Obituary Dexter Thurber 66 of Brookline
Dexter Thurber 66 longtime Brookline resident died after several days illness at his home 320 Tappan Street Funeral services will be held there burial in Swan Point Cemetery Providence He is survived by wife Caroline Nettleton two sons Luman and Tenny one grandchild two nephews and an uncle The Thurber surname links to Gorham Thurber founder of the Gorham Company and one brother W H Thurber a Providence jeweler died years ago He was born August 7 1861 in Providence and educated there with salients in yachting outdoor photography and wood carvings
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Dexter Thurber
Brookline
Mass
Thurber
Ferry Hill
Gorham Thurber
Gorham Company
Providence
Old Mowry and Goff Academy
Minneapolis
Bradstreet-Thurber
Europe
Caroline Nettleton
Luman
Tenny Thurber
Frederick B Thurber
William G Thurber
Edmund Thurber
Death of Thomas Smith Jr son of Wall River Alderman
Thomas Smith Jr six years old son of Alderman and Mrs Thomas Smith of 278 Franklin Street Wall River died last Wednesday from a complication of pneumonia and measles. He had just begun parochial schooling. Besides his parents he is survived by a four year old sister Gloria who is hospitalized with measles. Mrs Smith was formerly Mass Freda straight of this town.
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Thomas Smith, Jr
Thomas Smith
Franklin Street
Wall River
Gloria
Smith
Mass Freda Straight
Local Funeral Services Reported for Four Residents
Funeral services were held for Miss Anna Manchester at 3 PM Saturday from her Hope and Constitution streets home with Rev Anson B Howard officiating. Interments followed at North Cemetery with cousins William and George Manchester among the bearers. floral tributes came from Bristol Chapter Daughters of American Revolution and St Michael's Benevolent Society. Also noted were services for Mrs Maria Arllo at 8:30 AM with a later requiem mass and burial at St Marys Cemetery. Mrs Atella Aide, widow of Giuseppe Aida, survived by three sons and three daughters. and Mrs Isabel Batista, died Sunday night with services at 8:30 AM and burial at St Mars’s Cemetery. she left a son Joseph Batista.
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Anna Bo Manchester
Hope and
Constitution Streets
Anson B Howard
Manville
Ros
St Michael's Church
Miss Manchester
Bristol
Daughters of American Revolution
Benevolent Society of
St Michael’s Church
Charles H Manchester
George H Manchester
Providence
William IL Manchester
William H Manchester
North Cemetery
Maria Arllo
Mt Hope Aver
Tate
Church of
Tucy Puva
Mary Puxa
Caroline Georgia
Isabel Batista
Manuel Batista
Borden Avenue
St Elizabeth’s Church
St Mars’s Cemetery
Batista
Portugal
Joseph Batista
Ache Gould wed in state street church ceremony
In this town on June 30 at the parsonage of the State Street MF Church Rev Ric J Christie officiated as Austin Ache of Allen town Penn married Mrs Anna M Gould of Bath Me.
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Ache—Gould
State Street
Ric J Christie
Austin Ache
Allentown
Penn
Anna M Gould
Bath
Obituary Rough List Notices From Town
In this town on July 1 Maria Anito widow of Giuseppe Avella aged 76. In this town on July 1 Isabel wife of Manuel Batista 14 Borden avenue aged 40. In Fall River on June 27 Thom as Jr son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Smith aged 6 years.
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Avella
Maria Anito
Giuseppe Avella
Batista
Isabel
Manuel Batista
Borden Avenue
Smith
Fall River
Thomas, Jr
Thomas Smith
Bristol 25 Years Ago Now and Then in One Column
Bristol residents peek back at 25 years ago with items from old files. Col S P Colt hosts Linden Place for the Night Before the Fourth with the National Band of Warren performing. The town’s registry reached 1118 names, a historic high, as Fourth of July plans unfold with a full marshal and staff lineup.
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Bristol
Col S P Colt
Linden Place
National Band of
Warren
Ice House Destroyed at Bristol Narrows Fire Suspected
Fire destroyed an ice house at Bristol Narrows around 2 a m with strong suspicion of arson. The 39th district alarm at 150 a m sent motorized fire apparatus, but firefighting saved little. The Vermette ice dealers owned the property and losses include tools and new lumber, partly insured.
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Bristol Narrows
39Th
Norman J
Herman W. Vermette
Greek Astronomer in Egypt Teaches Earth Is Round
A Greek scholar in Egypt about two centuries before Christ instructed students that the earth is round, reflecting early scientific thought in the Hellenistic period.
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Egypt
Christ
Universal Languages Volapuk and the rise of Esperanto
Volapuk, created by Johann Schleyer in 1879, was touted as a universal language. It flourished briefly in Switzerland and beyond before fading as Esperanto, proposed by Dr. Zamenhof in Warsaw, gained prominence in Poland in 1887.
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Johann Schleyer
Switzerland
Zamenhof
Warsaw
Poland
Kangaroo Wins Reæeit Race Outdistancing Horse
In a历史 race between an Australian horse and a kangaroo, the kangaroo far outran the horse, leading to a decisive victory.
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Kangaroo
Nature cyclone warning sparks cleanup effort
In a Birmingham News note, editors call for cleaning up picnic sites as tension builds over imminent cyclone activity. The piece frames environmental alerts and community cleanup as linked actions.
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Birmingham News
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H. & S. Roofing & Sheet Metal CO
Johns-Ma
Sackett Street
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G. H. Spencer Roofing CO
F. M. Gifford
Usher Place
Bristol, R. I
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Automobile Club of
Rhode Island
Fender Works
Franklin St. Garage
Bessie May West
Everett West
Phoenix Files
LL. Martland
J Winthrop DeWolf
Wallis F Howe
Col Arthur W Barrett
Wendell Rk
Davis
Joseph F. Simmons
Edward Anthony
Ll. Martland Minsher
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Frank B Wilson
Isaac H Gorham
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Newport
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Bristol Golf Club
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General Fire Extinguisher Company
van Almkirk
Tucker
Eugene W Hughes
Hope Mailler
Tobin
A Young
H Newman
I W Gorham
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Robert F Munro
Elizabeth BR Reynolds
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