Letter From a Bowery Mission Bread Line Member
A 1909 letter from a German office clerk, unemployed since August, recounts hunger, cold, and street life in New York. He praises Bowery Mission bread lines, details nightly shelter struggles, and notes conditional hope of returning to Germany when work opens on farms. He appeals to John O Karl for aid to tide him through winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowery Mission
Aft
New York
John O. Earl
Germany
Cowper Union
Wesley Rescue Mission
Bowery
Uie
Berlin
Hamburg
Cologne
Bremen
W. Erdelen
John O. Karl
Bible House
New York City
Miller Crawford marriage in Claremont New Hampshire
Intelligence from Bristol reports the marriage of Henry W. Miller and Miss Gertrude Crawshaw at Claremont New Hampshire on February 7. The groom worked at the Maynard Rubber Company in Claremont after leaving Consumers Rubber Company and will reside there with his bride.
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Bristol
Henry W. Miller
Gertrude Crawshaw
Claremont
New Hampslire
Clarémont
Maynard Rubber Company
Consumers' Rubber Company
Miller
Shoes, Allen's Foot-Ease Sold Everywhere 25c
An old ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder for new leather shoes. It claims the product helps with discomfort from tight footwear and offers a remedy for breaking in new shoes. Sold everywhere for 25 cents.
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Allen
Flag Day Exercises at Middle District School
A Middle District School program lists numerous songs and recitations led by teachers Misa Juliet Coggeshall and Elizabeth Finley. Pieces include Salute the Flag, The Star Spangled Banner, My Country ’Tis of Thee, Lincoln’s Name, and God Bless the Soldier, performed as concert recitations and readings by students including Mary Burke Long, Cora Torrey, and Arthur Coggeshall.
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Misa Juliet EB. Coggeshall
Mus
Elizabeth Finley
Mary Burke Long
Arthur Coggeshall
Gertrude Gray
Lincoln
Mary Thompson
Fred Coggeshall
Private School Flag Day Poetry and Poems Readout
Rosamond Dow presents a school program titled A High Resolve and I Ought to Love My Country featuring students Marion Paul James West Angell Sheldon Henry Brown Jack Beresford May Munroe Dorothy King Long Three Soldiers Cleon Phair Frances Peterson Wilhelmina Noll Helen Hanson Carrie Marz in a patriotic readings event at BACHE PRIVATE SCHOOL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosamond Dow
Marion Paul
James West
Angell Sheldon
Henry Brown
Jack Beresford
Lincoln
Frances Peterson
Wilhelmina Noll
Helen Hanson
Flag of Beauty
Carrie Marz
Tuberculosis Fight Expands Educational Exhibits Rhode Island
Rhode Island State Board of Health and the Rhode Island Anti Tuberculosis Association arrange to send the educational exhibit to towns not yet reached. The exhibit builds understanding of the anti tuberculosis movement, following the Washington Congress impact. Wallace Hatch of the Rhode Island association led Philadelphia showings that attracted large crowds and spurred greater state funding. The association seeks proportional state support to accelerate a decline in deaths within a few years.
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Rhode Island State Board of Health
Rhode Island Anti- Tuberculosis Association
Washington
United States
New York
Philadelphia
Wallace Hatch
Rhode Island Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Pennsylvania
Audi & Campaign
Rexall Orderlies Ad Promises No Risk Trial in Bristol
An old Bristol advertisement offers Rexall Orderlies with a bold money back style guarantee. It claims the remedy relieves constipation without side effects, markets them as pleasant tasting candy like tablets, and invites customers to try at the store on Hope Street with 12 tablets for 10 cents or 11 tablets for 25 cents. It emphasizes suitability for children and the elderly and pitches a risk free purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rexall
Rexall Orderlies
Bristol
Hope Drag Co
Hope Street
Yokohama
Japan
Fujiyama
Tennessee
Washington
Charleston
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Hong Kong
Colorado
Maryland
Nagasaki
California
South Dakota
India
Agra
Bombay
Benares
Calcutta
Tokio
United States
Ceylon
Orient
London
Yokio
Bristol Post Office to Add Lock Boxes and Drawers
Seventy new lock boxes and twelve large sliding drawers will be installed at Bristol post office soon. Postmaster Gorham receives commission dated December 18 1899 for a four year term. Gorham began duties July 7 by presidential appointment to fill a vacancy. Lewis H. DeWolf plans a trip to San Juan Puerto Rico to visit his relatives. Commander Benjamin F. Tilley, former Newport gunboat commander in the Spanish American War, has been named first governor of the newly acquired Samoa islands. he attended the Naval Academy from Bristol in 1868 and is well known locally.
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Berlin
Germany
Tokio
Yokohama
Count Okawa
Progressive Party
Legislate
Japan
Count
Doubtess
War Department
Bristol
Gorham
Lewis H. DeWolf
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Luga-Vina
Benjamin F. Tilley
Newport
Spain
Samoa
Tilley
Adam Forepaugh Dies in Philadelphia at 69
Adam Forepaugh, veteran circus manager and rival of Barnum, died Wednesday night Jan 22 at his Philadelphia home from influenza and pneumonia at age 69. Four inches of ice covered Kickemuit reservoir. DeWolf named traveling agent of the Mexican National Road with Cincinnati offices. Trinity Church boy choir to perform in Newport Feb 10 for St Stephen's Guild. soloists include Samuel Kinder violin A A Walker Masters Chlester R Burgess Ralph Kinder and Leva W Warren piano.
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Adam Forepaugh
Barnow
Philadelphia
Kickemuit
M. A. DeWolf
Wabash
Buffalo
Mexican National Road
Cincinnati
Trinity Church
Gleer
Masonic Hall
Newport
St. Stephen’s Guild of
Samuel Kinder
A. A. Walker
Chlester R Burgess
Ralph Kinder
Leva W. Warren
Annual Washington Ball and G A R Hall Dance
Coming events list two social occasions with dates February 22 and March 17. The first, Washington Ball, is under the Peel Train of Artillery at Armory Hall. The second, a G A R Hall dance, is organized by H Springer W Mancheester and J McMahon.
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Washington
Peel Train of Artillery
Armory All
G. A. R. Hall
H. Springer
W. Mancheeter
J. McMahon
Mother Gray’s Auntahlian Leaf Herb Cure
An advertisement touts Mother Gray’s Auntahlian Leaf as a pleasant herb remedy for kidney and bladder trouble headaches back pain and general fatigue. Claims 28 regulator and unique formula with a free sample offer from The Mother Gray Co LeRoy New York.
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Mother Gray
Aunthalian
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy
N. Y
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Miller—Crawshaw
Count Okuma
the Phoenix
Pacific Ocean
de Philo Hay Spec.Co
Newarck
N.J
U.B
W. H. Buffington
Phenix
Columbia Graphophone
Elizabeth L. F. Cary
Newcowm
H. W. Cunningham
Mgr
Optometrists
Optiocians
Mathewson St
Providence
R. I
Crary St
Silaan
BOYD
Caesar Misch
Westminister ST
DIXON
GEO. P. Dixon CO
Providence R. TI
Chas. H. Moore
Westminster Steel
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
K.L. Watson & Clo
Industrial Trust Co
Cull & Williams Co
Washington Street
Providence, K. I
Westminster St
J. Gilman Cook
Pratt's
Silk Store
Westminster Street
Providence, R. I
Mlle
Claff
Fifth Ave
Boylston St
Maes
Lowe Brothers
The
E.C. Church Co. Agt
Eddy St. Prov
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