Mortgagee's Sale of Bristol Leasehold Estate in 1908
Public auction set for Wednesday August 19 1908 at 12 o clock on premises in Bristol Rhode Island. Mortgagee under deed dated November 6 1889, recorded in Bristol land records, seeks sale of leasehold estate and improvements due to breach of mortgage conditions. Notice given by assignee of mortgagee in Bristol July 28 1908.
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Charles E Reed
Bristol
Rhodes Island
School Street
Michael O'Brien
Jason W. Pierce
Sata
Watham Howard
Mason Wo Pierce
Burder
BARTON BUFFINTON Heavy and Light Trucking in City
Heavy and light trucking services with baggage delivered. Refuse of all kinds carted away to the police dump. Telephone 39 8 for service inquiries.
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Telephone
N H Hartford Railroad Electric Car Service Schedule
Electric car service for the N H Hartford Railroad is in effect June 15, 1908 on weekdays. Service details specify operation times and routes as listed in the timetable segment.
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N.H.& Hartford Railroad Electric Car Service
Newport and Providence Railway Time Table
The Newport and Providence Railway Company publishes a June 21 1908 in effect time schedule. The timetable lists train runs and operating hours likely detailing arrival and departure times for routes serving Newport and Providence.
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Newport & Providence Railway Company
Rhode Island Suburban Railway Change in Schedules
The Rhode Island Suburban Railway announces schedule changes effective July 1 on the Barrington Warren and Bristol line. Weekdays from Providence City Hall at 5:45 AM run hourly to 6:46 PM then 6:15 PM and hourly to 10:45 PM with late runs to 12:15 AM. Bristol departures begin 5:15 AM with hourly until 7:15 PM then late trains. Weekends show alternate start times from City Hall and Bristol with hourly and half hourly services to River Street House.
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Ly Bristol
Rev. Ly
Pre
Bristo
Warren
Bristol
Rhode Island Suburban Railway
Barrington, Warren
City Hall
Providence
Riverside
Mohair and Alpaca Looks Like Different Fabrics Not Names
An importer clarifies that alpaca wool comes from the Andean animal of that name, not mohair. Alpaca fleece is from the paco native to Peru and Chile, while mohair is from the Angora goat in Asia Minor and South Africa.
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New York
Peru
Chile
South America
Europe
Australia
Baltimore
United States
South Africa
Asia Minor
Paris and London Contrasts in People and Manners
From London Tit-Bits a snapshot contrasts Paris and London in daily life. It notes traffic, housing, meals, dining etiquette, drink, attire, work attire, social interactions, and manners, highlighting Parisian sociability versus British reserve across many everyday details.
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Rench
London
Paris
Defective Education Ruse From Alabama Fable
A Philadelphia Ledger writer recounts an Alabama prank where an elder mocks a Black student's education. The man questions arithmetic and time, joking about a hatchet, implying ignorance and delaying the return of a tool to deride schooling progress.
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Alabama
Atlanta University
Philadelphia Ledger
African Natives Drum Signals Across Vast Distances
A Wide World Magazine description explains Africa natives use drums to relay messages village to village. Drumming occurs at night when sound travels farther, allowing swift news spread. Responses echo from distant villages up to two miles away, creating a musical, muffled rhythm audible to listeners.
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Africa
Wide World Magazine
Visit of McGregor W R C Corps to Soldiers' Home
About 80 members of the McGregor Woman's Relief Corps visited the Soldiers' Home on Wednesday. They came by special car from Phenix to Providence, traveled on the 11.05 train, and were met at Franklin Street station. They toured in the barge King Philip, were greeted by Commander A. W. Deane and E. G. Reed, with Rev. John McVay joining, delivering a luncheon plus a musical and literary program in Recreation Hall before departing at 4.30.
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McGregor Woman's Relief
C Corps
Phenixs
Phenix
Providence
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Franklin Street
A. W. Deane
E. G. Reed
McGregor Post
John McVay
Veteran Firemen's Meeting in Bristol Aug 5
A special meeting of the Bristol Veteran Firemen's Association will be held next Wednesday evening at the Hydraulion Fire Co station to act on the invitation to attend the annual field day and muster of the New England Veteran Firemen's League in Lowell Mass on Thursday Aug vy. Each member is urged to attend. round trip fare is described as very low.
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Bristol Veteran Firemen’s Association
Hydraulion Fire Co
New England Veteran Firemen’s League
Lowell
Mass
Excursion to Newport Planned by Local Posts
Coming events list two outings: Aug 4 Tuesday to Newport under Babbitt Post and Woman's Relief Corps, and Aug 3-Thursday to Olambake near the Asylum road terminus under I O V U FE and D of R banners.
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Luesday
Newport
Babbitt Post and
Woman’s Relief Corps
Olambake
Asylum Road
I. O VU. FE
D. of R
Homecoming of Denny with a Short Release From Prison
Mr Ryley asks Mrs Murphy why the house is decorated while Mrs Murphy replies that their son Denny is coming home the day. He notes it was a five year sentence but he received a year off for good behavior. Both confirm the relief of having a well behaved son upon return.
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Mr. Ryley
Lydia E. Pinkham
Barbara Base
Kingman
Kansas
N. J
Zoo Quip Shows Clever Monkey Compare to People
A light dialogue features a couple at the zoo where one jokes about the animals being like people. The other admonishes not to be overly sensitive, ending with a playful exchange about likeness and behavior.
DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills Endorsement
Bert Barber of Elton Wisconsin reports four doses of DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills helped him more than any other medicine and says he will continue taking them for a complete cure. Sold by W H Buffington. Also promotes DeWitts Little Early Risers by the same seller.
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Bert Barber
Elton, Wis
Mr Barber
DeWitt
W. H. Buffington
Bohemians youth dream and hunger for success
A Sydney Bulletin excerpt reflects on Bohemian youth as bound by middle age deserts and mountain of success. It mocks the bohemian mindset as fueled by ambition and ideals, yielding no head ache but a hollow stomach and occasional morning hunger despite no breakfast.
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Bohemians
Sydney Bulletin
Public Opinion Through the Ages in Boston Herald Voice
Public opinion is a shifting force praised and blamed across eras. The Boston Herald notes it crucified the Christ and has since condemned its own unwisdom through centuries of blunders and crime reflected in times and nations.
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Boston Herald
Business Sense and the Foresight of a Relative
A witty dialogue noting a tied son-in-law with business sense and caution in risk, praising foresight and bagacity while mocking poor relation status. The other line presents a cynical remark about death and life, ending with a marriage reference.
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Mr. Dustinstax
Washington Star
New Books at Rogers Free Library on Saturday Aug 1
Rogers Free Library announces new acquisitions available this Saturday August 1 including two volumes Government of Hoagland Lowell Ch Poagland 2 vols Home Life in Germany Sidgwich Churches and Castles of Medieval France Larned Daily Notes of a Trip Around the World Hons 2 vols Literature of Music Matthew Huguenots and Henry of Navarre Baird 2 vols Letters and Life of William Blake Latham Breaking down Chinese Wallis Osgood-Sow ames Bicknell Religion and Medicine Worcester The Mongols a History with Preface by President Roosevelt Martin Psychology of Reading and Pedagogy Huelvelasquez Dodge Representative Women of Bible Matheson Servant in the House Kennedy Disenchanted Loti The Convert Robins Loves of Pelleas and Etarre Gale Black Bag Vance Countess of Rhodelstadt Sand Ghetto Silhouettes Warfield Emma Austin Haunted Man Dickens Barrier Beach Hal Cain Monologues Beatrice Herford Chaperon Williamson Pearl Seekers Macdonald Yale Cup Dudley Swixt Earth and Sky Kenyon Under the Swing of France Ker Sisters of Silver Creek Marchant Lotte di Cuore Nevers Plantilla Giovagnoli
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Lowell
Germany
Sidgwich
France
Larned
Hons
Matthew
Henry of
Navarre
Baird
William Blake
Latham
Wallis
Osgood—Sowames
Bicknell
Worcester
Dickens— Barrier
Beach—Drink
Hal, Cain
Beatrice Herford
Chaperon
Williamson
Pearl Seekers
Macdonald
Dudley— Swixt
Earth and
Sky
Kenyon
Under the
Ker
Superstitions of Stage Folk in Theater History
The Chicago Tribune notes stage superstitions among actors and managers. Actors resist decorating dressing rooms, fearing a bad omen after furnishing their space, and avoid speaking the word witch in Macbeth due to a supposed impending fire. Sir Henry Irving reportedly refused to read that doomful line while in the play. Many players fear being passed by on a theater stair and some cross themselves before entrances.
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Mnes
Henry Irving
Chicago Tribune
No Place For Dogs in Japan
An excerpt from the Japan Chronicle laments the difficulty of keeping dogs in Japan. The author notes multiple disappearances of pet dogs amid fears of dogskin demand and poisonings, claiming foreigners are affected and recounting a sea captain who lost his dog after three days ashore.
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Japan
World Is Learning Exchange on Borrowers and Leaders
In a brief quip from Life and Chicago Record-Herald style, Briggs and Griggs discuss classes in society. Briggs argues two other groups dominate those who want to borrow and those who won’t lead, while the cartoonish remark contrasts rhymes and poems and their chances of printing.
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Briggs
Griggs
Kodol Dyspepsia Endorsement From Georgia Official
State Warden Jake Moore of Georgia writes of lasting indigestion relief after using Kodol. He describes severe weight loss and stomach failure before recovery in one day, praising E C DeWitt Co Chicago for producing the digesting aid. Letter notes sale by W H Buffington and dates to August 10, 1904.
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Jake Moore
Georgia
E. C. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
Kodol
Jake O. Moore
Atlanta
W. H. Buffington
Opposing View of Unneeded Surgeries on Women
A critique asserts that many operations on women in hospitals are unnecessary and could be avoided. It argues that women dread surgery more than many men and suggests a large number of procedures are superfluous.
Bristol Probate Court notices list estates and guardians
In Bristol July 1908 probate actions seek appointment of administrator for Carl William Kerstin estate and guardian for Thomas Robertson. final accounts and distributions set for August 17 at 10 30 a.m. in the Bristol Phoenix notices published for fourteen days. The page also contains a humorous aside about newlyweds joining a church.
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Bristol
Carl William Kerstin
May Kerstin
Bristol Phoenix
John M. Coggeshael
Rebecca R. Reynolds
William Williams
John M
Josiah F. Peckham, Jr
Tomas &. Robertson
Bristol Pharnix
John M. Coggeshall
John F. Warren
Probate Court
John M Coggeshall
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Connery's Clothing Store
Peterson's Fruit Store
Live Lobsters LLC LB
John Shepard
Bradford Street
G. W. Simmons
Emma E. Carey
Constitution Street
Bohemia
Sporting Times
John Temple
Ury Block
Travelers” Life and Accident Insurance CO
James Dixon Carpenter
Church Street
A. W. Orgelman
State Street
F. J. Johnson
St. Andrew’s School
Barrington
M Warren
Rogers Free Library
Chicago Record-Herald
Fielding
Eich
Bavaria
Merchants & Miners Transportation Company
James Barry
R.I
Elise Page Brown
Beacon Toilet Studio
S. Goldes
Hope Street
Young’s Drug Store
Peterson's
Philias Fontaine
Staples Coal Co
Thames St
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Busta
Robert Newbéid
Robert Newbold. JR
Philadelphia
Mary Brinley
Henry W. Hayes
Henry Wharton
Henry W Hayes
R. I
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John J . Hackett
R. J
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Frederic L. Waldron
Gansett
Narragansett Brewing CO
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