Obituary of James Cooke Manchester Pioneer Citizen Dies
James Cooke Manchester, 58, longtime Bristol resident and longtime National India Rubber Company patternmaker, died Saturday morning at 61 Constitution Street after a stroke and indigestion. Born March 20, 1848, he worked in Cooper trade, spent years in Williamsport, Pa., and returned to Bristol to lead shoe department operations. He married Mary Jane Keating in 1871 and is survived by a large family, including three sons and five daughters, plus siblings and multiple civil society memberships.
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James Cooke Manchester
Constitution Street
Mr. Manchester
Wiliam
Martha J. Manchester
Phenix
Thames Street
Minneapolis
Minn
National India Rubber Company
Samuel E. Whittemore
George Schlosser
Manchester
National India Rubb Company
the Phoenix
Pease
National
India Rubber
James C. Manchester
Bristol
R. L
Mary Jane Keating
Robert
Ann Keating
Dr.Shepard
First Congregational Church
James T
George H
William O
Mary E
Annie H
Martha J
Eunice G
Jennie L
William A. Manchester
Thames and
Constitution
Howard Manchester
Bradford Street
Mt. Hope
Royal Arcanum
United Brothers Lodge
L O. F
Sons of the American Revolution
Worry and disease linked by Crooked Thinking
Dr. Luther Gulick explains that anxiety over minor symptoms can create real illness. Reading sensational ads, a person fixates on heart pain, causing stress, insomnia, and poor digestion, which worsens health and can become a lasting problem. The pattern appears in many cases observed by physicians.
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Luther Gulick
Shem
Pampered Poultry at National Stock Yards
A Country Life in America report describes a large scale poultry operation in East St. Louis where chickens are fed a milk based diet and kept calm. Two meals daily are followed by darkness to aid rest while a rubber feeding tube delivers rationed feed directly to each beak. After twenty one days the birds are sent to the killing department claiming uniform tenderness and quality. The plant can process up to twelve thousand birds at once.
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National Stock Yards
East St. Louis
America
Piano Recital at Miss Bosworths Hope Street Home
Last Friday afternoon piano forte pupils of Miss Isabel E Bosworth held a private recital at her Hope Street home. Pupils Blanche West Olive Young Emma McCarty Helen Stowell and Helen Warren each performed solos with two piano ensemble pieces. Guests included Helen and Henrietta Connery Charlotte Young Gertrude West and Blanche West accompanied by her sister. A social hour with refreshments followed.
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Isabel E. Bosworth
Hope Street
Blanche West
Olive Young
Emma McCarty
Helen Stowell
Helen Warren
Miss Bosworth
Helén
Henrietta Connery
Charlotte Young
Gertrude West
Helen Connery
Henriett Connery
Blanche
Display of gypsy moth life stages in window
Courtesy display shows gypsy moth life stages including eggs caterpillar chrysalis and both sexes. Stevens notes the pest has reached New England states and will progress from caterpillar to chrysalis to moth within weeks. Caterpillar stage causes damage. it feeds at night and hides by day under bark. Female moths cannot fly and males fly. race of colors blue then red mark the caterpillar.
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W. W. Stevens
Col
Daniel Stevens
Stevens
Massachusetts
Yale
Harvard
Obituary notices for DeWolf and James Cooke Manchester
Mrs Fannie R DeWolf aged 58 years 4 months died in this town July 8. James Cooke Manchester aged 58 years 8 months 17 days died in this town July 7.
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DeWolf
Fannie R. DeWolf
Manchester
James Cooke
Snuff Will at Somerset House Sets Fragrant Funeral
The will of Mrs. Margaret Thompson preserves a whimsical snuff tribute. She orders burial with handkerchiefs and the finest Scotch snuff to refresh mourners, six elderly women as bearers with snuff boxes, a minister with a pound of snuff leading, and bystanders receiving snuff every twenty yards plus two bushels at the door. The legacies hinge on exact fulfillment of these conditions.
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Margaret Thompson
Somerset House
England
St. James
Westminster
Testatrix
The Medicine She Wanted Village Dame Described Aches
A village dame recounts a sore throat. She and Mrs. Giles decide to send to the White Horse for three pence north of gin. She jokes that even if it fails, you cannot take it when dead.
Moats as Defensive Barriers in Medieval Castles
The excerpt explains how moats served as early defensive barriers before artillery. Water-filled moats could resemble lakes, sometimes 100 yards wide and 10 to 20 feet deep, crossed by a drawbridge that could be raised instantly. If the moat was too wide, a secondary wooden bridge was used to cover part of the distance.
Good For Evil coal man short weight dispute
A fragmentary exchange references a coal supplier accused of short weight and a counterclaim of overcharging. Names appear as Mrs Gawker and a man named John, with market terms like long-watt implied. The source conveys a local dispute tone with limited context.
Meditation on accepting hardship and learning wisdom
A reflective aphorism stresses that murmuring about one's condition reveals ignorance, while accepting it calmly leads to understanding and insight. The quote encourages inner peace as a path to comprehension and growth.
Operation Avoided By Using Lydia Pinkham’s Compound
A letter praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for female troubles, noting a doctor advised surgery but the patient improved after using the remedy. The article urges women with painful or heavy periods or pelvic symptoms to try the product and seek Mrs. Pinkham’s free advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhamm
Mancherston's Quiet Life Noted in Death Obituary
Mr Manchester, a quiet genial man with many friends, helped build Dreadnaught Hook and Ladder Co No 1 in 1900 and built his two story home that year. Funeral held at 2 o'clock on Constitution Street conducted by Rev Anton Owen. Interment at North Cemetery with a list of mourners including Lee Simmons and Taylor.
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Manchester
ELA Ee
BO Erin Caves
Joseph Gifford Lee Simmons
Henry FE. Card
Raymond F. Taylor
Martin J. Edmunds
Charles F.sanford
North Cemetery
Death of Mrs Fannie R DeWolf at Shaw's Lane
Mrs Fannie R DeWolf died Sunday at 9 am at her Shaw's lane home from inflammatory rheumatism. Born March 8 1852 in this town, she was the daughter of Mark A and Ruth DeWolf. Her son Raymond Augustus DeWolf died June 38. Funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 pm from her Shaw's lane residence.
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Fannie R.dewolf
Shaw’s Lane
DeWolf
Mark A
Ruth DeWolf
Raymond Augustus DeWolf
Shaw's Lane
Poole’s Famous Feat of Restoring Old Pages
Lucius Poole, brother of William Poole the librarian, was famed for restoring and repairing old documents. He lived in Boston with three collectors and matched old paper so neatly that flaws were invisible. His notable feat involved splitting a magazine page into four leaves, surpassing an English version, and his work circulated from clubs to Paris, impressing French collectors.
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Lucius Poole
William Poole
Mr. Poole
Poole
Q Century Magazine
Paris
Portland Advertiser
Not a Clerk But a Gentleman Now Hunter Responds
In a dramatic exchange cited by the Philadelphia Press Roxley storms that a daughter’s suitor cannot wed his heiress. Hunter replies that he resigned his clerkship the moment the daughter accepted him, asserting his new status as a gentleman.
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Roxley
Young Hunter
Philadelphia Press
Immigrant Spanish Arrivals Surge in Cuba in Early Year
Nearly ten thousand Spanish immigrants entered Cuba in the first quarter. Cuban consuls in Spain are mobilized as immigration agents to promote independence and wealth on the island, highlighting opportunities for settlers and investors.
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Cuba
Spain
Newport Carnival Week Plans Attract Summer Colony Leaders
Newport prepares for Carnival Week starting August 6 with Cornelius Vanderbilt and W K Vanderbilt among those serving on committees. Army navy officers back a large parade and hotels see strong inquiries. Yacht clubs from Maine to Connecticut will attend the King Edward cup race by the New York Yacht Club on August 8. A masked ball adds Mardi Gras style to Thursday night events with single 25 cent tickets.
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Newport
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Gerrys
W. K. Vanderbilt
Summer Colony
Army
Navy
Maine
Connecticut
New York
Hotel Arrivals at Belvedere and O' Wolf Inn
Recent guests include Mrs C E Briggs and George Briggs Jr in Providence. Others travel from New York Boston Newport and Philadelphia with names like Henry D Stanley J W Griffith H M Gardner and F M Barbour.
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O’ Wolf Inn
C. E. Briggs
George Briggs, Jr
Frank Rhodes Hunter
George B. Wright
E. S&s. Judkina
E. H. Anderson
Providence
C. S. Fischer
W. M. Fischer
R. BR. Fischer
New York
G. Walton
Walton
G. Carpenter
E. ©. Sherman and
Ostrer
Hotel Belvedere
Henry D. Stanley
Hz. H. Howze
Boy breaks forearm after tree branch snaps in Newport
Mark Samways aged about nine, of Newport, was visiting relatives on High street when a cherry tree branch broke and he fell about 20 feet. He suffered a double fracture of the forearm near the wrist and was treated by Dr. Cornelius J. Hasbroadck before being returned home the same day.
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Mark, Samways
Thomas Samways
Newport
James McGovern
High Street
Cornelius J. Hasbrodck
Advertised Letters for Week Ending June 7
List of advertised letters includes Nortin Gabrichon Levi Gerber Albert B Penno Mrs Wm Gibb Miss Helen Ames Miss Eva Demairai Foreign U Miura Ralli Luigi for the week ending June 7.
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Nortin Gabrichon
Levi Gerber
Albert B. Penno
Wm. Gibb
Helen Ames
Eva Demairai
U. Miura
Ralli Luigi
Cure a Cold in One Day Laxative Bromide Tablets
Advertising blurb claims a cold cure in one day using laxative bromide quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Sue’s signature appears on each box. Price listed as 25 cents.
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E.W. Sue
Mortgagee's Sale of Bristol Lot by Heirs of Nathan B Heath
Public auction set for July 17 1906 at twelve noon on the premises in Bristol Rhode Island. The sale follows a mortgage deed dated October 26 1881 to Martha D Gardner and involves property on Church Street bounded by current and former lands of St Michael's Church Samuel P Colt and Mary F Heath. The administratrix de bonis non with will annexed of Martha D Gardner declares intent to bid at sale or any adjournment.
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Elizabeth L. Heath
Lyman W.deane
Mary W.deane
Edwin L.heath
Gertrude M.heath
Nathan H. Heath
Sarah M. Heath
Arnold H. B. Heath
Emma B. Heath
Martha D. Gardner
Bristol
Rhode Island
Church Street
HR. I
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C. R. Burgess
Collins Street
R.L
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Sewer Commission
Bristol Sewer Commission
Eber Hill
Miriam P. Robb
Union Street
Bristol Dry Good Store
Newport & Providence Railway
Newport & Providence Railway CO
Puneral
New Zealand
Anon
Merkley
Miss Margret" Merkley
S Street
Milwaukee
Mia Margret Merkley
Borden
Eagle
Town Dock
Seaconnet
P. W. Almy
Bradford
Bristol, R. I
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