Mt Hope Bridge Opening Planned by State and Rhode Island Towns
In November a grand dedication and opening program is planned for the Mt Hope bridge connecting Newport Bristol Middletown and Portsmouth with the island municipalities. A special legislative committee will set the date at a Providence State House meeting and coordinate city and town exercises for this historic event.
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State Legislative Committee
City of
Newport
Bristol
Portsmouth
Middletown
Mt. Hope Bridge
State House
Providence
Rhode Island
20th Wedding Anniversary of Mr and Mrs William Dwyer
Mr and Mrs William T Dwyer of 92 Burton Street mark the 20th anniversary of their Sept 8 1909 wedding at St Mary Church. He is with Waldron Company and serves on the Sewer Commission and Bristol Council No 379 K of C. Mrs Dwyer belongs to Hope Circle No 70 Daughters of Isabella and the Once a Week Whist Club.
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William T Dwyer
Burton Street
Marnage
Thomas J Gillan
St Mary
Dwyer
Waldron Company
Sewer Commission
Bristol Council
K of C
Battery C Parade Notice at Warren Armory Drill Shed
Battery C 243d Coast Artillery will assemble in the drill shed State Armory at foot of Church street Saturday at 1 30 for the parade at Warren in connection with the American region Convention Uniforms white shirts and collars black ties and white gloves prescribed for the parade Sergt Manuel Lewis reenlisted for another term Private George Ethier received honorable discharge as this term of enlistment expired.
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243D
Coast Artillery
State Armory
Church Street
Warren
QOD
Manuel Lewis
George Ethier
Hope Circle Shower for Loretta Walsh Before Wedding
The first fall social of Hope Circle No 70 Daughters of Isabella was a miscellaneous shower for Miss Loretta T Walsh who will wed James Francis Connell at St Marys Church next Monday. Gifts included a gate leg table silverware cutlery linen and glassware as songs and instrumental selections added to the pleasant evening at the Knights of Columbus Home on State Street with thanks offered to the circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Circle
Daughters of
Isabella
Knights of Columbus
State Street
Loretta T. Walsh
James Francis Connell
St. Mary's Church
Bernard Brun wedding at St John Church Warren
Norman Frank Bernard engineer aboard the ferry Prudence married Blanche I Brun of Warren at St John Church with Rev Omer Paquin officiating. Attendants included maid of honor Dons Le Brun and bridesmaids Mary Rose Marchand Leah Morin. best man Annn Berube Jr. ushers Bert Bernard Frerett Bernard Lawrence Sullivan and Jesse Olver Jr. The couple celebrated with 130 guests and a post ceremony dinner at St Johns Parochial School before a two week Canada motor trip. They will reside at 2 Franklin Street Warren.
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St John's Church
Warren
Norman Frank Bernard
Prudence
Henry Bernard
Bay View Avenue
Blanche I. Brun
Omer Paquin
St. John’s
Dons le Brun
Mary Rose Marchand
Leah Morin
Georgette
Annn Berube
Fall River
Woalbert and Frerett
Bernard Brothers
Lawrence Sullivan
Providence
Jesse Olver Jroops Warren
Medora Garceau
St Johns Parochial School
Bristol Yacht Club to Discuss 250th Anniversary Celebration
Notices announce the Bristol Yacht Club annual meeting to be held Tuesday evening September 17. The agenda includes cooperation with the committee for the town settlement’s 250th anniversary celebrations and renewed interest this season.
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Bristol Yacht Club
Memorial Rites for Captain John Nelson West Held at Bristol Cemetery
Yesterday afternoon in North Cemetery Bristol the lifelong Bristol native Captain John Nelson West was laid to rest beside his family. The service led by Rev. A R Parshley followed services at his Summer Street home. He served as second mate on the Dragoon from 1861 to 1864, taking part in battles around Roanoke Island and New Bern. He endured deafness and declining sight in later years but remained a stalwart Bristol figure with a wealth of Civil War reminiscences. He was born December 17, 1838, son of Captain William Hand West and Lydia Salisbury Waldron West, and married Lydia No West in New Bedford in 1854.
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Bristol Neck
John Nelson West
Bristol
A R Parshley
St. Michael's Church
Summer Street
Capt West
West
Bristols
Captain West
William Hand Lydia Salisbury (Waldron) West
New Bedford
United States Transport Dragoon
Roanoke Island
New Berne
Cosa
Mir West
United States
Coast Division
Burnside
Pamlico Sound
McClellan
Dragoon
Foster
Port Royal
United States Sanitary Commission
Liscomb
Lydia No West
Mrs West
Rhode Island Sheriff Sale Notice for Panzarella Estate
The Bristol Sheriff issues a sale notice under an execution from the Providence Superior Court to satisfy the Friedman Brothers versus Angelo Panzarella case. Real property including a Bristol land lot with improvements and multiple parcels on Church Thames and Bourn streets will be sold at public auction in Bristol County Court House on the date shown to cover the debt costs and fees.
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Sheriff’s Office
Bristol
Providence
Rhode Island
Friedman Brothers
Angelo Panzarella
John Doe
Hristol
Warren
Horace Peck
Church and
Thames Streets
James Lettaron Eistate
Church Street
Hugh Holmes
Bourn Street
Kristol
Amathla CC
Mace Lea
Nanesy Holmes
Danad
Adi Amaha Eo
Panzat el Dan
Toowall
Bristol County Court House
James FO
Bristol Probate Notices for Alfonso Palumbo Will
The Probate Court of Bristol notices the admission of the Last Will and Testament of Alfonso Palumbo to probate and the executrix Ersilia Palumbo bonds for estate. Creditors must file claims with the Bristol clerk beginning August 25 1929 as required by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfonso Palumbo
Bristol
John W
Ersilia Palumbo
Estate of Mary Esther Harlan in Bristol
Notice to heirs and creditors of the Last Will and Testament of Mary Esther Harlan now deceased in Bristol. Executrix Jennie Harvey Gallup and Clerk John W. Church announce court qualification and require filing of claims at the Bristol Town Court within legal time starting August 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Church
Jennie Harvey Gallup
West Family Pillars Through Colonial Era Ties Remembered
A town mourns Capt. West who died after a long life rooted in Colonial and Revolutionary ancestry. He leaves four daughters Miss Eva M. West Lillian N. Greene Ellery I. Wilcox and Mrs Earl G. Snow twelve descendants including six grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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Capt. West
Eva M. West
Lillian N. Greene
Ellery I. Wilcox
Providence
Earl G. Snow
Berkeley
Cal
Probate Court Adjourns for Labor Day Session Tuesday
The Court of Probate met Tuesday after Labor Day with Judge E L Leahy presiding. Proceedings covered three estates. Clulee estate petition for sale continued to September 16. Vera minor estate sale of real estate approved with minimum private sale bid set. Miller custodianship inventory approved for allowance.
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Court of Probate
E. L. Leahy
Stephen J. Clulee
Frederick W.vera
Ward
Isabelle Munro
Victor Miller
Probate Court Proceedings in Bristol 1929
August 19 1929 probate petition by Ersilia Palumbo widow of Alfonso Palumbo asks court to grant support for the family. Hearing set for September 16 1929 at 10 AM in Bristol Probate Court with notice published weekly for fourteen days in the Bristol Phenix.
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Bristol
Alfonso Palumbo
Ersilia Palumbo
Bristol Phenix
John W Church
Estate of Marianna F Garcia Probate Date Set
The Bristol probate court receives an instrument claimed to be Marianna F Garcia's last will and testament. The matter is referred to September 16, 1929, at 7 PM in the Probate Court Room in Bristol for further proceedings.
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Bristol
Mariannava F. Garcia
Marianna Fiarca
Bristol Phenix
John W Church
Administratrix Mabel Hitchings Seeks Final Estate Distribution
Mabel I tardner Hitchings administrator of the Grafton S Hitchings estate requests final account approval and an order of distribution among heirs. A hearing is set for September 1 1929 at 10 AM in Bristol Probate Court with fourteen days notice in the Bristol Phoenix.
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Baristol
Grafton
Hitchings
Mabel I
Tardner
Grafton S Hitchings
Chatham Moss
Bristol
Phoenix
John W Church
Estate of James R Hart Probate in Bristol
James R Hart late of Bristol is presented for probate. The probate is received and recorded at 10 o clock A M on August 26 1929 in the Bristol probate records. This notice appears in the Bristol Phoenix dated August 26 1929.
Bristol Probate Court Seeks Administrator for Magee Estate
In Bristol on August 20 1929 Ida M Magee sister petitions for appointment as administrator of Jane G Magee known as Jennie Magee late of Bristol deceased intestate. Court set September 16 1929 for consideration and ordered fourteen days notice in Bristol Phoenix.
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Bristol
Jane G. Magee
Jennie GG. Magee
Ida M Magee
Jane
Frobate Court
Bristol Phoenix John Wo
Mortgagee Sale of Fox Hill Property in Bristol Rhode Island
Public auction to be held on September 21 1929 at 2 o’clock afternoon daylight saving time. Leaiza de Costa Mendes mortgage dated May 22 1929 recorded Book 99 page 346 Bristol Real Estate Mortgages Rhode Island. Property on southerly side of Charley street Bristol bounded 144 125 146 125 feet includes lots 1 2 3 in Fox Hill Property Eugene LeClair W W Perry C B plat 1913. Sale subject to recorded mortgage of 5000. Terms to be announced. By order of the Mortgages.
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Leaiza de Costa Mendes
Bristol
County of Bristo
Rhode Island
Charlies Street
Charley Street
Mark
DeWolf
Eugene LeClair
McCarty Avenue
Fox Hill Avenue
Fox Hill
W W Perry
C. B
London Morning Post Style Fragment on Truth and Perception
An excerpt-like line from the London Morning Post critiques assumed truth and snap judgments. It notes misreading and unverified claims, urging cautious interpretation and careful understanding.
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Loretta T
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Bernard—Lebrun
Yacht Club Annual Meeting
New Brunswick
ABC Radio Shop
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Sheriff’s Sale
State OF
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Bristol, SC
Mary Esther Harlan
Probate
James R. Hart
James R Hart
Rose Meckale
Teresa BO McKale
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Bay View Ave
Bristol, R. I
Benjamin Moorby
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Industrial Trust
W. F. Hazelton
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
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Weybosset Street
Freeborn
R. Cole
Charles M. Connery
Undertaker
Burton St
Edward F. Kearns
Constitution St
Pearl St
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
CREST
Church St
Rocky Point
Rock Point
W. Gladue Bros
Augustus P. Duffy
W. W. Franklin & Co
Wood Street
William A. Doran
G. M. Wilbur
E. W. Weaver
High Street
G. H. Spencer Roofing Co
F. M. Gifford
Constitution Street
B. L
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
William Street
Tel
Octave LeClair
Mason Work
General House
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