Bryan and Kern Nominated by Democratic National Convention
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska secured the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at the Denver convention amid widespread enthusiasm after an all-night session. John Worth Kern of Indiana was named as vice president by acclamation in the afternoon as Rhode Island shift supported Kern with Connecticut and New York backing the ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
United States
Denver
William J. Bryan
Gov. Johnson
Judge Gray
Rhode Island
Bryan
Johnson
Mr. Bryan
John Worth Kern
Indiana
Jamesg. Higgins
Archibald McNeil
Connecticuut
Kern
Band Concert Fund Proposed for Bristol Community
A reader urges the Bristol editor to start a fund for band concerts to lift spirits and provide happiness amid hard times. The writer proposes 10c subscriptions from residents to build a music program, noting a population of over 1,000 and asking the public to consider contributing.
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Bristol
Bristol Post Office Notes on Mail Hours and Express Schedule
Local postal notes list Bristol post office hours for mails arriving and leaving at specific times each day including Sunday adjustments. Express service by Earle & Prew shows outward departures at 7:85 and 11:05 am 8:05 and 5:05 pm and inward arrivals at 7:45 and 11:45 am and 3:45 and 6:45 pm.
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Bristol
Earle & Prew
Bristol Town Notices and Local Snaps
Local Bristol items cover outings, lectures, a G A R excursion vote, church and club events, visitors, travel plans, and a missing girl alert. Entries note Shakesperian lectures for charity, Sunday school outings to Hants Mills, and a tennis tournament, with brief police notices and a large U. S. rubber poncho order.
Open Regatta at Bristol Yacht Club Saturday
Open regatta organized with Naragansett Bay Yacht Racing Association. Three handicap divisions for sloops and yawls and two for car boats. Division A includes P and S classes with Commodore’s caps, Division R for 21 foot class with Rear Commodore’s cap, plus Division B and C ratings. Entries urged to W. B. Miller, secretary, 601 Hanigan building, Providence.
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Bristol Yacht Club
Naragansett Bay Yacht Racing Association
Handicap Association
W. B. M. Miller
Hanigan Building
Providence
Horace S. Peck
Walter S. Almy
Woolen Manufacturers Meet on Nantasket Bay
Saturday a meeting of the directors and members of the American Association of Woolen and Worsted Manufacturers was held at the Narragansett Hotel Providence. Joseph H. Fletcher presided and guests toured aboard the steam yacht Carmina. The group sailed down the bay, anchored at Squantum Club, and enjoyed a shore dinner. The association, only about 18 months old, represents the bulk of the U S woolen industry with over 2 0 0 members and capital exceeding 300 000 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Woolen and Worsted Manufacturers
Narragansett Hotel
Providence
Joseph HK. Fletcher
Mr. Fletcher
Fletcher
Carmina
United States
His Dance. Italian Organ Grinder Arrested for Disturbance
A street organ grinder refused to move from the irascible elderly man's doorway during a quarrel. The Italian, who claimed he did not understand English, was arrested after the magistrate noted the motions meant he should leave. The grinder claimed the old man came to dance.
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London Tatler
Pleasantly Entertained at Miss Chablinski’s Home
A large gathering of youths surprised Miss Augusta Chablinski on Mount Hope avenue in honor of her niece Miss Card. The evening featured numerous musical numbers including vocal solos by Miss Lavey and Miss White, piano and instrumental performances, and a reading. Guests came from Providence Falls River Hoston Centerdale Olneyville and New York.
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Hope Street
Warren
Augusta Chablinski
Mount Hope Avenue
Miss Card
Katherine Lavey
Sweet Home
Mary Lavey Buck
Wing Danone
John McMahon
Thomas Head Vodal
Home Sweet Home
Cleates Hamill
Tony Velleca
Grover Christie
Thomas Lavey, Jr
Tony Vetleca
Thomas Lavey
Henry Velleca
Joseph Doran
Kate Lavey
Uats
Katherine White
Augusta Gablinski
Mary White
Providence
Falls River
Hoston
Centerdale
Olneyville
New York
Sunday School Workers Opening at East Greenwich Academy
The Rhode Island Summer School for Sunday School Workers prepares for its formal opening at East Greenwich Academy with a strong faculty from New York Philadelphia and Chicago. Enrollment breaks records for the fall week as Rhode Island and surrounding states send students and teachers to daily lectures on religious psychology Bible courses and missionary topics under Willard B. Witson and Rev OU. A. Stenhouse.
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Phoawnix
Rhode Island
Gy B. In
Renoon
East Greenwich Academy
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
Taunton
Marlboro
Nashua
N. H
R. I
Uspiers
R. I. Sunday School Association
Willard B Witson
OU. A. Stenhouse
Mra. Ms&s. Lamoreaux
Henry T. Fowler
Brown University
Residence Break-In At Miramar Estate
Lewis Herrenshoff supervising the opening of Miramar, the summer residence of Fransisco B. de Wolf, found a section of a second floor harbor side window removed and the sash raised. The thief’s entry path suggests climbing a pillar. Police searched with Herrenshoff. valuables were secured in a safe deposit vault before de Wolf’s fall departure for Europe. Awaiting de Wolf’s arrival from New York to confirm missing items. he sails from Cherbourg aboard the Kaiser William II and will reach New York today. He will visit Bristol on Thursday morning, accompanied by his chauffeur while Mrs. de Wolf stays in France. He plans a six week stay at Miramar before returning to Europe.
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Lewis Herrenshoff
Miramar
Fransisco B. deWolf
Morrissey
Herreshoft
de Wolf
Europe
New York
Cherbourg
France
Metropolis
Bristol
Mr. de Wolf
Italian Community Plans Mount Carmel Feast Celebration
Italian residents prepare for the Feast of the Virgin of Mount Carmel with events over two days. A Friday illumination and band concert on Wood Street, a Saturday mass at St Marys, a parade, athletic games, fireworks, and multiple societies participating. Committee members include Arcangelo Riccio Giuseppe Messina and others.
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Mount Carmel
National India Rubber Company
Wood Street
Bradford Street
Italian Association
Principessa Elena di Napoli Society
Giuseppe Garibaldi Society
Columbia Hall
la Banda Dei Bersagtieri
Provience
St. Mary's Church
Arcangelo Riccio
Giuseppe Messina
Uiiscenzo Della Morte
Francesco Velleca
Tommaso Panza
Alfonzo Salzano
Advertised Letters for Week Ending July 11 1908
Advertised letters list includes O A Rosengren Felice Pisani Manuel Travisb Mrs Henry Kay Mrs Mary Harris Miss Louise Hatten Joao Travarros Michoros Jose Jacintho de Andrade Dieco Lanza Anicas Pereira Cabral Adele Crigsenolo Filippa Durlin Manoel Vietra Maciel Mrs Whitehead packages Clement H Varney David Spichter.
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O. A. Rosengren
Felice Pisani
Manuel Travisb
Henry Kay
Mary Harris
Louise Hatten
Joao Travarros Michoros
Jose Jacintho de Andrade
Dieco Lanza
Anicas Pereira Cabral
Adele Crigsenolo
Filippa Durlin
Manoel Vietra Maciel
Whitehead
Packages
Clement H. Varney
David Spichter
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Bristol Phanix
Bristol County
R. J
Farrally Brothers Propretors
Jj. F. Farrally., Eoitor
Phoenix
Phoenix News
Tex Phoenix
H. T. Peterson
Wm. F
Wood's
High St
Hasbrouck
Charles Jamial
R. H. Dunbar
Juniper Hill Cemetery
Mrs. Dunbar
Bryan and Kern
Fader
Phanesr
Dodge & Camfield
Exchange Place
Peirce Shoes
Peirce
Lisle
Thos.f.peirce & Son
Dorrance and
Westminster Corner
R. 1
Bristol and Vicinity
Bristol Post Office
Sunday Mails
to&Sp
South Door
Church St. House
Babbitt Post. No
Smith's
William Manchester
Cornelia
Clara
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Mary Manchester
Sunnyside Avenue
Annie W. Dana
Florida
Marion County
Lester Beals
May Congdon
H M. Remington
State Street
Eagar C Abbott
Charles B. Rockwell
Dr. Abbott
State Street M. E. Church
Epworth League
Lillian M. Nicholas
O. R. Siegel
A W. Place
O. S. Fischer
Samuel W. Church
Sourth
Meriden
Elia Kiley
Fall River
Marguerite Head
Richmond Street
Miss Rose Clark
Suzman's
Charles M. Thomas
Newport
Suanday
Augustus V. Connery
James K
Daffy
Atlantic City
J. L Chapman
Ridgefield, Conn
Sumer
Howe Cottages
C.I
W. M. Fischer
Eva Jerry
Pawtucket
Marguerite Stokes
Franklin Street
Michael Donorowiz
Arctic Mill
Arctic
First Congregational
Hants Mills
Mount Hope Park
Newport Harbor
Joshua Slocum
Lanfares Cove
Branford
National India Rubbber Company
Army
Navy
Bristol Aerie
Aerie Rooms
Grand Army Hall
Aerie
New England Eagles
James J Concrery
John Hancock Insurance Company
New York City
Connery
Little's Narrows
Henry Carpenter
Attleboro
Emma P. Williams
Ethel Letts
South Boston
John Platt
Prof. Monette
Cambridge
Charles Child
Edgar Dow
Hodges
Bay View Avenue
Amonth
Manuel Castro
Joseph Flynn
Joseph Victoria
John Terra
Josephlynn
Castro
Victoria
M, Gastro
Suzman’s
Albert
Tiverton
Raymond Brightman
Niantic
R. L
Belle Munroe
Dorothy Gilmore
Eleanor Benson
H. F. Bennett
Marion Suzman
F. BE. Suzman
Woman's Auxiliary of
The
Lawless Pier
Louise Lawless
KR. H. Danbar
John Nelson West
Summer Street
Mount Wachusett
Princeton
Mass
West
John Fretas
John Street
John Lake
Annie Doummassand
Constitution Street
Amief
Sha
Twe
New Haven
Beecham
Town Wharf
L. B. Bradford
Church Street
Margaret J. Dunbar
Woodstreet
R.I
R. H Dunbar
Juniper Lane
Thomas F. Robinson
Aissue
Burton Street
Noyes Avenue
Brownell Co
Bristol Public Market
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