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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1926
Page
2
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The Bristol Branch of the American Red Cross elected Mrs Walls FF E Heane as chairman at a Federal Building headquarters meeting. Kev Anson oB Howard resigned. Miss Florence Nelson was named treasurer and Miss Merriman executive secretary.
The Democratic Committee chair and members scheduled a meeting to discuss event planning and candidate support. Attendees include party officers and committee volunteers who will address outreach and scheduling details.
News notes that Thomas M Morris of Church street enters Williston Academy Easthampton Mass. Charles Newman son of Mr and Mrs Howard R Newman enters Tilton Academy Tilton NH. Mrs Joseph F Farrally of State street leaves for Stamford Conn to visit brother A H Jennings. Charlotte Manchester leaves for Concord NH to attend Saint Mary's School. Bertram W Wall of the Gulleral Memorial school committee issues a tiees for a special meeting next Monday at 8 o'clock in the Colt Memorial high school library. Delegates and alternates to state and congressional district conventions were nominated.
A valley of items including visits among Miss Jane Schbeneker and Miss Juliet Coggeshall, family trips to Keene and Woodstock, and a factory outing at Colt Farm. City residents witness the Dempsey Tunney fight in Philadelphia and a Bristol Yacht Club charity card party is planned.
The undersigned express sincere thanks to relatives and friends for acts of kindness during the bereavement and for moral tributes. They note appreciation from the Herreshoff Mfg Co workers, Kearnes Post No, and the Auxiliary Class of 1927 Colt Memorial High School.
The article fragment refers to a heavyweight boxing title event featuring Piai and EWr Heavy. It hints at a weigh-in or weigh class related detail with the headline style of a boxing matchup. No further readable specifics are available in the fragment.
In front of 180000 at Philadelphia s sesqui centennial stadium Gene Tunney outboxed Jack Dempsey in a 10 round bout and was declared the new heavyweight champion of the world. Tunney weighed 1853 pounds while Dempsey weighed 190. The title passed by judges decision, first time in nearly four decades.
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