Mat From National India Rubber Co. Showed at Lodge Meeting
Members of United Brothers Lodge No 18 Bristol R L welcomed visiting lodge members from Providence. The four foot diameter mat from National India Rubber Co town featured green black and white with white text and black background reading To Swartz Lodge No 18 Providence from United Brothers Lodge No 18 Bristol R L. The evening offered epistles readings vocal selections and monologues by Chase the drum comedian and finished with a fine collation and smoker.
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United Brothers Lodge
National India Rubber Company
Swartz Lodge
Providence
Bristol
R. L
Brother Chase
Bristol -Oddfellows
Murray Rostel Company Opens Three Night Stand at Bristol Opera House
Peter Murray and the Murray Rostel Company opened a three night engagement at Bristol Opera House to a large audience. The program features Hi Spooner a roaring comedy and A Fight for Fortune with six vaudeville acts. Saturday matinee prices were reduced to attract women and children. Evening shows listed at 150 250 and 365 cents.
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Peter Murray
Murray-Rostel Company
Opera House
Murray
Hi Spooner
Demarad
Demara
Murray-Rostell Stock Company
America
Christmas Sale Offers Warm Garb at 44 State St
Jacob Molasky promotes a holiday sale at 44 State St featuring coats for children and adults, hats, dresses, skirts, and seasonal wares with Green Trading Stamps. The message invites customers to browse daily arrivals and highlights a broad line of winter apparel for women men and children.
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Jacob Molasky
State St
Cheetham and Balfour wed in Trinity Church
James Edward Cheetham and Euphemia Ross Balfour, both residents of this town, married in Trinity Church on Wednesday afternoon at 3. The ceremony was informal with only relatives and friends present. They departed by the 4:20 train for a short wedding trip and will reside on Doyle Avenue in Providence, where the groom is employed.
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James Edward Cheetham
Euphemia Ross Balfour
Trinity Church
W. Trotter
Cfek
Doyle Avenue
Providence
Thomad Balfour
Ustrage
Wood
Thomas Cheetham
New’ Bedford
Bristol
Why Do Men DRINK and Need Orrine Aid
A 1920s style letter promotes Orrine as a cure for drunkenness, arguing liquor is a disease and promising recovery. Sullivan & Slauson Co. extol its efficacy, offering two forms, powder and pills, with a money back guarantee and free booklet. W.H. Buffington of Hope Street advertised Orrine as reliable in this city.
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Orrine
Sullivan & Slauson Co
Utica
Orrine Co
Washington, D. C
W.H. Buffington
Hope
Beach letter urges action on shellfish theft
A Barrington reader petitions Providence Journal readers to curb beach plunder by foreigners, urging licensing or seasonal limits on harvesting clams and quahogs. The writer calls beach destruction a public nuisance and asks authorities to preserve shellfish resources for Rhode Island.
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Providence Journal
The
Sunday Journal
Barrington
Bristol
Java
Dama
J. W. G. Barrington
R. L
Star Theatre Vaudeville and Pictures Tomorrow
Tomorrow afternoon and evening at Star Theatre offers three vaudeville acts led by Prince and Virginia with singing and talking acts, plus two Biograph features and illustrating songs. Harry Stone and Eddie Sawyer appear, with prices 5 and 100. Red Cross Christmas Seals redeemable for one free admission begin tomorrow afternoon.
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Star Theatre
Prince and Virginia
Hary Stone
Eddie Sawyer
Star
Red Cross
Miss Maria Capone Died After Long Illness At Home
Miss Maria Capone died at her home on Goulart avenue on Wednesday evening after a long illness. Tuberculosis of the lungs was the cause of death. She is survived by several brothers and sisters. The funeral was held this morning at 80 from her residence and a requiem mass at St. Mary's Church was celebrated at 9 o'clock by Rev. Thomas J. Gillan. Interment followed at St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Maria
Capone
Goulart Avenue
Ale
St. Mary’s Church
Thomas J. Gillan
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Death of Mrs Antonio Perry at 12 Thompson avenue
Mrs. Antonio Perry died last evening at her home aged 27. She is survived by her husband and one child. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 PM and burial will follow at St Mary's Cemetery.
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Anna Sousea’Perry
Antonio Perry
Thompson Avenue
St Mary’s Cemetery
Train Crew Capture a Deer on a South Train
An astonishing incident reported by The Times-Dispatch describes a railway passenger train in Mecklenburg County pursuing a deer on its track. The deer, pursued by hounds and hunters, leaped from a trestle to the roadway below where the crew halted the train and together with local men dispatched the animal, a 200 pound buck, whose head was later given to a local resident for mounting.
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South
the Times-Dispatch
Richmond
Virginia
Marguerite Wardwell
Manter
Jack Lewis
Clarksville
Tomows
Gilman
Mecklenburg
Viars
Tyson
E. Gilmain
George R. Stuart
Stuart
Married Cheethimi Balfour in this town Nov 30
Marriage notice states Cheethim i Balfour and Miss Paphemia Ross Balfour, both of this town, were joined in wedlock by Reverend Ww R Trotter on November 30. The brief item names the couple and officiant with location implied.
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Cheethimi
Balfour
This
Ww. R. Trotter
James Edward
Cheetham
Miss ‘Paphemia
Ross-Balfour
Died in town at age 19 and 37 in Perry
Two notices report deaths in nearby towns on December 1. Maria Capone aged 19 and Maria Antonio Perry aged 37 are listed among the deceased, with scant details about causes or burial arrangements.
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Capone
Deo
Maria Capone
Perry
Déo
Antonio. Perry
When a girl could not dampen a youth's ardor by casting him overboard
A humorous line notes how some young men are so stubbornly ardent that no rejection stops them, comparing persistent temperament to being cast adrift. The quip frames romance as a nautical trial, turning a dismissal into a playful nautical aside.
Waking Famous Would Not Win Me Sleep
The speaker jokes about fame not solving angst, noting irony in waking famous. He hints at deep unrest and a fragile state, comparing outward signs of despair to a simple clothing detail. The tone remains sardonic and detached, reflecting inner turmoil masked by wit.
Dr Howard’s constipation cure offered at half price
Drugstore patron W A Buttington explains Dr Howard’s specific for constipation and dyspepsia. He guarantees satisfaction and notes the half price 26 cent offer, with a vial containing sixty doses ideal for pocket or purse.
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W. A. Buttington
Dr. Howard
Dr. Howard Co
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Dway
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New York
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Hoest
Peterson
Providence Telephone Co
Hope Cor
Bradford Sts
Staples Coal Company
Az Ats
Hope and F Tk Remieres
Isaaiora
Strests
Cheetham—Balfour
the Beach
Rangers
Star Theater
Akety
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Phoenix
John Lee
Tom and
Kate
South Main At
K- I
Hoskin
Hermann Roser
Glastonbury
Conn
Moving Pictures
Picture
Hope Grocery Store
Hope ST. Samuel Young
Prop
Consumers’ Rubber Co
Wood St
John Temple Drury
Drury
Hope Street
Canal Street
Edward B. Munro
Hope St. Woonsocket
N. Main St
Woonsocket
Church Street
Elizabeth L. F. Cary
C. W. Wall
Hope ST
Queen OF Sea
Trans. Co
Norfolk
News News
Baltimore
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Philadelphia
Bongartz
River
Jese James ‘Barry
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