Local Retailers and Stores Listed at Providence Addresses
A catalog of merchants and shops with names and addresses in Providence and Bristol Rhode Island. Includes Benjamin M Lincoln Ladies Boots and Shoes 116 Hope Street and several retailers on Westminster and Bradford streets, plus mills and planing works and a hardware and dry goods dealer network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gora
Thames and
State Streets
WM. R. Taylor
Thanes Sr
Bristol
R. T Lewis W. Taft
Thames Street
H. N. Gifford
Bradford
Hope Streets
George W. Douglass
State Street
Hope
Josephus Gooding
of Hope
Benjamin M. Lincoln
Hope Street
Westminster Street
Providence
Benjamin Tilley
WM H
Spooner
Mountapo House
Crawford Easterbrooks
Copase
Thames
WM. Vars & Son
Dewolf
Bristo R. Perry & Barnard
Providence Dry Goods
Graves, Honery
Watch
The Laborer and the Warrior Poem
The piece extols labor alongside military craft arguing true heroism lies in skilled work. It urges workers to take pride in craft from forging and metalwork to wooding and loom, envisioning art and labor as equal paths to honor and progress. It envisions a time when work and duty merge to advance humanity.
My Longing Heart Julia May and the Sea
A narrator recalls a childhood romance with Julia May, their school days, a peril in a river rescue, years of study abroad, and a voyage home where he learns Julia has died, leaving him to seek rest after a life of memory and loss. The prose also includes stray, unrelated items and humorous notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia
Julia May
Daya
Milter
Fos
Laramainel
Miss May
Europe
Boston
New England
Sistor
Darling
Sau
Tam
Endorgo
Olaos
Law on Coin Tender and Idle Time Reflections
The article outlines legal tender rules for gold and certain coin denominations for debts of various amounts, noting past actions by Congress and impacts on creditors. It then discusses consequences of idleness, arguing education in business activity prevents financial and health decline, and cites a few short notes about a Butte county incident, a dangerous press accident, and a Buffalo to Rochester train trip record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Curious Rural Fixes and Oddities from Old Letters
A Tennessee farm note claims a method to stop cows from kicking by jerking teats, while a humorous remark cites a cowhanded cure. A fragment mocks a troubled marriage between Jonathan and Miss Great Britain. A vain orator asks about a "lost speech" and a quip ponders which planet carries the most specie. A pun on Ru fus Cheat handwriting and a ring joke about the Indies close the collection.
Learning and Wisdom For the Young Reader
A sermon on the difference between learning and wisdom urges schools to teach prudence and respect. It cautions against revenge, extols gratitude, and urges readers to seize life with purpose through courage and steady effort. It cites Reverend T Spencer and Greville.
Humorous Vignettes and Short Jeans from a 19th Century Page
A collection of quips and anecdotes including a patient on stomach comfort through an apple dumpling, a baker and attorney dispute about costs, a riddle about a precarious bank note, a deafness healer in Liffery street, and reflections on truth, jealousy, insults, and society. Notable lines mention a jail inmate praising the country, women and alcohol, and a Mississippi duel between T Knott and A Shott ending with Knott shot and Shott nab.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Che
Bristol Phenix
Bradford Street
R. I
Star
A. B. Curry & Sons
Westminster St
Fulton Street
Fomhp
Ste At
F. Fish & CO
Tate Street
John Gladding
Charles H. Phelps
Daniel Tanner
NR. C
Bristol Hotel
Otis Munro
W. B. Kimball
Church Streets
Josiah Gladding
John B. Munro
Bradford’ Street
George Tilley
Huma
Bristol, R
Thomas E. Steere
R. I. B. Shuman
South Main Street
Prusitence
J. N. Burgess
DRURY
James P. Pierce
John Allen
Aceur
Draler
George W. Fraprif
North Main Street
Fall River
Massachusetts
Jacob Goodhart
Wetminster
Exchange Street
Aetionee
H. Whitney
Bobksiller
Westminstar Street
Eulet
Coxtulation Sirtet
High Streets
Pierce, Jr
Rick Fries Westings &C. &C
Epes1
Sargent
The
Phenix
Falcon Bird
Virginia
Luther
Anrd
Philadelphia
Washington Irving
Heaven
Trinity Journal
Butte County
Ruggles
Davagrous
Soren
Buffalo
Rochester
Jonathan
Miss Great Britain
Caid
E Indies
Lgarnine
Wuspou
Rev
T. Spencer
Greville
Peter Loly
Redeoueur
Liffery Street
Papa
Poker Sharp
Mississippi
T. Knott
A. Shott
Knott
Shott
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