Strenuous Move Clears Building From Thames Street
A disputed building on Thames Street near Constitution Street, owned by Malcolm McNaught's bankrupt estate, is moved by Colonel Callan under court permission. The operation uses a steam roller to slide the two foot iron wheeled structure past the line, finishing near midnight as onlookers cheer. The structure is guided to Bay View avenue after clearing Wood Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H.uallan
Malcolm McNaught
W. FF. Williams
Thames Street
Constitution Street
Brown
Supreme Bench
Trolter
Hue
Wood Street
Col Callan
Bay View Avenue
Fourth of July celebration ends with local cutter race
The Rhode Island Naval Battalion crews faced wind and tide in a harbor cutter race. The Providence Division won by one minute fifty seconds over the local team, finishing to cheers as a parade followed with a mascot goat and revelry. The event honored civic duty and honesty in politics with speakers urging integrity among voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island Naval Battalion
Providence
Rhode Island Naval Batallon
Naval Battalion
Edward J Prest
S Howland Pitman
Wos
Bristol Yacht Club
Naval Reserve Wharf
Yacht Club House
Franklin Street
Hie
John ©. Connery
William Shepard
John D Dimond
Frederick Snow
Willard Snow
Herrmann Farr
John J. Cooke
George W. McGann
Raymond
Brightman
Samuel Wardwell
Frank Stewart
Samuuel J. Smith
John Burrows
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Watson
Coppersteine
Atwood
Crowell
Harry
Milson
Voekel
Hudson
Ward
Danleavey
Bassett
Hutchens
Hellenger
Goat
Fourth of July parade joins Bristol crowds with pride
Com pany D F L L from Providence led by Captain Frank H. Hunter drew applause as Bristol hosted holiday events. Antiques parade traveled to Warren while local social clubs held golf and yacht club gatherings. Nightly reports note royal attendance, police count, and a serious accident on the Common where a six year old Manuel Amaral suffered facial wounds from a blank cartridge. Additional minor injuries included burns and cuts from fireworks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Frank H. Hunter
Bristol Golf Club
Green U
H. A. da Villard
Ben Ton
House
John B. Herreshott
Edwin A. Barrows
Isoline N. Barns
Bristol Yacht Club
House Committee
Commodore
W.l.mckee
Aldrich
Defiance Hose Company
Hydralion
Liberty
Florence Johnson
Manuel Amaral
Everett L. B.church
W. F Duffy
Duffy
William Francis
Bristol
H. A. Grimwood
Jad
Warren
Fall River
Box Point
St. Joseph's Hospital
Officer Church
Portugese
Joseph Amaral
Constitution and
Wood Streets
Cornelius McElvogue
O.J. Hasbrouck
Manuel ‘#ortardo
Portsmouth
Tony
Ammalli
Narragansett Avenue
W.s.Duffy
Antonio Duarte
W. F. Wilthame
Post Mortem Praises by Thayer in a Daily Mourning
A reflective poem on dying and public praise. The speaker rejects flattery after death, urging living friends to offer kindness and support now rather than in obituaries or ceremonial eulogies. It laments the urge to publish grieving notes and instead asks for real aid and a word of cheer while alive.
Noble Greengage and Yellow Nectarine Tale
A London Chronicle note recalls a Royal society debate on the world's finest fruit, awarding top praise to a yellow nectarine born from a peach by Inte Francis Rivers. It also highlights a ripened greengage, famed as Reine Claude after Francis I’s Italian lineage and Gage family fame in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Royal Forticultural Society
Francis Rivers
Europe
Italy
France
Francis I
Reine Claude
England
Verdech
Gage
London Chronicle
Death by Own Action Recounted in Strand Magazine
A man recalls a failed suicide attempt after despair and illness. He says he fired a pistol at his heart but the bullet shattered a looking glass instead, leaving him uninjured as onlookers scoffed. The tale appears in Strand Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Notrebame
Brussels
Berlin
Strand Magazine
Doan's Kidney Pills Help Woonsocket Woman
A Woonsocket resident Mrs. Oliver Dupre reports backache and kidney trouble improved by Doan's Kidney Pills. She says relief came quickly and endorses the remedy, with the slogan Remember the name Doan's and take no other. Sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY 60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Rhode Island
Oliver Dupre
River Street
Woonsocket
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Leander A Thatcher Dies at 73 in Richmond Home
Leander A Thatcher, 73, carpenter by trade, died July 4 at his daughter’s home in Richmond. He was a widower and former resident, survived by two married daughters and two sons, Alfred and Leander, with daughters Florence Ball and Elizabeth Moore. Funeral at North Cemetery Chapel at 1 p.m. conducted by Rev Frank E Talbee. relatives from New Bedford, Fall River and elsewhere attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander A. Thatcher
Richmond
William Thatcher
Thatcher
Mr Thatcher
Alfred Thatchert
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Buttonwoods
Leander Thatcher
Providence
Florence Ball
Fairfiavep
Mass
Elizabeth Moore
North Cemetery
Frank E Talbee
Bristol Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene
New Bedford
Fall River
A Memory of a Lost Delight From a faded hearthside scene
E P Powell recalls a bygone home life from Outing Magazine describing a family by a warm fire. Stories, doughnuts, cider, apple paring, and knitted mothers framed evenings in a simple cabin. Beds and trundle berths watched flames in a close family circle, with gratitude for life and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E P. Powell
Outing Magazine
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G. W. Simmons
Emma E. Caee
Odtiaine
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Rhodesland College OF Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Howard Edwards
Kingston
R.I
Rogers & Allen’s School OF Business & Shorthand
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Rogers & Allen’s School
S. Main St
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Edward Anthony
Frank B. Wilson
Josiah F. Peckham, Jr
Benjamin R. M Wilson
James FP. Murphy
John McElvogue
Elisha Hibbert
Asa W. Hathaway
Walter H.coggeshall
Isaac H. Gorham
Jono E. Magee
John W. Church
George W. Warren
Elmver Mathewson
Robert H. Peterson
Richad A. Quirk
Louis E. Thayer
Bloomingdale Gazette
Tallat
Rhode Island College OF Agriculture and Mechanicg Arts
Pply Ringaton
Bristol Narrows
John Temple Drury
Coven Harsoca
O. K. Thurston
Daggett’s
W.H. Buffington
F. 1
Johnson
St. Andrew’s School
Barrington
R. I
Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Main Street
Pawtucket
P Skinner
Avent
Hope Street
Telephone
Staples Coal Company
Ee E Street
Providence Forestry Co
Edward H. Armstrong
Custom House Street
Providence, R. I
Ponce DE Leon
H. P. Cornell CO
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