Miss McDowell Addresses Bristol on Municipal Sanitation
Miss Mary McDowell of Chicago spoke at Rockwells Hall to about fifty Bristol residents on keeping a town clean. She urged municipal housekeeping and women’s role in public welfare, noting improvements seen after women gained the vote and stressing expert study of sewage and garbage systems. Tea followed in the library after the talk.
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Miss McDowell
Europe
America
Chicago
Bristol
Bristol Garden Club Holds Fifth Meeting and Talks
The Bristol Garden Club met at Mrs. C. J. Hasbrouck's home for its fifth gathering. A new constitution was presented and delayed for a second reading. Officers Miss Julia Herreshof and Wendell R. Davis agreed to serve on the Executive Committee. A committee including Mrs. Johnson Miss Nelson and Benjamin M Mac Dougall was named to study bulk fertilizer orders. Grace C. Paull spoke on ten years of violet growing in a cold frame with practical tips. George L. Millard advised against over covering beds in winter, stressing early spring uncovering to protect tulip tops. A January talk on Formal Planting by Millard is planned. exact date to be announced.
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Bristol Garden Club
C. J. Hasbrouck
Julia Herreshof
Wendell R. Davis
Johnson
Nelson
Benjamin M MacDougall
Grace C. Paull
George L. Millard
Pastime Theatre to Screen Under Southern Skies
Mary Fuller appears at the Pastime Theatre this Thursday in Under Southern Skies a Broadway Universal five act photo play set in the sunny south of 1800s c. The program includes additional features.
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Mary Fuller
Allen's Foot-Exuse Antiseptic Powder Ad
When rubbers become necessary and shoes pinch use Allen's Foot Exuse to shake into the shoes. It relieves dancing party discomfort and aching feet giving rest to tired swollen feet. Sold everywhere 2sc.
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Allen
First Division Rhode Island Naval Battalion Reorganizes
A Friday meeting at the Naval Reserves armory outlines converting the First Division into an engineers division with an aeronautic section. Eighteen Bristol area men enlist including Edward H. Wardwell and C. A. Ostby. The plan includes a Burgess Dunne hydro aeroplane, a hangar on the armory and a proposed aviation law amendment. Lieutenant Commander Gladding to lead drills and studies.
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Naval Reserves
Rhode Island Naval Battalion
Edward P. Gladding
United States Navy Department
Washington
Navy Department
Navy
Gladding
Bristol
Edward H. Wardwell
Brown University
C. A. Ostby
National India Rubber Company
George L. Crown, Jr
Probate Court session reports multiple estate actions
The Probate Court met before Judge Edward Leahy. Final accounts for Ellen F. Kenney and others were continued to December 20 and January 3, 1916. Several petitions for administration or changes of bond were continued to December, while first accounts for guardians and estates were allowed. Bond details and appraisers listed, inventories accepted for James T. Manchester, Thomas Goff Jr., and Joseph Vera Silva.
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Edward Leahy
Ellen F. Kenney
Benjamin S. Gladding
Joan B. Herreshoff
Robert H. Anderson
Lyman B. Bosworth
Clifford A. Brownell
Jacob Benjamin
Emma Benjamin
William H. Buffington
Sarah Anna Church
Medora Anthony
Clinton T. Sherman
Gertrude Goodine
Mary B. Stevens
Emily G. Gooding
Marguerite E. Houser
Herbert G. Parker
Gertrude W. Nelson
Frederick A. Easterbrooks
Amos S. Gorham
John W. Wood
James T. Manchester
Thomas Goff, Jr
Joseph Vera Silva
Sloan's Liniment advertised as universal pain killer
A vintage advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as the greatest pain killer, requiring no rubbing and claiming rapid relief. A Berkeley reader reports neck stiffness after walking at the Panama Exposition eased after two applications, with results by morning. Druggists sell it for 25 cents in March 1995.
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Sloan
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Joodsyear Tires
the Waldron CO
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