Rhode Island Public Laws January Session 1904 Summary
A dense excerpt lists acts from the Rhode Island General Assembly of 1904, including salary provisions for committees, validating a notary, amendments to prison and public institutions law, sanitary requirements for foundries, and broad appropriations for state government offices, courts, militia, and health and education departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Senate
House
Joint
Committee On Accounts and
Eithher House
Frank Craig
Providence
Rhode Island
Cranston
House of Correction
Clerk Assistance and Salaries Derived From General Assembly
List of clerical support and salaries for various state offices in Newport and Providence counties, including clerical aid for appellate and common pleas divisions, insurance commissioner, state returning board, law library, and multiple agencies. Also details pay and mileage for general assembly members, clerks, deputies, doorkeepers, pages, stationery, and approved accounts. Attest signed by Secretary of State Charles P Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of State
Supreme Court
Public Schools
Providence
Newport
Bristol
Kent
Washington
County of Providence
Common Pleas
County of Newport
County of
County of Kent
Common Pleas Division
District Court
First Judicial District
Second Judicial District
Third Judicial District
Fourth Judicial District
Fifth Judicial District
Sixth Judicial District
Seventh Judicial District
Twelfth Judicial District
Rhode Island Militia
State Board of Health
Secretary of State Board of Soldiers’ Relief
Commissioner of Industrial Statistices
Insurance Commissioner
Appellate Division
The
Board of Harbor Commissioners
State Returning Board
Attorney-General
Commissioners OF
Shell Fisheries
New
State House
District Court of the First Judicial District
Rhode Island Miltts
Newport County
Clerk of Common Pleas Division
Providence County
Law Library
General Assembly
Senate
House of Representatives
Charles P Bennett
Garden of Eden in Armenia Crucial River Names Explain
The article argues that the garden of Eden described in Genesis was planted in Armenia. It links the river in the Bible to four heads named as Fison, Gibon, Hiddekel, and Euphrates, with Hiddekel identified as the Tigris and the others tied to Aras and Kur. Armenia is called the land of four rivers and cradle of the human race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armenia
Fison
Gibon
Hiddekel
Euphrates
Tigris
Aras
Kur
Armenian
Adam
Halg
Japheth
Queer Definitions in 17th Century Dictionaries
The Bailey dictionary of 1674 defines colibus as a tiny humming bird that makes a whirling noise feeds on dew and carries musk like scent. It also describes loriot as a bird that cures jaundiced onlookers yet dies itself. Delpino's 1703 entry calls the leopard a swift fierce yellow beast with a sweet savor that lures and devours others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delpino
Lleopard
Dead Men Food In Yucatan Pie Tradition
The article describes a Yucatan practice where offerings to departed souls include a corn crust pie filled with tender chicken and pork. Wrapped in banana leaves, it is baked underground between hot stones and left on graves or hung from trees. After a short time, the living may retrieve and eat the pies, believing the souls have drawn the ethereal portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yucatan
Where Latin Is Still Spoken In The Balkans
In the central Balkans a mountaineer community between Bulgaria Serbia and Turkey preserves a Latin tongue from ancient Roman times. Isolated descendants never mixed with neighbors, keeping original traits and a Latin speech that even classic scholars can largely comprehend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkans
Bulgaria
Servia
Turkey
Fishing Downstream Observations From Outing
A clipped reflective note on fishing, describing fish facing upstream, noses pointing against the current, eyes scanning for what the water delivers. The text contrasts natural flies with lures and hints at anglers mimicking true fly behavior.
Cupid Rehearsal Sparks Dream Proposal Dialog
In a playful back and forth the couple performs a rehearsal of proposal lines. She replies calmly that she has often dreamed of being proposed to, while he assures her he did not seem surprised. The exchange captures a light hearted moment from a Detroit Free Press item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Turkish women eat rose leaves with putter for plumpness
A brief strange item reports Turkish women consuming rose leaves alongside a putter as a method to achieve plumpness. The note identifiers cultural wellness practices with no further context or authorities cited.
Not Suitable Photos Sparks Marital Exchange
A humorous clipping from Woman's Journal quotes a wife criticizing recent photographs of her husband. She fumes that he resembles an ape, prompting the witty reply that she should have considered that before the pictures were made.
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LY A
ATUL
Dillon & Douglass
New Haven
Hartford
Conn
Board of State Charties and Corrections
Evers
Secretary of the State Returning Board
Secretary OF Commissioners OF Inland Fisheries
Secretary of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries
Iranz Gauswein
Wesbaden
Germany
Lyman Brown
N. Y. City
R. I. Drug Co
Hope Street
Rhode Island Historical Society
Newport Historical Society
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Prisoners’ Aid Association
Saint Vincent de Paul Infant Asylum
the Garden of Eden
Dental Association
Westminster Street
Providence, R. I
Hubert A Lewis
West Africa
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
Edward Babbitt
State Equitable
App Fost
BE. I
Barton
Buffinton
State OF Rhode Island &c. Supreme Court
William E. Norris
Frank M. Wardwell
William C. Norris
High Street
Providence Daily Journal
State
Tol
Westminister Street
R. J
John Henshaw
Providence, Sc
Winthrop A. Goodno
John Norris
William
C. Norris
Jabez Holmes
Gilbert T. Norris
Provience
Bristol Pheente
Ked
Joan Henshaw
Smith
Feasterbrook
S. B. Paull
G. M. Wilbur
Y. M.C
Mrs. Williams
the Waldron-Brownell CO
Bradford Street
Fles
M. Fleming Everett West
Staples Coal Company
Brisel
Cas
Franklin Lyken
N. N. Cole
A. W. Orgelman
State Street
Joseph L. Buffum
Hope ST
Trip
P. Lawton’s
Touro
Spring and
Barney Streets
State OF
Providence Plantations
District Court of the Fifth Judicial District
R I
Wood Street
Thames Street
Orrin L. Bosworth
Justice
Paoxnxe
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