Trinity Parish Minstrel Show Delights Soldiers Home
Young men of Trinity Parish held a minstrel performance for the Soldiers' Home crowd Saturday night. All troupe members attended except one despite rain. End men sang many local hits and the original Amasa O. Williston tune drew strong laughter. Show started shortly after 8 pm. Commandant Benjamin LaHall provided a fine lunch for performers after the program.
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Trinity Parish
Amasa O. Williston
Benjamin LaHall
Funeral of Martin J Simmons Held at St Michael's Church
The funeral for Martin J Simmons was held yesterday afternoon at St Michael's Church at 2 o'clock with Rev Dr Acke officiating. A profusion of floral offerings accompanied the service. Attendees included Jaglio W Best LaFayette prham Edward Anthony and Sumner Ball. The body was entombed at North Cemetery.
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Martin J. “Simmons
St. Michael’s Church
Acke
Higinis
Jaglio
W. Best
LaFayette Prham
Edward Anthony
Sumner . Ball
Relief for Women Promotes Australian Leaf Cure
An advertisement touts Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a safe regulator for women with back pain urinary bladder or kidney trouble. It claims a certain cure with a 50 cent price and a free sample, mailed from The Mother Gray Co LeRoy New York.
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Mother Gray
Mother Gray. Co
LeRoy, Ny
Bristol Court Manners Trial Yields Probable Guilt
In Bristol, Ralph Nichols and Arthur Hawkins faced trial with testimonies from Emma Nichols and Florence MacKenzie. Judge Bosworth ruled Nichols and Hawkins probably guilty, binding them over to the grand jury and setting bonds at 1000 dollars each before they were remanded to Bristol County jail.
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Edward Nichols
Boston
Swansea
Arthur Hawkins
Providence
Theodore W. Foster
Nichols
Nichol
Warren
Colton
Ralph Nichols
Bristol
Miss MacKenzie
Bosworth
Thomas H. Crowley
Crowley
Wright
Alther
Heston
Awkins
Bristol County
Robinson Cornell Married in This Town
Married in this town on February 15 at the ceremony conducted by Rev. A. S. Stoxell. The couple were Joseph S. Robinson and Miss Gertrude L. V Cornell, both residents of this town.
Noronha and Bab cock deaths in local Soldiers Home
Noronha Andrew DaCosta, 52, died February 18 in this town. Bab cock Frank L, 60, died February 18 at the Soldiers Home in this town.
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Noronha
Andrew DaCosta Noronha
Babcock
Frank L. Babcock
Advertised Letters for Week End Feb 15 1908
List of names advertised for letters at the post office for the week ending February 15 1908 including Henry Burrows Lewis Coggeshall Martin Cullen Leonardo Di Sanza Charles Hall Edward McCarty Captain Thos K Rowland Mrs Emma McGee Pearl Morgan Dorothy Phillips Helen Phillips Antonio Machando Rochaimis Marinana Jose de Souza.
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Henry Burrows
Lewis Coggeshall
Artin J. Cullen
Leonardo di Sanza
Harles Hall
Edward McCarty
Thos. K. Rowland
Emma McGee
Pearl Morgan
Dorothy Phillips
Helen Phillips
Antonio Machando Rochaimis
Marinana Jose de Souza
Freak Bowling Tournament at YMCA Alley
The freak bowling event at the YMCA alley drew great interest last Saturday with prizes awarded for top strings and totals. Next Saturday features a four team format with mixed team and individual scoring, captains named, new lanes and penalties, and prizes including tickets, peanuts, and a lollypop.
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Peter Gasper
L. H. Callan
F. Snuow
J. Sallavnt
Mathewson
O. H. Bickford
K E. Murray
K Brown
F. M. Dimond
W. R. Davis
Owls Take Two Games In YMCA Bowling Meet
Friday evening the Owls won two strings in three from the Hayseeds. Captains Church and Best surpassed a century in scoring. Final scores include Pinticklers and Providence teams, with Effe contributing.
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Owls
Hayseeds
Church
Best
George Ebbits
F. Keating
Bell B. MacDougall
Apt
H.W Church
P. Kenney
F. Gorham
A. R. Newman
O. Dimond
Capt
J .W. Best
Highlanders
George
Dorris
W. Darling
Manchester
H. Newman
Pineules promise relief for rheumatism backache and more
A vintage advertisement touts Pineules with a guaranteed 80 days treatment for $100 to ease back pain stiffness and various ailments. It urges readers to buy from O. W. Sparks Bobby's Reason and includes a humorous line about Little Bobby saying prayers.
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O. W. Sparks
Bobby
Lyceumite tale of a lecture and a barber tale
A fragmentary society note narrates a scene on a limited train from an eastern city to Chicago. A barber, praising a well known Albany merchant named Mr. Smith, proclaims him a fine gentleman and claims frequent social encounters in Albany, ending with a pompous vow that it will be the last time.
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Chicago
Albany
Smith
Lippincott’s
Accounted For. The Lecturer and the Committee Man
A short humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly scene involving a student pondering Willie Vanfeller studying medicine and a lecturer noting a sleepwalking committee member. The dialogue captures campus banter and social wit from the period.
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Willie Vanfeller
Harper’s Weekly
Industry s fortune s right hand and frugality her left German Proverb
A compact German proverb noting industry as fortune s right hand and frugality as its left, illustrating a balance between enterprise and thrift.
Allen's Foot-Hase powder for foot comfort
In New Shoes always use Allen's Foot-Hase powder to prevent tightness and blistering, cure swollen feet and sweating. Sample mailed free for 20c and available at all druggists and shoe stores. Address A S Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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Allen
A. S. Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
Rhode Island Suburban Railway Schedule Change 1907
The Rhode Island Suburban Railway announces schedule changes effective Sunday December 29 1907 for the Barrington Warren and Bristol line. Weekdays depart from City Hall Providence at 645 AM and then hourly until 645 PM with 615 PM and hourly until 1015 PM and 1115 PM and 1215 AM to Riverside Oar House. Bristol departures start 515 AM hourly until 715 PM then 745 PM and hourly until 1045 PM with 1145 PM and 1215 AM to Riverside Oar House. Sundays depart Providence 745 AM then hourly until 445 PM with Bristol departures 15 AM then hourly until 1015 AM, plus 1115 PM and 1215 AM to Riverside Oar House.
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Rhode Island Suburban Railway
Barrington, Warren
Bristol
City Hall
Providence
Riverside Our House
Loeave City Hall
Lague Bristol
Riverside Oar House
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Soldiers’ Home
Buffington
Wwe
D. W. Sparks
Harchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
E.l.watson & CO
Industrial Trust Co
Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Main Street
Pawtucket
R. I
P. Seinner, Jr
Hope Street
Edwin Baker, & Son
South Main Street
Westminster St
Easterbrooks Block
Thames Street
Staples Coal Co
Philias
Iam
Shell
William ST
Emma EB. Garey
Constitution Street
Sloan
Earl S Sloan
Mass
USA
Rin
Ort & Providence
Atl
Pinticklers
N. Y
Strgs AV
Nelson
M. Dimond
Hibbert
Saillant
Tee W. Cromer
Kunz
Clark
O. Osterberg
N.H. & Hartford Railroad
W. Church
Atwood
H. Ostian
Sanford
Donnell
Slade
Kenney
B. Newman
H. Shafft
A. Snow
W. Beat
Darling
E i Brackett
Kinpicuttee
MacDougall
Newman Ae
Farrally
J. Walsh
Paine
Oes
Munro
Bell
Www
H. Higgins
Davidson al Oe
McCaw
I Rounds
R. Murray
Davidson
Gasper
Hill
Crackford
H. Bickford
Kinder
Edmonds
FE. Gorham
Buffamo
Gibbitts al Oe
L., Manchester
T. Byrnes
G. Marshall
al Oe
A.m L. Beals Ae
A. W. Hathaway
W. N. Newman
E. Mathewson
Geo. Olar
O. Herrmann
O. West Ae
Jdmonda
Har
S. Paul
Hinnent
George Rounds
Newport
Show Birds
Hank Hanks
Bristol Newport
Newport Steam Rollers
Hay Steds
Lookouts
South Ends Mysteries
Lyceumite and
Talent
Lyceumite
Waldron-Brownell GO
Bradford Street
A. W. Orgelman
State Street
George W. McGann
H. Wall & Co
R. P. Smith
William Street
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