Blight from Trusts Sparks Rural Decline and Dreyfus Mock Trial
The piece notes how trusts devastate small towns dependent on single industries, citing starch and wire trusts harming Edinburg Madison Columbus and Franklin and Crawfordsville’s loss. It also recounts a satirical Dreyfus trial exchange highlighting judicial exaggeration and public reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anhians
Towms
Edinburg
Madison
Columbus
Franklin
Wire and Steel Trust
Crawfordsville
Lew Wallace
Wire Fence
Postal Cards as Unmailable Fashion Notes
The September Ladies Home Journal notes women mail samples of cloth and trim on postal cards to dressmakers and dry goods shops, making the card unmailable and destroyed by the dead letter office. It adds men often paste jokes or political fragments but the card never arrives. nothing may be written on the address side except the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Patti Lyle Collins
Ladies Home Journal
Ladies’ Home Journal
Remarkable Memory of an Eleven Year Old Boy
Harry Morris of Logansport is described as having an extraordinary memory. He can spell forward or backward, name all Presidents with birth years and election years, and calculate ages instantly. He recalls long poetry after few readings and astonishes teachers with his rapid arithmetic and recall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Morris
L. W. Morris
Logansport
The Man Who Succeeds and Grubbs Perkins Story
A brief editorial-style note urges risk taking and grit as keys to success. It cites C. V. White on daring ventures and notes Grubbs Perkins as a self made man. Stubbs adds a quip about perception when his wife is present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. V. White
Grubbs—Perkins
Two Houses Sold at Auction by Col C H Straight
Col C H Straight sold two houses at noon Saturday in auction. A two story house and land on Easterbrooks avenue near the National India Rubber Company reservoir brought 1015 dollars to Lynn B. Bosworth for Mrs Margaret Fortune, mortgage 400 dollars, tax 1000. A cottage on Smith street sold for 865 to William F Munro, to be moved to Union street east of his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
C. H Straight
Easterbrooks Avenue
State Street
National India Rubber Company
Henry H. Tilley
Lynn B. Bosworth
Margaret Fortune
Smith Street
J. N
H. B. Barns
William F. Munro
Union Street
Young doctor and lawyer exchange hopeful notes on first patient
A brief, crisp encounter shows a young doctor asking to visit his first patient with praise and readiness. A young lawyer responds, suggesting he accompany him, implying eagerness to see if the new professional will meet the challenge.
Court Keeps Saloon Case Docket Open With One Week Delay
A large District Court crowd watched sixteen warrants for illegal liquor sales be continued one week. Defendants pleaded not guilty. bail set and bonds posted for each case. Several individuals face further hearings on Sept. 4 while civil and other criminal matters receive brief continuances.
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District Court Room
Povidence
Merrill
Lonks
Melvin A. Wilson
William L. Taylor
Joseph L. Buffum
Dennis Ryan
John McCaw
Henry Opitz
Robert Newbold
Isaiah Crowley
William Holmes
Rudolph Yasser
Hugh Holmes
Henry F.S Rawson
Terrence P. Morris
Augustus A. Gravel
Capt
Timothy Hurley
Terrence P Morris
Paul Bona
Louisa
C. Boye
E.I Brownell
L. S. Hoffman
James E. Connolly
Seth L. White
Louisa Moore
Joseph Benjamin
Max Baron
Neylan
Leb. B. Colt
Joseph E. Fletcher
Michael Fortule
Samuel McCaw
Robert McKay
Edward Duperen
Fred Tracey
Burgesop and Glingsbury
Anne Maxkowsky
Obituary of John J. Kearney of Shaw's Lane
John J. Kearney 33 a resident of Shaw's Lane died Friday at home from consumption. Son of Morris Kearney, he was married with one child and worked at the National India Rubber Company until near death. Survived by widow, child, father, sisters and brothers. Funeral yesterday from his Shaw Lane residence to St. Mary's Church with services and interment at St. Mary's Cemetery. Floral offering included a piece from his factory's Arctic Room employer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Kearney
Shaw’s Lane
Morris Kearney
National India Rubber Company
Shaw Lane
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
That Throbbing Headache Would Quickly Leave You
Dr Kings New Life Pills promise relief for silk and nervous headaches by improving blood and nerve strength. Thousands report cure and health buildup with easy dosage. Money back not offered. Sold by J H Young and Co druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
J.H. Young & Co
Narragansett Park to Cut Admission for Grand Circuit Meet
The Narragansett Park Association plans a 25 cent admission for the Grand Circuit meet in Providence September 11 to 15. They expect 300 to 400 horses in a program featuring 8 stakes and 15 purses totaling $40,000 with top trotters and pacers from across the country. The move aims to revive local harness racing interest and fill stands of about 15,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narragansett Park Association
Providence
Rhode Island
Association
Narragansett
Funeral of Mrs Margaret McCarty at St Marys Church
The funeral of Mrs Margaret McCarty widow of Tim othy McCarty was solemnized at St Marys church last Sunday at 9 oclock Requiem High Mass was said by Rev Father Kerrigan She had lived with her son Terrence McCarty superintendent of Byfield Rubber Company on Wood Street for many years She leaves five children fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild Her remains were buried beside her husband in St Marys cemetery
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Margaret McCarty
Timothy McCarty
St Mary’s Church
Father Kerrigan
Warren
McCarty
Terrence McCarty
Byfield Rubber Company
Wood Street
Ireland
St Mary's
Bird Laws in Rhode Island Spark Italian Language Debate
The Rhode Island bird laws punish shooting song birds with a ten dollar fine. The piece notes Italian immigrants are to learn the statute via an Italian translation printed by the Phanix press, while urging humane attitudes toward birds amid rising penalties. The Bristol incident recalls a teen fined fourteen dollars for shooting a bobolink in August 189?.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Audubon Society
Phanix Press
Bristol
Bristol Naval Reserve Torpedo Company Plans Prairie Cruise
A Bristol Naval Reserve Torpedo Company meeting discussed the annual U S S Prairie cruise. Twenty-one Bristol division members joined at 11:30 a tug Leyden brought Providence, East Providence, and Bristol crews to Newport for the voyage. Coxswain Fred Shepard led the Bristol group aboard.
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Bristol Naval Reserve Torpedo Company
Armory
Naval Battalion
Prairie
Leyden
Town Wharf
Providence
East Providence
Bristol
Newport
Fred Shepard
Bahk Closes Saturdays at Noon and Weekday Evenings
The bank operates Saturdays at 12 m and opens evenings on other weekdays with holidays ending at 10 a m from 10 to 2. Quarters begin on January 1 April 1 July 1 and October 1 with deposits before the 16th earning interest quarterly. Dividends are declared in January and July and credited to accounts earning compound interest.
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Neta
Southern Papers
Alfred
Alphonse
Drefus
Alfred Dreyfus
Dreyfus
William Patterson
Monsieur Patterson
Billie Patterson
France
Mercier
Esterhazy
Jack Chinn
Deadhorse Jake
Dreyfus—Ii
Hinky Dink
Mlle Ella Wheeler
Memphis
Man
Stubbs
Shure
Gov
Reed Company
Pleasant ST
Fall River
Child ST
Bradford ST
James EK. Cranston
D. Russell Brown
A W. Crocker
Wm. G. Oe Htingale
Effrey Davis
Wm. C. P ‘Ene W. Bourn Charles JT Howard
Cua Tosa Co
James C. Churach
D. Meyers
Bradford Street
Sam
High Street
Mai Free
John Lake
Westminster Street
R. I
Gro. L
Geo. H. Peck
Mutual Life Insurance Co. of
New York
Fidelity and Deposit Co
Maryland
R. P. Williams Chiropodist
Tapnton
Pate Treat
Rapaire
W. R. Douglas
N. N. Cole
Massasoit
Brussels
the Waldron-Brownell Co
F. T. Remieres
Hope and
Bradford Streets
C. F. Sanford
William ST
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