Second Liberty Loan oversubscribed with strong Bristol support
The Second Liberty Loan oversubscribed, with Bristol leading local praise. Bristol subscribed over 110,000 above its assignments. Bristol County total reached 571,100 on a 425,000 quota. Rhode Island subscriptions totaled 42,214,800, about 149 percent of the state minimum.
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Bristol
Kaiser
America
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Liberty Leas
Focal Bank
Industrial ‘Trust Company
Bristol County
Rhode Island
Food Pledge Campaign Begins Statewide In War Effort
The Food Pledge Campaign starts across the State with schoolchildren receiving two cards each one explaining the campaign and the pledge card. Mothers sign the cards and teachers urge neighbors to display them by Thursday while a Bristol Boy Scouts group canvasses homes without cards to distribute pledge and shield cards.
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Germany
Bristol Boy Scouts
Bristol Renaissance House Style in Rhode Island Monograph
An essay reviews the White Pine Architectural Monographs on Bristol Rhode Island, praising Russell Warren and Bristol’s Renaissance houses. It links wealth from privateering and slave trade to local design, notes dramatic doorways and garden walls, and questions the fate of architects like Warren and McIntyre in preserving artistic legacy.
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Bristol
Joy
Wheeler ‘Dow
Greenwich
War- Rens
Rhode Island
Washington
Jackson
Russell Warren
Vigriola
St. Augustine
L'Arcadie
Hearn
Martinique
Africa
Peter
Paul
Ming
Samuel McIntyre
Ussell
Johrte Comtase
Troyon
Metropolitan Museum
McComb
Salem
Alice Morse Earle
War Camp Campaign Extends Nationwide Effort
Public fund drive for War Work Young Christian Association expands across the United States and allied nations. Officials say $50 million raised last April proved insufficient as mobilization quickened. campaign now reallocates to military departments with a goal of $35 million.
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Vn Camaign
Young Bistian Association
Ee Oe
United States
Russia
France
Italy
Washington
Engagement Announced Between Mara Pitman and Edwin Montross
Mara Pitman daughter of Mr and Mrs George Pitman of East Tenth avenue received a farewell dinner from friends at L Aigion Philadelphia before leaving for New York. She disclosed her engagement to Edwin D Montross of Bristol R I and a fellow Lee Tire and Rubber Company office worker.
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Edwin D. Montross
Conshohocken
Mara Pitman
George Pitman
East Tenth Avenue
L’aigion
Philadelphia
Miss Pitman
Lee Tire and Rubber Company
New York
Bristol, R. L
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Remieres
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Edith Storey
Antonio Moreno
Gray Horse
Boy Scouts
Bristol -Renaissaince
Fund For War Work
Milttary
Edward D. Kunz
Dae Ag
Daan Elke
Cat
Bas. and
Peet
Ait Esac
Fis
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Metro Pictures
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