Local Notes and Social Items From Wilbour Mansion To Pigeon Ring
Carpenters finished work on the Wilbour mansion this Saturday. Several residents and visitors are noted including Miss Adaline Baxter of Providence, Miss Lillie Nichols and Miss Ella Blakeslee on a Plymouth trip, and Miss Hattie Fales heading to Manasquan New Jersey. The Epworth League held a literary and musical event, a prize baby show awarded Walter Luscomb’s infant, and various tradesmen reported injuries and activities at local mills and yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babbitt Relief Corps
Adaline Baxter
Providence
D. 4
Neylan
Hope Street
Lillie F. Nichols
Ella Blakeslee
Plymouth
Mass
Fred B. Blaisdell
Frank Chaffee
Cadman’s Neck
Epworth League
State Street
M. E. Church
Lynn
Walter A. Luscomb
George Luscomb
Cottage Street
Howard J. Sherman
U. S. Government Printing Department
Bristol Needs A Well Kept Hotel In Summer and Winter
A Bristol hotel would draw summer boarders and winter travelers, with bayside sites near the depot and landing. The town discusses an eligible hotel site, recent local events include a school board update, a marriage, a camp meeting report, and notes on local business openings and postal directions.
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Bristol
Rhode Island
Warren
Newport
Pleasant Highland House Retreat in Vermont
A writer from July 20 1894 praises Highland House in the mountains near Bristol Vermont. The 145 acre farm offers spacious rooms fine parlor dining and superb meals with spotless air and no flies or mosquitoes. Proprietor D D Wait and his wife are described as courteous knowledgeable hosts.
State Fair to Expand Public School Exhibit and Premiums
Rhode Island Public School Department plans a large enlargement of the State Fair exhibit with increased premiums. Entries must be sent by September 18. open to all Rhode Island public schools with exhibitor tickets issued. Emphasis on plant, wood, insect, mineral, literature, map drawing, and kindergarten works to showcase statewide scholastic achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Kintergarden
United States
DeWolf Camp Names New Captain and Staff
A meeting of James F. DeWolf Camp Sons of Veterans at Grand Army Hall elected Frank Wilson as captain to fill the vacancy from Capt W S Kenney. His staff includes First Lieut Thomas Smith McKeon and 2d Lieut Geo B Ebbitts, with Sergeants and guards named for duties and Chaplain W B Blaisdell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. DeWolf
Sons of Veterans
Grand Army Hall
W.S. Kenney
Frank Wilson
Thomas Smith McKeon
Geo. B. Ebbitts
Oliver B. Blaisdell
Frank Munro
John B. Newman
Walter E. Simmons
Frank Slade
John Reed
W. B. Blaisdell
Wm. M. Gorham
Mr J A Renwick Visits His Father in Ferry Road
Mr J A Renwick of Flushing L I arrived here on Tuesday for a visit with his father residing on Ferry Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Renwick
Flushing, L. J
Ferry Road
Obituary: Daniel D. Reed Dies in California at 75
Daniel D. Reed, formerly of Bristol Rhode Island, died June 16 1894 at Santa Clara California aged 75 years 1 month and 24 days. Born April 22 1819 in Bristol he joined Advent revival work after 1842 and preached across the Midwest and West. He married Charlotte White in 1842 who died 1863 then Martha Steere in Minneapolis in 1868. He labored with Elder Bellows and I S Leslie among others and helped fund a mission house in Memphis. He moved to California in 1869 with his wife and supported missionary efforts along the coast until illness and a lung condition weakened him. He died after seven weeks in bed with faith in Jesus and a sense his work was done.
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Santa Clare
California
Daniel D. Reed
Bristol R. I
Bristol
B. I
Pardon Kenney
M. E. Church
Charlotte White
Elder Bellows
Bro. Reed
Wilbraham
Elda
J. W. Himes
Wm. Sheldon
Eld. I. S. Leslie
Memphis
Tennessee
Minneapolis
Minnesota
O. R. Fassett
Eld. Reed
Martha Steere
Mississippi
Crow Wing
Reed
Santa Clara
Oregon
Sister Reed
God
Jesus
Hin
Messiah
Oakland
Hair Renewal Product Ad From Silly OCR Fragment
An old ad fragment promotes Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer claiming to stop hair loss and restore color with a stimulant based formula. The text is garbled but mentions hair coloring and product name.
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Hall
List of Patents Granted to New England Inventors This Week
New England inventors receive patents this week per A A Snow & Co. listing filings across Connecticut Rhode Island Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Notable items include thread package water motor electric motor and electric lamp support along with devices for spools hollow paper stock metal floor construction and diaphragm for electrolytic calls among others.
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New England
A. A. Snow & Co
U. S
Washington
D. G
Bb. L. Armstrong
New London
BK. B. Bentusm
H. EB. Barlow
Providence
G. H. Blaakesley
Bristol
Eelectrica
W. Cemmings
Bridgeport, Ct
J. B. Denison
New Haven
Dikeman
Torrington
C. W. Enquist
H. Fairbanks
H. Parker
St. Johnsbury
G B. Francis
EP. Dawley
W. E. Frost
Lewiston
J. G. Hallas
Waterbury
L. Hallbauer
Meriden
E. G. Peck
F. O'Meara
Seymour
J. J. Renehan
New Brittan
P. H. Schoemaker
Concord
N. H
L. M. Shattuck
Brookline
J. A. Traut
N. Waite
Rumford
Lantern Festival At Mr Nathaniel Gladding Grounds
A lantern festival at Mr Nathaniel Glad ding grounds drew a large crowd. Colored lantern decorations created a pleasing setting and refreshments were enjoyed by all. The event was described as a financial success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Gladding
Religious Persecution Case Highlighted by Liberty Association
An International Religious Liberty Association memorandum cites W B Capps of Weakly County Tennessee as a victim of religious persecution for working on Sunday. He was fined 10 dollars plus costs, appealing to Tennessee Supreme Court, with costs totaling 110.45 and jail time at 25 cents daily, despite health concerns and a family of six. The report also notes Brown University students camping at Mount Hope and a store accident involving John Alexander at the N I A Co. facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrrie Ortex
Miah
Chicago Herald
W. B. Capps
Weakly Co
Tenn
Onor Association
Herald
Capps
International Religious Liberty Ass
A. O. Tarr
Cor. Seary
Circuit Court
Weakly
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Jackson
John Alexander
Mount Hope Avenue
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Home News
Wilbour Mansion
Fred A. Waldron
Beat
Seth Paull
Trinity Church
New York
Benjamin Barrus
Frank Bourn
Springfield
Philip Bourn
Hattie M. Fales
Manasquan
New Jersey
J.J. van Alen
Europe
Marguerite de Wolf Allen
Geo. H. King
Viva
J. B. Herreshoff
Langdon
Shelter Island
N. Y
Bert Alden
Electric Light Station
Crawford Street Bridge
Custom House
Peter Bowen
King
John Rawson
Providence Shade
Boston
Dyer
Favorite
Commissioner of Education
Harris
District Court
Bosworth
Augustus P. Nerone
Henry E. Paull
A. P. Nerone
Martin Foley
the Industrial Trust Co
Westminster
Exchange Streets
Mount Hope Farm
E. Cs Nichols
Hughes
Mount Lane
Elizabeth G. Moffatt
Mary E. Spooner
Evelyn Johnson
M. Hammill
Peninsula Methodist
Wilmington
Del
T. Snowden Thomas
M. FE
Thomas
Fred Beckhauser
Maggie Doppel
Geo. L. Locke
St. Michael's Episcopal Church
Mrarene Cee Mire
Frederick Meyer
Frank B. Wilson
Awdrose Waldron
Douglas
5. B. Taylor
Des Moines
Iowan
Mother Prindle
H. H. Perry
Philip Heandides
Philadelphia
Herreshoffs
Gould
Prince of Wales
Brittania
Yankees
Ayer
Hannah
Christian Workers Association
Camp Hebron
Attleboro
A. A. Hoyt
Ferry Street
Everett
Advent Christian Church
China
Russia
United States of America
William Butler
First Congregational Church
Butler
Methodist Church
India
Dexter Thurber
West
Lebanon Avenue
Ferry Hill
Willard S. Kenney
James F. AgWolf
S. McCaw
Excelsior
Tobin
I. J. Connery
Peter Lannon
John Plc
Mott
Ny State
Gorham
KR. I
Bristol Ct
Rhode Island Democrat
Sims
Trinity Church Parish
M.” Tilden, Esq
J. R. Gardner
Noaaon
Nelson Wells
Wood Street
Bernard Hart
Hopestrat
Hydraulion
George B. White
Orrin L. Bosworth
Orescent Park
S. OF V
Brown University
Mount Hope
A.A. Shepherd
DR. Scott
Scott
Siy
A. A. Shepnerd
W. H. Buffington
Butfington's Pharmacy
Sydaly
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