Society Wedding Attracts Notable Guests In Newport
A Newport society wedding drew an extensive guest list with attendees from New York Philadelphia and Boston. Among the notables were Potter Sr Mrs George Smith Dr and Mrs H A Hare Miss Keasbey Miss Shaw Arthur Whitney Howe Jr and Mrs M L D Aldrich plus numerous other families and dignitaries.
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William Gammell
Frank A. Sayles
Henry D. Sharpe
E. Bruce Merriman
Murray S. Danforth
Rush Sturges
G. Maurice Congdon
Paul Kruger Died in 1904 and Buried in Pretoria
Paul Kruger died July 14 1904 at Clarens near Veney on Lake Geneva for health reasons and was buried in Pretoria the following December. His wife had died there in 1901 while under Lord Roberts custody and her grave contains her husband’s body.
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Paul Kruger
Clarens
Veney
Lake of Geneva
Pretoria
Union of South Africa
Kruger
Europe
Tn Lord Roberts
Tald
Hydraulicon Company’s 60th Anniversary Parade July 1903
July 22 1903 celebrations included a parade and social at the station Franklin High streets crowds gathered to view the procession. Ben Dorstrom led with a red lit fireman's axe followed by St Mary's Fife and Drum Band Chief Charles C Wilson and John F Magee. Hydraulion Company 80 men with engines built in 1836 and 1857 led the march, pulled by horses along with the new white blue gold base wagon. The State Firemen's League banner was carried by Thomas J Milburn. Four young women planned an Island Park outing after staying in a cottage there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hydraulicon Company
Franklin and
High Streets
Agiow
Ben Dorstrom
St Mary’s
Charles C. Wilson
John F. Magee
Hydraulion Company
Daniel G Coggeshall
Richmond
New Bedford
Masters
Button and Son
Waterford
Hydraulion
State Firemen’s League
Thomas J Milburn
Eleventh Anniversary of Babbitt Women's Relief Corps No 19
The department officers and seventeen charter members celebrated the Eleventh Anniversary of the Babbitt Women’s Relief Corps No 19 in 1892 style with history recitals, patriotic quentations, and an AV program. Officers present included Mira Olney and Emma Carey with Hattie Ford as past president, and Annie Marchant as press representative.
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Babbitt Women’s Relief Corps
Mira Olney
Emma F. Carey
Babbitt Corps
Kanly A Hunter
Annie P Marchant
Hattie Ford Ato
Irs Cares
Cha Kenyon
Fadye Hunter
Cary
Origin of the South Seas Name in Pacific History
The passage explains how Balboa first viewed the Pacific in 1513 and named it el Mer del Sur. It notes early English usage in the plural to refer to southern waters and cites Thorpe’s 1528 letter to Henry VII. In English literature the term South Seas refers to waters south of the equator.
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Pacific Ocean
South Sea
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Darien
el Mer del Sur
Sea of the
South
Balbon
Pacific
Thorve
Henry VII
South Seas
Indies
Occidentall
Equator
South Sea Islands
Ingenuity in Bedside Tech A Pittsburgh Man Invents More
A Pittsburgh man who already built a bedroom device to open a door and switch off lights while in bed adds another invention. While lying and listening to radio he holds a weight with a cord to his radio control. If he falls asleep the weight drops and activates the radio off.
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Pittburgh
Named for Discoverer on Juan Fernandez Island
The Spanish navigator discovered the island in 1563 and claimed it. He established a small settlement of sixty Indians and attempted to set up a fishing station. He sailed away, leaving goats that have since become the island’s principal inhabitants.
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Juan Fernandez
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A. A. Edmonds CO
Tel
Hope Street
Bristol, R. I
National Association ‘Insurance Agents
Studebaker
Erskine
Studebaker Commander Regal
Studebaker President
Studebakers
Dictator
High Street Garage
Bristol
Phoenix Files
Kate Galvin
Maggie McCart
Lena Munro
Julia Clifford
Kate Murphy
Rosa Gravelle
Lizzie Breen
Island Park
Prane
Woorobash
Bessie Cares
Mira Olnes
Hattie Ford
YOMCN
Discoverer
Arragansett Nelectric Company
S.b.swan
P.j.wilson
The
New England Power Association
BgzBiock
Waldron Company
Bradford Street
Steelcote Manufacturing Co
St. Lewis
Phoenix
Newman Bros
Bennett
S. S. Pierce
Huntley and Palmer's
Ferry-Cliffe Farm
Jersey
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