Japan Attacks Port Arthur War Sparks Early Pacific Clash
On Friday February 2 1904 Japan struck Port Arthur with torpedo boats severing relations with Russia and disabling 11 Russian warships while Japan suffered no injuries This signals a drastic shift in naval strength in the far east as Japan seeks open trade and Manchuria Corea terms Meanwhile Rhode Island mourns the death of John H Campbell proprietor of the Pawtuxet Valley Gleaner at Phenix He died after weeks with illness at 55 years old Campbell founded the paper in 1876 and previously served as Phenix postmaster and Coventry representative in the State Legislature.
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Japan
Port Arthur
Far East
Manchuria
Corea
Russia
John H. Campbell
Pawtuxet
William Holmes
Bourne Street
Bright
John Linwood Phair
John J
Rachel
Sparks) Phair
Oliver Street
High Street
Munro Avenue
St Marys TA Society social features address by Senator Shepard
St Marys TA Society held its final weekly social at Wood Street rooms. President Rey Fr Downing presided while Hon Harry H Shepard spoke on a timely topic. Members and Ladies Auxiliary enjoyed vocal solos by Doyle Doherty Christie Breen, duets Christie Duffy, piano and violin solos, buck and wing dances, and refreshments of cake ice cream and coffee.
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St.Mary's
T A Society
Wood Street
Rey Fr. Downing
Harry H Shepard
Senator Shep
Louise Doyle
John J Doherty, Jr
Edward F Christie
Bridget Breen
EF F Christie
James Duffy
Mary Doran
Willie Sisson
Nellie Holmes
James Maher
John Vera
Joseph Hammill
John Brown
Buck
Do Not Wait For Illness Buy Chamberlain Remedy Now
Urges readers to stock Chamberlain Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy before emergencies. Claims it can handle severe cases and notes it is sold by WHL Buttington. A light dialogue follows about a child reciting and a playful doubt that she may become an elocutionist, with family chatter in a local notices style.
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Whl
Buttington
Bristol Post Office Hours And Mail Schedule
Bristol and Vicinity notes detail Bristol post office hours for general delivery stamps and Sunday service. Mails arrive and close at specified morning and evening times, with outward and inward Express matter schedules listed by Earle and Prew.
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Bristol
FM Timons
South Door
Earle & Prew
Scarlet fever reports and local notices crowd town
Herbert Newman ill with scarlet fever. another case in Walsh family. Local ads note Baldwin and Green ing apples at 40 cents a peck and fresh produce. A marriage in Chelsea unites William N Burgess and Marion Carroll. Various social events, church notices, funerals, and business ads fill the day’s brief items.
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Walsh
Congregational Street
W F Duffy
William N Burgess
Marion Carroll
Chelsea
Mass
Mr. Hutchinson
DeWitts Little Early Risers Promote Liver Health
A promotional note extols DeWitts Little Early Risers as liver supporters that cleanse the system and strengthen liver action. The pills are framed as easy to take, non-griping, and reliably effective, sold by W. H. Buffington.
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DeWitt’s
W. H. Buffington
Card of Thanks from Dunbar Family
The undersigned extend sincere thanks to relatives friends and neighbors for kindness sympathy and beautiful floral offerings during their bereavement from Mrs G P Dunbar and family.
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George P Dunbar
Wood and
Constitution Streets
T. Newton Owen
Congregational Church
G. P. Dunbar
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Bristol County
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Bristol, R. L
Ff Arrally Prop
PF. Farr
Grp
Dunba
RI Drug Co
Proudman
Shell
R. I
Thos.f.peirce & Son
Dorrance and Westminster Corner
Providence, R. 1
Bristol and Vicinity
Bristol Post Office
P m
Sunday Mails
Herbert Newman
John B Newman
Burton Street
Fred Williams
T. J. Connery
State Street
Mayfield Brown
Providence
Belvedere Hotel
John
Bucklin
John Hi ‘Tucker
Union Street
New Bedford
James McNiff
St Mary's Church
St Marys Cemetery
St Marys
T J Connery's
National India Rubber Co
Uesdas
Merton Albert Cheesman
Grand Army Hall
Lavey
C. W Young
O. R. Siegel
W M. Connery
Cheesman
E M. Handy
Barrington
I DrugCo
J Jasmin
Robert Emmet Literary Society
James N. Bullock
Constitution Street
Ellen Jameson
Woonsocket
Betsey Wilcox
Wit
Hope Avenue
Common Pleas Division
Supreme Court
Ensign Elliott
Fall River
Salvation Army
Alexander Lamb
Hartford
Conn
St. Michael's Church
W. Hodgkinson
A. Manchester
F. E Suzman's
Suzman’s
Christian Endeavor Society of the
James Tobin
T. J Connery’s
Herman Canfield, Jr
Pelzer Manufacturing Co
Pelzer, SC
South
Clara Anderson
Robert J. Anderson
Jersey City
N. J
Bristol County Gas and Electric Company
Charles A Harlow
Herreshoff's
R. I. DrugCo
A.J. Jasmin
Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
Tueday
United Brothers Lodge
Ida Yost
First Baptist Church
W. B. Wilson
R I. Sunday School Association
Jerusalem
John J. Kennedy
Bradford Street
Ruth Graham
Grand Army of Republic and Women's Relief Corps
Pawtucket
Philip F. Dillon
Herbert F. Bennett
The
Relief Corps
Emma E. Carey
Carey
Panama
Cleveland
Bay View Avenue
Wardwell Lumber
Malcolm “Macnaught
Thames Street
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Col. Hope and
Bradford Streets
Phcentx
L. Bosworth
Hope Street
John Shepard
Odeve Po Cl
Theodore O. Gladding
Telephone
Mrs. Williams
Enues
Wright's Church
Easterbrooks
B. Paull
F. E. Clark
Anderstrom
Church Street
aase&Sanbomis
Ore
C. A. Johnson
G. Leeb
Corby Co
Frankforts
Baker's
Eee Gorton’s
Tex Wash
Collanders
Carter’s Inks
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