Sachem Wins Ocean Race Across 78 Miles
Kabene Me ao Balfingan's Uarda and Sachem sailed a 78 mile course from Bristol Yacht Club to Brenton Reef light ship Vineyard Sound lightship Block Island buoy and back to Newport. Sachem owned by Fred Thurber beat Uarda by about 23.5 hours with a 1 hour 40 minute handicap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yachta Sachem
Fred Thurber
Uarda
J. Allen Buffington
Providence
Bristol Yacht Club
Brenton’s Reef
Vineyard Sound
Block Island
Newport Harbor
Torpedo Station
Sachem
Annual Meeting of St Marys Fife and Drum Band Players
The annual meeting at St Marys T A C Society hall elected Leahy president and lea die, Walter Kerr secretary, John Harrington fife sergeant, Frank Sylvester drum sergeant, Michael Coughlin master at arms, William Hughes custodian, and Leahy, Manoney, and Coughlin as committee on majie. The band plans a new bugle section, a winter fair, and rehearsals twice weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
St.Mary
Leahy
Walter Ker
John A.harmington
Walter Kerr
Frank A. Sylvester
Michael T. Coughlin
William G. Hughes
William N. Leahy
Patrick V.manoney
John A. Harrington
William S. Dwyer
Edmund A. Dube
Probate Court Administrators Appointed In Three Estates
The regular semimonthly Probate Court session heard petitions for administrators of three estates. Phila V. Cady was named administrator of Sarah A. Murray’s estate with bonds set at 85000 and appraisers Herbert F. Bennett Lyman B. Bosworth and George H. Peck named. Annié M. Kirkwood was allowed as administratrix of Robert Hirkwood’s estate with Henry D. O. Dubois and Augustus P. Duffy as administrators and appraisers James Young Charles Paull and Charles Livingston. Augusto S. De Freitas estate appointed Henry D. O. Dubois and Augustus P. Duffy with bonds 300 and Dr. John Lake Francis Azevedo and Frank Francis as appraisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Hammill
Phila V. Cady
Sarah A. Murray
Herbert F. Bennett
Lyman B. Bosworth
George H. Peck
Annié M. Kirkwood
Robert Hirkwood
Charles Livingston
James Young
Charles Paull
Henry D. O. Dubois
Augustus P. Duffy
Augusto S.de Freitas
John Lake
Francis Azevedo
Frank Francis
St Mary's T A S Meeting Discusses Labor Day Open House
A St Marys T A S regular gathering in Temperance Hall elected James J Connery pro tem secretary due to absences, admitted one new candidate and one applicant, and named Joseph E Doran auditor while John was elected tacanoy. The group debated Labor Day open house and scheduled a special meeting after the 10:30 mass to decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s T. A. Society
Temperance ‘Hall
William H. Connery
Hugh F. Kelley
James J. Connery
Rotary Patrick ‘Coyne
Joseph E. Doran
John
Real Estate Transfers Filed at Town Clerk Office
Cottage and lot at Bristol Narrows transfer from Lewis B Waldron and wife to Edward O Martin et al. House and lot on Catherine Street transfer from administrator of Thomas McKale estate to Rose McKale.
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Redlitstate
Bristol Narrows
Lewis B. Waldron
Edward O. Martin
Catherine Street
Thomas McKale
Rose MoKale
Guaranteed Cure Ad for Piles Medicine
A medical advertisement promises a guaranteed cure for piles with itching bleeding and related symptoms. It asserts refunds if the treatment appointment fails to cure during holidays and mentions refunds to dissatisfied customers. The wording is promotional and claims a money-back guarantee.
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Dru
Column A Safety Valve for Some People’s Feelings
Those who feel like kicking, even though the habit is chronic, may vent here on proper subjects by sending short communications to the editor.
Urges Better Support for Local Baseball Games
A Phoenix letter to the editor criticizes out of town teams and urges more spectator support and donations. Manager Lafontaine is praised for his effort with limited funds, and readers are asked to contribute five to ten cents to cover expenses and preserve the games for weekend crowds seeking enjoyment.
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the Phoenix
Lafontaine
A Dog Fanciers Kick to Bristol Council
A letter to the editor criticizes Warren's dog collar law enforcement and notes Bristol street dogs roaming without collars. The writer urges Bristol to enforce licensing rules, cites a recent attack on a cat on Wood Street, and argues for a proactive dog officer and adherence to stricter statewide practices.
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The
Phanix
Warren
Bristol
Wood Street
Providence
Enjoyable Whist at Bristol DAR Host Hotel Belvedere
Bristol Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution hosted an enjoyable whist party Friday afternoon at the Belvedere Hotel. Twenty tables were occupied with players, prizes awarded for Bridge and Whist, and Mrs. Nelson Hall and Mrs. O L Chestbrough among top prize winners. Mrs. Harold O Wolf received the bridge first prize, while Mrs. Henry W Roth won second prize. Mrs. Hall also claimed the Whist first prize alongside Mrs. Chestbrough as Whist second prize recipient. Music by Mrs. William Mo Ransom accompanied the event.
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Bristol
Daughters of the American Revolution
Belvedere
Pic‘ture
Harold O’wolf
Henry W. Roth
Nelson
H. Hall
O. Li
H. Chestbrough
William Mo
Ransom
Obituaries and death notices feature multiple local passings
In this town John Ar Dunbar dies aged 67 by Aug 17. Infant Mary Taveras daughter of Manuel Taveras dies at 10 months 4 days on Aug 18. Annie Lawder widow of Jamnes Lawder formerly of this town dies Aug 21 at Chestnut Hill Philadelphia.
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Dunbar
John _ Ar‘Dunbar
Thvétas
Mary Taveras
Manuel ‘Taveras
Secret currency paper twists upset farmer visitor
A Minneapolis man recalls an incident in a small Minnesota town where a farmer witnesses a bank teller claim a thousand dollar bill can be torn in two. The farmer cannot twist the bill and learns the paper is firm and elastic due to a secret government process.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Immune to Poison by East Indian Cobra Charmers
A historical account explains how snake charmers in East India train from infancy to tolerate cobra venom. They allow bites in increasing degrees, inoculating themselves gradually until venom no longer harms them. The article notes doctors and scientists only recently understood this practice as a survival skill akin to a drug tolerance.
Original New England on the Pacific coast
Alexander McAdie notes in Outing Magazine that English speech arrived on the Pacific coast forty one years before Plymout h Rock and that Drake named the coast Nouva Albion after Dover cliffs near Point Reyes, making the Pacific the cradle of New England.
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Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
San Francisco
Plymouth Rock
New England
Sir Francis Drake
Elizabeth
Nouva Albion
Point Reyes
Dover
Alexander McAdie
Outing Magazine
Osprey Nesting Habits and a Horse Dealer Banter
In Scotland the osprey favors pine treetops but once nested on ruins and chimneys on islands. Nests rise as four feet of sticks interwoven with turf and grass, enriched by years of material. A horse dealer recalls a sale where one customer, Jones, was easy, the other skeptical and brought several experts before buying.
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Highlands
Scotland
Glasgow Times
Jonés
Jones
Poor Mrs Wilkins and the Wealthy Husband’s Heart
A Milwaukee Sentinel fragment recalls Mrs Wilkins who married a wealthy man under the impression he had heart disease, only to be told by a doctor that he is perfectly well. The excerpt highlights a young wife’s disillusionment and social judgment.
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Wilkins
Milwaukee Sentinel
Contrary Hicks-But gym visit questioned by father
In Somerville Journal a brief dialogue shows a boy being urged away from the gymnasium this afternoon. The exchange suggests a cautious parental stance and a child’s response to urged plans.
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Hicks
Somerville Journal
Obituary for John A Dunbar of Burton Street
John A. Dunbar aged 68 died at his Burton street home from a paralytic shock. He served in Civil War Company K Fourth Rhode Island and worked as baggage master on Old Colony Railroad. Survived by widow, five sons, two daughters, siblings, and many relatives. Funeral held at 57 Burton Street with G A R rites. interment in North Cemetery.
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John A. Dunbar
Burton Street
Mr. Dunbar
Robert and
Ruth (Coggeshall) Dunbar
John M. Coggeshall
Dunbar
Fourth
Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry
Sarah E. Wilmarth
Fall River
Thomas Lane
State Street
Old Colony Railroad
Babbitt Post
Frank H
Providence
John BR
Woonsocket
Fred L
Chester H
LeRoy
Town
John B. Newman
Charles. Miller
Warren
William Bennett
Consider B. Burnham
Peleg
Lincoln
Richard H
Wssek
Death of Mrs Annie Lawder in Philadelphia
Mrs Annie Lawder widow of James Lawder died after a long illness at Chestnut Hill Philadelphia. She was born in County Tyrone Ireland and moved to Bristol before settling in Philadelphia in 1887. Survived by two daughters Mrs Lillie Harshaw and Mrs Annie Finley. Her body to be brought here for burial in North Cemetery this week.
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Annie Lawder
Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia
John W. Best
Bristol
Lawder
Lillie Harshaw
Annie Finley
North
Codfish lays over a million eggs, professor notes
A professor states that the codfish lays considerably more than one million eggs. A student from a farm comments on the codfish not needing to cackle over each egg, adding a farm perspective to the discussion.
Father’s fortune came from marriage not inheritance
A terse remark frames a family fortune question with the answer that the father’s wealth stemmed from marrying into the family rather than earning it or receiving it as inheritance. The line suggests social satire on wealth and lineage.
Bibliographic enticements from Rogers Free Library catalog
A catalog fragment lists works by Unger Evans Headley Tranchel and others. It references Bell calls to reading material including Walt Whitman in Camden and various authors such as De la Pas ture Royce and Stoddard. The passage reads as a library acquisitions snapshot with multiple titles and authors.
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Russia
Japan
Unger
Evans
Canada
New York
Headley
Morgan
Cavalry
Duke
Walt Whitman
Camden
Tranchel
Pam Jones
American Navy
Buell
Wright
Royce
the Garden
You and
Barbara
Helena Richie
Deland
the Mam
America
de la Pasture
the One Who
Miss Lamb
Kingsley
Try
Bea
Alger
Tad
Ellis
Stoddard
Douglass
Ruth Erskine
Crossea
Drinkwater
Guardian’s Notice for Warren wards in Bristol
Jennie A Warren, guardian of John W Norman N Grace A and Joseph W Warren, filed bond in Probate Court Bristol. All creditors must present claims within six months from first advertisement, addressed to the clerk of the court. August 20 1906 notice dates.
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Bristol
John W
Norman N
Grace A
Joseph W. Warren
Jennie A. Warren
Notice of Condemnation of Land for School Purposes
Notice of condemnation for school use in Bristol Rhode Island describes the parcel at the southeast corner of Hope and Bradford Streets with precise boundary lines. It notes the land is under one acre, taken by the Town of Bristol under the 1906 act to locate a schoolhouse and for school purposes, per the school committee resolution dated March 26 1906. GEO U OLD presides over the Bristol School Committee with witness L HOFFMAN. dated August 1908.
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General Assembly
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Bristol
Rhode Island
Hope Street
Samuel P. Colt
Bradford Street
Mary J. Usher
Ofristol
Geo. U. Old
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Uneeda Biscuit
Uneeda
National Biscuit Company
Probate Court
T. A.S. Meeting
Osprey
Pure Food
Genesee Pure Food Co
le Roy
N.Y
Babbitt
Fred L. Danbar
North Cemetery
Bryant & Stratton Business College
Employment Bureau
B. Stowell
Princigal
Hoppin Homestead
Westminster St
Prov
Rogers Free Library
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
E.L. Watson
Industrial Trust Co
S. Goldes
Seaconnet Point
Dreadnaught Hook Ladder & Hose Co
Wm. M. Connery’s
Erarokerg
Eugene le Clair, Sr
A.W. Orgelman
Easterbrooks
B. Paull
E. G. Spooner
John Shepard
Thames Street
RIVER
TSRIP
Frank Jones
Kennebec
Pier Adjoinng
New
East River
N. Y
P. M
Ntnodahs
Century
Brownie
Eastman
Seed's
Stanley
Standard
AZO
W. N. & C. R. Burgess
Bristol, R
Barton
Buffinton
Hoffman Bristol
Augus
James C. Manchester
Manchester
Costol
Herbert
Bennett
Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Main Street
Pavytucket, RI
DIEEC
Frederick W. Easton
A. A. Mann
Piobaent
Chas
P. Moses
H. A. Fletcher
Aetoirr Jr
Stragh
Philo E
Thayer
Milton Payne Philip
Sheldon James L. Jenka Te Perro
EDDY
Waldron-Brownell CO
Bradford St
Wright's Church
G. W. Simmons
Constitution Street
William Street
Town Dock
Seaconnet
Sp.m
P. W. Almy
Chiropodist
Mrs. Williams
St Haus
Vaccaro Bros
Franklin Street
Ranklin Streot
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