Public notices and transit talk from a 1898 Providence page
A late 19th century Providence sheet discusses local transit issues including the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad and the Charlie Hall express with notes on service, competition, and potential plans. It also mentions weather, economic mood, and a memorial line about Fred A Gay and New Year wishes.
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Leah Water Street
Crawford
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Clark
Providence News
Christmas Music at Bristol Hotel and City Churches
Christmas Day and Sunday evening services featured fine music across Bristol hotels and churches. Large crowds attended orchestral and choral programs with solos by Mrs E F Potter Mr B F Wilson and others and selections from Handel Mozart and Webb. Church festivals and Sunday School events highlighted the season with decorated trees gifts and narrative readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Valentine
E F Potter
Frank McCarty
B F Wilson
A A Walker
Christmas Eve Service Glowed With Elaborate Church Decor
The church festively decorated with arches along the aisle and fir trees on the sides. The communion table shone with callia lihes as gas lights enhanced the altar. The vested choir performed Christmas pieces from Adeaste Fideles to Benedictas with soloists and a full ensemble under Mr Trotter's direction.
Christmas Mass Brightened by Local Choir and Soloists
A church Christmas Mass featured a decorated sanctuary and a quartet performing arias and hymns. Soloists Kate Maher and Alice Downey joined tenor Thomas Lannon and bass W H Hammill with violin and organ accompaniment guided by Prof. T Lavey and E F Christie.
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Kate Maher
Alice Downay
Thomas Lannon Tevor
W HU. T. Hammill
Christmas Church Exercises Delight Parishioners
The Baptist Church held its annual Christmas exercises in the vestry on Tuesday evening. The room was festively adorned with evergreens and the selections and recitations were excellently rendered. The programme lists opening hymn Children’s Prayer prayer by the pastor recitations Christmas by Cora Hil and The Christmas Riser by Clara Lindsey. Mamma Xmas Gift by Roy Bilsborough. Sale Winter by Richel Carr. Calm on the Listening Bar by Miss Pierce.
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G. L Locke
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Baptist Church
Cora Hil
Clara Lindsey
Roy Bilsborough
Richel Carr
Miss Pierce
German Christmas Dance at Gran Army Hall Draws Crowd
Gran Army Hall overflowed with residents and visitors on Christmas evening for a German dance hosted by local German residents. A large crowd from Warren and nearby villages enjoyed an excellent supper by Paul Mange and music by Mr Auge Pearse Orchestra. The program featured waltzes and schottische pieces with dancing into the early hours.
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Gran Army Hall
Warren
Paul Mange
Auge Pearse
the Rhine
Christmas at Home and Local Theater Aims
A crowded notice page details Christmas visits and illnesses in the community. Residents mention colds and convalescence, travel to Boston and New York, and a wedding in Providence. Local events include church festivals, a temperance club move, and a Lyric Quartet concert benefiting a home for aged women.
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New York
Alin C B Rockwell
Hope Street
Reflection at port office closes matla timetables
A town port office altered timetables to match railroad shifts with new times 6 35 9 15 1 40 and 5 50 pm. Obituaries note Mrs Albert Pearse buried at North cemetery after services led by Rev Henry A Stavenger. Mr Henry S Wood funeral held from Meta com avenue with Rev Stevens officiating and burial at North cemetery. Providence anecdote about a window reflection near South Map Street sparked by High Street car movements. Fire engine company King Philip stairs hires two horses from Boston to arrive soon.
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Albert
Pearse
High Street
Henry A
Congregational Church
Henry S Wood
Metacom Avenue
Henry 8 Stevens
Prodigal Father to Play at Providence Opera House New Years
Providence Opera House presents Messia.C P. Jefferson Klaw & Erlanger’s comedy The Prodigal Father at New Years Day matinee through Wednesday. The show features Stanly Dodge, Dolly Bond, Percy Dodge and Tom Breeze in farcical entanglements with music by Maggie Cline and appearances by William Gillette. Tickets for January 6 reservation begin at 8 am with front rows kept for premium seating.
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P. Jefferson
Klaw & Erlanger
Providence
Glen MacDonough
New York
Calfornia
Stanley Dodge
Dolly Bond
Percy Dodge
Dodge
Mr. Dodge
Tom Breeze
Kookapoo
Catesley Duff
Jefferson
Kaw
Erlanger
Fantens
Maggie Cline
Closkey
William Gillette
YMCA Notes Prayer Meetings and Welcome Card
YMCA notes announce a Saturday evening Union Prayer Meeting at 8 00 and a Sunday morning meeting at 9 00 both open to all plus a men only gathering Sunday at 645 in the afternoon strangers will receive welcome cards for a talk about a YMCA RoBy series to be held soon in connection with the YWCA activities.
Christmas Dinner for Bristol Poor Boys and Girls
A large Bristol gathering at the Bristol hotel on Christmas Day hosted by Mrs. S P Colt fed forty nine boys with a traditional dinner and candy bags after a welcome display of childlike antics. Thirty three girls enjoyed a Grand Army Hall meal hosted by Mr Lawrence M Kortwright with dolls given to each child and games in the parlor.
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Bristol Hotel
Providence
Bristol
S. P. Colt
Grand Army Hall
Lawrence M Kortwright
Paul Mange
Kortwright
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Gardner Nichols Parish Notices and Local Marriages
In this town at the Methodist parsonage on December 24, the presence of Joseph Woopks and others is noted alongside residents Hee G Pooks and Fiona Betichols of Bristol. Also mentioned are Smith, Welker, and Adeline C Brown of Bristol in a separate listing.
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Hisitasn Hastlige Garainer
Fiona Betichols
Bristol
Wolkenm
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Adeline C Brown
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Bankers Wilbour Jackson Co and Sheldon Binney resume business
Resumption of operations follows suspensions on Aug 12 as creditors agree to partial liquidation plan. Wilbour Jackson Co and Sheldon Binney restore activity with promises of eventual full liquidation and creditor settlement within three years. News notes New York stock exchange reinstatement and public notices to depositors and creditors.
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