War fronts heat up as autumn rains begin and raillines matter
News from the eastern front reports renewed heavy fighting across Courland Volhynia Podolia East Galicia and central battles with Austro German forces advancing toward Bialystok Wolkowysk. In air news raids hit England’s east coast and London district causing casualties and fires with ten dead and forty three wounded.
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Grand Duke
Nicholas
Courland
Volhynia
Podolia
Galicia
von Hindenburg
Dvina
von Mackensen
Ous
General von Eichhorn
Prince Leopold
Bavaria
Berlin
Wolkowysk
Bialystok
England
London
Count von Bernstorff
New Jersey
Germany
United States
James W. Gerard
Amecan
Hague
Dumba
Penfield
Vienna
Dr. Dumba
Canada
Toronto
Miss Sarah M Birmingham Obituary in Local News
Miss Sarah May Birmingham aged 23 died at her Bay View avenue home after a paralytic shock and kidney trouble following a brief illness. Born here she lived with family in New York recently and summered locally. A devout St Mary s Church member she leaves her mother and four brothers John Frank Frederick Richard. Requiem mass was held at St Mary s Church with burial in St Mary s cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah M. Birmingham
Sarah May Birmingham
Edward Birmingham
Bay View Avenue
Miss Birmingham
New York
Richard
Malden
Mass
St. Mary's Church
Robert Newbold
Thomas Edmonds
George Sisson
John Murphy
William Cashin
John Coughlin
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Death of Seven Year Old John Alesio
John Alesio seven year old son of Carlo and Emma Alesio died Wednesday morning about 10 at the family home 14 Rock Street after one day illness from acute meningitis The funeral was held at 10 this morning at St Marys Church and burial followed in St Marys Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Alesio
Carlo
Emma Alesio
Rock Street
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
State Street M E Church Choir Rehearsal and Sermon Subjects
Choir rehearsal at 7 45 this evening. Next Sunday the Rev Dr A C McGilton preaches on The Inquisitive Travelers and Their Pertinent Questions. Sunday School at noon Epworth League meets at 6 45 led by Miss Naom Wendell McGilton. Subject My Favorite Bible Chapter and Why at 7 30. The pastor will speak on A Book of Mystery its own Dynamic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. McGilton
Epworth League
Naom
Wendell McGilton
The Broken Coin serial opens at the Star Theatre
Tonight the Star Theatre debuts a new serial The Broken Coin starring Francis Ford and Grace Cunard. Also on the bill are The Circus Girls Romance Perci val’s Awakening Cartoons in the Kitchen and a Chaplin comedy Between the Showers. additional features include The Haunted House of Wild Isle and Edison drama An Invitation and Attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Ford
Grace Cunard
Percival
Charles Chaplin
Wild Isle
Edison
San Diego Fair
Ultimate Triumph Certain
A reflective remark quotes Carlyle on a gifted patient valiant human soul that endures through time. It likens persistence to a beacon leaving a radiance behind despite dangers and challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Daughter Born to Chester Dunbar Family in September
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Chester Dunbar in Dunbar on September 5. The birth adds a new member to the local family and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunbar
Chester Dunbar
Marriages Record in This Town and Warren
Two couples wed in September ceremonies. Clinton Gluck of Newport and Margaret Schilling of Bristol married on September 8 in town, officiated by Rev George L Locke. Arthur M McCaw of this town and Mary E Saillant of Warren wed on September 6 in Warren, officiated by Rev Louis P Nissen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gluck—Schilling
George L. Locke
D. D. Clinton Gluck
Newport
Margaret Schilling
Bristol
McCaw
Saillant
Warren
Louis P. Nissen
Arthur M McCaw
Mary E. Saillant
Birth Notices From This Town
Alesio in this town on Sept 8 announces the birth of John son of Carlo and Emma Alesio aged 7 years. Birmingham in this town on Sept 8 records Miss Sarah May Birmingham in her 24th year. Giglio in this town on Sept 9 notes Pas uale son of Pasquale and Annie Iglio aged 5 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alesio
John
Carlo
Emma Alesio
Birmingham
Sarah May Birmingham
Giglio
Pasuale
Pasquale
Annie Iglio
Dark twist of war cruelty told in Bristol letter
A wartime letter recalls Rifle Brigade casualties at Hooge and a nurse’s tale of German brutality. It describes eight killed, a wounded man losing half his face, and a German hospital inspector who shot the man to free a bed for front-line treatment, prompting the nurse to flee to America.
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Bristol
Rifle Brigade
Hooge
Neuport
America
Germany
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Utler
STORE
Hope Street
the Waldron C.O
Bradford Street
State Street
M. E. Church
Block Island
Providence
J. Elmer Payne
Wales
Detroit
H. C. Peckham
Bristol County
A. David
Hathaway
Broilers
California
Delaware
Eck
Newman Bros
J. P. Head Co
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