Bristol Infant Death Rate Soars in 1922 Editorial
The editorial notes Bristol recorded 202 infant deaths per 1000 live births in 1922, up from 129 in 1921 and 122 in 1920, attributing the rise to a measles epidemic and maternal ignorance. It urges support for the Bristol District Nursing Association, notes language barriers, and cites sewerage issues in eastern Bristol as a contributing factor, with calls for remedial sanitation and public health education.
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Bristol
American Child Health Association
Bristol District Nursing Association
West Warwick
Pawtucket
Woonsacket
Thompson Avenue
Mt Hope Avenue
Bristol Scouts Resume Weekly Meetings After Vacations
The Bristol Troops of the Boy Scouts will resume weekly meetings starting tonight for First Troop at 7 30 in the Scout building with Scoutmaster Foot Coggeshall calling for full attendance and committee appointments for the bazaar. The Second Troop meets tomorrow at 7 30 under Scoutmaster William Francis with plans for Brockton Fair and a fall hike to New Hampshire and a bazaar committee. The Fourth Troop holds Thursday’s monthly meeting under Scoutmaster Ralph Alisio with reorganization plans and bazaar and fall hikes. The Third Troop meets Friday with recruitment and program plans for the coming months and requires every Third Troop scout to attend.
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Bristol
Pox Scouts of America
Foot Coggeshall
de Fryers
Olock
Scoutminster
William Francis
Brockton Fair
New Hampshire
Ralph Alisio
Farm Bureau Meeting Discusses Cow Testing Plans
Dairymen of Providence and Bristol counties meet at the county agent office in Providence to discuss forming a new cow testing association. They will consider culling cows that do not pay for feed and explore improved feeding methods.
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Providence
Bristol
Federal Building
Town Council Set for Evening Meeting Amid Local Socials
Local notes list residents away on motor trips to Vermont and New York. visits from Cambridge and Pascoag. Red Cross Home Service chief taking a Maine vacation. weddings planned for St Michael's Church. parade of guests at Bristol and Plymouth across Labor Day weekend. traffic and street work updates on Thames Street and electric lines.
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Frances L. Merriman
New York
William Bradford
Vermont
George Dion
Pascoag
Fred Desilets
Coney Island
Emily Burdge
Mary Lahiff
Cambridge
Mass
Painted Post
James M. Jones
Hope Street
Thomas O'Rhede
William Oliver
Brooklyn
Bristol
James P Leahy
Church Street
Samuel KR Chafee
Middetown
Conn
Elizabeth Watts
Hindman School
Hindman
Henry W . Boynton
Kentucky Mountains
Ann Cobb
Miss Watts
New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad
United Railways Company
Guests Return Home After August Visit
Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Young and their three children departed Sea Cliff New York after staying with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Young. Maynard F. Suzman, five, who had appendix surgery August 25 at Dr. Truesdale’s private Fall River hospital, is recovering well. Alvin M. Bullock on Mt. Hope Avenue shows a 15 year old peach tree bearing fruit. two specimens brought to the Phoenix Office measure about 10 inches in circumference.
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Albert A. Young
Mr. Young
J. H. Young
Sea Cliff
N. Y
Maynard F. Suzman
F. E. Suzman
Truesdale
Fall River
Alvin M. Bullock
Mt. Hope Avenue
Phoenix
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Devoe Mirrolac
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James F. Duffy
Morris Eisenstadt
Julio F. Xavier
Bristol News Co
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Farm Bureau Meeting
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Mati
Howard R. Cunningham
Pennsylvania
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John Matheson
Prince Edward Island
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Frank C. Pearse
Court Street
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Ralph Kinder
Philadelphia
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Henry P Jr
Scranton
Hazelton
William N. Burgess
Worcester
Josephine C. Cheary
Bangor
Maine
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Patricia
Alberton
Paradise Island
Frank Pardee
St Michael's Church
Naval Armory
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St Alban's Lodge
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United Brothers Lodge
F Suzman
Irma Deveaus
Pierre Jo Deveaux
Hannah W Maxfield
Henry Quinchon
Leo Cadorette
Plymouth
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Franklin St
Carolyn
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Charles’ Ho Whittum
Buffington’s Pharmacy
John Carraturo
State Street
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ONDY
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Mount Hope Avenue
W W Perry
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High Street
Haslight Saving Time
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BZRA
Bristol Girl Scouts
John Post Reynolds
All
Ee Ie
Tae Cornelina
B Head
Conshohocken
J. Greene
Ida" B. Newman
Truesdale Hospital
Maude Holbrook
Rhode Island Hospital
Charles G Maytum
Westerly
Charles Richard
Millbury
Sara Miller
Mollie Levitan
Bayonne
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Christopher Bellis
Rockland
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Bourn Street
J. H. Corthell
A. B. Corthell
New Boston
N. H
A. L. Johnston
FOX Furnace Company
Boston
E. G. Chisholm & Co., N. BR
Mgrs
Mount Hope
Star Theatre
D. D'Ambrosio
Warren Products
Uphams Corner
Massachusetts
A. P. Dunbar
Tel
High St
Wat
TOOD
Elock i Grocery
Germany
Bow Bo Phoenix Office
Joseph Verrys
Armando Ferreira
John T Drury
Hope St
R. 1
Waldron Company
Dimond's
J. L. Buffum
Phcinix
Arnbrook Schoo
Weybosset Street
H. de W. Allen
F. T. Remieres
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Pure Food Store
Duffy
Charles A. Johnson
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