Act Regulating Trading Stamps In 1899 Session
Public Laws passed at the January 1899 session prohibit issuing or distributing stamp coupons or devices that enable buyers to demand merchandise beyond what was sold. Violations carry fines from one hundred to five hundred dollars or up to three months imprisonment. The act takes effect on passage.
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General Assembly
Mf Asr
Supreme Court For Relief
Secretary of State
Guo
Providence
Auld City
Dexter Training Ground
Bristol
Ofristol
Rhode Island
Henry Tilley
Mary E. Tilley
Hanry Pinsent
Mott's
R. I
New Street
Rhode Island General Laws Amendments Read in Fragments
A long state act text describes amendments to Rhode Island General Laws. It covers salaries and clerical assistance in the Supreme Court Providence division and militia rights for Irving W Young, plus corporate dissolution procedure and district court clerk support provisions.
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Rhode Island
General Assembly
Common Pleas Division
Supreme Court
Providence County
Dominion Pleas
Sach
Aivision
Heapter
Irving
Rhode Islind
Young
Rhode Teland
Athothe
Irving W Young
Iss
Pobla
District Court of the
First Judicial District
Herby
Emy
District Court of the First Judicial
Administrator Named for Bristol Estate of Mar Coburn
John H Coburn announces appointment by the Probate Court of Bristol as administrator of the estate of Mar Louisa Coburn late of Bristol who has posted bond. All creditors must present claims or file in the clerk's office within six months from the first advertisement. Bristols August 10, 1899.
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Bristol
Mar Louisa Coburn
John H Coburn
Robate Court
Isyg
Samuel Wardwell
Stephen F Peckham
Keemin
Bristol Phoenix
Erbert F Bennett
Robate
William P. Monro
William P Monro
Bristol Phatnix
Herbert F Bennett
William J. Bradford
Mary E. Bradford
William Bradford
Stephen W.church
Herbert F. Bennett
Tol
Actos
Preea Court
Mary E Tilley
Orrin L. Bosworth
Mary E. Tilley
Byfield Street
Julia Warren
James C Manchester
William H Pitman
Henry H Tilley
Bristol Institution For Savings
Wood and Waterman
Bay View Heights
Church Street
Rebec A. Church
Narris
Ian H Pitmananand
Pitan
Narragansett Avenue
James McCaughey
Mott
New Street
George Fales
George T .Gladding
Ward
Henry H .Lilley
Welock
Kennett
Rail and legislative reform acts across 1899 era cited
A fragment from a 1899 legislative record outlines sections barring land rights by adjoining landowners against railroad properties and railcrossing rules. It also lists amendments on state budgeting, independence celebrations funding, and political caucus procedures for Providence and Pawtucket, with formalities on notices and officer roles.
Caucus Procedures and Official Attestation
The text describes caucus meeting rules with a ward clerk or ward committee chair presiding until a caucus warden is appointed. If the clerk is absent, a qualified sector leader presides until a pro tem warden is appointed. Preliminary business unfinished by 7:30 P M is postponed until polling closes and results are announced. Attestation by Secretary of State Charles P Bennett.
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Providence
Pawtucket
Secretary of State
Board of Canvassers and Registration
Charles P. Bennett
Puzzling List of Tools and Pledges in a Fragmented Speech
A garbled OCR passage presents a stream of itemized phrases pairing objects with abstract aims such as a pump for knowledge a telescope for time and a lime with sands. It includes quotes about Dewey and a mother and son exchange showing battered speech. The tone hints at a satirical catalog of inventions and illogical pairings.
Home paper as barometer of business pulse
In the Terre Haute Express a thoughtful observer extols the home and country newspaper as a vital barometer of business. It credits those who advance themselves and recognize their humble origins for valuing local papers as essential arteries sustaining growth and opportunity.
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Terre Haute Express
Advertising as Trade Maker and Trade Holder Says Printer's Ink
A quotation from Printer's Ink emphasizes advertising's dual role as both a trade initiator and a market stabilizer, urging firms to view promotional efforts as essential to business. The comment reflects early 20th century industry discourse on advertising strategy and market dynamics.
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Jawoor
Gladding’s Market
Thames Street
Aristo Lélephona
The
Railroad
Heilid Anti
Board of
Can Assers
Ship of State
Dewey
Robert
Michigan Carbon Works
Detroit
Mich
Kurf
T. M. Morris
R_ I
Abe Ea Tereise
William B. Read
G.A. R. Hall
Bradford Street
Buffington
Iron & Wine
W.H. Buffington
Hope Street
Westminster ST
R. l
N. B
Burnside Memorial Building
Pers v . H
R. 1
James Tobin
Hope St
Oxford
Jas. Anderson
Church
State Street
H H. Pierce
German Chemical CO
Broadway, N.Y
Fred Fish
L. F. GorHans
Henry S.tafft
Weybosset
St., Prova
Ray
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