Entrance Examinations for Rhode Island College Kingston
Young men and women should present themselves for examinations at the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in Kingston on Tuesday September 18 at 9 am. Prospects for the coming year are flattering with a large entering class expected and many applications from agriculture focused students. A new highway engineering course attracts attention and the experiment station reports high visitor satisfaction with its work and results. The Sherman inquest into Mrs Betsey E Sherman’s death at Warren was resumed with two witnesses Abby White and Content B Cole describing the trolley carriage collision and the car’s moderate speed with no whistle heard.
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Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Kingston
Betsey E. Sherman
Warren
William H.crowley
Burrill B. Cole
Child Street
Content B. Cole
Seven Barks Remedy Promoted by Local Vendors
Purely vegetable and easy to assimilate Seven Barks is advertised from Dr Franz Gauswein of Weisbaden Germany. The sales pitch claims it cures impaired digestion sluggish liver and impure blood by cleansing flushing and toning the digestive and drainage system. Call to visit and buy with a 50 cent bottle deposit and money back guarantee.
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Franz Gauswein
Weisbaden
Germany
Progress and Promise of Atlanta as City of the South
G. W. G. Bristol writes from Atlanta in 1904 analyzing the city’s growth from a small cotton town to a bustling hub. He credits H. L Kimball and Gov. Bullock with early Atlanta revival, notes Belgian blocks and new mills, and recounts the Kimball House fire rescue, electric streetcars by Simmons and Atkinson, and the rise of landmark buildings. The piece highlights rapid population growth, extensive industrial capacity, and grand hotels such as Aragon, Marion, and Piedmont.
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Bristol
Empire State
South
Rhode Island
New England
Rhody
Mermtory
Atlanta
Fnally
H. I. Kimbal
Gov. Bullock
H. L and
J. O. Kimball
Chicago
England
van Winkle
New Jersey
van Winkle Gin Co
Alabama
Texas
SH. L Kimball
Marietta Street
Southern Express Co
Birmingham
H.L Kimball
Kimball House
H. L Kimball
Kimball
Robert Tombs
Tombs
Glarkesville
Lion
Gen
H. M. Atkinson
Baltimore
New York
Boston
O. J. Simmons
Atlanta Car Co
Simmons Company
Rapid Tansit Co
A. T. Co
Georgia Electric Car and Light Company
Atkinson
Empire
Prudential
Austrell
Fourth National Bank
Whitehat
Aragon
Marion
Piedmont
United States
G. W. G. Bristol
Albee Stock Company concludes season with 7 20 8 farce
Providence theatergoers cheer the Albee company in a lively 7-20-8 farce. Craig plays Courtney Corliss, Lawrence stars as Flos, with Loses as Prof Gasleigh and Nicander as Signor Tamborini. Owen, Reimer, Byrne, Rivers, Woodson, Turner and Winter fill key roles in a bustling comic wrap.
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Albee Stock Company
Providence
Augustin Daly
London
Mr. Craig
Courtney Corliss
Miss Lawrence
Flos
Mr. Loses
Albee Company
Prof. Gasleigh
Nicander
Signor Palmiro Tamborini
Mr. Owen
Asauancelot Bargiss
Miss Reimer
Mr. Byrne
Bargiss
Paul Hollybook
Miss Rivers
Dora
Miss Woodson
Jessie
Mr. Turner
Mr. Winter
Jobbins
Realist farmer rebuts poetry of rural life in hotel tale
A Dallas News clipping quotes a hotel conversation where a man declares he is a real farmer paying about 375 monthly. He dismisses farming poetry, mocks tasks like harness maintenance, fence repairs, and hog proofing, and calls himself a realist farmer despite the rustic imagery in the dialogue.
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Dallas News
Ferry Hill Busy Hub as Callan Builds State Road Crusher
Ferry Hill becomes an industrial center as L H Callan operates a stone crushing plant to construct the Hope Street state road. The setup uses a belt recycling tailings, electric blasts, and a 25-man workforce, with 10 teams hauling stone, daily progress near 1000 feet weekly, and rapid road work ahead of Herreshoff shops.
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L. H. Callan
State Road
Ferry Hill
Narragansett Bay
L H. Callan
Hope Street
Ferry Hall
Callan
Nelson Trndell
William West
Herreshoff
McKee cup golf entries draw Bristol club interest
Thirty two entries were made at the drawings for the McKee cup golf tournament to be held by the Bristol Golf Club. The silver cup offered by W. L. McKee drew notable participation as couples and pairs were listed for both halves of the event conducted at H. A. Du Villard’s residence. Separately three Warren banks absorbed by the Industrial Trust Company with plans to move to a new Main street building. further mergers anticipated with Warren Trust Company and Warren Institution for Saving.
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Bristol Golf Club
W. L. Mckee
H. A. du Villard
Greens
Barry
Alice Bourn
T. W. DeWolf
Misa Rockwell
Maus Wheelwright
A. H. Chase
J. G. Lincoln
K. Tucker
A. W. Archer, Jr
F. A. Chase
James Archer
OC. A. Tucker
Lincoln
M. Wheelwright
A. L. Hayes
L L. Wiltsie
F. R. Starr
DuVillard
Harold DeWolf
F. Archer
Alice Tucker Bye
Warren Banks
National Warren Bank
National Hope Bank
First National Bank
Warren
Industrial Trust Company
Trust Company
Main Street
Warren Trust Company
Warren Institution
Local Births in Town This Month
In this town born Aug 25 a son to Mr and Mrs Edward I Brownell. On Aug 21 a son to Mr and Mrs George H Brooks. On Aug 18 a son to Mr and Mrs Henry Serbst.
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Brownell
Edward I. Brownell
Brooks
George H. Brooks
Serbst
Henry Serbst
Cholera Remedy Promises Relief for Infants
Cholera Infantam claims to curb cholera and diarrhoea in children with Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad touts uniform success in bowel complaints and notes availability from W. E. Bofington.
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Chamberlain
W. E. Bofington
Poll Tax Notice for 1904 in Bristol Town
Assessors levy a one dollar poll tax for the 1904 voting-eligible population. Taxes are due September 1 to October 1, 1904. Collector GE0. H. Peck will collect daily except Sundays and holidays, 9 am to noon and 2 to 5 pm. Town Clerk may also receive payments. Bristol R.I. July 29, 1904.
Town Tax for 1904 Notice by Bristol Collector
George H. Peck, Bristol Rhode Island collector, announces tax collection for 1904. Office hours in Burnside Memorial Building September daily 9 to 12 and 1 to 4, Sundays and holidays excepted. From September 22 to October 1 evenings 7 to 9. Discounts 6 percent if paid by October 1. After October 1, payments at par until November 1, 6 percent interest accrues from October 1. Tax bills available on request. July 29, 1904.
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Heleby
Burnside Memorill Building
George H. Peck
Bristol
R. I
Robate
Mary McGrath
Patrick Golden
Edward McGrath
Bristol Phenix
Herbert F Bennett
Handwritten Promenade Items At Puomsix Office Auction
A fragment notes a 1904 style line of items offered for sale at the Puomsix office. The list includes ball and party imitations tickets, programs, pencils and tassels in a miscellaneous catalog.
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Atylea
Puomsix
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