Contempt ruling against Providence Journal over editorial error
The Supreme Court found the Providence Journal guilty of contempt for publishing a misstatement in an editorial about an equity case involving Patrick Fitzpatrick and the Catholic Knights of America. The court ordered publication of its scathing remarks and payment of costs, stating ignorance of the law excuses no one and warnings against reckless reporting.
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Providence Journal
Supreme Bench
Rhode Island Bible
Douglas
Supreme Court
Patrick
Fitzpatrick
Quinn
Balloting for U S Senator Set to Start Jan 21
It appears practically decided that ballotting for United States Senator will begin in the General Assembly on Tuesday January 21, with the first separate ballot to be taken.
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United States
General Assembly of
Bristol to Meet Fall River M O A Team in Bristol
The Bristol line up leaves Bristol at 6 45 on a suburban car Saturday evening for Fall River to face the Fall River M O A team. A large Bristol crowd plans to attend as Taunton Independents, this season's YM O A. team, will play in Bristol. The Bristol boys are known for strong play and previously beat Tenags by a point. A novelty act is planned between halves.
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Bristol
Fall River
Taunton Independdente
YM O. A
Bristol and Vicinity Notes and News of Local Post Office
Mails arrive and close times listed for Bristol Post Office including Sunday schedules and general delivery hours. Details cover multiple daily mail pickups, closing times, stamp sales window hours, and Sunday courier rack distribution times.
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South Door
Earle & Prew Express Times to Bristol
Outward departures at 7 35 a m 11 05 a m 3 05 p m and 4 05 p m. Returns depart Bristol at 7 45 a m 11 45 a m 2 45 p m and 6 45 p m.
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Bristol
Earle & Prew
Public schools reopen after Christmas break
The public schools will reopen next Monday after the Christmas vacation. A list of community notices includes framing services at Clark's on State Street and social visits among local residents. The City sees brief transport changes as the Dyers transportation Company suspends steamship service due to lack of Bristol patronage with the City of Haverhill steamers operating freight-only trips between Providence and Fall River.
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Clark’s
State Street
Richard T. Galvin
South Main Street
Providence
Main Street
Bristol
Dyers Transportation Company
City of
Haverhill
Fall River
Bristol News Briefs From December Events and Local Talks
The Cranston Worsted Mills closed since Tuesday will reopen next Monday. Town Clerk A F Bennett, ill, shows improvement. Residents and visitors share Christmas time stays with local families. A Bristol Opera House comedy, When the Ball Tolls, drew a good audience and satisfaction. Several local and visiting figures are noted, with church, post office, and theater updates. A vaudeville bill and film shows play at Bristol Opera House and Family Theatre. The Despatch Bearer and Pirates move pictures are listed for upcoming shows. The Wampanoag Encampment elected officers, and veterans are invited to the Soldier's Home event. A boy narrowly escapes injury near Poppasquash during an afternoon mishap.
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Cranston
A. F. Bennett
Harry Halliday
Boston
F. M. Dishond
Bristol Opera House
Lannon
Phenix
Moving Picture Entertainment
Hall’s Catarrh Cure Promises Deafness Remedy
A historical advertisement promotes Hall’s Catarrh Cure for deafness caused by catarrh and inflamed Eustachian tubes. It claims ten per cent cash rewards for incurable deafness and invites readers to request circulars, listing F. E. Cheney & Co. Toledo as the seller with additional claims about Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F.d. Chleney & CO
Toledo
Reas
Per Bourle
Obituary of Mrs Elizabeth Ann Wilson
Mrs Elizabeth Ann Wilson widow of Benjamin R Wilson died at her home on Wilson's lane of pneumonia after a 12 day illness in her 85th year. Born in Bristol she lived here her whole life and was a daughter of James W Meiggs and Reliance Gray. She descended from Edward Gray who came on the Mayflower and from Joseph Gray a Revolutionary War soldier. Married December 24 1840 to Benjamin R Wilson by Rev Ephraim Scott. He died October 12 1894. Survived by two sons Charles Wilson and Benojamie R Wilson and a daughter Mrs John H Wright all of this town. also three sisters Ellen B Field of Dauville Mich and James LeB Meiggs of this town.
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Elizabeth Ann Wilson
Benjamin R. Wilson
Wilson's Lane
Wilson
Bristol
James W
Reliance (Gray) Meiggs
New England
Edward Gray
Joseph Gray
Benojamie R. Wilson
Charles Wilson
John H. Wright
Segmone Af Warren
Benjamin Buffinton Warren Pioneer Dies at 87
Benjamin Slade Buffinton longtime Warren resident dies at his Hope street home after a two week pneumonia illness. Born 1833 in Swansea he moved to Warren, worked in paper box making with his son Frank H. Buffinton, served as financial secretary of Amity Lodge for 25 years, and held multiple Masonic and Loyalist orders. Survived by his son and second wife Lucinda Sawteile. Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m. at his Warren home.
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Benjamin Slade Buffinton
Warren
Hope Street
Buffinton
Frank H. Buffinton
Providence
Lucinda Sawteile
Mr. Baffinton
Swansea
Shere
Eagle, Lodge of Providence
Amity Lodge of
Amity Lodges
Assasoit
Canton Sowansett
Cselestia Retakah
Union Olu of
Hops Street
Obituary: Rear Admiral Charles W. Abbot dies in Warren
Rear Admiral Charles W. Abbot U S N retired died last evening at his Warren home after a short pneumonia illness aged 78. He served in the Civil War with distinction and spent much of his life in the navy with early service on the Perry expedition to Japan. He retired in 1891 as a captain and later held the retired rank of rear admiral. He married Ann Frances Smith of Warren and survived by a son Colonel Charles W. Aboot and a daughter Mrs William McClenahan Ransom, both of Warren.
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Charles W. Abbot
Warren
Admiral Abbot
Commodore Abbot
Admiral Perry
Japan
Kurraget
Ann Frances Smith
Col
Charles W. Aboot
William McClenahan Ransom
Evening musicale features Sammy Gardner at Providence home
At a Christmas gathering on Churobh Street evergreen decor and a bright tree set the scene for a musicale headlined by Sammy Gardner, Providence’s boy violinist, who delivered Wieniawski, Pierne Serene, two original pieces, and Dvorak Humoreske with soulful polish. Mrs. Dimond sang well and Hope Miller accompanied. out-of-town guests Mr and Mrs Halliday of Boston attended.
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Lah Venif Marik Bradtoxg
Raven
Agentis
Churobh Street
Sammy’’ Gardner
Providence
Mrs. Halliday
Boston
Bristolians Tour Southern California Stopovers
Mr and Mrs H Russell Teel registered at Hotel Marengo Pasadena after touring the Grand Canyon Coronado Beach and major Southern California points. Mrs Teel writes that the Cantion trip is overwhelming, magnificent, awe inspiring, and beyond description in its beauty and grandeur.
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H. Russell Teel
Marengo
Pasadena
Cal
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Coronado Beach
Oint Lome
Pacific Beach
Mission Valley
San Diego
Los Angeles
California
Crowded Out by Vain Man
A woman recalls entering an office and being blocked by men admiring themselves in mirrors. She planned to primp for the elevator ride but could not due to their presence, describing how the scene left her without a chance to fix her appearance. The quote is attributed to the New York Press.
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New York Press
Innocent Childhood in a Bohemian Exchange
A fragment from Bohemian dialogue contrasts two boys. William boasts his father leads over twenty men and earns more than Jimmy’s father, who does not own the shop, highlighting class status through a child’s joke.
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William
Jimmy
A Wife's Dream Incoherent Fragments From Post
An oddly garbled early Pittsburg Post excerpt shows a husband urging his wife and child to step up while she resists. The text blends broken phrases and nonstandard spellings, offering a glimpse of a domestic vignette with fragmented dialogue and unclear context.
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Mr. Goodfellow
Goodfellow
Pittsburg
Advert: DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills Sold By Buffington
Kidney and bladder troubles are urged to seek relief with DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. A week’s treatment costs 26c. Also promoting DeWitt's Little Early Risers for blues and headaches sold by Buffington. Jack and Jill recovery tale accompanies the ad.
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DeWitt
W. H.buffiington
W. H. Buffington
Jack
Jill
W. BH. Buffington
Lost gold cross and chain between Bradford and Church
Lost on Monday December 23 between Bradford and Church at rect bearing initials N.V.M. Reward. Finder please leave at PHCGENIX OFFICE.
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Bradford
N.V_M
Phcgenix
Wood Street
Constitution St
Union
Hope Street
Phoenix
Dec 80 to Feb events listed for Bristol area
Community notices list a string of December January and February events. Old Folks Concert at G R Hall December 80 under Babbitt Post authority. Christmas festival at Bristol Opera House for St Michael's Sunday school December 81. Albee Stock Co. in Bristol January 14. Maus gerade fiunpe at G A R Hall January 16 by regressiweight Club. Arabian Nights three act comedy January 40 at Bristol Opera House for Y M C A benefit. Annual Ball February 28 by Robert Emmet Literary Association at Grand Army Hall.
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G.4
R. Hall
Babbitt Post
St. Michael's Sunday School
Bristol Opera House
Albee Stock Co
G. A. R. Hall
Regressiweight Club
Robert Emmet Literary Association
Grand Army Hall
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Tablis Ehle B Suey
Bristol County
R. I
Farrally Brothers
J. F. Farrally
Bristol Post Office
Shornix
Tam Phoenix
H. T. Peterson
Briggs
W J. Wish & Co
W. Fred Fish
Irving Smith
Hove Street
Wood's Building
Hasbrouck
NDEX
Movie Pictures
Opera House
Pheenix
A. Oliver
Peirces
Thos.f.peirce & Son
Dorrance and Westminster Corner
Bristol and Vicinity
P m
Sunday Mails
Harry P Gregory
Stamford
Qonn
Mies
Edith A. Maxfield
James Quirk
Clargmont
N. H
James Cashin
Suzman
Mount Hope
Robert Newbold
Henry Opitz
John Russell Bolster
DeWitt E Bolster
Thames Street
Dodge & Camfield
Exchange Place
Providence, R. I
E. P. Brownell Jr
Asheville N. C
William S. Munro
New York City
Mr. Munro
Hope
Union Streets
Frederick AL. Waldron
Edward Murphy
William Gifford
Solomon Hatch
R. N. Turner
St. Peter’s Church
Hobart
N. Y
Albany
State Street Methodist Episcopal Church
A. J. Doultas
Uoultas
George A. Greene
Ashfornia
John A. Greene
Ethel Kelley
Family Theatre
Hasbrouck Block
James Conley
Argent LeBaron
Colt
National India Rubber Company
Wampanoag
LO. C
QO. P
Otro O.barreira
H.P
W.fredish
W.M. Gorham
Charles F. Sanford
George A. Arnold
J. W. Lewis B. Waldron
James A. Newman
Langello
Poppasquash
Marguerite Madge
Benjamin S. Buffinton
Rear Admiral Abbot
Bristolians
Digino Fspirito Santo Association
Pleuy
MR. and
Mes
Antone Oliver
Mount Hope Bay
Daniel Cook
80Liers Home
Fox Hill
Eugene Leclair, Sr
Table Church ST
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Office of
Herreshoff Mfg. CO
Beecham
Dana
State ST
Peter J. Lannon
L. M. Danis
Wm. H. Smith
Julia Walsh
Wwe
Monig Roing
Esate J. M. Cassidy
Miss Riser Ferguson
Maine
Buffington
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