Hope Street Elm Cutting Ends In Delayed Delay
Editorial notes a rumor of a subscription to fund band and fireworks for the Elm tree removal at Colt Memorial High School. The piece mocks the lengthy 4 week effort to fell the tree and questions paying the three workers, claiming the job could have been completed in a day with minor lawn damage and small repair costs.
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Hope Street
Colt Memorial High School
Woodman
Council
Bradford Street
Providence Journal Corrects on Reliance and Constitution Builders
In response to a cor respondent question the Providence Journal stated that the Herreshoffs built only the Reliance and did not build the Constitution. The paper also suggested updating its yachting information collection.
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Herreshoffs
Reliance
Providence Journal of Sunday
Farm workers vanish with cash on Wardwell estate
Virginia Rocha reports to Capt. Dwyer that two farm hands on Judge H. O. Wardwell’s estate disappeared last week with about 88 dollars in harvest cash and with 26 belonging to Gloria Rocha and 250 belonging to John Mederros. One thief is described as a Frenchman known in Warren. search efforts continue.
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Virginia J. Rocha
H. O. Wardwell
W. T. VU. Wardwell
Capt. Dwyer
Gloria Rocha
John Mederros
Warren
Bristol Post Office Mails Arrive and Close Times
Mails arrive at 7.00 10.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 7.16 p m. Mails close at 7.40 9.00 11.30 a m 2.00 6.00 7.15 p m. Sunday mails arrive 8.0 a m and close 4.50 p m. Office hours Sunday 9.80 to 10.80 a m. Sunday mail from carriers racks at south door 9.80 to 10.80 a m.
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South Door
Express timetable for Bristol departures and arrivals
Earle and Prew express lines list outward departures at 7.50, 11.20, 3.20 and 4.20 p.m. and inward arrivals at 8.00, 12.00 a.m., 3.00 and 7.00 p.m. with Bristol service times noted.
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Bristol
Earle & Prew Express
Local notes about Bristol Narrows residents and visitors
Mrs. Isaac Gorham hosted by ex Counc ilman and Mrs John L Gladding in Bristol Narrows. Calbraith B Perry of Met Life in Jersey City spends two weeks vacationing with local relatives and friends. John Holmes travels to Knightsville for sister Annie Quigley wed ding to J J McCarty. John J McElvogue resumes night operator duties after ten days in New York. Receipts for house rent sold at Phoenix office. New Sea Food Market invites shoppers at Kunze Block State St. Rev John McVay spent time in southern Connecticut and lobster fishing on Long Island Sound. C A Zabriskie hosts dinner at Hotel Belvedere with Swift family and Miss S Ely. Pardon T Henney and Susie Peters take two weeks vacation from National Indie Rubber Co. Dan iel McVay family return from Bristol Narrows cottage. Captain Edward Sherman sails to Brockville Canada. Capt George H Bush to cover lighthouse duties. Mrs R E Zabriskie and Msgr S Ely return from Hotel Belvedere. Sea Food Market owner O A Zabriskie runs business. Sign of the Brig tea room at Lawless Pier opens for summer, first week run by Miss Colt. Road oil applied on several streets by highway superintendent. State Street M E Church Sunday school excursion August 3 on steamer Sagamore to Rocky Point then return. James T McKevitt thanks Town Council for new incandescent light on Bourn Avenue.
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Calbraith B. Perry
Jersey City
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
John Holmes
Knightsville
Phoenix
New Sea
Kunze Block
State St
John McVay
State Street
M.E
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
C. A. Zabriskie
Belvedere
Swift
Warren
R E. Zabrinskie
S Ely
Hackensack
N. J
Pardon T Henney
National Indie Rubber Company
Susie Peters
Daniel McVay
Tanonton
Bristol Narrows
Mr.McVay
State Street M. E
Edward Sherman
Bristol Ferry
Sherman
Brockville
Canada
George H. Bush
Capt. Sherman
Sea Food Market visits and engagements in Bristol
Local society notes report visits of Mr. and Mrs. Janes McShane of Boston and Mrs. Lillian Persone of Washington to Bristol relatives. Engagements include Isabel Cabot and Rae McMillen, with a October wedding planned. St Michael's Church to donate chancel items to Hugo Oklahoma chapel. St Andrew's Club members and Ivy Guild activity noted. A Newport excursion by St Michael's Church is announced, and a Bristol woman resumes church service duties as organist substitute. An accident on a Bristol-Warren trolley injures Herbert Goldwright. several residents are mentioned in social updates and market ads for Sea Food Market at 51 State Street.
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Janes- McShane
Boston
Belapot Golf Club
Lillian Persone
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth O. Paull
Bristol
Harold Payson
Marshall
Penn
Minnie O’w. Perry
Suzman’s
Antonio Matrone
Palma Cavallaro Gravado
St. Michael’s Church
East Providence
Isabel Cabot
Rae McMillen
New York
John Temple Drury
New Sea
State Street
Hope Street
Mira Tourjee
Westerly
Charles
Cummings
Bristol Neck
Emma Williams
Pawtucket
Arthur T. Newman
Ruth B. Eddy
George H. Clowes
Jesus Lover
MacDougall
F. M. Dimond
Herbert L
Thomas Morrissey
Providence
New London
Scully
Morrissey
George H.perkins
First Baptist Church
St. Michael's Church
Newport
Rocky Point
Baltimore
Church Street
Wardwell
Luce
Fire In Barrington Destroys Barns And House
A Warren fire alarm at about 6 80 o clock led to a blaze in Barrington causing the destruction of an oil stove house owned by Arnold B E Covell at Hampton Meadows and a barn on Leonard H Weat property. The fire spread to a nearby roof but Walter St Nichol's house was saved. A bucket brigade formed before Warren engine arrived but the flames overwhelmed the structures. Insurance covers the loss. Train service on the Consolidated and Suburban lines paused about 40 minutes due to the fire.
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Warren
Barrington
Arnold BE. Covell
Hampton Meadows
Leonard H. Weat
Walter St. Nichol
Cowell
Woman orders brutal wood-splitting mission during lunch
A woman with a determined look demands that an ax be used to split wood before lunch. Plodding Pete protests that women are unreasonable, claiming wood is not as easy to split as an infinitive.
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Pete
Folklore Quote Highlights Voice Over Conscience
Uncle Eben remarks that judging a man by appearances fails and some folks value a fine voice over a clear conscience. The saying reflects street wisdom and rural humor about character and performance.
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Uncle Eben
Fragmentary note on bowel health and neglect
The unreadable OCR fragment discusses bowels and neglect, implying sickness. It mentions regu au and Sew od in garbled form, with no clear names, dates, or places to anchor a specific event or article detail.
Probate Court Session Extends Estate Inventories
Probate Court presided by Judge Hezekiah O Wardwell continued inventories for the estates of Michael J O Rourke and Elizabeth BeBT to August. The administrator’s account for Robert Newbold’s estate was received and ordered. Gertrude EB QChurch was appointed guardian of Sarah Elizabeth LeDieu, full age, bond set at 3000 with Fidelity Deposit Co of Maryland, appraisers named Frank M Drmond, Howard W Church, James Q Church.
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Hezekiah O. Wardwell
Michael J. O'Rourke
Elizabeth Be BT
Robert Newbold
Gertrude EB
Sarah
Elizabeth LeDieu
Fidelity & “Deposit Co
Maryland
Frank Mdrmond
Howard “W. Church
James QO
Church
Widow Susan T. Smith Dies at 74 in Bristol Neck
Mrs Susan T Smith widow of George J Smith died Sunday evening at her daughter Mrs Charles I Sanford Bristol Neck in her 75th year Survived by daughters Mrs Catherine Connolly and Mrs Sanford and son Raymond P Smith The funeral at 230 pm tomorrow from Mrs Sanford Bristol Neck residence
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Susan T. Smith
George J. Smith
Thomas Peabody
Charles I
Mary A T Gladding dies after long illness
Mary A T Gladding died yesterday morning about five o'clock at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Edward Nichols on the Asylum road She was in her eighty eighth year and had resided here since childhood Her husband Edward T Gladding died in 1862 She leaves a daughter Mrs Edward T Y Nichols and a son Jesse Gladding of Providence The funeral will be held tomorrow morning from the home on the Asylum road Rev William R Trotter will officiate and burial will be at North Comet Cemetery
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Mary A. T. ‘Gladding
Hier
Edward
Nichols
Asylum
Dad Sheen
Min G
Wss
Westport
Mason
Ste
Edward T Gladding
Edward TY. Nichols
Jesse Gladdings
Providence
Daugter
Asylum Road
William R. Trotter
Bee
Comrade Peter H. Kelley Dies at Soldiers' Home
Comrade Peter H. Kelley of the Soldiers Home died yesterday afternoon at about 8 o clock from heart disease. Though treated for heart trouble he remained active on the grounds before collapsing in the pavilion. He entered the Home from Providence on October 1, 1908 and served in Company A, Third Rhode Island Heavy Artillery during the Civil War.
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Peter H. Kelley
Kelley
Providence
Rhode Island Heavy Artillery
Advertised Letters for Week Ending July 17 1908 Bristol Redhooke to Boccardo
Advertised letters list for the week ending July 17 1908 includes names such as Mrs Chadwick Mrs Collins Mrs Starkweather Miss McKeon Miss Curry and others. Foreign entry Francesco Boccardo appears among the list of names.
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Bristol
Redhooke
Chadwick
Geo
W., Andrews
H. Collins
Gustavus Starkweather
K. McKeon
Gladys Curry
Francesco
Boccardo
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Bristol County
Farrally
Your
Phenix News
Jan Poornr
H. T. Peterson
Briggs
H. M Darling
W. Fred Fish
Irving Smith
Richard Quirk
Ralway
R. L State College
Editorial
Dodge & Camfield, Importers and Grocers
Exchange Place
R. I
Aussia Peirce Shoes
F.peirce & Son
Dorrance and
Westminster Corner
Bristol Post Office
Sunday Mails
Isaac Gorham
John L. Gladding
R. E. Zabriskie
Msgr S. Ely
Lawless Pier
Thames
High Streets
Hope
Franklin Street
Thames Street
Oliver
U Constitution
Sagamore
James T. McKevitt
Bourn Avenue
Mr. McKevitt
Miss Hamill
MR. Fischer
Miss Archer
William M. Fischer
R. W. Nelson
Nelson
Fischer Nelson
Misa Mollie Hamill
Outa
Miss Colt
J. L. Coggeshall
W. E. Howe
J. F. Far
Fischer
Hamill
W. M. Fischer
BE. A. Barrows
Miss Wheelwright Deences
Ele Wyatt
Miss Reynolds
DF Fischer
Terd Sey
Nets DF Fischer
Probate Court
Susan’ ‘T. Smith
Mises Mary A. T. Gladding
Peter Hi. Kelley
G. W
Simmons
Undertakers
Emma E. Carey
Telephone
Constitution Street
Agriculture, Engineering
Applied Sciences
Howard Edwards
Kingston. R.I
Frank St. Vincent
Rebecca B. St. Vincent
Cole Street
Fox Hill Cottage
Nehemiah
Cole
R. I. Latham
Lerdoms
Albert A. Baker
Providence, Re
Jey Joly
RB. I
Sundar
Herman
Thiele
Europe
Casculars
Herbert Low Church
Brest
Hease
Rogers and Allen’s School of Business
Fall River, Mass
Coggeshall
Collins
Tiverton
Bristol Public Shoe
John Mike
Dro
Kodaks
Brownies
Century
PREMO
Fastman Co
Azo
Pons
Sparks
C.-A. Zabriskie
Seana
Bas
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