poppasquash
U S. Rubber Co
New Haven Railroad
Providence, Warren and
Bristol R.R. Co
Three Boys and Two Girls Elected to BSHS Executive Committee
Three boys Raymond Cordeiro Ronald Formussano Joseph Motta and two girls Grace Notarangelo Mary Lou O Gara were elected to Bristol Senior High School's senior executive committee. Junior committee members named Martha Cabral William Murphy Peter Natale Veronica Nunes Gordon Phipps Nancy Santulli. The annual Halloween dance occurred last night from 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.
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Bristol Senior High School
Raymond Cordeiro
Ronald Formussano
Joseph Motta
Grace Notarangelo
Mary Lou O’gara
Martha Cabral
William Murphy
Peter Natale
Veronica Nunes
Gordon Phipps
Nancy Santulli
Women’s Club Offers 25 Dollars for Top Paintings
The Women’s Club will award 25 dollars in prizes to the three top winners in the Halloween painting contest for local merchants windows. About 80 junior and senior high students started artwork at 1 30 p.m. today. The Chamber of Commerce asked merchants to participate, with 18 on Hope street and two on Wood street agreeing. Some merchants wanted windows decorated last night, but their requests were too late.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hope Street
Wood Street
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Seattle
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Guiteras Trough School
Grimo
Joseph Ruggiero, Jr
Robert DeRiso
McKenzie Drive
Vets Home
Holgate
National Guard
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Thomas FP. Brightman
Lowell L. Smith
Samuel A. Pasqua
Russell S. Bray
Samuel C. Wardwell
Manuel A. Prenda
Frank J. Murphy
Frank L. Martin
JM Clemainshaw Co
Council
Listos
Board of Tax Assessors
Cleminshaw
Prudence Cafe
Manny
First National
Bristol Radio and Electric
Union Commercial Hardware
Charles B Rockwell
Andrade
John
Mariano
Car Rock St
Shaws Lane
Andrews
Henry
West Side
de Olf Ave
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Aparicio
Alfred
Fatima Dr
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Roa Bernardo
East Side
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I Shore
Narrag Bay
Borges Antonio
Lodge of Elks
Constitution
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Hope St
Ashony J Bruno
Burton St
BSHS
Women’s Club
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