Lloyd work at Y M C A starts soon in classes
Lloyd bench woodwork will be offered at the Y M C A next week with two friends funding equipment. The program aims to train thinking, observation, patience and self reliance in boys through Lloyd bench work. Parents are urged to see benefits for their children and the secretary can provide more details. The Y M C A ball team matches St Andrew's Providence in Providence on Saturday.
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Lloyd
St. Andrew’s of Providence
Providence
Coming Events at Olambake and Bristol Aerie
August 14 Saturday Olambake under Men’s Club auspices at Fale’s Grove. August 15 Sunday Bristol Aerie No. 953 F O E annual event at Tobin’s farm Bristol Neck.
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Olambake
Men’s Club
Fale's Grove
Bristol Aerie
Tobin’s Farm
Bristol Neck
Gunnison Tunnel Opens in August to Reclaim 150000 Acres
President Taft will inaugurate the Gunnison tunnel on Colorado’s western slope, marking a major milestone in the Uncompahgre project. The six mile tunnel diverts water from the Gunnison River beneath a 2000 foot mountain, enabling irrigation of more than 150000 acres in the Uncompahgre Valley. The $4 million work ranks third in cost among twenty seven government irrigation ventures under the Reclamation Act and has drawn international irrigation experts to observe the completion amid extreme terrain and the famed Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
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Taft
Gunnison
Colorado Rockies
Gannison
Colorado
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Black Canyon
A. L.fellows
Arthur Chapman
American Review of Reviews
Lucky Walter Teases Rover About Not Washing or School
In a playful exchange, Walter jokes with his dog Rover about luck, noting the dog avoids neck washing hair combing and going to school, as reported in the Chicago News.
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Walter
Rover
Chicago News
Amateur Show Sparks Snide Remark on Free Tickets
A passerby quips that tickets were complimentary, while another observer recalls a painfully amateur entertainment. The exchange exposes a blunt judgment about the performance and the value of admission.
Bristol Commandery No. 821 United Order of the Golden Cross
The Bristol Commandery 821 of the United Order of the Golden Cross marks its 22nd anniversary with a read sketch recounting its founding on August 11, 1887, by J N Shattuck. The article details charter members, officers, funds, deaths, withdrawals, and social history, noting 529 meetings and current officers led by N O Henry M Darling and others.
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Bristol
United Order of the Golden Cross
William H. Maxfield
Odd Fellows Hall
Abbie A. Tilley
Order of the Golden Cross
J.n.shattuck
Shattuck
Bristol Commandery
R. L
Mr. Shattuck
N. O
A. S. Rounds
Francis J. Morrill
W. P
Abbie A. Till
Shatuck
A. L. Green
Knights A
Rounds
William B. Spooner
Harry J. Nicholas
Elizabeth Earle
William O. Diman
Rhode Island
Providence
Lawrence
Athol
South Carolina
Worcester
Henry M. Darling
Josephine Moffitt
DeWitt EB. Bolster
William H. Marfield
F. K
Frederic A. Tallman
Treas
Edith A. Maxfield
W.H
William B.spooner
W. H
W. L
Mary O. Moffitt
Frederick L. Warner
Hugh Moffitt
Lewis B. Waldron
Giles
Congdon
Elnathan P. Brownell, Jr
A Quirky Pie From Mrs Beeton’s Book
The dialogue presents a pie made from Mrs Beeton's cookery book. The Long Suffering One questions the creation while the One of Great Goodness identifies the leathery part as the binding.
Overtaxed kidneys praised by Bristol woman
A Bristol citizen recounts how Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her mother's back and other kidney troubles years ago and has kept attacks in check since. Sold by dealers. price 50 cents. Hester Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Bright
Bristol
E. G. Cobleigh
Hope S
R. L
Dean
Acta Ng
Hester-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
The Unsophisticated at Sea and Nautical Mixups
A local paper reports a petty officer at the New York navy yard asked for two hawse pipes instead of horse pipes and a recruit mixed up terms like dogwatch cathead and donkey engine. The tale notes such errors and jokes show limited sea knowledge and playful misinterpretations aboard ships.
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New York Navy Yard
Krome Ove
A Verdi Story Of A Farmer And His Supper
A country farmer travels to Milan to hear Verdi’s Aida but dislikes the music and asks for a refund including supper. Verdi replies politely refunds railway fare and ticket price but declines to reimburse the Milan supper, noting the farmer must provide his own supper.
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Verdi
Milan
Zeke Was Right About the Chalk on His Lips
A farmer suspects a boy of stealing berries from a strawberry patch and tests him by rubbing chalk on the boy’s lips. He returns later to find the boy’s lips covered in a thick white chalk layer, proving the boy touched the fruit.
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Zeke
Los Angeles Times
Roman concrete and age deception cited in court
The article notes Roman concrete used two stones travertine and selcie in equal parts, with travertine porosity aiding cement bonding. It cites Cement Age Ably Defined and a judge's quip on lies about a woman's age, defining a lie as knowingly deceptive among rational beings.
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Forum
The Great Change Joke in Ju venile Class Exchange
A juvenile classroom exchange turns on a pun about water turning to ice. The teacher asks what "great change" occurs and Tommy answers with a play on words about price.
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Tommy
Reminiscences of Bristol from the Phenix
A 1869 Bristol reminiscence note highlights local items. It cites factory shifts, bridges, new halls, and a public water proposal. It mentions the Bristol baseball club reorganization, civic talks, church events, and the recent arrival of Capt. George W. Jewett’s remains for funeral in Bristol.
Cottage houses planned on Naomi and Burton streets Bristol Neck
A cottage house is being built on Naomi street for Peter Riley and another to be erected on Burton street for Frank L. Bowen with FE. Peabody as builder and Nathaniel Gladding doing mason work. The National Rubber Company's works resumed full operation after repairs, with hours extended. 68 Herreshoff Manufacturing employees took a dinner outing to Rocky Point on the Javelin, returning by six. Rev Dr Morrisson and his family left for camp meeting. a 2431 lb pickerel was reported in Lake George by Rev George Eddy. Bristol Carnival Band held its annual meeting with new officers named.
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Vermont
Connecticut
Simpson Rubber Company
Bridgeport
Middletown
Fortress Munroe
Pittsburg
Taunton
Westminster
New York
Lynn
Georgia
Southern Journal
Bombay Times
Bristol Corner
Rocky Point
Canonicus
Congregational Church
O. P. Osborne
Josephus Gooding
Hope and
Wardwell Streets
Congregational Street
National Rubber Company
Supreme Court
Bennett J. Munro
Europe
Col Samuel Norris
Paris
France
John Norris
Esher
Surrey
England
Theodore West
Wilfred H. Munro
John P. Reynolds
John H. Yucker
J. J. Peck
The
Baptist Church
Melrose
Mass
Naomi Street
Bristol Neck
Peter Riley
T. J. Craig
Baltimor
First Baptist
Burton Street
Frank L. Bowen
FE. Peabody
Nathaniel Gladding
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Javelin
Morrisson
State Street
M. BH
Camp Meeting Association
Glen’s Falls
Crosbyside
Lake George
George Eddy
Bristol
R. I
Warren
Troy
Bristol Carnet
Obituary of Gardner W. Sisson Comrade at Soldiers' Home
Gardner W. Sisson died Wednesday afternoon at the Soldiers Home hospital after a brief illness. Born in Warren he lived here many years, worked as a bootmaker, and was employed at the National India Rubber Company factory. A Civil War veteran of Company B Fifth Rhode Island Heavy Artillery, he served 42 months and reached corporal. He joined the Home in 1894, had frequent furloughs, last returned about three weeks ago, aged 68. Funeral was held at 10:80 this morning at the Home with Rev. John McVay officiating, burial in North Cemetery. Survived by his wife and daughter.
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Gardner Sisson
Warren
National India Rubber Company
Fifth
Rhode Island Heavy Artillery
John ‘McVay
State Streets
M. HE
Bristol Probate Court Adopts Hazel May Handy Case
The Bristol Probate Court hears a petition by Charles Sumner Nettleton and wife Emily E. Nettleton seeking to adopt Hazel May Handy, born July 22, 1906, and to change her name to Hazel May Nettleton. A hearing is set for September 20, 1909, at 10:30 a.m. in Bristol. Publication of notice is ordered in the Bristol Phoenix for three weeks prior.
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Bristol
Charles Sumner Nettleton
Hazel May Handy
Probate Court
Rhode Island
Emily Estella Nettleton
Herbert H. Handy
Providence
R. I
Edith Emily
Handy
Hazel May Nettleton
Emily E. Nettleton
Probate
Bristol Phoenix
John M. Coggeshall
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Uere
Rhode Island State College
Agriculture
Kingston, R. I
Howard Edwards
William H. Bell
Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
N. J
W. Sparks Druxgist
Phenix
Atau Ta Begg
Benjamin’ R. Wilson, Jr
Albert,w
Davis
Thomas’ H. Warner
Alvin F
Cole
Gustavus T. Mott
William F. Hart
Clark H. Straight
Gustavus Mott
Town Hall
George H. Norman
Newport
William J. Miller
James P. Lane
George W. Jewett
Honolulu
Jane
DeWolf Avenue
Mount Jyne
Gardner W. Sisson
Thames ST
Church ST
Hugh Holmes
Isabella Holmes
Thames Street
Abby E. Babbitt
Samuel Taylor
William F. Fish
Hannah M. Devell
Elizabeth Kinder
State and
Thames Streets
Richard F. Joynes
Patrick, Hamill
Robert Newbold
Gideon Gifford
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