New State Highway Contract Awarded In Town
Contractor L H Callan won the bid to build a new state road from the Hope and Thames street junction north to Half Way Hill, about 9000 feet, 14 feet wide, with over 4000 tons of crushed stone. Work may start around September first. The plan includes potential town work alongside the state road and a Rhode Island company franchise detail. About 22 miles of state highway is planned for this fall, with broad support for better roads and economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Callan
Hope
Thames Street
Half Way Hill
Callan
Rhode Island Company
Man in Pane Fined for Vandalism on State Street
In Warren District Court John Hennessey was fined eight dollars and costs for reveling and defacing a plate glass window on State Street owned by James Tobin. Policemen Goff and Serbst escorted him after he acted like a halfback attempting a goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hennessey
State Street
James Tobin
James W. Goff
Henry Serbst
Marble Palace
Court Street
Warren
Hennessey
Searching parties urged for surveyors outskirts town
Letter to the editor proposes organized search parties to locate surveyors said to be hiding or resting in roadside weeds. It argues for enforcing weed removal laws by August and calls for eliminating troublesome plants along highways to prevent weed spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Phoenix
Vognue
Rhody Island
Judge Bosworth entertained aboard Iowa war vessel
Judge Orrin L. Bosworth visited Newport on Tuesday afternoon and was hosted by Captain Panjamin F. Tilley aboard the U S S Iowa. He toured the ship from stem to stern, watched a 600-man crew drill, and dined in Cant. Tilley’s private room. The Iowa Band gave a concert before Bosworth left with the captain to the wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrin L. Bosworth
Newport
Iowa
Panjamin F. Tilley
Tilley
Monster
Cant. Tilley
Judge Bosworth
The Brack Sheep and the Shepherd Tale
An African American verse retelling of the parable of the lost sheep. A Black shepherd seeks a lone, old black sheep thought lost in cold wind and rain. The shepherd finds the stray, reconciles with the hireling, and declares the sheep to be his.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirelin
Public Laws Passed at the January Session 1906
Public Laws from the January 1906 session are listed with chapters numbered in continuity from the General Laws Revision of 1896. The document outlines enacted statutes and organizational provisions carried forward from prior revisions.
Chapter 1864 Barbed Wire Fence Act Passed 1906
An early 1906 act prohibits barbed wire fences as boundary lines without written consent of adjoining owners. Fence viewers may order removal at cost if not complied with within 15 days, with recovery of expenses allowed. The act excludes woodland line fences and fences already built, taking effect upon passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Regulation of Narcotics Sale Chapter 1365 1906
Historic act regulates narcotics sales and prescriptions specifying written orders and inspections. It limits opium morphine and related substances, outlines exemptions, licensing for pharmacists, and penalties for violations with fines and jail terms. It also sets practice standards for physicians and veterinarians and carriers enforcement by state boards, effective July 1, 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
State Board of Pharmacy
State Board of Health
Probate fee structure text from 19th century act
The act outlines probate and recording fees for wills and estates, including an additional one tenth of one percent tax on personal property over one thousand dollars, capped at two hundred dollars, with split revenue between the probate court and clerk. It also provides recording charges, pension exemptions, and city or town payment options, taking effect upon passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
United States
Rhode Island Jamestown Exposition Commission Act 1907
Rhode Island passes an act to form the Jamestown Ter Centennial Exposition Commission of Rhode Island a five member body appointed by the governor with senate advice to oversee Rhode Island exhibits at the 1907 Jamestown Ter Centen nial Exposition in Virginia. The panel will organize, set rules, manage collections, and may secure a site and erect a building for Rhode Island showcase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Hampton Roads
Virginia
General Assembly
Cit
Rhode Island Exhibition Commission Authorized Funds and Salaries
The act creates a Rhode Island exhibition commission with power to acquire land or a site, furnish buildings, and manage expenditures up to fifteen thousand dollars. Members may be reimbursed travel expenses and up to five dollars daily for subsistence while absent on commission duties, and an executive commissioner will oversee the Rhode Island exhibition. An appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars funds operations, with the state auditor drawing payments on approved vouchers. The act takes effect upon passage.
Act Prohibits Quahaugs Under One and Half Inches
An act sets a five dollar fine for possessing quahaugs under one and a half inches in diameter from state waters. The provision allows returning such quahaugs immediately and unmutilated to the water without penalty. The act takes effect upon passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Chapter 1370 creates a State Board of Accountancy
The act requires registration for anyone practicing as a certified public accountant in the state. It establishes a state board of accountancy, with appointments, terms, and qualifications for members, and outlines duties, bonds, and governance for examinations and certification. The board will hold annual exams in Providence and issue practice certificates to successful candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Accountancy
Certified Public Accountants
General Assembly
Certified Public Accountant
United States
Certified ‘Public Accountant
Board of Examiners
State Board of Accountancy
Senate
A. D
Aic
Providence
Rhode Island Certified Public Accountant Act Draft Provisions
The text outlines board duties including maintaining a public register of certificate holders, processing examination fees of twenty five dollars, and a fifteen dollar renewal or registration fee. It covers re-examinations, board expenses, annual financial reporting, inter-state registration, and waivers for long-time practitioners. It grants powers to revoke certificates and enforce penalties for misrepresentation. It also specifies appeals to the superior court and rules for student involvement and effective date on passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
District of Columbia
Baid Board
Providence
Certified Public Accountant
Chapter 1871 and 1372 Acts on Bonds and California Earthquake Relief
The document records two acts: one appropriating five thousand two hundred fifty dollars for interest on armory construction loan bonds and nine thousand dollars for highway construction loan bonds for the year 1906, and another authorizing city councils to allot up to five thousand dollars each for relief of California earthquake sufferers. The text ends with official certification by the secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapther
General Assembly
California
Dark tale of a fallen husband and ruined home
A New York advertisement recounts a young lawyer who marries well and rises, then drinks, killing his wife and two children in a winter blaze. The mother and babes perish. the husband and saloon are named as the causes. Bible verse Habakkuk 2:15 is cited as warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Automatic Potato Digger Introduced For Farms
Charles F. Herreshoff announced yesterday via the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad a new automatic potato digger. Manufactured by Kane & Company of Philadelphia, the lighter machine uses an end less chain to remove soil and deposit tubers in rows. It requires two horses and a driver, and harvests six times as many potatoes as hand labor. Few such machines are used by farmers in this section though common in the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Herreshoff
New York
New Haven & Hartford
Kane & Company
Philadelphia
Penn
West
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Chichester Chemical Company
Madison Block
Easterbrooks
I. B. Paull
E. G. Spooner
Board of State Charities’and Corrections
Charles P. Bennett
Eichataee
Borden
Eagle
Borden’s Condensed Milk Co
N. Y
Marmaduke Mason
Barton
Buffinton
G. M. Wilbur
Undertakat and
Finnéral Direttor
Hope Street
Bristol
Marie von Unschuld
Agen of
Vaccaro Bros
Franklin Street
Usle Turnishea
Fedemeite Ce al Fold
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