Entangled Elopement Case Draws Lunacy Challenge
An elderly Indiana woman aged seventy four offered twenty thousand dollars for a young husband. A suitor appeared but the family obtained a writ of lunacy to block the marriage. The jury ruled the woman insane yet she eloped with the buyer and wed him. The Chicago Record notes contrasting views on titled imported husbands versus homegrown ones.
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Atlanta Constitution
Indiana
Chicago Record
New York
Chicago
Death of Walter S Dixon a Bristol mainstay and civic figure
Walter Scott Dixon died Friday night after a brief pneumonia illness. Born a slave in Richmond, he learned shoemaking, worked at Tredegar Iron Works, and later ran a succession of Bristol businesses including a restaurant and confectionery. A devout Baptist and YMCA member, Dixon was beloved as a modest, conscientious citizen whose funeral followed at the First Baptist Church.
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Walter Scott Dixon
Bristol
First Baptist Church
Richmond
Tredegar Iron Works
Ebenezer Colored Baptist Church
William P. Tilley
Mr. Dixon
St. Michael's Chapel
Thames Street
Barrington Craters
Dr. Drury
Drury Block
Dr. Day
Dixon
Old Colony Company
Railroad
Franklin and
Baptist Church
Miss Whittemore
Miss Fish
Mesers
J. A. Miller
Fred Fish
Jesus
D. Moxley
Geo. A. Arnold
J. Weeden
Church
Ezra Dixon
Chas, Salsteen
Y. M
Edward French Emmons
Jersey City
N. J
W. Fred Williams
Byfield Street
Jersey Q City
Minnie Williams
Sease F. Williams
St. Michael’s Church
Emmons
St. John’s Episcopal Church
A. B. Spink
R. I
Seigel
Clarkson
Maria Andérson
owhi-Ta
Bette Serre
Woodstreet
G. L. Locke
Charles Knight
Joseph N. Conway
Morris’ Murphy
Lafayette Mott
Mott Murphy
Manuel Morrissey
Charles B Mason
William O'Brien
Naptah
Simeon Grey
Edward A. Goodwin
Dr. Chapman
Robert Bauhr
Lon Battham
EB. E. Andrews
Patrick Mahoney
Edith Shaw
Sarah Benard
James Clark
Lizzie McCan
William F. Furlour
Sarah Manchester
E. C. Goodwin
A. Hearn
Thomas Brown
Nicholas Gatherly
Benjamin Munros
Elizabeth
Frank Murphy
Metacom Avenue
Neylan
National India Bas Company
Empress Shoe Upper Centters
Schlosser
Misa
Catharine
Péautse
State Street
B. Waldron
Misa’ Pearse
Congregational Church
New York
Newa
Pee Shewdesgies
Co. OC’s Fair Closes After Large Attendance and Prizes
The successful fair ended last night with dancing and late festivities. Miss Alice Callan sold over 57 dollars in combination tickets and received a gold watch. Miss Mary E. Goff sold about 23 dollars and received a gold ring. The hall hosted visiting groups including Bristol Corne Band and several fire brigades and societies from Warren and Fall River.
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Co. OC
Alice Callan
Mary E. Goff
Bristol Corne
Divino Espirito Sanato
Portugese Bonificial Society
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Company
Burnside Dram Corps
Lafayette Guards
Narragansett Fire Company
Warren
Emmet Guards
Fall Rivera
Excerpted Savannah Ceremony Honors General Greene
A special edition from The Morning News reports the ex ercises in Savannah honoring General Nathaniel Greene. The event at the foot of the sole U S monument to Greene featured the Southern Rhode Iceland Press Club on a southern tour. Mayor Myers gave a warm welcome, E F Bibley presided, George Carmichael spoke for the Rhode Islanders with a concise history of Greene, Rev Denison read a dedicated poem, and the lengthy account includes pictures of prominent Press Club members.
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Morning News
Savannah
Georgia
Nathaniel Greene
Southern
Rhode Iceland Press Club
United States
Gen. Greene
Press Club
Myers
E. F. Bibley
George Carmichael
Bhannock
Rhode Islanders
Frederick Denison
B. J. Press Club
Bristol News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Disruptions
Bristol items cover mail schedules at the post office, gas outages, theater plans, religious services, funeral notices, and civic notices. Mentions include the Bristol Post Office hours, a Manhattan death in New York, a bazaar plan for Burnside Lodge, fever and diphtheria cases, a gas main disturbance, and local society happenings.
Outcasts of a Great City at Bristol Opera House
Dan A. Kelly presents Obas Fleming sensational comedy drama Outcasts of a Great City at the Bristol Opera House. The company delivers a brilliant scenic production with a complete set and strong organization. Tonight the show plays in Bristol with the manager promising full effort once the theatre is provided.
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Obas Fleming
Dan'] A. Kelly
Bristol Opera House
Down on the Suwanee River at Opera House Tuesday
New show arrives in town presenting a fantastical vacation spectacle by a fifty performer company. The cast includes several singers dancers and comedians, with Sparks and Fish managing. The act is already playing at the People’s Theatre in New York this week.
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B. M. Bosworth
Supreme Court
Bristol
Warren Gazette
Bernard Farley
New. York
Charles
Opera House
Weber
Rhoda Blake
Bristol Commandery
U.C. C
John H. Morrissey
W. H. Holmes
Peck
Scoat- Company
Negro Singéra
Sparks and Fish
People’s Theatre
New York
Bazar and Entertainment Planned by Barnside Lodge K of P
The Social Club of Barnside Lodge No 84 K of P plans a bazar and nightly entertainment at G A BR Hall on February 14 15 17 and 18. Doors prizes include an easy repair and ten valuable items on ticketed combinations. The top cash donor wins 10, second place 5. A handsome gavel will go to the most popular visiting chancellor commander by ballot, with a live black goat mascot for the Bristol secret society receiving the most ballots.
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C. W. Sparks
Burnside Lodge
K. of P
Schcial Club
Grand Army, Hall
Page
Barnside Lodge No
G. A. BR. Hall
Binanda
Bristol Secret Society
Son born to Mr and Mrs Eber Hill in town
A son was born in town on the 24th inst to Mr Eber Hill and his wife Mrs Hill.
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Eber Hill
Obituaries from several towns January notices
In this town January notices report deaths including John H. Butler 66 Fontarix Jan 24 Jan B Fontaine 68 Elizabeth Murphy 3 6 months Walter Scott Dixon 52 Maria Anderson 55 Catherine De W Pearse 71 Harold Clarkson 3 Edward Emmons 38. Names and ages listed with towns and dates of death.
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Bourrxe
John H. Butler
Fontarix
Jan B. Fontaine
Muxexx
Elizabeth Ea ‘Murphy
Dixox
Walter Scott "Dixon
Axperson
Maria Anderson
Prussx
Catherine de’ W. Pearse
Onaxxsox
Harold Clarkson
Falcons
Edward ¥. Emmons
Fort Adams pawn shop cashes in on military clothing scam
Lieut Gieble at Fort Adams Newport reports soldiers drew extra clothing allowances and hid them at Flagg’s pawn shop. The pawnbroker resold the garments then recovered them at the fort, exposing an illegal transaction involving military apparel.
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Lieut
Gieble
Fort Adams
Newport
Uncle Sam
Flagg
Wasster
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Hone Street
James M Scott
Hill
J H. Young
Boston & Albany Railroad Corporation
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Old Colony
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Mississippi
Babbitt
Babbitt Post
Washington I. Finch
Allen M. Munroe
George W. Diman
Robert H. Bullock
John Doherty
Patrick Dermody
Carrington P. Blade
Allen M Munroe
Nathaniel Gladding
Henry F. Card
John H. Adams
Charles A. Barbour
Stephen W. Church
George H. Peck
William B. Read
Giles
Congdon
Herbert F. Bennett
Finch
Outside Sentinel
Patrick McGrath
Inside Sentinel
Carrington P. Slade
Frederico Bradie
Providence
James F. DeWolfcamp
Sons of Veterans
State Street M. E
A. W. Kingsley
A R. L. Patriot
Bristol and Vicinity
G. W. Sparks
Sparks
FF. T. Remieres
C. W.s ‘Sparks
Arion Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar Club
Boston
Eloise H. Williams
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co
Helen B. Mithro
Bradford
Sir Street
Miss Mclaughlin
Miss Manro
Dr. Foulds
Fall River
J. H. Soule
Franklin Street
Consolidated Road
Clark
F.T. Remieres
They Gen House
Albert Rounds
Church Street
Frievening
Naval Reserve
Barbour
Waldron & Brownell
Barton Street
Theresa Brennan
Miss Kite
Advent Christian Church
Seth C. Rees
Workman B. “Lela
Ashe
Richard Dilworth
Joseph ‘McGirr
Bosworth
St. Michael’s
M. E
Trinity Church
W R. ‘Trotter
Phanix
Suwanee River
Bristol Opera” House
Down
Suwaneé River
William H. Herrick
Vaughn Building
Custom House Street
R. J
H. W. Ladd. Company
Westminster
Union
H.W. Ladd
James M. Scott
H. W. Ladd Company
Corner
Westminster and
Union Streets
R. 1
House of Representatives
Rhode-Island
Bristol County Gas and Electric Company
Ramuel P
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SZEIT
Howard Vangh Ester
Beri
M. Bosworth
John W Terman
Joseph W. Martin
John Shepard
McCaw
Tash
Cor. High and Constitution
Ste
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Ars
C. A. Bishop
Bradford Block
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