Bristol Chapter D A R Celebrates Field Day 137th Rhode Island Battle Anniversary
Bristol Chapter D A R marked the 137th anniversary of the Battle of Rhode Island with a Field Day on August 31 at the Bristol Yacht Club. State Regent Mrs Charles E Longley presided as guests, brief addresses followed, the flag pledge recited, and refreshments including salad rolls ice cream cakes and punch were served amid bayfront surroundings and fair weather.
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Bristol
D. A. R. Bristol
Rhode Island
Bristol Yacht Club
Charles E. Longley
Pawtucket
Barker
D. R
America
Carpenter Injured in 15 Foot Fall on Dimond Avenue
John Gray a carpenter working for Frank Munro on Dimond avenue fell from a staging fifteen feet high striking head and shoulders. He was seriously injured but no bones were broken and he is confined to bed. His stepson William Manchester helped carry him home where Dr. Merriman treated a facial cut and head bruise. Indications of paralysis may stem from the concussion.
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John Gray
Frank Munro
Dimond Avenue
William Manchester
J. Gray
Sunnyside Avenue
A. M. Merriman
Notice to Advertisers Labor Day Office Closure
The Phoenix Office will be closed all day Labor Day. Advertisement changes must reach us Saturday morning.
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Phoenix
Tomorow
August Weather and Local Happenings in Bristol
The town recorded 4.02 inches of August rain. Visitors include William McCaw of Conshohocken and Miss Louise Schilling of New York. Eight August deaths noted. several guests stay with locals. The Sagamore steamer offers Rocky Point trips under Capt Crandall. Americana dredges oysters offshore. Local workers and staff changes at factories noted, along with school season preparations and other personal notices.
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William McCaw
Conshohocken
Penn
Louise Schilling
New York
W. J. LeClair
Franklin Street
Bessie Crowley
Salem
Mass
Henry F. Sweeney
Bristol Narrows
Mary Cassidy
Marguerite G. Morris
Central
National India Rubber Company
Bristol
A. L. Johnston
Washington, D. C
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Suzman
E. K. Reynolds
Highstreet
Emily F. Tobin
Stamford
Mollie Peckham
Charles W Herrmann
Katoura
Merreshoff Works
Metacomet
Fall River
Edith Deveaux
W. H. Maxfield
Narragansett Rubber Company
A. C. Larned
St. Saviour's Church
Bar Harbor
St. Michael’s Church
Bristol Neighbors Attend Dances Meetings and Appointments
Local residents attend church rehearsals plan benefit events and note movements of friends visiting relatives in Malden and Newport. Word of marriages licenses and new postings as clubs, lodges, and Y M H A delegates prepare for regional conventions and social gatherings.
SPECIAL SALE ON LADIES DRESSES AND WAISTS
Jacob Molasky announces a closeout sale at 44 State St next to Bristol Hotel. Ladies dresses reduced to 1.50 from 5 valued stock, Fall dresses from 8 to 2.98, ladies waists cut from 98c and 1.25 to 50 cents. Also new full line of school dresses.
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Jacob Molasky
State St
Bristol
Nervous fatigue warned by a tonic remedy claim
An ad copy describes nerves at risk when health wanes and strength drops. It touts Scott’s Emulsion as a nourishing, alcohol free tonic that feeds blood and nerves to restore energy, urging readers to take the product for better sleep and steadier nerves.
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Scott
Acott & Bowne
Bloomfield
National League Showdown On the Common Tomorrow
The Narragansett League race sees the Marshalls A A A and the Bristols squaring off on the common tomorrow afternoon in a decisive contest. Gladue strengthens the Marshalls with Bottomley Lucien and Freeman as Bristol fields a strong lineup and seeks debt relief via a subscription fund.
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Bristols
Marshalls
Bristol
Gladue
Bottomley
Lucien
Freeman
Luthers
Swansea
D. W. Coggeshall
Eddie Garvin
Earle Dunbar
Battery
Coggeshall
Warren
Fall River
Club Tennis Tournament Draws Set for Men’s Singles
Drawings for the Excel sior Tennis Club men’s singles championship began at the Phoenix Office with tomorrow’s first round on the courts. Ladies doubles and singles draws follow later. Matches include Clarence Herershoff vs F M Diamond and W Fred Williams Jr vs Reginald Dimond among others.
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Excelsior Tennis Club
Phoenix
Clarence Herershoff
F. M. Dimond
W. Fred Williams, Jr
Reginald Dimond
Henry Barton, Jr
B. F. Lindemuth
F. Lavander
Griswold Boy
The Painted World headlining at Star Theatre tonight
Anita Stewart stars in the three act photoplay The Painted World at the Star Theatre. The program includes The Man From Texas Selig Western drama Father’s Mother comedy Diamonds of Fate with Sidney Ayers and Doris Dawn Some White Hope Vitagraph comedy and other special features. Saturday presents another big selected program.
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Star Theatre
Anita Stewart
Texas
Notice of Separation and Debts Obligation
Notice that Elmer C. Terry states he will not be responsible for debts contracted by his wife Corda Fales Terry after September 3, 1915, following their separation.
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Corda Fales Terry
Elmer C. Terry
Fire Company Meetings in Town Highlight Contests and Clam Bake
Regular monthly meetings of King Steam Fire Engine Company Defiance Hose Company and Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company No 1 discussed entries in the New England Firemen's League muster at Kingston Fair on September 17 and planned practice sessions and a clam bake event at Bristol Neck grounds next Monday afternoon. The various groups approved committees and arrangements with refreshments served after meetings.
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Fire Company
King Steam Fire Engine Company
Philip No
New England
Kingston Fair
King’Philip
Bristol Neck
Earlé couple to celebrate 25th wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Alfred G Earle will mark their twenty fifth wedding anniversary on Thursday evening at the Bristol Yacht Club house with an informal reception from 8 30 to 10 30. Mr Earle has long served as superintendent of the Bristol County Gas and Electric Company.
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Stiss Minnie Franklin
Mary Francis
Malden
Robert E. Lanphear
State Street
M. E
Herbert W. Baker
Collins Street
Pasquale Scattino
John Temple Drury
Excelsior Tennis Club
Bristol Yacht Club
Maus S. Wheelwright
New York City
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Claudia Wilson
New Rochelle
Dorothy Morey
Bristol
Benjamin Moorby
Nashua
N. H
Charles Goldstein
Louis Alpert
State Street M. E
Bristol Yacht Club House
Peck
Alice DeWolf
George G. Scott
George G. Scott, Jr
Ridge
William J. Fish
Franklin Street
Benjamin H. Wood
Usher Palace
Charles B. Rockwell
Prospect Farm
William and
Frank Rawson
Pythians
Redwood Lodge
Newport
George Marshall
Mr. Marshall
Evangeline
Church Street
Alfred G. Earlé
Suse
Earle
Bristol County, As and Electric Company
Livery Business Closes As Haines Opens Court Street Garage
Faronks T Haines leases the Court street buildings long used by Josiah F Peckham for a 33 year livery business. Peckham retires and sells horses carriages and stable gear. Haines, long a chauffeur and engineer for the late John B Herreshoff, buys several Herreshoff autos and will run a garage.
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Faronks
T. Haines
Court Street
Josiah F. Peckham
Peckham
Mr. Haines
John_B. Herreshoff
Mr. Herreshoff
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