International fair at St Michael's Chapel draws crowd
The Ivy Guild hosted a bright International fair in St Michael's church chapel from 6 to 10 pm. Mrs A M Merriman and Miss Madeline Wyatt chaired the effort with many helpers. Booths featured nautical themes, Japanese fortune telling, flowers and confections, posters by Miss Lavinia Hodgkinson, and proceeds partly toward the church organ fund. A parade preceded a station gathering with firehouse displays and a seven piece National Band
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A M Merriman
C H Manchester
Madeline Wyatt
Evelin C Bache
Emmeline A Munoro
Sadie
Ella Baker
Clara Diman
Hope Moffitt
Freida Miller
Martha Graham
F.S Pratt
Benj. M. MacDonagall
Gertrude D. Crary
Mabel Norris
California
Emily G Munro
Florence Nelson
Mary Wheelwright
Marjorie Kendall
East Greenwich
Anita Caldwell
Nora Caldwell
United States
Lavinia Hodgkinson
Hodgkinson
Julia Bogert
Misses Case
Florence Archer
Chace
Primrose Colt
Eleanor Hodgkins
William Darling
Margaret Munro
Ruth Graham
Nellie Darling
Lois Munro
Helen Munro
Lida Pearse
Mary Perry
Annie E. Henderson
John Into
W P. Gladding
Nellie N. Read
Ethel Chapin
Providence
Viola Brown
Wallis E. Howe
Guild
Births Born to Howe and Roffee Families
In this town on July 21 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Arthur W Howe. On July 28 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Arthur P Roffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howsz
Arthur W. Howe
Rorrsz
Arthur P. Roffee
Obituaries for Gayton and Flood in East Providence and Town
Joseph P. Gayton died at 85 years in East Providence on July 22, son of Charles N. and Susanna H. Gayton, formerly of the town. James Flood died at the Soldiers Home in town on July 28 at age 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayton
Providence
Joseph P. Gayton
Charles N
Susanna H. Gayton
Fioop
Soldiers
James Flood
Hydraulions Celebrate Sixtieth Anniversary Parade
The Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company marked 60 years since its 1843 organization with an evening procession from High Street to Hope Street. The event featured historic engines, including Hydraulion No. 1 built in 1857, and a display of banners and torches, highlighting the town’s oldest fire company and its former state league champion status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
East Providence
Franklin and
High Streets
Benjamin Dorstrom
St Mary's Fife and Drum
Charles C. Wilson
John E Magee
Hydraulion Company
Hydraulion
Hope
Franklin
Dreadnaught Company
Edward I. Thompson
New England
Station
Hydraulion Engine and
Rhode Island State Firemen’s League
Daniel G Coggeshall
Richmond
New Bedford
Mass
Muaters
Button and Soo
Waterford
N. Y
Rhode Island State Firemen's League
Thomas J Milburn
High Street
Walley
Newedford
Hope Street
Fall River
Obituary of Joseph P Gayton of East Providence and Phillipsdale
Joseph P Gayton, 35, formerly of this town, died in East Providence after a weeks long illness. He worked with National India Rubber Co and later in Phillipsdale, belonged to Dreadnaught Hook and Ladder, and leaves a wife Grace Hilton, two children, and his parents. Funeral at 10 tomorrow at his East Providence home, Rev. John E. Blake presiding, burial in North Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph P Gayton
East Providence
Mr. Gayton
Bristol
Charles II
Susanoa [ Warner} Gayton
National India Rubber Co
Phillipsdale
Dreadnaught Hook, Ladder and Hose Company
Grace Hilton
James Hilton
Leonard Avenue
East
Providence
John E. Blake
M.E. Church of
North Cemetery
Soldier Home Veteran James Flood Dies Suddenly
James Flood a veteran of the Soldiers Home died yesterday afternoon from a hemorrhage while talking to a comrade. Irish native and Civil War private in Company B Eleventh New York Infantry for 3 years 3 months. A widower aged 76, admitted Aug 8, 1898. pension six dollars monthly. Funeral tomorrow at St Marys church 10 am with interment in the Soldier's plot at St Marys cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Flood
Ireland
Eleventh
New York Infantry
Providence
St. Mary’s Church
Infant Freeda Suzman Died at One Month in Lincoln Park
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Suzman sympathize with them in the death of their infant daughter Freeda E. Suzman who died Wednesday night at their Bradford street home. She was one month and one day old. Burial was held at the Hebrew cemetery, Lincoln Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred E. Suzman
Freeda E. Suzman
Bradford Street
Hebrew Cemetery
Lincoln Park
Hermida Launch Launched at MacNaught Yard for Hessenbuck
Hermida a 36 foot pew boat built for Herman Hessenbuck of Philadelphia, launched at MacNaught yards just after six. Miss Clements christened the Hermida, powered by a 14 hp Buffalo motor, with Capt Byron Yeaton as skipper and George Kenyon as engineer. A carrier pigeon release aimed to announce the Bar Harbor, Maine voyage but the bird flew inland and drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacNaught Bost
Herman Hessenbuck
Philadelphia
Hermida
Clements
Bar Harbor
Hessenbach
Byron Yeaton
George Kenyon
Catherine Pardee
Herreshoffs
D Wolf Inn Arrivals
Guests registered at the D Wolf Inn this week include Mrs G A Gardner Miss Josephine Schofield Crompton R I J M Alpaugh and wife Berton Jacobs D Robert Bruce Chester W Buxton Providence Mr and Mrs H M Clemence Worcester Mass Nellie A Wood Kingston N Y Mrs L R Holden Worcester Nathan A Bishop Jr Boston A Segers and wife London England M A Fowler and wife Poughkeepsie N Y Miss Marie E Bates Newton Mass Edward W Branson N Y Miss Margaret K Goodwin Pawtucket C E Webber Frank Smith Boston Henry S Taft Joseph Atkins and wife Brooklyn N Y
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D’wolf Inn
G. A. Gardner
Josephine Schofield
Crompton
R. I
J. M. Alpaugh
Berton Jacobs
D. Robert Bruce
Chester W. Buxton
Providence
H. M. Clemence
Worcester
Mass
Nellie A. Wood
Kingston
N. Y
L. R. Holden
Nathan A. Bishop, Jr
Boston
A. Segers
London
England
M. A. Fowler
Poughkeepsie
Marie E. Bates
Newton
Edward W. Branson
Margaret K. Goodwin
Pawtucket
C. E. Webber
Frank Smith
Henry S. Taft
Joseph Atkins
Brooklyn
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Said To Cure Piles
A testimonial from H A Tisdale of Summerton South Carolina claims DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured twenty years of bleeding and protruding piles after two boxes were used eighteen months ago. The ad promotes the salve as the best remedy for blind bleeding itching and protruding piles and notes its sale by W H Buffington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de- Witt
DeWitt
H. A. Tisdale
Summerton
S.C
W. H. Buffington
Pain Balm Heals Cuts and Prevents Blood Poison
Valuable time saved claim notes injuries can cause days lost and possible limb loss. Chamberlain's Pain Balm is an antiseptic liniment that heals cuts bruises and burns quickly without maturation and avoids blood poisoning. For sale by W. H. Buffington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
W. H. Buffington
DeWitts Little Early Risers Cure Constipation Ad
Just About Bedtime take a Little Early Riser it will cure constipation biliousness and liver troubles. DeWitts Little Early Risers are different from other pills. They do not gripe and break down the mucous membranes of the stomach liver and bowels but cure by gently arousing the secretions and giving strength to these organs. Sold by W. E. Bufington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
W. E. Bufington
Cardboard signs offered at Paanix office for sale
An assortment of signs including To Let For Sale Terms Cash and more is available at the Paanix office, each priced at ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paanix
State Street M E Church Notes Special Friday Meeting
Special meeting this Friday evening at the State Street M E Church classroom for spiritual counsel, inviting all interested in deepen ing and broadening religious experience. Sunday program includes morning devotionals, public worship, sermon on Secret Disciples, Bible school topic The King Dethroned, Epworth service at 6 30 on The Gospel in the Islands. Mrs Paull hosts a reception for the Missionary Society next Tuesday at Ferry Hill. Bake sale arrangements finalized for next Wednesday and all tickets should be reported to management by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Street M. E
Bible School
Islands
Paull
William Butler
W H. Thurber
Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Ferry Hill
Riverside Conductor Hurt As Ice Chest Falls On Leg
Fred Schurman of Riverside, a conductor on a Suburban car, was injured when a heavy ice chest he was helping to move fell on his leg. He slipped on a yielding substance in the road, breaking a small bone, and returned to Riverside for medical treatment after the accident on his car. Conductor Charles Sherman later took his place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schurman
Riverside
D. B. Coxe
Mortarman
Charles P. Sherman
Cholera Infaptum and Child Cure Claim
A brief notice touts cholera infantum as a dangerous disease but asserts it can be cured with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil. It promotes the product for sale by W. H. Baffington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
W. H. Baffington
Wedding Invitations and Announcements Offered Here
A Bristol Rhode Island notice advertises wedding invitations and announcements services. It boasts the latest styles, quick service, and ready supplies of paper and envelopes at Prance Office, 6 to 18 Bradford Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prance Office
Bradford Street
Bristol
R. I
Milking Stool and Farmhouse Vow Told in Playful Exchange
A playful dialogue reveals plans for marriage away from the city. She imagines becoming a farmer's wife on a small farm, while he agrees, noting her already ready milking stool adorned with plush ribbons. The exchange ends with mutual affection and practical dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Carlyle Advises Budding Writer To Shun Novels
In a 1866 letter Carlyle criticized most novels as poor reading and urged a young teller to set her own novel aside and avoid reading inferior works. He conceded he himself had begun to write a novel, though he warned against the popular form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
Moons in the Solar System Highlight Major Bodies
The article notes at least twenty moons in the solar system with Saturn housing eight. Titan is nearly twice the size of Earths moon, while Jupiter has four sizable moons. Europa Ganymede are mentioned, with Ganymede at 3,480 miles diameter and Earths Moon at 2,160 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solar System
Saturn
Titan
Jupiter
Europa
Ganymede
Village Fire Plans Mentioned In Simple Reply
A man applied for insurance on a village building near no fire engine. When asked about fire facilities, he answered that it rains sometimes, in a simple, humorous deflection.
Chamberlain's Liver Tablets Promote Digestion Health
For a lazy liver try Chamberlain's stomach and Liver Tablets they invigorate the liver aid digestion regulate the bowels and prevent bilious attacks Forsale by W H Baffington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Forsale
W.H Baffington
Public Auction of Samuel O. Pary Store Goods 1903
Public sale at the store formerly occupied by S Pary on Thames Street Bristol Rhode Island on Saturday August 1 1903 at 10 o clock in the morning. Auction includes stock of groceries and fixtures such as scales desk ice chest cash register and a full line of staple groceries. Goods must be removed the same day and payment is required at once. Per order WMT Donnell Assignee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S . Pary
Thames Street
Bradford
State Streets
Bristol
R. I
Samuel O. Pary
Wmt
Donnell
Request for Administratrix of Margaret McComb Estate
July 6 1903 court notice from Bristol Estate of Margaret McComb. Sarah E Tobin, next of kin, seeks appointment as Administratrix. Hearing set for August 3 1903 at 10:00 A M in Probate Court Room Bristol. Notice ordered to be published fourteen days weekly in Bristol Phoenix. Herbert F Bennett Probate Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Margaret McComb
Sarah E Tobin
Bristol Phoenix
Herbert F Bennett
Proce
William John
Alice Emma
Georgiana Bertha Crowley
James W. Crowley
Ellenora Crowley
Herbert F. Bennett
Lemuel C Richmond
Amos
Gorham
Pigeale Court
Ezekiel T. Turner
Mary R. Lassell
Pie
Margaret Lannon
What Fills the Eye of the Traveling Public pamphlet
An excerpt discusses a railroad pamphlet titled What Fills the Eye of the Traveling Public and hints at cinders and publicity. It notes Swatter and Primly in dialogue about a book published and the role of advertising in achieving wealth, urging persistence in promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H’m
Swatter
Five Branches of Dentistry Claim Superior Care
Dentistry offers five distinct branches with specialists for each. The practice argues that constant focus builds skill across all five areas, yielding gentler procedures, less pain, faster treatment, and lower prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consant
Gina
U S Dental Association Address and Manager Listed
The U S Dental Association located at 486 Westminster Street is identified with Hubert A Lewis D D S as manager. The notice lists the organization and the manager’s name and title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Dental Association
Westminster Street
Hubert A Lewis
D S
New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Electric Car Service
Electric car service of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad takes effect May 17, 1903, signaling a resumed or expanded urban transit option in the service area. The move promises improved streetcar coverage and scheduled operations for commuters and shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.Y
N.H & Hartford Railroad
Suburban Railway Electric Car Service Schedule
Regular service between Providence and Bristol detailed with weekday and Sunday departures. Weekday departures from Dorrance Weybosset begin 6 45 a m and run every 30 minutes to 7 15 p m then hourly to 11 15 p m with Bristol terminus departures at 6 19 a m and every 30 minutes to 8 48 p m then hourly to 10 49 p m 11 49 p m and 12 41 a m Riverside car house only. Sunday departures start 7 46 a m from Dorrance Weybosset and run every 30 minutes to 7 15 p m then hourly to 10 15 pm Bristol terminus at 6 49 a m then every 30 minutes to 6 49 p m then hourly to 9 49 p m 10 49 p m and 11 1 p m Riverside car house only Cas leaves Franklin street six minutes after terminus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Providence
Fall River
Fox Point
Dorrance and
Weybosset
Riverside
Cas
Franklin Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wolf Inn
Ayer
the Foundation of Health
WW. H. Bufflogton
Financial Reference
Industrial Trust Co
Union
Rhode Island
Samuel O Pary
William O'Nonnell
Easterbrooka’ Building
Horace Partridge & Co
J. F.farrally
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