New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1926-07-26
Bristol Neus
THOUSANDS ARRIVE
TO HONOR ST. ANNE
Application Of Relic Attracts
Large Crowd to Bristol
THRONGS AT FIVE MASSES

THRONGS AT FIVE MASSES
George Quinion Wins Fistic En-
counter With BookseIler-Auto
Rolls Down Embankment -
Aquatic Meet Held at Rockwell
Park.
About twenty-five thousand pill
! grims from throughout New Eng
land, New York state and New Jer-
sey, are in Bristol today attending
| the closing services of the novena
10 st. Anne being held at st. Jo-
seph's church. Trains arriving in
Bristol carried extra coaches and
trolley cars from neighboring towns
were crowded with persons desiring
10 have the relic applied. Due TO
the large number of automobiles
arriving in the city it was necessary
/ to have three officers of the police
| department on duty near the church
/ TO regulate traffic. Special parking
regulations were made necessary and
all automobiles were obliged TO ap-
proach the church on Queen street
| from the north. No traffic was per-
mitted on Queen street going north
between Maple and Center streets.
! The masses this morning were
held at 5:15. els, 7:15, S:15 and
9:15, the last being a high mass
The relic was applied at all services
and continuously throughout the
| day. Many We're unable TO gain
! entrance to the church during the
masses and were obliged TO remain
standing outside. A number of
visiting priests were on hand to as
sist Rev. Thomas Schwertner, o. P,
OF New York city, Rev. Oliver T.
MagnelI. pastor of the church ana
Rev. William r.. Kearney, curate.
, At o'clock this afternoon a pro
cession, in which the priests and
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Part, wac formed on the grounds
of the parochial school and marched
to the church where the final exer-
cises of the novena were held. and
the statue of St. Anne crowned.
"One Punch" Quinion Wins
George Quinion, well known coal
dealer of North Main street, gained
an undeniable decision over T. c.
Reno, itinerant book seller, early
last Saturday evening in one
round bout on North Main street,
in which considerable footwork
vas evident. Quinion had succeed
ed in landing one blow on Reno,
when the latter took TO his heels
and headed for police headquarters,
crying Help, Police" Quinion
started after him and oyerhauled
Reno before he could place himself
under the protecting wing of the
law and after he had hit Reno a
few times, brought him TO the police
station. The police succeeded in
settling the differences between the
two men, Quinion returning to his
office and Reno to the selling of
book written by himself entitled
"X-Ray on Mysteries.
According to Mr.. Quinion, Reno
had taken up his stand in the drive
way located on his property and re-
fused to let hm drive in. After
considerable effort, he was able TO
get into the yard and after park
ing his car, went TO where Reno was
located and seized the latter's supply
of books. Reno tried to recover his
property and then the fun began.
Mr.. Quinion also stated that the
bookseller had called him yellow"
remark to which he took excep-
ton.
Hundreds of Saturday night
Shoppers witnessed the episode and
many believed that a murder was
about to be committed as they watch
ed the chase on North Main street.
When the men got into police head
quarters, a large crowd gathered in
front of the building, which neces-
itated pulling the curtains and clos
ing the door.
After the matter had been settled F,
at headquarters, Reno took up his |
stand on Meadow street short dis
lance from Quinion's coal yard. He |
was permitted to sell his wares in !
this location in spite of the fact that i
on August IS, 1922. a city ordinance /
was passed prohibiting statesmen
from establishing stands on Meadow I
street.
Dog Causes Argument
Anthony Houle of % Willoughby
street and Anthony Cerniglia of / Q +
street got into an argu-
ment last night after the latter had /
claimed that dog owned by Houle .
had attacked Cerniglia's brother.
Heated words led to a fistic en-
counter between the two men and |
Policeman James W. l.
Burns and Officer James Keith were !,
to the scene. They sue
,eeded in separating the pair and
eft, only to be called back a short 1