Town Council Passes Conduit Plan and Wharf Expansion
Bristol town officials heard from New England Telephone and Telegraph on a plan to install underground conduits and cross Mt Hope Bridge to connect Providence with Newport and nearby island towns. The council authorized five new poles on First Street and granted permission to lay conduits from Court Street to Ferry Road. Also approved were sidewalk tar concrete petitions for three residents and measures to ease court street parking near the post office. The fire department’s White pumper sale and the Herreshoff wharf extension petition were discussed, with notices for War Department comments due by Sept. 20.
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New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Mt. Hope Bridge
Bristol
Rhode Island
Newport
Board of Engineers
Fire Department
Elisha Hibbert
Hibbert
Engineers’ Office
U. S War Department
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
War Department
Agnes G. Gravelle
Cottage Street
Adolph Gigho
High Street
Mary FE. Spooner
McNulty
Ferry Hill
Mt Hope Bridge
Providence
Barrington
Warren
Court Street
Hope Street
Ferry Road
First Street
Frank Matrone
Bradford Street
R Kavanaugh
James FE. Smith
Westfield Street
William Joseph Littleton
Park Street
William M Connery
Connery
Post Office Department
R J Kavanaugh
Committee Organizes GOP Town Panel With Dixon as Chairman
A newly elected Republican Town Committee met last evening and elected Former Senator William Dixon as chairman Celestina B Tuplin as secretary and Vasta L Ruggiero as treasurer The meeting reviewed the First District Senator and Representative nominees from the Republican caucus with no opposition The caucus law sets October 15 as the filing deadline for declamations with the Secretary of State
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Republican Town Committee
Willam Dixon
Celestina B Tuplin
Vastal L. Ruggiero
William G Dixon
George Locke Howe
Three Was the Limit in Household Comedy
A doctor orders a wife to give her husband five teaspoonfuls of a night time mixture. The wife explains they only have three in the house. The doctor frets at the impossibility and asks what she means. The punchline comes as the wife reveals they lack the necessary quantity.
Voters pack armory as caucus selects town committee officials
In a sultry armory caucus, 1418 ballots were cast with 959 in District 1 and 459 in District 2. Michael Sicignano and Col Merton A Cheesman led early voting, while Judge Hammill Dr Bernardo and allies celebrated the result around 11 PM. Delegates to state and district conventions and Republican town committee members were announced amid cheers and a late night parade.
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Michael, Sicignano
Col
Merton A. Cheesman
Joseph M. Edmornds
R. J Kavanaugh
Polo Department
State Street
High
Wood Streets
High Street
State Streets
Armory
Frank H Hammill
John R. Bernardo
Old Town Committee
Samuel J. Cormery
Mhd
Academy Hall
Town Committee
Wiliam G Dixon
Thomas P Brightman
Everett Lee Church
Lucien Capone
Harry H. Bullock
Vasta L. Ruggiero
Salvatore Massano
Anthony H. Alfred
John Joseph
Elizabeth Gladding
Celestina B
Tuplin
Alice McHugh Coughlin
Daniel J Sullivan
Augustine B
Nerone
Dona
Concert by Commendatore Chiaia at Talfantry Hall
The grand concert at Talfantry Hall on Thursday October 2 offers local admirers a chance to hear Commendatore Giovanni Chiaia in concert. Assisting are Anna Trippati and Nino Russi with Prof. G. DeLuca at the piano. praise followed his New York Polo Grounds debut, with critics noting his Celeste Aida and Sacerdote arias and comparing his voice to Caruso.
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Polo Grounds
New Jersey
Chiaia
Caruso
Chiara
Giovanni Chiaia
Bristol
Infantry Hall
Providence
R. I
Upcoming Events At Colt Memorial And Guiter School
Oct 2 Thursday reception to Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron of the Order Eastern Star at Colt Memorial High School. Nov 17 and 18 musical comedy Why Not in the auditorium of Guiter as Memorial School under Ever Ready Engine and Hose Co auspices.
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Order Eastern Star
Colt Memorial High School
Guiteras Memorial School
Ever Ready Engine & Hose Co
Colonial Dames Honor Linden Place Guests in RI
Mrs Samuel Pomeroy Colt hosted about 80 Colonial Dames of Rhode Island at Linden Place. The event featured a reception, musical program by Leslie Frick with accompanist Mrs Armstead, followed by supper served by Mrs Wallis E. F. Howe and Mrs Charles H. Merriman.
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Linden Place
Samuel Pomeroy Colt
Rhode Island
Leslie Frick
Paris
France
Armstead
Newport
Frick
Wallis FE. Howe
Charles H. Merriman
Providence
Kitchen Shower for Miss Kathleen Harledon
A kitchen shower was hosted at Miss Alice Morgan’s home 825 Hope Street for Miss Kathleen Harledon future wife of William S Liscaeub. Attending were co workers from the Industrial Relations Department of the National Stodia Rubber Co. The event featured yellow and green decorations, games, music, and a collation served by the hostess with help from Miss Loretta Shippee.
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Alice Morgan
Hope Street
Kathleen Harledon
Fred Hodgdon
Neves Avenue
Wiliam S Liscaeub
National Stodia Rubber Co
Miss Morgan
Loretta Shippee
Reba Lodge Elects 271 Officers and Plans Float Parade
Reba Rebekah Lodge No 271 elected officers led by Noble Grand Pauline Brelsford and appointed staff including Recording Secretary Elizabeth Gladding and Treasurer Ann Seymour. Installation set for October 10 and a float themed The Visit of Two White Men to Massasoit was nearly finished for parade. Social Club members will join Mardi Gras attractions.
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Reba Lodge
I. C
Reba Rebekah Ie Ue Lodge
Noble
Pauline Brelsford
Minnie Award
Creary
Elizabeth Gladding
Iincial
Minnie Alder
Ann Seymour
Rebekah
Massasoit
Reba Social Club
Diary Excerpts from Rev Henry Wight 1785 1837
Extracts from the diary of Rev Dr Henry Wight Braintree to Medfield dates 1785 to 1837 show his long pastorate at the First Congregational Church in Bristol and his early life born 1752 in Medfield Massachusetts. Entries document weather, farming, church duties, marriages of his two wives, and the licensing of Abel Flint Jonathan Gould and Job Wight for ministry. May 16 notes a convention with Townsend moderator and Wight as scribe.
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Henry Wight
First Congregational Church
Medfield
Mass
Harvard University
Bristol
Alice Burrington
Tiverton
R. L
Clarissa Leonard
Raynham
Wight
Philip Sansone
Catholic Congregational
Hog Island
Watt
William White
Peregrine White
New England
West
Scipio Burt
John
Easterbrooks
Dighton
William Estabrooks
L Waldron
William Fale
Rogerson
Rhodoboth
Townsend
Barrington
St Luke
Dea. Smith
Maj. Bradford
South Wind
Job
Rhehoboth
James West
Miller
Wm. Ellery
Atkinson
Hopkins
Patten
Shepard
Little Compton
Willam DeWolfe
Guthrie
William DeWolf
Col
George Leonard
Norton
Warren
John Croade
Jona Peck
Pally Ingraham
Mr Rogerson
James Green
Abel Flint
Jonathan Gould
Mr Townsend
God
Job Wight
Flint
James
Death of Mrs Fales Reported After Morning Visit
The narrator mentions visiting Brown and Robbins Tator of Providence, traveling to the Browns Seat on Poppasquash, having tea and refreshments, then being called at dawn to see the wife of Esq Fales who was ill but was found dead upon arrival.
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Brown
Robbins Tator
Providence
Esq
Fales
Oaks Football Team to Practice Tonight
The Oaks football team will practice on the common this evening at 6 30 o clock. A former Boston High School football star Mr Callahan.
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Oaks
Boston
Callahan
First aerial drill marks start of season practice
EE SB Nagi Ohare and Coach Mhae oversee the team as they run their first aerial drill of the season. Wednesday evening sessions include lateral and forward passes under Mr Callahan with Manager Bisbane and coaches shaping the squad for a busy schedule.
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EE SB
Nagi Ohare
Mhae
Plctibets
Callahan
Bisbane
Doubts Not Wanted Quote From Goethe
A compact line from Goethe urging others to share in faith rather than doubts, insisting one’s own doubts be kept to oneself. The quote emphasizes belief and confidence over skepticism in a concise, provocative form.
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Goethe
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