Qua Boys in Good Quarters at Fort Rodman Barracks
The Phoenix reports the Nineteenth Company at Fort Rodman in New Barracks near Bristol enjoying comfortable quarters. Officers Littlefield McKean and Bagnall lead a growing unit with new wooden structures a drill field and a canteen and a cheerful canteen and mess facilities amid enthusiastic drill and promotions for several corporals and privates.
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the Phoenix
United States
Rodman
Littlefield
McKean
Bagnall
Alton H. Barrett
Edward M. Kavanaugh
Murphy
Bristol
Plattsburg
Illinois
Texas
Jneut
C. L. Bagnall
Harry H. Bullock
Manuel E-Morri
Charles A. Sylvester
Joseph Winceved
William P Gayton
Frederick W. Coggeshall
John H. Phillips
Albert Allen
Henry P. Trudell
John M McNamara Fighteen
Aso
Rhode Island Implants 111 Men in New National Army at Camp Devens
Five hundred New England volunteers and 12 northern New York counties arrived at Camp Devens Ayer Massachusetts for quartering in the new National Army. Rhode Island contributes seven men from the Sixth District led by William Towers of North Tiverton with two Portuguese soldiers from Bristol and Middletown. Almeida and Cunha receive a patriotic send off with club tributes and community cheers as they depart after years of service in local guard and hospital work.
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New National Army
New England
New York
Rhode Island
Camp Devens
Ayer
Meass
John J. Condon
Bristol
Charles R. Beals
Lewis E. Coggeshall
Antonio S. Canha
Joseph A. Almeida
Marion C. Barker
Middletown
William Towers
No. Tiverton
Godspeed
North Tiverton
United States Navy
Almeida and
Cunha
National
Almeida
Amor da Patria
Columbia Hall
Joseph C. Sousa
Bristol Train of Artillery
A C. Sousa
Wood Street
Two Fires Tuesday Night In City Damages Estimated At 1500
Two fires broke out Tuesday night. A 25 foot sloop at Church street burned from gasoline tank leakage and was beached in the slip north of the Naval Re serves Armory. The Macaroni factory at High and Washington streets caught fire with hose leaks delaying firefighting. The blaze, under control in about 45 minutes, caused about 1500 in damage and was partly insured. Owners include Gaetano Lombardi and Raffaele Palumbo and Domenico Palumbo.
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Church Street
Naval Reserves Armory
John Lecourcy
High
Washington Streets
Gaetano Lombardi
Raffaele
Domenico Palumbo
Patriotic Tournament Finishes With Mixed Doubles Win
In the Patriotic tennis tournament finals played at Excelsior Tennis Club yesterday afternoon Miss Mollie Hamill and Henry Barton defeated Mile de Sadeleer and Clarence Herreshoff 6-4 4-6 6-2. No prizes were awarded this year as funds were redirected to patriotic causes. Winners who have not donated are asked to contribute at the Phoenix Office so proceeds go to the Red Cross.
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Excelsior Tennis Club
Mollie Hamill
Henry Barton
Mile
de Sadeleer
Clarence Herreshoff
Miss Hamill
Ms. Barton
Winiite
National Lawn Tennis Association
Phoenix Office
Red Cross
Mammoth Vegetables Arrive With Odd Exhibits At Phoenix
Samples of mammoth vegetables arrive at the Phoenix Office. Three Long Green cucumbers from Frank Howe farm on Meta com avenue weigh a total of 94 pounds and measure 134, 13, and 12 inches. Freak specimens include twin squashes and twin cucumbers, with an ear of corn resembling the left hand among the displays.
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Phoenix
Mabel Taliaferro at Pastime Theatre Tomorrow
Mabel Taliaferro will be seen at the Pastime Theatre tomorrow evening in The Jury of Fate a five act Metro wonderplay with Pathe Weekly and Tri angle comedy. Coming Thursday September 13 Womanhood the Glory of the Nation a spectacular photo production.
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Mabel Taliaferro
Pastime
Jury of Fate
Metro
Pathe Weekly
Triangle
Metro Comedy
Jury OF
FATE
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Star Theatre
William Fox
George Walsh
William Desmond
Helen Holmes
Keystone
Fort Rodman
New Barracks
James B Littlefield
John R. McKean
Charles L. Bagnall
George R. Fish
Augustus E. McNamara
Edward M Kavanaugh
Oliver J Lemaire
T. Hill
John J. McMann
Edmund K. O'Brien
Carlisle Hall
Manuel F. Morris
William D. Newbold
Harvard W. Goettler
William A. Francis Alton H. Barrett
Robert D. Cooke
Joseph Wincevech
William P. Gayton
Albert Allen Henry P. Trudell
John M. McNamara Cooks
Henry J. McClure
William T. Simmons Mechanics
Bernard McAllan
Edward L. Traynor
Buglers
John J. Perry Clyde A. Glover
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Edward D. Kunz
Optician
Staples Coal Company
State Street
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Dasher
Waldron Company
Bradford Street
Belgium
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