Newport Providence Railway Time Table In Effect 1907
Newport Providence Railway and Company announces weekday timetable in effect July 15 1907. Arrivals at Bristol listed in sequence 8:00 AM 8:45 AM 9:45 AM 10:45 AM 11:45 AM 12:45 PM 1:15 PM 2:49 PM 4:46 PM 5:45 PM 6:45 PM 7:46 PM 8:45 PM.
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Jane
Bristol
Bristi
Bop
Newport
Leare
Sagamore
N. H & Hartford Railroad
Warren
Express
Bristol Ar
Proverb Variations Across Languages About Saving
A historic note catalogs forms of the proverb saving money across languages. It cites German phrases about pennies earned and gained, Spanish and Dutch versions, Danish and French variants, Italian wording, and English refrains warning against prodigality, reflecting broad cultural beliefs on frugality.
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Germany
Mones
London
Crocodile and Lion Jaw Power Noted by Explorers
Historical notes describe crocodile jaws bending a heavy hook and biting through a seventy pound fish underbellied by jaws. Paul Bert measured a 120 pound crocodile closing with 308 pounds. An African traveler forced a gun butt into a lion's mouth, the jaws cracking as if struck by a steam hammer.
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Samuel Baker
M. Paul Bert
A Tough Cure in Devonshire Cough Solution Found
A Devonshire shop tale recounts an elderly woman seeking cough relief. She purchases bronchial lozenges after a shop assistant shows a box and pays the price. Later she returns noting two glycerin soaps missing and admits she chewed one lozenge, finding it hard to swallow yet it cured the cough.
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Devonshire
England
London
Friday the Unlucky Day in History
The passage links several historic events and figures to Friday noting birthdays of Gladstone Bea consfield Washington Bismarck and Spurgeon and credits Henry Will Cabot’s commission with North American discovery. It claims Columbus and the Pilgrim Fathers touched Friday and cites early newspaper milestones and Dickens's affinity for the day.
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Bismarck
Fahrenheit
Spurgeon
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North America
Columbus
Continent
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London Times
England
Charles Dickens
Chicago News
Horseshoe superstition crosses cultures and classes
The old belief holds that nailing a horseshoe over a door keeps witches away. Universally shared, it spans Turks, Jews, gentiles, believers, and infidels. The crescent of Buddhists resembles a horseshoe, and protections exist in Tunis, Constantinople, Spain, Sicily. Crocodile images also involve horseshoes on snouts and tails. Rich and poor alike regard the charm as effective.
Seneca on Insults and Justice
The essay questions whether insults are deserved or not and argues that a true insult would be an unjust judicial sentence. It reflects on what constitutes an insult and notes that pointing out obvious traits like baldness or weakness should not offend if it is merely stating visible facts. The piece explores blushworthy responses to perceived offenses.
A Bad Scheme and a New Girl’s Departure
Dialogue reflects a witty exchange on payment and employment mercy. Mrs Scraggs jokes about prepayment. Mr Blinks admits advance pay pleases the girl who then leaves. The quip underscores a satirical view of financial savvy.
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Mr Blinks
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Roll of Honor and Perfect Attendance Highlights
A long list of roll of honor and perfect attendance awards across grades from fourth to first in Oliver and Walley districts. Names include Ethel Blackman, Mildred MacDonald, Grace Jones, Marion Sherman, Harold Shippee, Clara Davis, and many more with teachers listed per grade. Also features morals and short ad-like notes at end.
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A. Fred Bowler
A. Griswold Herreshoff
Nathaniel G. Herreshoff
Annie P. Pearse
Byfield
Millie D. Church
Emily Genevieve Manchester
Walley
J.H. Bailey, Jr
Muss Cora M Hill
Ethel Blackman
Mildred MacDonald
Leon McCaw
Robert Middleton
George P.sisson
Lacy Farr
Ina PB. Warren
Ruth Robb
Norman Hathaway
Hazel Gardiner
Oliver
G. EB Church
Harold Shippee
George St Vincent
Joe St Vincent
Grace Jones
Frank Keating
May Andrade
Ethel Bovayo
George St. Vincent
Katherine Gray
Frances Crowley
Harold Hill
Elizabeth August
Julia Farr
Ralphe Cinello
Sarah Garrity
Elizabeth Keegan
Margaret Morrissey
Anna Peters
Annie Sisson
Howard Gray
William Maddox
Charles Maytum
Howard Paull
Ahva Pierce
Paonotuality
Charles Arnold
Annie Dimond
Margaret Moore
Rose Durant
Exilda Picard
Sadie Cad
Sadie Wright
Annie Seuss
Max Yarselvitsky
James Savanio
Clifford Bailey
Ralph F.kinder
Frank Asher
Burton
Ella E Blakeslee
Minnie McVay
Alice Roberts
Norman Metcalfe
John Perry
Victoria Perry
Pauline Sylvester
Clifford Dubac
Mary Neumann
Frank Johnson
Frank Morris
Annie Johnston
Grace J. Allan
Mary Reilly
Ada Trundell
Marx Enos
Elizabeth McGovern
Margaret #Iyoyu
George King
George Kerr
E. R McUotter
Clara Davis
Jennie Almeida
Clara Davie
Mary LeClair
Delia la Rocca
Louise Snow
Martin Shippes
M. G. Lawless
Clara Bacon
Annie McCallum
Philomena Peters
Rosie Pozzie
John Reilly
E A.manro
Stephen Coggeshall
Mortgagees' Sale of Bristol Land Imperfectly Described
Public auction to be held July 29 1907 at noon on the described Bristol Rhode Island property. Betty Woolf and Isaac Woolf mortgaged the two lots in 1900, secured by a mortgage recorded in Book 55 page 391. The receiver intends to bid. parcels include Thames Street boundaries and connections to Jacob Bassing and Henry Hikes.
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Isaac Woolf
Bristol
Rhode Island
Thames Street
Betty Wordf
Henry H. Tilley
Samuel Taylor
Samuel Pearce
Jacob Bassing
Edward S. Babbitt
Thames and
John Streets
John Street
Henry H. Hikes
Isaac Wool
Bassing
Tait
Jacob Basring
Henry A.tilley
James Harris
Providence
R. I
Executor appointed in Nathan N. Cole estate Bristol notice
A Probate Court in Bristol appoints Alvin F Cole as executor of Nathan N Cole's estate. Bond filed as required. All claimants must present claims to the executor or clerk within six months from the first advertisement date.
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Ristol
Nathan N. Cole
Bristol
Alvin F Cole
Probate Court Notice for Caroline C Baker Estate Bristol
Administrator Herbert W Baker announces probate of Caroline C Baker estate in Bristol. All claimants must present or file them with the court clerk within six months from the first advertisement. Bond filed as required by law.
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Bristol
Caroline C Baker
Herbert W. Baker
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