Bristol Golf Club Reception and Handicap Tournament
At Ferry Hill the Bristol Golf Club hosted a Saturday handicap event with six entries and prizes of golf balls. James D’Archer won first with gross 80 net 76. runners up were F C Wheelwright and J Winthrop DeWolf. Upcoming Colt cup and President Howe cup events begin in September. F H Findlay may exhibit. Miss Alice Bourn led the weekly club reception with help from Miss E Bourn and Miss N Allen. decor featured red accents.
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Bristol Golf Club
Ferry Hill
James D'W.archer
F. C. Wheelwright
J. Winthrop DeWolf
Wheelwright
Mr. DeWolf
Miss Bourn
Miss E Bourn
N. Allen
Advertised Letters for Week Ending August 15
List of letters advertised this week: E. C Collins, Curtis F Cummings, Joseph H Colsian, H P King Co Caldwell and Julaney, King Brothers Shoe Co, E W King & Co, Jas Strong Lumber Co, Reynolds Tobacco Co. Women: Mrs J S Wheelwright, Mrs Harry H Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C Collins
Curtis F Cummings
Joseph H Colsian
H P King Co
Caldwell and Julaney
King Brothers Shoe Co
E W King & Co
Jas Strong Lumber Co
Reynolds Tobacco Co
J.S Wheelwright
Harry H Young
Allegorical Scene Warns of Foolish Wealth Spending
An old allegorical image shows a girl startled by a grasshopper while stepping on a snake. It parallels a man who spends heavily on a cyclone cellar yet neglects to provide his family with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, a safeguard against bowel complaints. The remedy, advertised as prompt and reliable, is sold by W. H. Buffington.
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Chamberlain
W. H. Buffington
Bristol Post Office Hours and Local Notices
Notes of local interest detail Bristol post office mail arrivals and closings with window hours and Sunday schedule. It reports residents visiting, travels of families, social events, church services, and cultural notices including a Y M C A bowling record, a Bristol Opera House play, and teas at Miramar with social details.
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South Door
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh Containing Mercury
Warning against mercury based catarrh ointments and praising Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective. Internal remedy claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists at 76c per bottle. Also recommends Hall's Pamily Pills as best.
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Hall
F J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Cheney & Co
Hail
Narragansett Bay Yacht Racing Association meeting at Bristol
Delegates from Rhode Island Fall River Bristol and Edgewood clubs met at Bristol Yacht Club with eight delegates present Jamestown absent. President Barnes led discussions on the bay racing plans for the 1904 season including appointing an official measurer not affiliated with any club. A racing pennant committee was formed to arrange insignia for regatta participants.
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Narragansett Bay
Barnes
Wedding at St Marys church Fred Vermette and Julia Trepanier
This morning at 7 o'clock at St Marys church on Wood street Frederic Vermette and Miss Julia Trepanier were married by Rev Patrick Mc Cabe. The bride wore gray silk with white trimmings and a matching hat. A reception and wedding breakfast followed at 410 Thames street. The couple will reside on Bradford street. Kickemuit Grange announces its twelfth annual clambake on August 20 adjoining Grange Hall East Warren with ice cream and refreshments, dinner at 1230, tickets 50 cents, under 12 half price. storms postpone to the next fair day.
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Thomas Stead
New York
Jamestown
L. S Hoffman
Byfield Street
T | Sullivan
Dry Dollar Sullivan
Thomas Dwyer
St. Michael's Church
Reginald Hodgkins
California
F. Brewster
Waltham
Mass
Alfred L
Pardon T. Kenney
David Garrick
Bristol Opera House
Edward Fales Coward
W. Fred Williams
R. H. Whitcomb
R Hodgkin
A. L
Ellen Hosmer
H. H. Cabot
Alice
Elizabeth Bourn
Thomas H. Henderson
Chicago
Illinois
William Henderson
Bourn Street
Henderson
Morgan and Wright Rubber Co
Teresa Silvia
Manuel
Mary Silvia
John Street
St. Mary's Cemetery
Reynolds Family Association
O’wolf Inn
Jeremiah McGrath
Mary
Patrick McGrath
Constitution Street
St. Mary’s Church
John P. Reynolds
Mabel C. Price
Bastor High School
E G.easterbrooks
George Street
Bay View Heights
Anna B Manchester
Bristol County Gas and Electric Company
Juliet Coggeshall
Horace B. Stevens
el Paso
Texas
Stevens
Pacific Coast
St. Mary's Church
Wood Street
Frederic Vermette
Julia Trepanier
Patrick McCabe
Thames Street
Mrs. Vermette
Bradford Street
Kickemuit Grange
Grange Hall
East Warren
Swansea
Fall River
Providence
Bristol
Convention Nominates Baseball Player for County Treasurer
In a county party convention a former baseball star seeks the treasurer nomination. Supporters praise him as a good citizen, but a delegate questions if good men are so scarce that a baseball player should hold a high office. The mover retorts asking if anyone saw him steal a base.
Disease of the Seasons and Health Advice
Text notes that diseases align with seasonal changes with regularity, listing rheumatism lung inflammations digestive issues and cholera by months. It endorses outdoor exercise in all weathers as the best way to prevent and cure seasonal health impacts through toughening the system.
Blood Bargaining Before Tunis Bey Ends in Execution
A slain rival in love faces death as his father seeks blood money under the Koran. The Arab killer’s family refuse more than 24 pounds. Despite a glimmer of hope, the bargain fails and the condemned man is hanged in the presence of the victim.
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Tunis
Dealings In Graves On Edinburgh Exchange
Cemetery shares remain a notable market feature in Scotland with active trading on the Edinburgh Stock Exchange. The piece notes a Scottish caution and belief in cemetery securities as stable, doubtless appealing to buyers who figure the value will endure and avoid parish graves.
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Scotland
Edinburgh Stock Exchange
London
The Ideal Nurse Defines Quiet Strength and Duty
A nurse arrives in crisis, gains patient trust, and controls the room. She shares expertise with the family, manages delicate personal boundaries, and adapts to each household needs. Her role spans calming presence, practical tasks, and discreet support through recovery.
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Mary Moss
Atlantic
Buried In Secret Kings of Rome and Goths
Ancient burial rites described for Attila and Alaric. Attila died in Hungary in 458 after sieging Rome and was buried in layered caskets of gold silver and lead in a desert, slaves slain to seal secrecy. Alaric died near Corenza in south Italy as his army diverted a river to entomb him with treasure, then restored the river. Both tombs remain unseen. Moses is cited with a similar unknown resting place.
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Attila
Rome
Hungary
Alaric
Corenza
Italy
Moses
Cure a cold in one day claim laxative tablets
An old advertisement promises to cure a cold in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It states all druggists refund money if it fails and notes E W Grove's signature on each box, price 25 cents.
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E.w.grove
Shore land wanted between Bristol and Warren
One or two acres of shore front land desired between Bristol and Warren. Respond with location and details to 8 L Phoenix Office.
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Shore Land
S. L. Pranix Office Commissioner's Sale
William Williams
Anna Crawford Donley
Bristol
Warren
L. Phoenix Office
Bristol Real Estate Auction Under 1903 Commission Sale
Commissioner will sell at public auction on September 5 1903 at 2 pm the Bristol Rhode Island parcel at State and Thames streets. The sale follows a Providence County suit for partition Edward M Spooner et al v Arthur Bishop et al decreed August 4 1903. The site lies at the southeast corner of State and Thames bounded by State street Thames street Catherine O Mara and land of James Tobin.
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Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Holden
Providence
County of
Edward M. Spooner
Arthur
Bishop
Bristol
State of
Rhode Island
State and
Thames Streets
State Street
Thames Street
Catherine O’mara
James Tobin
William Williams
Bristol, RI
R. I
Private Pupils in Elocuution Offer at Army Street
A local notice invites private elocution pupils at 71 Army Street Providence with terms and contact directions for enrollment.
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Army St. Providence
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Hope Street
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Russia
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Hudson
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Gloucester
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Newport
Jeanette F. Kirkwood
High Street
James Dixon
New Bedford
Peacedale
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Norwich
Conn
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Onset
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Viola Brown
Jackson
Weetamoe
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Mull Gut
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Alice Quigley
Cranston
Boston
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Brithewold
F. H. Farley
Agnes Kane
Connecticut
Malcolm MacNaught
Munson
Henry W. Mott
Worcester, Mass
A. Russell Newman
Lillian Swift
Cottage City
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Thomas Henderson
J. F. Keating
Walter A. Dodge
Hattie and
Lonnie
Alonzo Pierce
Union Street
Mark A. Kerwin
Marguerite Kerwin
Brooklyn, N. Y
W. F. Duffy
H. Wall & Co
Fox Hill
Sarah E Johnston
Algernon L. Johnston
St Mary’s T. A. Society and Ladies Auxiliary
Mt. Hope Park
James A. Munro
Ella A. McCaw
Rhode Island Commercial School
Congdon-Carpenter Co
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Thomas H. Crowley
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Hoard
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Emerson College
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Stanley, Hammer, Eastman, Cramer and Carbutt
W.N
C. R. Burgess
Prew’s Express
Earle We di Bicycle Good de Greet N’s
Gee Peeal
Cor. Hope
Bradford Reete
Bristol Neck
Bourne Plat
Bay View Avenue
N. N
Pratt Aught
N. N. Cole
Oo. L. Bosworth Attorney-at-Law
Honestreet
Cranston Worsted Mills
G. M. Wilbur
Paomwx
Octave le Clair
A. Sanderson
Corner High
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Easterbrooks
B. Paull
F. Pendleton
John Shepard
C. H. Straight
Borden Avenue
Oliver Street
Liz
Phoenix Office
Phenix
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