Yachting Gossip and The Defender Saga
Tuesday August 27 1895 reports on the Defender and Valkyrie III with satire on sensational yacht news. The piece jests at reporters chasing waves counts and scoops while poking fun at padded writing and tea house quips.
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Defender
Valkyrie III
Tenth Anniversary Grand Rounds at G A R Hall
The tenth anniversary celebration of Sot Devons Last Meo Gene and the Grand Rounds of the Department honored leaders Daniel R. Ballou and William E. Stone with a program at G A R Hall last Friday. Attendees included staff from Babbitt and Prescott Posts, Naval Reserve units, and W R C. A lengthy program featured music, recitations, remarks, and a bouquet presentation, followed by dancing until midnight. The event reflects post war veteran organization activity and local post leadership.
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G. A. BR. Hall
Daniel BR. Ballou
William E. Stone
Joseph F. Means
Robert Chappell
Baker Post
Wickford
Thomas F. Usher
Frances Callow
Dept
Naval Reserve
Henry F. Card
Babbitt Post
Daniel R. Ballou
Anderson and
Johnson
Wm E.stone
Emilie Moffitt
Henry O. Luther Boprano
G. W. Suydam
Suydam
Miss Callow
Fall River
Emilie F. Phelps
W. BR. OC
W. F. Williams
Naval Rewerves
Capt
Hall
Bertha Smith
Katie Kirkwood
Wendell B. Davis
Natal
S. B
Prescott Post
Tower Post
Pawtucket
P. Com. Turner
Ballou
Com
Card
W. R. C. Hemarks
Chas. A. Barbour
Stephen W. Church
Giles & Congdon
Wm. B. Read
Wm B. Head
Bristol News Briefs and Local Notices
Mails close and open times for Bristol post office listed. Local items note sea wall work, school gear sales, and upcoming events at churches, opera house, and hotels. Ships bring bricks for a new school, a schooner sinks, and local personalities plan entertainments and improvements.
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Bristol
Phoenix News
Social notes from Newport and surrounding towns
Local residents travel and social visits across Newport County and nearby towns. George H Peck attends camp meeting in Cottage City. Miss Lizzie Lake visits Newport relatives. Miss Mattie Cook leaves Woonsocket for Providence after a week with Miss Nettie Pearse. Mrs. Ackley visits from Brooklyn with Mr. Ackley, then heads to Narragansett Pier.
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George H.peck
Cottage City
John Lake
Lizzie
Newport
Margaret Algerson
Rehoboth
W.N. Ackley
Brooklyn, N. Y
W.I. C. Wardwell
Mattie Cook
Woonsocket
Providence
Nettie Pearse
Hattie Hixon
Oliver C. Pearse
Adams Express dog Pete dies after wild westward trip
Pete the Adams Express dog known as a famed traveler died after leaping from a moving Fitchburg to Millville train at 40 miles an hour. He frothing and biting led workers to shoot him. six bullets were needed. Earlier he visited Bristol.
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Pete
Adams Express
Fitchburg
Mass
Millville
Bristol
St Albans Masons Attend Knights Templar Parade in Boston
A delegation from St Albans Lodge No 6 A F and A M headed for Boston on the 6 47 train to witness the Knights Templar parade as guests of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. The Rhode Island group includes W T C Wardwell J Howard Manchester Orrin Wilson Chas H Whedon Wm Bradford Richard B Franklin Chas A Green J H Young Orrin L Bosworth and Frank Wilson.
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St. Alban’s Lodge
No. 6
A. F
A. M
W. T. C. Wardwell
J. Howard Manchester
Orrin Wilson
Chas. H. Whedon
Wm.a Bradford
Richard B. Franklin
Chas. A. Green
J. H. Young
Orrin L. Bosworth
Frank
Bt. Alban’ S Lodge
ASM
Miasonic Lodge
Messrs
John Lake
Samuel Norris Jr
W. J. Bradford
H. Whedon
Orrin ‘Wilcox
Edward K. Lindsey
St. Alban’s Lodges
Masonic
Bristol
State Fair promises high regard for 1895 events
State Fair managers report strong response and high social satisfaction for the Fair of 1895. Rhode Island Christian Endeavorers plan a grand senior rally at Newport on Labor Day, September 2, with the gathering at the Central Baptist Church.
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Christian Endeavorers
Rhode Island
Newport
Central Baptist Church
Defender Ready With New Mast For Ship Sharpe
The Defender lies at Bristol awaiting a new mast from Boston. The spars arrived Friday and rushed to Herreshof shops. By Sunday afternoon the topmast was set and the steel gaff attached at 11 30 a.m. Yesterday. The tug Wallace B. Flint moved Defender to New Rochelle. Rigging continues with a heavier steel mast promising fewer slack problems. The steel boom is due within days.
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Defender
Sharpe
Bristol
Boston
Herreshof
Wallace B. Flint
De‘fender
New Rochelle
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