Bristol Olympics game misdated in old Bristol notes
Editorial notes an 1869 Bristol versus Olympics of Providence baseball game was misdated as 1860 in a Phoenix Reminiscences item. The correction explains to local players they are not nine years older than they seem. The article also comments on the Payne Aldrich tariff, Taft's signing, and implied impact on labor and trust oppression.
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The
Phoenix
Bristol
Olympics
Providence
Taft
Judge Bosworth Hands Severe Sentence for Animal Cruelty
A morning’s work by Judge Bosworth included a severe yesterday sentence on a man who maltreated a horse. The judge stated that brutal abuse of helpless animals warrants strong penalties, and more if possible.
Sunday Heat Records Four Year High
Sunday proved the hottest day in four years with extreme temperatures triggering warnings and calls for rest, as residents faced unusual heat strain and urged precautionary measures.
Mrs Euclid Nichols Jr Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs. Euclid Nichols Jr wife of Euclid O Nichols Jr died last evening at 9 and 468 o clock at her home 725 Hope street after a brief illness dating from January She was born in Manville Rhode Island the daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Generux and had lived in this town for 13 years She is survived by her husband her parents and several brothers and sisters In her 85th year Funeral services will be held at her late residence Thursday at 2 pm Interment will be in North Cemetery
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Leonie Nichols
Euclid O. Nichols, Jr
Hope Street
Nichols
Manville
R. L
Fred Generux
Leonie Nichola
Euclid O. Nichols
Thomas
Providence
James Thomas
James Thomas Died at Narragansett Racing Track Trainer Remembered
James Thomas died suddenly at the Narragansett racing track last Friday while training a horse. A former resident of the area, he worked for Charles F. Herreshoff Jr Barton and Buftinton and was known as an expert horse trainer. He lived with Mrs. Mary Hazard on Wilson Street Providence for years after leaving here about 15 years ago. He leaves a sister and a brother and was interred in Fall River.
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James Thomas
Narragansett Racing Track
Park
Charles F. Herreshoff, Jr
Barton & Buftinton
Mary Hazard
Wilson Street
Providence
Fall River
Bristol Post Office Mails Arrive and Close Times
Mail arrival times at Bristol Post Office are 10.00 am 2.00 4.00 6.00 and 7.15 pm with closing at 7.40 9.00 11.80 am, 2.00 6.00 7.15 pm. Sunday mail arrives 8.00 am and closes 4.50 pm with Sunday hours 9.30 to 10.80 am. Sunday mail distributed from carriers racks at south door 9.80 to 10.80 am.
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South Door
Express train hours to Bristol listed by Earle and Prew
Outward times 7.50, 1.20, 3.20, 5.20 a m. Inward times 8.00, 12.00 a m, 3.00, 7.00 p m. Services indicate scheduled arrivals and departures for express matter to Bristol, reflecting a concise timetable fragment.
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Bristol
Earle & Prew Express
Visitors and events fill Bristol town notices
Miss Alice Foley visits Winchester relatives while Miss Margaret Norton stays with Miss Anna Hammill in Providence. Springfield and Bristol guests are listed, along with church organ duties, clambake outings, and upcoming travels. Local engagements include marriage intentions of Santangelo Cabral and Masterson Ashton, plus factory notices for National India Rubber Company closures August 14 to 30.
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Alice Foley
Winchester
Mass
A. P. Nerone
Margaret Norton
Providence
Anna Hammill
State Street
Margaret Danahey
Springfield
J. E. Sullivan
Hope Street
Margaret Carvill
John Keegan
Cook Street
Lee
James Finley
F Dimond
Church Street
Clyde E. Mathewson
Fitchburg
Alfred Watts
Bristol Neck
First Baptist Church
Hunt’s Mills
Kinder
Helen Church
Trinity Church
F.m.dimond
Reginald
Elkins
N. H
Harry Halliday
Boston
J. H. Merrill
B. M. MacDougall
Lake George
Lake Champlain
Montreal
Quebec
John Santangelo
Jessie Cabral
Patrick Francis Masterson
Annie Wilhelmina Ashton
W. J. Duffy, Jr
Little Son
Olneyville
Dudley Cottage
North Pond
Locke’s Mills
Maine
Bertha Wyatt
Connecticut
New York
Bristol
Sons of the American Revolution
O. L Bosworth
Theo. O. Gladding
L.B. Waldron
H. W. Church
Geo. A. Arnold
J. Harvey Merrill
J. Winthrop DeWolf
J. FE. Farrally
Plymouth
Brockton
Ice Cream and Vacation Talk Fill Bristol Pages
A long list of local people on vacations visits friends and relatives in Oak Bluffs Stonington Maine Providence Salem Gloucester Boston Fall River and Vermont. Community events include Ivy Guild fair plans at St Michael s Chapel and an Eagles bake sale. Local officials report minor incidents police commendations and upcoming golf club and school activities.
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Robert J. Connery
Oak Bluffs
Bertha Morgan
Stonington
Maine
George H. Glidden
Springfield
Mass
Belle Munroe
Providence
Shawomet Beach
Grace Peterson
Salem
Thomas Goff and
High Street
John W. Chambers
Philadelphia
James Lee
Cookstreet
Eva Baker
Edith A. Maxfield
Union Street
William K Trotter
Edith Trotter
Gloucester
Hugh E. Kelley
Boston
Fall River
Henry Dryer
United States
Canal Zone
Isthmus
Panama
Joseph Nixon
Margaret
Naugatuck
Conn
Mis
Alicia Cuonnery
Church Street
Olive
Victor
Antone
Mary Machado
Thames Street
St.Mary’s Cemetery
Frank Connery
Chicago
Mr. Connery
James Tobin
Bristol Neck
Connery
Jolly Odd Five
J. Lord
M. H. White
F. O. Warren
W. A. Johnson
A. H. Hill
Island Park
Tiverton
T. Newton Owen
Vermont
New York
George H. Perkins
First Congregational Church
St. Michael’s Chapel
Ivy Guild
Guild
Organ Fund
Alfred S. Stowell
First Baptist Church
White Mountains
Mt. Washington
Bristol Aerie
Order of Eagles
Order
Tobin
William L. McKee
Bristol Golf Club
5. W. Flowers
Hope Street
B. D. Bosworth
John H. Morrissey
E. G. Cobleigh
S Smith
Arthur L. Williams
Byfield School Committee Adjourns Monthly Meeting
The Byfield School Committee held its regular meeting with President Trotter and Superintendent Reynolds present. Bills totaling 411.44 were approved for salaries school houses and miscellaneous expenses. Expenditures to date stood at 12 996.65. Authority was given to repair school houses within available funds and nuisance issues at Valley School were referred to Hygiene. The president noted letters of thanks to Miss McCotter and Miss Mary.
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Trotter
Chnurch
Hasbrouck
Nerone
Shepard
Williams
Brady
Rerynolds
Committee On Accounts
Committee On
Valley School
R. McCotter
Mary
Marguerite Gorham Weds Herbert Skinner in Providence
Miss Marguerite Merrill Gorham and Herbert Harold Skinner married yesterday at 4:80 pm in the bride’s home 885 Hope Street. Rev. William R. Trotter officiated before relatives and friends with music by the Belvedere orchestra. The couple plan a wedding trip to eastern Massachusetts and will reside in Providence after.
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Marguerite Merrill Gorham
Herbert Harold Skinner
Hope Street
Frederic A. Geisler
William R. Trotter
Trinity Church
Mildred Gorham
Frank Willinghast Hoar
Woongocket
Hotel Belvedere
Belvedere Orchestra
Providence
Fall River
Woonsocket
William M. Gorham
Herbert Miller Chase Skinner
Narragansett Electric Lighting Company
Boston
Massachusetts
Skinner—Gorham
Advertised Letters for Week Ending August 7 1909
List of names published for undelivered mail including W E Patney Antonia King L T Merrick Giuseppe Campanella Miss BE Hershey Mrs W B Hammond Mrs Ada B Greene and foreign H M Fiddes (2) Mrs Mitchell for that week.
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W. E. Patney
Antonia King
L. T. Merrick
Giuseppe Campanella
BE. Hershey
W. B. Hammond
Ada B. Greene
H. M. Fiddes
Mitchell
Indignant Beggar Flashes Cash In Mexico City
A shabby beggar at Coyoacan flashed a roll of bills to a snobbish man who refused alms and mocked him. The scene drew jeers at the uncharitable youth while the beggar, though ragged, appeared solidly composed and capable, leaving reporters puzzled by what held his money in his tattered clothes.
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Coyoacan
A Test of Friendship Before Artemus Ward’s Death
In the memoir Recollections of the Bancrofts, Robertson offers Ward a medicine and begs him to drink. Ward refuses, recalling their friendship. Robertson insists, claiming he would do anything for Ward. Ward dies a few hours later after accepting nothing.
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Artemus Ward
Robertson
Tom
Ward
A Great Career Ahead In Opera Training Prospect
A man seeks costs to have his daughter professionally trained in singing despite not noting extraordinary vocal gifts. A professor questions whether the girl shows unusual talent, while acknowledging she is difficult to manage. The exchange captures early optimism about nurturing potential opera stardom.
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Chicago Record-Herald
The Bishops Visit Lesson From The Sunday School
A rural Sunday school conversation turns to a bishop's visitation. A little girl answers that it means an affliction sent from heaven, prompting a quip about the bishop’s glance and the children’s understanding.
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London Telegraph
K of P Uniform Rank Breaks Camp After Pythian Day
The First Regiment Uniform Rank K of P, in camp at the Trotting Park since last Saturday, will break camp tonight. Two sacred concerts were held Sunday by the Uniform Rank Band, one afternoon one evening, with few townspeople due to heat. Yesterday was Pythian Day and visitors from K of P Lodges statewide attended. An afternoon baseball game between married and single men ended 25 to 24 in favor of the singles.
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U. R
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K. of P
Pythian
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Aug 14 Olambake event at Fales Grove
On Saturday under the Men’s Club auspices Olambake will hold an event at Fale’s Grove. The following day August 15 Bristol Aerie 95 EF OB hosts its annual Olam bake at Tobin’s Farm Bristol Neck.
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Olambake
Men’s Club
Fale’s Grove
Bristol Aerie
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