Local Notes from Wellsboro and Vicinity In August
Miss Ida E. Newman visits her grandfather Geo. Peckham in Wellsboro while Mr and Mrs A Russell Newman host guests on Burton street. The July Rogers Free Library report shows 1433 books borrowed with fiction leading and several sections. A mix of local visits, weathered incidents, bike trips, lodge events, and upcoming wedding plans fill a day in the Bristol area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida E. Newman
Mr. Geo. Peckham
Wellsboro
Penn
Mr. Peckham
Church Farm
Metacom Avenue
Josie Peckham
Ava Close
A. Russell Newman
Burton Street
Town Council NOTES July 1894 Meeting Actions
Regular council session notes sewer inspections to extend below low water mark and health review. Authorized 5000 for current expenses. bills referred to auditor. Fire Engineers to test water pressure thrice weekly and report monthly. Special constables appointed. Asylum commissioners quarterly report filed. Police chief July report listed arrests and incidents. Damages to fowls paid to Chas Carey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Fire Engineers
Wm. J. Faulkner
Chas. A. Luther
Alex. Fales
Commissioners of Asylum
Barbour
Chas, Carey
Probate Court Actions Move Several Wills and Administrations
Probate Court approves executors and admins for multiple estates including Holmes Doherty Lamphear West West and others. Bonds range from 500 to 50 000 with assorted appraisers and sureties. A non resident guardian transfer and real estate sales petitions are also noted. A sermon plans at State Street church and a Newport hotel project near Easton's Beach are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spooner
Court of Probate
Wm. H
Jonathan H. Munro
James M. Munro
Hezekiah W. Church
Thomas G. Holmes
Julia Holmes
Charles H. Church
Chas. H. Manorerich
Gras SS. Gaeres
Samuel Norris, Jr
Daniel B. Doherty
Samuel Wesson
Providence
Samuel Norris
Bristol
Herbert F. Bennett
J. Howard Manchester
Fred A. Easterbrooks
John N. West
Blanche Lamphear
William H. West
Benj. L. West
Wm. H. West
Ient L. West
Chas. A. West
John West
Mary A. Bosworth
Huldah B. Bourn
Orrin L. Bosworth
George P
Ifford
Wm. O. Gladding
Sarah G. White
Gundian
Mary A. Manley
Emeline E. Diman
Geo. Wm. Diman
le Baron Bradford
de Bonis
Wm. P. Bradford
District Court Actions Include Six Month Sentencing
Judge Bosworth presided on Monday August 6. Don Sheehan was tried for a sturdy beggar and will serve six months at the State Farm. The docket also shows Jacob Basing versus Dora Rosenbaum on a book account continued, J Connery on trespass and ejectment against Rena Edwards with judgment entered for the plaintiff, and several other civil cases continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Bosworth
Don Sheehan
Jacob Basing
Dora Rosenbaum
J. Connery
Rena Edwards
Old Style Rhode Island Clambakes by Frank Rawson at Pine Hill Grove
Rhode Island clambake expert Frank Rawson showcases traditional shore cookery at Pine Hill Grove, offering steamed seafood, corn, potatoes and bread for four to five hundred guests. His bakes include chowders and prepared catering setups with transportable tables and seating for events near Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rawson
Rhode Island
Pine Hill Grove
Boston
Primitive fare in Massachusetts in early 19th century life
A fragment from a western Massachusetts society study notes bread and milk as breakfast and supper for well off families in Northampton while the poor relied on bean porridge. It recalls Gov Caleb Strong traveling Berkshire to Boston in three days and sharing a communal bread and milk dish during a stop, a scene prompting a host to offer separate bowls. It also reports multiple arrests for drunkenness, including John Reynolds the fish peddler and Officer Dimond detaining Leo Mason and wife visitors and other local social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Northampton
Caleb Strong
Berkshire County
Boston
Boston Saturday Evening Gazette
John Reynolds
Hoard
George W. Harmon
Dimond
Mary Grabert
In Memoriam Funeral for George Gayton Held at State Street Church
Funeral services for George Gayton were conducted at State Street Methodist Episcopal Church after services at his brother-in-law John S. Ingraham’s home. Rev. Wm. J. Smith delivered the discourse with a church choir providing hymns. George Gayton, born in Stockbridge England in 1823, served as sexton of State Street M E Church from 1864 except one year, and died after a long career including seafaring and work at National India Rubber Co. He was remembered as faithful and conscientious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gayton
John S. Ingraham
State Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Wm. J. Smith
Old Sexton
Messrs
Cree H W. Peek
Daniel Cruickshank
A. F. Marchant
Frederic L. Blaisdell
Mr. Gayton
Stockbrid
England
Bristol
West Indies
Australia
National India Rubber Co
Gayton
M. E. Church
Mr. Osborn
Sexton
Obituary and burial notices for local residents
Mr Frederic Serbst a respected Bristol resident died at his Bay View Avenue home on Thursday morning after a long stay in town He worked in the hose wrapping and curing department of the National India Rubber Co and was regarded as industrious and well liked by coworkers He leaves a wife and four sons. The remains of Mrs Sarah Gayton wife of James Gayton of Warren were brought to this town for burial and laid to rest at Ridgewood Cemetery on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic Serbst
Bay View Ave
Deapeaned
Bristol
National India Rubber Co
Mig
Sarah Gayton
James Gayton
Warren
Ridgewood Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Manning held on Pleasant Street
Mrs. Mary Manning widow of Henry Manning was buried in Warren after funeral services from her Pleasant Street residence. Rev. Geo. L. Locke conducted the ceremony this past Wednesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Manning
Henry Manning
Pleasant Street
Geo. L. Locke
Warren
Obituaries From This Town Notable Death Notices
Died notices listing George Gayton aged 71 interred Ridge wood Cemetery Loretta Smith aged 2 years 2 months 17 days interred St Mary's Cemetery Bertha Reed aged 4 months Gerald Serbst aged 55 years Mary Manning aged 43 in Providence Sarah Gryton aged 65 in Warren on specified days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gayton
Ridgewood
Loretta Smith
Andrew ‘I
Margaret Smith
St. Mary's Cemetery
Bertha Reed
Fred Serbst
Providence
Mary Mary Manning
Warren
Sarah Gryton
Local Guests and Small-town Incidents Highlight Week
Mra Lyman Mitchell of Iowa and Mrs Holester of Brooklyn visit Mr and Mrs John Lake on Union Street. Miss Kutte Shailer of Boston stays with Rev and Mrs S D Moxley. Officer Wm Munro of Providence returns home after visiting brother Benjamin T Munro on Noyes Ave. Burgess store decorations catch fire from a lamp but sustain little damage. William Perry, colored, receives severe kick from a horse at J F Peckham on Court Street. Rev J G Fry plans a ten day camp meeting on the J DeWolf estate toward month end with day and evening sessions. Torches from the last presidential campaign urged to be left at Tyler's Dining Saloon Bradf ord Street for the colored brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Fish
Fall River
Ray Arnold Esq
Hog Island
R. E. Macartney
Metropolitan Telegraph and Telephone Company
New York City
Leonard Sandford
West Constitution Street
Wm. Connery
Rogers Free Library
Whitney E. Bates
Thames Street
New Bedford
Mass
Fred Macauley
Hope
Bradford Streets
S. D. Moxley
D. Moxley
America
Women’s Baptist Home Mission Society of New England
Boston
Mary Thompson
Don Luis Felipe
Providence
Rocky Point
National India Rubber Works
King’s Daughters
Epworth League of
State Street
M. E
M. IE
Ruistick Point
Marguerite DeWolf Allen
Pappuusesquaw Neck
Lyman Mitchell
Iowa
William Perry
J. F. Peckham
Court Street
J. G. Fry
Ward's Chapel
Munro Ave
J. DeWolf
Tyler
Bradford Street
Vigilant Still Classed Best in Open Sea Yacht Racing
A New York Herald interview quotes English yachtsmen praising the Vigilant as a superbly designed racer. They note its ability to sail on edge, bronze bottom advantages, and contrast with the Brittania’s copper bottom and stiffness. They credit Herreshoff and discuss American innovations versus British designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herreshoff
Geatest
New York Herald
Royal Victoria Yacht
Brittania
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla and Alabama Election Notes
The piece notes Ayer’s Sarsaparilla as a favored tonic during dog days. It discusses Alabama politics with the Democratic ticket ahead, populist efforts, and long-standing fraud reducing Republican registration and turnout. It asserts John T. Morgan’s Senate re election, praises his independent stances, and questions tariff views amid a turbulent political scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
John T. Morgan
Senate
Hi Ereativus
Dr Scott's Sarsaparilla Offered by Bristol Druggist
A medical prescription praised as a wonderful blood remedy by Dr. Scott is now stocked in Bristol through A A Shepherd and W H Baffington. The tonic claims to cleanse blood and aid multiple ailments from kidney disease to malaria, touting pure vegetable ingredients and nerve support without pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
New York City
A. A. Shepherd
Bristol
W. H. Baffington
Orson
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Home News
A. A. Alden
Oliver McGann
Columbia Bicycles
Nantasket Beach
Brockton
Nantasket
Reba
Rebecca Degree
Lillian M. Peckham
W. Wright
Peckham
Henry Talbee
Talbee
Mount Hope
Wilfred H. Munro
Stephen Talbee
Rosa J. Childs
Frank Childs
Swansea
Wm. C. Liscomb
Ada L. Stoughton
Rockland
John W. Lathrop
Burgess
Augustus Connery
United Brothers Lodge
Newport
Woman's Relief Corps
Babpitt Post
E. J. Valentine
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Arthur L. Kimball
Gustave Saacke
Robert Bonner
Ralph Kinder
Trinity Episcopal Church
Lillian May Thompson
Wm. H. Thompson
Elnathan
P. Brownell, Jr
Burnside Lodge
Geo. E. Clarke
Geo. F. Thornton
Franklin K. Pierce
Julian Close
Alfred Ward
Dillon
Siegel
Pierce
Thornton
Thomas Fisher
Saunder
Dennis Ryan
King Philip
Harry H. Stevens
Henry A. Stevens
Tappan W. Morrill
Old National Rubber Co
Gorham
Washington, D.C
Northam
New York
New Haven
John Fitzgerald
Bristol Conn
Connecticut
Join Fitzgerald
National Rubber Company
Soldier’s Holme
J. H. Morrissey
Bob McHenry
James Riley
House of Correction
Eugene Stoddard
Fom Conway
Justice Warner
Probate Court
S. J. Moxley
First Baptist Church
Easton’s Beach
Leo Mason
Woonsocket
Wm J. Smith
House of Congress
Wm. E. Chandler
New Hampshire
Morrisey
Vigilant
Ayer
A.a.shepherd
DR. Scott
Jy Needy
Hope Street
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