Tenement To Let And Miscellaneous Notices
A mixed run of property and personal notices including a tenement to let at 174 High Street, a lost item for Mrs Archer, and various wants for carpenters, builders, and a girl. Names on record include A W Noll and E W Miller with sale and employment ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Kaos Nis
Masterbrooke Merchants Bank
Providence Sample Shoes
John the Shoeman
A. W. Noll
High Street
Archer
Marshall
Carpenters & Builders
J.H
Manchester
E. W. Miller
J. F- Farrally
Germany Trade Dampens as Britain Becomes Major Meat Market
Friday August 3 1906 notes a shift in meat exports after packing house disclosures. A Commerce report shows Britain purchases the bulk of U S meat exports, taking around 66 million of 75 million dollars in 1905 and leaving Germany a minor share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Great Britain
Department of Commerce and Labor
United Kingdom
Teenage lawmaker mocks meat bill tax shift
A teenage Congresman who pressed to tax meat inspection blamed the House for a policy that makes the Government bear the cost. He joked that the beef trust will cut the tax from meat price and raise selling prices instead.
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Beef Trust
Baptist Sunday School Picnic Draws Fifty Plus Attendees
About 50 pupils with parents and friends enjoyed the Baptist Sunday school annual picnic Tuesday afternoon. A grove on the O'Wolf estate on Woodlawn avenue hosted outdoor activities and a nearby field hosted baseball. Provisions included sandwiches cake and fruit. Girls played games and the group departed around 7 PM after an afternoon of outdoor fun.
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The
Baptist Sunday School
O'Wolf
Woodlawn Avenue
Sunday Mail Window Hours For Stamp Sale
General delivery window opens for stamp sales from 4.30 to 5 p m. Office hours on Sunday run 9 80 to 10 80 p m. Sunday mail will be distributed from carriers racks at the south door between 9 30 and 10 30 a m.
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South Door
Express schedule and local notices from a historic paper
Outward Bristol express services depart at 7.35 11.05 3.05 and 5.05 a m and return at 7.45 11.45 a m 2.45 and 6.45 p m. Local ads mention bathing shoes women misses and children and boys trousers suits priced to clear. Mrs A R Newman due home from Crooked Neck Penn. St Andrews club meets Monday 8 pm at St Michaels chapel with J A Read of Fall River to speak.
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Bristol
Earle & Prew Express
A. P. Nerone
Connery’s
A. R. Newman
Crooked Neck
Penn
St. Andrew’s Club
St. Michael’s Chapel
J. A. Read
Fall River
Annual reunion of Battery E survivors at Rhode Island Light Artillery
The annual reunion of Battery E survivors was held yesterday at Boyden Heights. The Bristol Train of Artillery plans a special meeting next Tuesday to arrange for participation in the Newport carnival parade.
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fEsrwer
Sian
Rhode Island Light Artillery
Boyden Heights
Bristol Train of Artillery
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Universal Cure
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages, a constitutional disease needing constitutional treatment. Internal use targets blood and mucous surfaces, claimed to destroy disease foundation and strengthen the body. Proponents back it with a $100 testimonial offer and urge sending for endorsements. Sold by J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio and local druggists. price 76 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Price
July Brings Seven Deaths in Town and Local Notices
A July tally records seven deaths in town. W M Connery offers straw hats at half price, selling a $2 hat for $1. Mrs Abby Fifield of Centreville visits Mr and Mrs Place on High Street. Mrs Henry W Mott of New York City visits her parents, the Russell Nobmans. The Ladies Aid Society meets at Mrs Lena Dunbar’s on Hope Street. Roza Enos sells a Bristol Terrace lot to Jose Soito. deeds filed at town clerk. White canvas oxfords for women men and children promoted at low prices by A P Nerone near Earl and Prew Express. William McShane of Wardwell Lumber takes a two week vacation including Boston. Mr and Mrs Thomas Filley and daughter visit from Norfolk, Va, their last visit seven years ago. E J Kenyon of Providence to wed Elizabeth G Smith of town. he entertained his best man and ushers in Providence. Philip NaWolf of Salt Lake City and Ruth Wood of Wayne are guests at DeWolf’s on High Street. National India Rubber Company orders discipline absent fires without pay. Ralph Kinderat and family of Philadelphia, visiting Asbury Park, expected tomorrow. organist will play at St Michael's in August. Edward Hughes, eight, son of Mr and Mrs Owen Hughes, ill with appendicitis since Wednesday. doctors hope operation unnecessary but danger remains.
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W. M. Connery
Abby Fifield
Centreville
Place
High Street
Henry W. Mott
New York City
A. Russell Newman
Ladies’ Aid Society of the State Treet
M. E. Church
Lena Dunbar
Hope Street
Roza Joseph Enos
Bristol Terrace
Jose S.soito
A. P. Nerone
Earl & Prew’s Express Company
William McShane
Wardwell Lumber Company
Boston
Thomas Filley
Norfolk
Mr. Tilley
E. J. Kenyon
Providence
Elizabeth Gertrude Smith
Philip NaWolf
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ruth Wood
John Wood
Wayne
Penn
DeWolf
National India Rubber Company
Ralph Kinderat
Philadelphia
Asbury Park
Mr. Kinder
Holy Trinity Church
Quaker City
St. Michael's Church
Edward Hughes
Owen Hughes
Franklin and
High Streets
W. F. Duffy
Soldier Mauled by Bull Near Soldiers' Home
A furloughed veteran camping at John Leahy's farm near the Soldiers' Home was gored in the abdomen by a bull about 4 AM. He lay in agony all night, crawled to the Home at 6:30 AM, where Dr. A M Merriman treated 15 or 16 stitches. He remained unconscious and is not expected to survive.
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Painp
John Leahy
A. M. Merriman
West Sides to Play Bristol in Baseball Notes
Manager Lafontaine arranged a substitute game with the West Sides after Regent Independents canceled. West Sides, bolstered by Gallagher and others, face Bristol with Danforth at first base and Kelly catching. Bristol lineup includes Tucker, Dalton, LaFontaine, and Guinan. game set for Coventry next Sunday and August 25 sees a D Wolf Inn clash after a Providence auto firm game.
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Lafontaine
Regent Independents
Bristol
Providence
Gorham’s
Danforth
Gallagher
Kelly
Hanley
Eldridge
McCallum
Elmwood
O’rourke
Cornett
Davis R
Bristols
Tucker
Dalton
van Almkerk
Guinan
Wardwell
Horton
Fitzgerald
C.f
Leahy
J.f
Coventry
Jacke
Gentredale
Aristolians
D’ Wolf Inn
D’wolf Inn
American Automobile Company of
Palace Garden
Rocky Point
Catboat Stolen From Harbor Belongs to Sumner Ball
A catboat named Pappoose, 18 feet long with a 9 foot beam, was stolen from the harbor last Monday around 6:30 PM. Mrs. Ball saw two men escape in a skiff, and Joseph Simmons witnessed the theft. The craft is white outside and light drab inside. Police alerted East Greenwich and Warren departments. Ball is notified.
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Sumner A. Ball
Birds Fly Bristol Eagles to Worcester Field Day
Seventy five Bristol Fraternal Order of Eagles No 958 members attended the annual field day in Worcester. They assembled at Grand Army Hall in Bristol, rode a special train via Providence, reached Worcester by night, and returned home around midnight. A new silk banner and badges marked the event.
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Order of Eagles
Worcester
Grand Army Hall
St. Mary’s
Hope Street
Franklin
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Bristol
Hagles
New England
Franklin Street
Providences
Amirat
Greene's Landing
Committee On Transportation
Ebactmnember
Siso
Providence
Fox Point
Union Station
Bristol Birds
A Delightful Musicale at Belvedere Garden
A Wednesday morning concert at the Belvedere roof garden features Miss Barrows praised by Philip Hale, pianist Prof Middleton famed in New York, and young violinist Master Gardner. The event aims to raise funds for the Woman's Exchange and showcase Bristol’s appreciation of local talent.
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Belvedere
Amizeg
New York
Gardner
Providence
Bristol
Adrift tale of Togo portrait sale and stern demand
A World’s Work piece recounts Admiral Togo finding the public buying his photo. He visits photographer Maraki and insists on purchasing the negative at twenty yen to stop further copies, despite the photographer’s blunt reply that business is business.
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Admiral Togo
Togo
Hugh Fraser
Maraki
Maruki
Boy Narrowly Escaped Death In Fire Station Wagon
Willard S Kenney Jr., eight, of 28 Pierce Avenue, was thrown from a wagon at the corner of Church and High streets in front of Dreadnaught Hook and Ladder Co. station. He lay unconscious for over 16 minutes before reviving. he was treated at the fire station and his mother notified while his father was away. The driver failed to see the boy in the rear of the wagon.
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Willard S&ikenney, Jr
Nonint Mivancehny
Willard‘s. Kenney
Pierce Avenue
Russell D. Bullock
Hook, Ladder & Hose Company
Church and
High Streets
Worcester
Aerie of Eagles
Kenney
Mr. Bullock
A Boy's Letter From a Boarding School
A boy writes to his mother from a boarding school describing a rough start and a misadventure at sea. He mentions an injured head needing doctor bills, his mother traveling from Lincoln, and plans about bringing home exotic animals if possible. He also references mischief involving a barn fire and a lost watch.
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Schdol
Wright
Lincoln
DeWitts Little Early Risers Promote Gentle Relief
An advertisement touts DeWitts Little Early Risers as a reliable remedy from W H Buffington. It promises no sickness or grief and asserts prompt, certain relief from digestive discomfort.
Musicale and community gatherings schedule announced
Coming events list three items for August. On Aug 8 a Wednesday musicale under the Woman's Exchange at Hotel Belvenera Roof Garden at 11 am. Aug 15 features a Y M A minstrel show at Bristol Opera House in the evening. Aug 22 offers a lawn party by Babbitt Post G A R and Relief Corps in the afternoon.
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Woman's Exchange
Hotel Belvenera Roof Garden
Y. M. A .Minstral
Bristol Opera House
Babbitt Post, G. A. R
Relief Corps
Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar promoted as bowel mover
The ad claims nearly all cough cures cause constipation, especially opiate formulas, and pitches Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a solution to move the bowels. It hints at availability locally with a vague reference to a store or vendor.
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Kennedy
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J. F. Farrally
Bristol Post Office
Phoenix News
God’s Building
High St
Z. G. Easterbrooks
Wm. F. Briggs
Wind. ‘Co
D. G. Labb
Hasbrouck
Your
Dodge & Camfield
Exchange Place
Providence, R
Oxford
Gibson
Thos.f.peirce & Son
Dorrance and Westminster Corner
Bristol and Vicinity
Bunday Mails
Earl & Prew
Mabel
Katherine Salisbury
Corliss Steam Engine Works
Bernard Cassidy
Hoard
Capt
Morrissey
Louise Lawless
Justice of the Peace
Herbert F. Bennett
Hugh Murphy
Mass
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Boy
DeWitt
W. H. Buffington
COR
Wood & Bradford Sig
Franklin ‘Street
DEY
Bradford
Hope 8&T
John Schach
Eugene le Clair, Sr
Mason
Constitution Streel
Willi
Promativy
Hasterbrooks Block
8. B. Paull
E. G. Spooner
Philo Hay CO
Newark
N. J
Hope Drug CO
Prenkiin Street
Pleasant Street
C. H
Central Street
William and
Smith Streets
Union
J. T. White
Tremont House
Broad Street
Leonard P. Sanfoor
Thames and Constitution Streets
No.1
Co. T. Parsons
Berkshire
Tames Streon
Massachusetts State Board of Health
Richardson & Robbins
Curtis Brother
Underwood
Dey Murgent
Sristol
C. Dewitt & Company
Chicago
Ile
W. H. Buffingson
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