Welfare Buildings Rise Across Southern Mills in 1909
Tuesday April 6 1909 reports four welfare buildings funded by cotton mill operators for operatives in the South three in North Carolina and one in South Carolina with Y M C A management. Notable gifts include $300000 for the US sailors clubhouse at Norfolk naval yard funded by John D Rockefeller and a $100000 Y M C A building for the University of Georgia with numerous new facilities in Raleigh Charlotte Winston Salem and Durham.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Haw River
Kannapolis
Spray
Columbia, Sr
Greenville
D.C
Young Men’s Christian Association
Y M. OC. A
South
Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Company
Tampa
Fla
W. J. Bryan
Jackson, Muiss
Cattanooga, Tenn
Richmond
Danville
Norfolk Wa
Charlotte
Winston- Salem
Durham
Y. M.ca
University of Georgia
Centenarian Emily Hazard Dies in Newport Home
Miss Emily Lyman Hazard died last week at her Broadway home in Newport at age 100. Born October 16, 1808 in Newport, she spent most of her life there and kept full faculties to the end. She was the oldest child of Benjamin and Harrist Lyman Hazard and leaves five siblings including Mrs. Stevens of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Lyman Hazard
Broadway
Newport
Miss Hazard
Benjamin and
Harrist Lyman Hazard
Stevens
Isaac I. Stevens
Boston
Emily
John Alfred Hazard
Rocky Farm
Daniel Hazard
Thomas G. Hazard
New York
Bristol Post Office Mails Arrive and Close Times
Mails arrive at 7.00 10.00 12.00 2.00 4.00 6.46 7.15 p m and close at 8.00 8.45 11.30 a m 1.45 5.45 7.15 p m Arrive 8.30 a m Close 5.00 p m Office hours Sunday 9 30 to 10 30 a m Sunday mail given out from carriers racks at south door 9 80 to 10 39 8 m
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South Door
Earle & Prew Express Schedules Bristol Departures Arrivals
The outward times are 7 50 a m 11 20 a m 3 20 pm and 5 20 pm. Inward times are 8 00 a m 12 00 noon 3 00 pm and 7 00 pm. The schedule covers eXpress matter leave and arrive in Bristol.
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Bristol
Earle & Prew Express
Town Council To Meet Tonight For Appointive Officers
The town Council will hold an evening meeting to select appointive officers. Local notes report Mrs. Frances Merriman has died after heart illness. Funeral arrangements pending with St. Mary's Church services. Funeral notices also include the passing of L. N. Jennings of New Milford. Community notices cover sales and store openings at New York Store and Smiths Ice Cream Parlors.
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New York
F. M. Dimond
Henry M. Gibson
Washington
Baltimore
Richmond
Norfolk
Smith’s
Bernard Benjamin
Boston
Herbert L. Barber
R. I
Prudential Life Insurance Company
William H. Maxfield
Frances Merriman
A M. Merriman
Walton Shoes
Olive
Main Street
Warren
Baptist Church
Alfred S. Stowell
Phoenix
Antonetto Vittello
Richmond Street
St. Mary’s Church
John F. Downing
St. Mary's Cemetery
J. F. Farrally
L. N. Jennings
New Milford
Conn
Jennings
Prip
Bristol
O. W. Sparks
Williams
Munro
William F. Munro
Dandee, Smith & Howland, Company
New York City
Metropolitan
New England Southern
Pawtucket
John McVay
G. EB. Sharp
West Barrington
Clark Perry
North Easton
Mass
W. L. Hood
Horovitz
Bristol Opera House
Gouley Brothers
State Street
M. EE
Edward J. Prest
Col. L. Hallan
Colt Memorial High School
Bristol Y. M
Weeden
National India Rubber Company
Walk Over shoes new from New York store
A long list of social notes and local events. Mr and Mrs James Conley of New York City visiting town a week. Engagements filed for Saverio Manciere and Margherita Marabello. Misses Katherine and Jessie Casey and Ernest Jackson from Fall River guests of Miss Lillian Connery. Annie McGowan visiting Fall River guest of Miss Agnes J Gormley. Dr W Fred Williams attended golden wedding of Frank Augustus Rhodes in Providence. George H Taft of Taft's Hotel died in Providence. Various church, school, and civic notices follow.
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New, York
F.M. Dimond
Berwick
George H. Taft
Taft
Exchange Place
Providence
Barrington
James H. Higgins
Edward L. Leahy
Colt Memorial High School
Naval Reserves Armory
Howard Hughes
Bristol Reading Rooms
Constitution Street
William M. Gorham
Douglass
Wood Street
Mt. Hope Avenue
J. L. Buffam
Hope Street
Byfield School
Warren
Relief for Women Uses Australian Leaf Regulator
An advertisement promotes Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a safe back pain and urinary tract remedy for women's illnesses. It claims to regulate health and urges purchase from local druggists or by mail for 50 cents, listing The Mother Gray Co. in LeRoy as the address.
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Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy
Probate Court sessions reveal multiple guardianship orders
The Probate Court before Judge Hezekiah C. Wardwell continued petitions for Emma Benjamin as guardian of Ida, Leon, and Louis Benjamin, and of William, Helen, and Haskell Benjamin to April 19. It allowed accounts for Eva May Cole and estate sales. Bonds set at 1000 and 2000 with named sureties. Guardians appointed for Mary 4. T. Gladding and Elizabeth N. Nichols. Real estate sales authorized for estates of Thomas S. Robertson and Jabez H. Hazard. Appraisers listed for valuation tasks.
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Hezekiah C. Wardwell
Emma Benjamin
Ida D., Leon
Louis Benjamin
William, Helen
Haskell Benjamin
Joseph Benjamin
F. M. Dimond
Eva May Cole
Sureltes
Samuel O. Dimond
Charles F.dimond
Marion I
Mark A
Mary R. O'Wolf
Mary
T. Gladding
Edward ‘T. Nichols
George H Peck
John H. Wall
Crawford L. Easterbrooks
Elizbeth N. Nichols
Thomas
Bristol Baseball Notes Sets Uniform Style for I S League
Board of Directors of the Bristol baseball team selects grayish brown uniforms with brown stockings and a white ring, brown Chicago style caps with a white B. Players to meet at 7 30 o clock at Conley Brothers to be measured, Wright & Ditson of Providence awarded contract. Bristol Independents plan April 24 dance at G A R Hall to raise funds for uniforms, Christie’s Union orchestra to furnish music.
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Bristol
Chicago
Conley Brothers
Wright & Ditson
Providence
Bristol Independents
G. A. R. Hall
Christie’s Union Orchestra
DeWitts Early Risers and Kennedy Laxative Syrup Ad
The advertisement promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers as the best pills and Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as a fast cure for colds. It notes both medicines are sold by W. H. Buffington and highlights the syrup’s pleasant taste for children.
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DeWitt
W. H. Buffington
Kennedy
Y M C A Notes on Weekly Activities and Sports
The Y M C A notes outline a vacation week program for boys and students with daily outings and sports. Activities include outdoor classes, runs, baseball, bowling, educational trips to local works, hikes, gym classes, hare and hound chase, and a Friday baseball game between Providence Grays and Baltimore. The bowling tournament ends next Friday as Saturn, Jupiter, and Mercury vie for the title. The Phi Alpha Pi plans a spring social on April 17 and a gym focus is urged to purge impurities through regular exercise.
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John McVay
National India Rubber Works
Warren Handkerchief Works
Mt. Hope
Providence Grays
Baltimore
G. Pierce
H. Fish
Hare
Hough Chase
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Phi Alpha Pi
Birthday Party For Daniel Dwyer At Home
Daniel Dwyer son of Police Captain and Mrs Thomas Dwyer hosted a party of 14 friends at 29 Collins Street to mark his fourth birthday. The evening featured piano solos by Catherine McKevict vocal numbers by Minnie Franklin Kath leen Sanford Charles Farley and John Congdon and a violin and piano duet by Daniel Dwyer and Stephen T Garrity. The host received several gifts and a fine collation was served.
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Daniel Dwyer
Thomas Dwyer
Collins ‘Street
Catherine McKevict
Minnie Franklin
Kathleen Sanford
Charles Farley
John Congdon
Stephen T. Garrity
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Bristol -Phoenix
Bristol County
Farrally Brothers
J. ¥. Farrally
Huknix
PhHoenix
H. T. Peterson
Wm. . Briggs
H. M Darling
W. Fred Fish
Irving Smith
Wood's
High St
Hasbrouck
Dodge & Camfield
Providence, R, I
Oxford
Thos.f.peirce & Son
Dorrance and Westminster Corner
Providence. R
Bristol and Vicinity
Bristol Post Office
Sunday Mailb
F. BE
Sozman
Thomas W. Bicknell
Bicknell
Bristol High School
Public Schools
Rhode Island
Mary A. Greene
Central Falls
Arthur O'Leary
Joseph C. Bullock
Mt. Hope Terrace
Mt. Hope Middle
Mt. Hope Water Supply Company
Probate Court
Franklin Street
S. B. Paull
Waldron-Brownell CO
Sot
Pete
Edward Goff
IMRI
Sherry Avenue
H. J. Kemph
Hope St
R. J
Burton St
Noyes
Bradford Street
High Street
Phoenix Office
L. Booth
J Warren
Plymouth Hatching
Prospect Farm
Charles H. Church
Georchafee
Howe Street
Burton Street
Stoughton Bros
Dewolf
Bristol NR. I
William Street
C.F. Sanford
William Sturéet
O’rourke
William F. O’rourke
Aiello
Francisco Aiello
MecGoven
James McGoven
Allen
Druggvists
A. S. Olmsted
N.Y
Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance Company
P. Skinner, Jr
James Dixon Carpenter
Church Street
Chiropudist
H. Buffington
Goldes
Petersow
Hog Island
N. A. Lybeck
Mer
Potter
Banigan Building
George Brown
MacDougall
W. M. Cornell
St. James Tobin
Star Theatre
Geo
Geo. Graham
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