Industrial Trust Co opens in Providence with strong charter
The Industrial Trust Co organized, begins business in temporary quarters at 5 Custom House street Providence. Permanent rooms planned in the Exchange Bank building at Westminster and Exchange Place. Capital stock $500,000 with $100,000 in U S registered bonds deposited as security. Directors are leading bankers and manufacturers. President Samuel P Calt and Treasurer Joshua M Addeman lead a capable management. The article notes an optimistic outlook for the new trust company.
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Bristol Phoenix
Industrial Trust Co
Custom House Street
Providence
Exchange Bank
Westminster Street
Exchange Place
U. S
Samuel P.calt
Joshua. M Addeman
S. P. Calt
Ellow Touynsman
Addeman
Empire State steamer fire at Bristol wharf on May 21 1887
The steamer Empire State at Bristol Railroad Co. wharf caught fire shortly after 1 a.m. on Saturday. Firemen saved the car house as the vessel burned to the water’s edge then drifted free from the landing. Two ship-keepers aboard escaped narrowly and damage was limited.
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Empire
Bristol Phoenix
Empire State
Bristol Railroad Co
New York
Six Bristol outings listed with meat clambakes and parades
Six events organized by Bristol groups over the weekend are listed. The largest is the Collins and Aikman Mills outing at Rocky Point with about 600 employees and families. Sunday features the Princess Elena Lodge Sons of Italy outing at Bayberry Farm with guests from Rhode Island units. Defiance Engine and Hose Company, U S Rubber, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Bristol Athletic Association, and the Junior Choir also host events at various farms and groves.
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Bristol
Collins and Aikman Mills
Rocky Point
United State Rubber Products, Inc
Fales’ Grove
Hope Street
Princess Elena Lodge
Sons of Italy
Bayberry Farm
Poppasquash
Bristol Lodge
Rhode Island
Defiance Engine and Hose Company
Terra’s
John Langello
John St. Angelo
August Marshall
Earl P. Mathewson
Edgar Sutcliffe
Charles Fay
Old Time Showman Reveals Circus Storm Readiness
Haymond B. Deas of the Cole Brothers Clyde Beatty circus explains how parades run in rain and how a storm indicator helps forecast weather 12 to 24 hours ahead. He notes two costume sets and rubberized rain gear protect $50,000 in lions and tigers and 30,000 yards of spangles from storm damage.
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Haymond B. Deas
Cole Brothers
Clyde Beatty Circus
Kansas City
Ai Etake
Clyde Beattys
Beattys
Belleek Porcelain and the Devil's Darning Needle Tale
Belleek is a thin light porcelain famed for iridescent glaze made in Belleek Ireland. The piece recalls the dragonfly superstition that it can sew up children’s ears, earning the name devil’s darning needle.
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Ireland
Devyil
Sugar Pine Rare California Oregon Tree Described
The editor recalls the sugar pine as a rare Cal and Oregon conifer reaching remarkable heights with smooth cream colored wood. It grows only in select sites where rich soils from glacial deposits favor its development and is noted for its distinctive appearance. The article also mentions a historical military engagement at Lake Champlain with Commodore Macdongugh and a British squadron, describing a decisive victory and disrupted supply lines.
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Shira
Saqa
Sian
California
Oregon
Re Saha
George Preeto Thae ii
New York
Lake Champlain
Hacdongugh
Cemeca
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Industrial Trust Company
Ss. S
Boston
Companie
Cape
Bristol Train of Artillery Veteran Association
C A. Greene
Bristol Cornet
James Allyn
National Eteran Militia Association
BC Band
Co. A
Bristol Train of Artillery
James FE O'Donnell
Samme Whee Oes
Thames Street
Oliver
Hope
Union
State Street
Armory
BT A. V A's
HOTEL
Marlton
West 8Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Washington Square
F. W. Hatfirid
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Christian Science Pub Sociery One
Norway Street
Massachusetts
The
Ralph Bennett
Harry Bullock
John P. Sousa
Frank Gladue
Freeman Canning
Edward Stewart
Jack Hill
Herbert Newman
Charles Benson
Lillian Pasquarelli
Leslie M. Reid
Betty Mattos
Ida Russell
Lucy Machado
Mary Santos
Lillian Dunbar
U. S. Rubber Committee
Matthew J. McGuigan
George McClure
Curtis C. Chase
Domenic J. Vitie
John Romano
G R. Perroni
Frank Bruno
Anthony J. Ferrara
Arthur Manchester
Floyd Byone
John Francis
Manuel Andrade
Alfred Paiva
Christina Camera
Mildred Mancieri
Josephine Camera
Vasta Lar. Ruggiero
William Burke
James Dailey
George Balfour
Cletus Hammill
John Nixon
Frank Spencer
America
P. T. Barnum
BOWEN
Bowen Motors
Florence Rice
Wiley = adan
Lillian
Dewolf Farm
Jersey
Henry Dewolf Allen
Herbert C. Eales
Pleasant ST
Fall River, Mass
J. J. Nascimento
Bros
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