Hy draulion Engine and Hose Company Votes to Attend Brockton Muster
A special meeting of the Hy draulion Engine and Hose Company voted to accept the invitation to attend the firemen muster at the Brockton Fair on Oct 6. A motor truck will be used for transport and a committee led by Capt. Robert J Anderson includes Raymond A Card John Grabert Fred Grabert Richard Rensehausen and Charles L Pendleton to arrange travel. Copies of new by laws were distributed to members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company
Brockton Fair
Robert J. Anderson
Raymond A. Card
John Grabert
Fred Grabert
Richard Rensehausen
Charles L. Pendleton
Dr King's New Life Pills Promise Gentle Cleansing
A 19th century style advertisement promotes Dr King's New Life Pills as a gentle laxative to remove impurities from the system. It claims accumulated waste poisons the blood cause dizziness biliousness and pimples and promises a full bowel movement by morning for 25 cents at your druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Dr.ing
Old Colony Cooperative Bank rep in town for investments
B M Briggs special representative of the Old Colony Cooperative Bank is visiting, staying at Eugene LeClair Constitution Street. He promotes monthly installment shares and other investments with money reloaned on improved property across Rhode Island. Residents may call or arrange appointments by phone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Briggs
Old Colony Cooperative Bank
Briggs
Prudence Island
Eugene LeClair
Constitution Street
Co-operative Bank
Rhode Island
LeClair
Kicking obstacles out of the way and walking around
A compact aphorism on overcoming hindrances by choosing alternate paths rather than forcing through barriers. The wording suggests a metaphor of spiritual effort and practical navigation around roadblocks.
Diocesan Parade Draws 30 000 in Providence
Bristolians joined Rhode Island Holy Name Societies in a large Sunday parade in Providence led by St. Marys and St. Elizabeths parishes. Captains McGovern and Francisco served as marshals with named staffs. Two special trains carried parish members on the Consolidated road. The event featured 22 divisions and stood as the largest diocesan parade to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Holy Name Societies
Rhode Island
St. Mary’s Parish
Patrick McGovern
Marshal
Col
J. H. Callan
F. H. Hammill
Edward Leahy
William M. Connery
Michael J. Tobin
Philip Brady
James F. Lavander
Florence Sullivan
George T. Sisson
Charles J. Pepper
Robert G. New
Fifth District Court Session Delays Several Cases
Walter Salisbury pleaded not guilty to breaking and entering the Misses Paine summer cottage at Little's Narrows before Judge F Hammill. The case was continued one week. The Perry versus Kebrek trespass case and several civil actions were also continued one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Salisbury
F. Hammill
Fifth District Court
Misses Paine
Little’s Narrows
William R. Perry
Paulina Kebrek
Manuel J. Almeida
August Almeida
Josiah F. Peckham
Theodore Gladding
Francis M. Dimond
Theodore O. Gladding
Upcoming community events listed for fall
A series of local events include a salad supper October 28 at State Street M E Church with Epworth League, a Sunshine Club mock trial on October 19, Grand Bazaar dates in November, dances by First Division R I N M Engineers October 10, We Are Four Social Club October 12, and Triangle Club dance October 24 in G A R Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League of
State Street
M. E. Church
Sunshine Club
First Bristol Troop
R B. S
G. A. R. Hall
R. I. N. M. Engineers
Armory
Church Street
We Are Four
Triangle Club
Town Council Grants Tavern License and Votes Health Ordinance Amendment
A special Town Council session approved Bruno Brothers tavern license at 157 Bradford Street for six months from October. Police report found conditions satisfactory. The council authorized bathhouse float storage, hall repairs, and amended health fines from five to twenty dollars. Notices to heirs and concrete walk petitions were approved. The council also acted as canvassers for the upcoming Democratic caucus on September 28.
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Bruno Brothers
Bradford Street
Gash
Gasper ' Avas
Eee
John W. Munro
Hope Street
Constitution
William,j. Fish
Franklin Street
Robert Newbold, Jr
E. Gorham
Eyneld Street
Thy
Harvey and McIntosh Wed in State Street Church Ceremony
Joseph Harvey a carpenter at Herreshof Manufacturing and Miss Magdalene McIntosh recently from England were married yesterday afternoon at the State Street M E Church parsonage by Rev. Dr. A C McGilton. Best man was Robert B Buckton of Providence and the bride’s sister attended. The couple will reside on Bristol Neck after a brief wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Harvey
Herreshof Manufacturing Company
Magdalene McIntosh
England
State Street
M. E
A. C. McGilton
Robert B. Buckton
Providence
Sarah Hoard
Harvey
Bristol Neck
Santos Bruno Couple Unite In Church Wedding
Francisco Cabral Santos and Miss Herminia Tavares Bruno of this town wed Saturday morning at 7 30 in St Elizabeths Church. Rev A P Rebello officiated and celebrated the mass. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home on Franklin street. The couple will reside here after the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Cabral Santos
Herminia Tavares Bruno
St. Elizabeth’s Church
A. P. Rebello
Franklin Street
Women Credit Vegetable Compound For Recovery Story
A reader from Des Moines Iowa credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with her recovery after a major illness and surgery. She recalls a near death prognosis and says the remedy helped her regain strength to perform housework. The note ends with a separate birth notice for a son to Mr and Mrs Philip Pevin on September 23.
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Lowa
Ile
Hayes
Lea
Poe
Beanche
Jefferson
Lyon St. D ‘Des
Moines
Iowa
Pevin
Philip Pevin
Marriages of Harvey McIntosh Santos Bruno and Monroe
In this town on Sept 25 A C McGilton officiated the Harvey of this town and Magdalene McIntosh of Providence. On Sept 23 Francisco Cabral Santos wed Herminia Tavares Bruno, both of this town. In East Bridgewater Mass on Sept 18 Chester W Bouldry and Annie Russell Monroe, of East Bridgewater, were joined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bouldry—Monroe
East
Bridgewater, Mass
Ernest L. Staples
Chester W. Bouldry
Annie Russell Monroe
Path of
East Bridgewater
Local Obituaries Quietly Note Four Residents’ Passing
Died in this town on Sept. 22 are Mrs. Sarah Ferguson widow of John S. Ferguson aged 78. Betsy Wardwell daughter of the late Bennett and Sarah L. Munro in her 82d year in this town. Mary Mitchell wife of Ambrose Mitchell in Warren on Sept. 23. Capt. Nathaniel Wilson formerly of this town died in Newsport on Sept. 22 aged 83.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
Sarah
John S. Ferguson
Munro
Betsy Wardwell
Bennett
Sarah L. Munro
Mitchell
Warren
Mary
Ambrose Mitchell
Wilson
Newsport
Capt
Nathaniel Wilson
Sloan's Liniment for Neuralgia Aches
Sloan's Liniment offers quick relief for neuralgia and sore muscles through easy penetration without rubbing. It claims faster, cleaner action than plasters, helping with rheumatism lumbago strains and bruises, and it urges purchase at the local druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Sloan’s
Notice of separation and bill withholding in Bristol
A notice dated September 19 1916 from John Charette of Bristol Rhode Island states that his wife Josephine Charette has separated and that he will pay no bills of her account from that date. The fragmented text indicates late heart and board references and a formal declaration of withholding charges.
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Burnside Memorial Building
United States
Bristol
Winthrop G. Thurston
R. L
Josephine Charette
John
Chare Bristol
R. I
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Corey
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MAYO
Mayo’s
New England
THE
American Tobacco Company
McIntosh
Santos
Bruno
Bufington’s Pharmacy
Jacob Molasky
N. J. Golden
Wood Street
Sen
Ian Ane Diag
Lydia E
Ee Beeis
Bristol, R. L
Warren Monumental “Works
Avenue
Croade
B. A. French
Cornelius Harrington
Eben
Alaska
the Waldron Co
Bradford
Jstreet
Chiropodist
Williams
J. L. Girard
Cor. Hope and
Pl . Sts
Otis L. Wood
DeWolf Avenue
Northup Bros
G.W. Simmons Undertakers
L F. Colwell
Telephone
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
E. Tson & CO
Eer Industrial Trust Build
Talbot & Hopkins
Kronae
Constitution St
W. Bris
Isaac B. Munro
Garfield Ave
Lalty
Walter ‘H” Coggeshall
William W. Franklin & Co
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