Town Council Hears Fireworks Injury Claim and Cemetery Custodian
The semi monthly town council meeting covers a $4000 injury claim by John A. Hassett for his minor son Alfred F. Hassett from a July 16, 1915 fireworks accident. Minnie DeWolf Perry is appointed custodian of the old DeWolf Cemetery on Woodlawn avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Hassett
Alfred F. Hassett
John F. Collins
Philip S. Knauer
Providence
Council
Benjamin F. Lindemuth
Minnie DeWolf Perry
Charles H. Dillon
Hibbert
Gasper
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company
High
Franklin Streets
Committee On Highways
High Street
Franklin
Bradford Streets
Benjamin F Lindemuth
James F. Finley
Church Street
Elisha Hibbert
Walley Street
Morris Allan Wedding in Bristol Brings Together Local Notables
Bernard Vincent Morris and Grace Josephine Allan were wed at St Meary's rectory with Rev Thomas J Gillan officiating. The bride, daughter of the late Robert Allan, taught in Bristol schools for 12 years and recently resigned. the groom, a Morris Brothers member and former representative, plans a wedding trip to the White Mountains before settling on Union Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Vincent Morris
Grace Josephine Allan
St. Meary’s Rectory
Thomas J Gillan
Lida Crown
O’brien
White Mountains
Union Street
Bristol
Robert Allan
Bristol High School
Rhode Island Normal School
Morris Brothers
Bristol and Warren Open County Championship Series
Tomorrow afternoon Bristol hosts Warren in the first of five county championship games. Bristol’s batteries are McElroy and Bottomley with Freeman possibly out for hay fever. Warren counters with Kennedy and McNamee and Umpire Farrell officiates. Simister may be absent for Warren while Bristol hopes Freeman recovers to play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Warren
McElroy
Bottomley
Kennedy
McNamee
Farrell
Simister
Freeman
Autumn Heat Keeps Water Trips Popular
Torrid autumn weather makes water trips desirable as the Steamer New Shoreham runs daily to Newport and Block Island through September. Summer linger s in feeling even if not fact and crisper air favors sightseeing over hazy midsummer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Shoreham
Newport
Block Island
Mohr Murder Case Preliminary Hearing Postponed
Three colored men George W Healis Cecil Victor Brown and Harry Spellman accused of the Mohr murder had their Warren Fifth District Court hearing postponed three weeks by Judge F H Hammill. They were sent back to Bristol County Jail after being brought to Warren yesterday. They complained of food and quarters at Providence County Jail and the hot weather while there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohr
Fifth District
Warren
F. H. Hammill
Emily G. Burger
Mohtz
Rhode Island
George, W. Healis
Cecil Victor Brown
Harry Spellman
Providence
Hammill
Bristol County
Providence County
Serbst
Equal at Last Letter to the Editor on Equality
A Bristol reader challenges a Phoenix article arguing equality is shaped by environment not fate. He notes two boys born equal versus born into different fortunes and asks about judgment after death, suggesting spiritual equality outweighs material success. He adds the piece was reprinted from the Boston Globe and lacked discussion of religious factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Phoenix
Bristol Phoenix
Bostog Globe
Bristolians Travel to Boston for Red Sox Game
Bristolians journeyed by jitney to Seekonk then an auto, switched to an electric car, rode by train from Providence to Boston, and returned home by steam after watching the Red Sox lose on a hot Thursday. The tale ends with a playful note that it was all real, not a dream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Red Sox
Providence
Grand Red Sox
Fans Brave Mechanical Troubles To Reach Boston Game
A large crowd of baseball fans traveled to Boston for a Red Sox versus Detroit AL showdown. Two autos broke down en route. one stalled at Seekonk and joined a passing car to Six Corners then an electric train to Providence for a Boston express. The other failed near Warren and continued by train to Providence before hiring another car for the final leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Red Sox
Detroits
Seekonk
Six Corners
Providence
Warren
Which is better for Belgium and the United States
The Boston Post questions whether it was better for Belgium and the United States to pursue relief over war, noting Americans donated over 80 million dollars in ten months and sent 423 thousand tons of food and supplies, contrasting with Colonel Roosevelt’s wartime stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
United States
Roosevelt
Boston Post
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bristol, R. I
Connery
F. T. Remieres
Cor
Hope and
Bradford Sts
Staples Coal Company
State Street
Star Theatre
Charles Chaplin
Grace Cunard
Francis Ford
Mary Fuller
Matt Moore
Vitagraph
Dorothy Kelly
Bobby Connelly
Esasnay
Edna Mayo
Richard Travers
Lady OF the Snows
Universal Photo-Vaudeville
Alexander the Great
Hiram’s
Max Ashur
Gail Henry
DeWolf Cemetery
Morris
Allan
DR. Mohr
Jac
U. S
Hawke's
Edward D. Kunz
Desctax
Telephone Directory
Telephone Co
Dept
Hope and Bradford
Henry H.posytai
State ST
Defender Photo Supply Co
Eastman
David E. Carter
Conrad Building
Providence, R. I
Carter
Congregational Church
Pastime Theatre
Essanay
Francis X. Bushman
Mae Marsh
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!