FALL WEDDING HONORS HOWE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM
A large wedding party of 21 guests celebrated at the Boston home of Mr. and Mrs. O Howe with a Friday dinner and a Bristol Yacht Club dance in honor of the bride and groom. Attendees included Mrs. William Atléries and Miss Dorothy Allen of Boston, Rev Reginald H Howe, D D, and many members of prominent New England families.
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Ages
Greenfeld
Eleniry Allen
iNew
York
William Atléries
Dorothy Allen
Bost Fons
Royal Robins
Robins
Edward
Sherwin
Yaway Ayland
Howe
George S. Barker
Reginald H. Howe
Boston
Frank P. Howe
Herbert M
Frederick Jordan
Alfred, Steele
John
William” Howe
Hiladelphia
William G
Quincy Howe
Helen Agee
Sargent
Reine“Orr Bond
London
England
O’ Howe
Bristol Yacht Club
John Winthrop DeWolf
St Michael's Parish Marks 201st Anniversary in Bristol
The St Michael's Church in Bristol celebrated the 201st anniversary of its parish with an 8 o'clock communion by St Michael's Players, followed by a choral service and sermon by Rev. A. B. Howard. He recalled two centuries of rectors and urged personal action for the Kingdom of God. A 9 o'clock communion service for parish members followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael and All Angels
St. Michael’s Church
St. Michael's
Bristol
St. Michael's Players
A. B. Howard
John Bristed
Griswold
Locke
Mr. Howard
Kingdom of God
Relief Corps inspection in Babbitt Hall meets with honors
Department President Mrs Stephen F Brayton and Assistant Miss Jeanette P Kelley led a Friday evening inspection of the Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps at G A R Hall. Commander Robert G Bullock and 16 Babbitt Post members attended with Commander Murdock McKenzie. Five candidates were initiated and speeches followed. Mrs Frank Paull presided a welcome and presented a lace centerpiece. Supper was served in the Trail at 6 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen F. Brayton
Jeanette P. Kelley
Babbitt Woman's Relief Orps
G. A. R. Hall
Robert G. Bullock
Babbitt Post
Post Department
Murdock McKenzie
Soldiers’ Home
Frank Paull
Relief Corps
Frederick Burt
Paull
Twilight League Standings and Thursday Baseball Game
The Twilight League table shows teams with wins losses and percentages as Wright Darling and W. Gide led Printing to a 7 5 win over Wire. The game went dark in the last inning and featured six hits in the fourth by Lee’s delivery.
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Twilight
N. R
Baintenance
Seace
Seth O
Wirdy
Wright
Darling
Harfington
Pierce
W. Gladue
Percé
Lee
Newport Players Defeat Bristol in Excelsior Courts Tennis Clash
A Newport trio beat Bristol players in three of four matches at the Excelsior Courts. Results include R. W. Simmons over R. W. Nelson, Flint over Babock, and Butler over Griswold Boynton. Doubles saw Babcock and Simmons defeat Gray and Tirrell. Howe, Jr. won the silver cup after beating Nelson in a tight final.
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Newport
Bristol
Excelsior
R. W. Simmons
Robert W. Nelson
Albert H. Flint, Jr
H. Babcock
L. Butler
Griswold Boynton
Howard Gray
Charles Tirrell
Frida Wallis E. Howe, Jr
R. W. Nelson
Howe
A. H. Flint
Wallis E. Howe, Jr
Benjamin F. Lindemuth
Clarence Herreshoff
James E. Sullivan
Real Estate Transfers Logged for Fox Hill Lots
Manuel S Correira and others transfer two lots on the Fox Hill Cottage plat on the eastern side of Fox Hill avenue to Anthony Dennis and associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel S. Correira
Anthony Dennis
Fox Hill Cottage
Fox Hill Avenue
The Switch Board Cartoon Quip on Operators
Cartoon caption explains why telephone girls are called operators. Ick jokes they cut you off in conversation. The quote reflects humor about early telephone service and operator role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Ick
Cartoons Magazine
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed for Kidney Pain Relief
Bristol resident Mary O Rourke testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills stop backache and kidney pain during work or cold spells. Ad claims the remedy is the widely trusted choice sold at 60 cents, with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY listed as the makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Bristol
Mary O'Rourke
Bourne Street
Doan
Misses Barns Add Land North of Smith Street to Wyndatowe
The Misses Barns purchase the entire tract from Smith Street to Dr. W. Fred Williams and from Hope Street to the harbor. They sell three sidings, move Kimball cottage to Noyes Avenue, relocate another cottage to Fox Hill, and face removal of the LeBaron Colt house due to height. They plan an English garden at Wyndstowe after clearing the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Street
Wyndatowe
Tave
W. Fred Williams
Hope Street
Harbor
Kimball
Smith
Hope Streets
Henry Sanford
Noyes Avenue
Misses
Wyndstowe
Rally Day Preparations at First Baptist Church
The Mite Society meets Tuesday at Mrs Dorstrom's home 847 Hope Street. The B Y P A pastor meeting and choir events occur Tuesday and Wednesday. A Rally Day service with the new organ will cap the week on Sunday October 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mite Society
Benjamin Dorstrom
Hope Street
Ife
Teachers Association Meets in Bristol Reynolds School
The Bristol Grade Teachers Association met on September 24, 1919, with Miss Spooner chairing. Officers elected for the year include President Miss Mary E. Spooner, Vice President Miss Elizabeth August, Secretary Miss Marguerite Brogan, Treasurer Miss Annie Scanlon, and an Executive Board of Miss Anna Pierce, Miss Gertrude Leonard, Miss Ina Warren, and Miss Katherine Paull. A note of thanks from the Bristol Mothers' Club for the invitation to hear Miss Patterson read The Witching Hour was read by the secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers Association
Bristol Grade Teachers’ Association
Reynolds School
Spooner
Mary E. Spooner
Elizabeth August
Marguerite Brogan
Annie Scanlon
Anna Pierce
Gertrude Leonard
Ina Warren
Katherine Paull
Bristol Mothers’ Club
Miss .Patterson
Narragansett Giants Defeat Mohawks 9 6 in Portsmouth
Narragansett Giants won 9 to 6 over the Mohawks of Portsmouth on the Mohawks home field. Roger High School pitcher Tucker gave creditable effort but poor support limited his effect. Narragansett lineup included Sousa c Gaglia p Oliver 1b Serbst 2b Maciel 3b Silvia ss Coite If Montecalvo cf M Sylvia rf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narragansett Giants
Mohawks
Portsmouth
Tucker
Rogers High School
Narragansetts
Sousa
Gaglia
Oliver
Serbst
Maciel
Silvia
Coite If
Montecalvo
M. Sylvia
Rehearsals Begin For The Mikado At Trinity Church
The Mikado rehearsals have started for performances around Thanksgiving under Trinity Church. The next chorus rehearsal is tomorrow at 7 30 in the Parish House. Singers are welcome with no invitation needed, and more altos and basses are especially sought.
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Trinity Church
Allies Repay Billions in Liberty Bond Debts
The government reports nearly a billion in Liberty bonds repaid by allied governments and taxes paid in bonds. Total bond issues reached 17 billion dollars. Britain has repaid 32 million and France a small amount. overall allies owe the United States about 70 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United States
France
GOING TO CALIFORNIA MISS HAGGERTY LEAVES FOR WEST
Miss Anna May Haggerty night operator at the Providence Telephone Company departs with relatives for New York then boards for New Orleans and Los Angeles on an eight weeks vacation. She plans to return December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna May Haggerty
Providence Telephone Company
New York
Metropolis
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Cal
Haggerty
Upcoming dances and fairs listed for fall events
September 30 Dance in G A R Hall by C W M Boys. October 2 Harvest Supper in Odd Fellows Hall by Reba Re Bernt Degree Lodge No 12 I O O F. October 4 11 18 25 Fair of King Philip Steam Engine Co No 1 in G A R Hall. October 31 Tam and Gary Halloween dance in G A R Hall. December 29 Private Dance by Class 19 Colt Memorial High School in San Parlor Hotel Belvedere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. R. Hall
C. W. M. Boys
Odd Fellow’s Hall
Reba Re Bernt
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Company
Tam
Gary
Colt Memorial High School
San Parlor
Hotel Belvedere
Real Estate Deal Nets Peckham Property for Opera House
Col S P Colt announced he purchased the entire Josiah F Peckham property on Court street for 200 feet frontage and 65 feet depth to build an opera house. Peckham homestead will be moved to a new location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. S. P. Colt
Hope and
Court Streets
Josiah F. Peckham
Court Street
Independence Day Celebration Planned by Portuguese Residents
Portuguese residents announce a two day Independence celebration on Saturday and Sunday. A parade led by a Fall River band will start at Columbia Hall at 4 PM, then proceed through main streets, followed by an evening dance. Sunday features speeches at 2 PM in Columbia Hall.
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Portugal
Fall River
Columbia Hall
Columbia
Mall
Obituary Annie Evans Hunt of Providence Dies at 83
Mrs. Annie Evans Hunt of Providence died suddenly Sunday morning while visiting her son Irving O. Hunt at Pappoose squaw. Heart disease caused the death after illness beginning at 3 a.m. Born in Chepachet in 1839, she was daughter of Dutee and Ruth Evans. Survived by daughter Miss Alice Hunt and sons S. Foster Hunt Irving O. Hunt and Herbert E. Hunt. Funeral today at 3 from 35 Rhode Island Avenue.
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Annie Evans Hunt
Providence
Irving O. Hunt
Pappoosesquaw
R. S. Church
Hunt
Chepachet
Dutee
Ruth Evans
Daniel Augustus Hunt
First Congregational Church
Alice Hunt
S. Foster Hunt
Wyoming
Herbert E. Hunt
Philadelphia
Rhode Island Avenue
Death of Adam Faulkner Resident of This Town
Adam Faulkner died last evening at his home on Munro avenue after a paralytic shock. He was 81 or 82 and born in Ireland to William and Ann Holmes Faulkner. He worked for many years at the National India Rubber Company. Survived by three sons James and William and John and daughter Annie, his wife Elizabeth K. Faulkner having died 25 years ago. Funeral Thursday at 2 from the residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Faulkner
Munro Avenue
Ireland
William
Ann (Holmes) Faulkner
National India Rubber Company
Elizabeth K. Faulkner
James
John
Providence
East Providence
Annie Faulkner
World championship baseball series opens in Cincinnati tomorrow
The Cincinnati Nationals meet the Chicago Americans to start the world's championship series in Cincinnati. Wright extended his pitching win streak for the Pilgrim A C by beating Cranston Worsted Mills 10 to 5 on Saturday. Manager Bruscato says Wright will handle future Pilgrim pitching duties. The Mohicans of Fall River are expected to face the Pilgrims on the common next Saturday in what may be the Mohicans' final appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Nationals
Chicago Americans
Cincinnati
Wright
Pilgrim ‘Ac
Cranston Worsted Mills
Bruscato
Pilgrims
Mohicans
Fall River
Necessary for Friendship Emerson Quote
A brief note attributes friendship to two essential elements, Truth and Tenderness, quoting Emerson to frame the moral basis of lasting ties. The remark emphasizes honesty and compassion as core components of friendship.
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Emerson
Guests of Fire Chief Arrive for Brockton Muster
Assistant Superintendent John T. Berry of Knox County Electric Railway Company Rockland Maine and companions arrive by auto from Rockland to meet Chief Walter Coggeshall. They will join the Hydraulion Fire Company for the firemen's muster at the Brockton Fair Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Berry
Knox County Electric Railway Company
Rockland
C E. Heckhert
Hart
E. H. Tomiski
G. F. Stockbridge
Walter H. Coggeshall
Fire Department
Hydraulion Fire Company
Brockton Fair
Jabez Holmes Memorial House to Be Memorial Endowment
The Jabez Holmes house on Hope Street near St. Michael's Church, used as a boarding house, has been vacated. It was donated to St. Michael's by the Holmes heirs and will be repaired, endowed for church purposes, and renamed the Jabez Holmes Memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jabez Holmes
Hope Street
St. Michael’s Church
Yacht Club Social Dances Draw Large Briscoe Attendees
The Bristol Yacht Club social committee held the second informal dance in the club house to a large crowd with Straight's Orchestra providing music. The third dance is set for Saturday evening October 4 and invitation extends to all previous attendees and others who wish to join may obtain cards from club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Yacht Club
Straight
Wall Returns From Visit With Auto Purchase
Charles W. Wall comes back Sunday from six weeks in Rensselaer Falls New York with a new automobile. He is accompanied by his brother AynE Wall and Mr and Mrs W W Manley, grandparents of Harriet Manley who was severely injured by a car last Wednesday. The party traveled home to Bristol via the Adirondack Mountains and Berkshire Hills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Wall
Rensselaer Falls
N. Y
Bristol
Adirondack Mountains
Berkshire Hills
Popular but Obsolete The Saddest Words of Tongue or Pen
A nostalgic quip notes that old sayings fade with time and popularity wanes. The line recalls media memory and the ephemeral nature of trends in culture and cartoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magé
Local grocer advertises daily produce at low prices
A small shop promotes savings on staples with potatoes, tomatoes, flour, pork and beans, cheese, and fresh vegetables. Prices shown include 57¢ for potatoes, 25¢ for 6 pounds of tomatoes, 50¢ for five cans of beans, and 43¢ for Young American cheese, with daily country vegetables offered at $1.90.
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Jim
ALL Angels
Department
Fisenstadt Bros
N. Y. City
Bowery
A. Eisenstadt
HOTEL
Belvedere Block
R. I
Clark’s Express
Gorham’s Express
J. H. Young
Isaac B. Munro
Garfield Avenue
William W. Franklin & Co
Wood St
Burs—Harrington
G. Pierce
Belmore
John Pierce
Gill
Murphy
H. Gladue
Matrone
Garvin
Harrington
Almeida
G.pierce
Jas. Pierce
John Fierge
Wire Ib Gill
Leep Mirphy
Jwr
Ight
Eee
Sivigney
Guevremont
Peas Woia
Eease Ai
Emenae
First Baptist Church
California
J. F. Peckham
New
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company
Westminster Street
Providence, R. L
N. Easterbrooks
Wood ‘St
Co-Operative
U. Madeirense
Bradford Street
Edward F. Kearns
Pearl Street
R. F
Staples Coal
State Street
Pat
A. David
Brookfield
LA Touraine Coffee
Fery
Emi
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