Illicit still busted in Montague Mass. proprietors fled
Revenue officers wiped out an illicit still at Montagué Massachusetts reclaiming a small amount of cider brandy. The proprietors escaped. Also noted: Mary Clarke Anderson, claimed Cromwell descendant, died in Salem at age 98 years 6 months and 12 days. Connecticut fire insurer president M Bennett Jr named alternate delegate to Chicago. Republican National Convention convened in Chicago with George F Hoar elected president. nominations uncertain. Dr Tourjee’s European party sails for Glasgow aboard Devonia from New York. Reverend Henry Morgan’s Boston Inside Out latest edition rapidly selling. publishers cite legal scrutiny and contract issues. Avon murder case of Mrs Maria Avent and Mrs Emily Chidsey, elderly sisters, suspected double homicide with $10,000 total held in savings banks. Summer fashion previews feature Harichs' chromo plates with prices from $28.50 to $145.00. New York correspondent reports extreme heat, crowding seaside resorts, fashion parasols, and urban deaths from suicide and river drownings. Sam Patch-like thrill leaps showcased on Hudson shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan Beach
Fifth Avenue
Daily Journals
Sam Patch
Niagara
Sam
Hudson
Local Industry in Full Swing on Thames and Hope Streets
The carding department of Reynolds Mill on Thames Street operates overtime until 9. The stone crusher is busy again, with crushed stones laid along Hope Street between Union and Constitution streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynold’s Mill
Thames Street
Hope Street
Union
Constitution Streets
Shipman
State Street
Hope
High Streets
Decoration Day Observed Quietly With Closures
Banks closed and National Rubber Co factory shuttered as townsfolk marked Decoration Day at half mast. Many residents traveled to Providence for memorial exercises and to glimpse a baby elephant. Providence Sunday Transcript highlights Walter I Taft of Bristol and his fine dog stud including Patchen Chief Gyp and Leader.
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National Rubber Co
Providence
Providence Sunday Transcript
Walter I. Taft
Bristol
Patchen
Gyp
Taft’s
Tallman
Jennie
Land transfers in town forepart of the week
Probate administrators Samuel M Lindsey and Richard R Magee report multiple property sales to named buyers. Transactions include two acre Main road parcel for 940 dollars, a Walley street lot for 101 dollars, a High and Constitution corner lot with church for 3000 dollars, a Davis street lot for 200 dollars, a Pearse street dwelling for 1400 dollars, a Constitution street dwelling for an undisclosed sum, and a Pleasant street dwelling for an undisclosed sum.
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Samuel M. Lindsey
Samuel White
Wood Streets
The
South Christian Society
United Brother’s Lodge No. 13
High
Constitution Streets
John Hyle
Mary Hyle
Adam Faulkner
Davis Street
Franklin Street
Lincoln Avenue
Charles F. Paine
Mary Soper
William Soper
Pearse Street
Church
Harriet N. Frederick
John B. Pollock
Minnie Pollock
Nehemiah Cole
Constitution Street
John L. Waldron
Raymond FP. Taylor
Pleasant Street
Hope Street
Rev Malcom Officiated at Trinity Church in Newport
The Rev Dr Malcom of Newport officiated at Trinity Church on Sunday when Rector Rev Mr Johnson was away from home.
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Malcom
Newport
Trinity Church
Mr. Johnson
Bristol Town Records 1699 1703 Summary
Town meeting notes from Bristol document elections and duties in 1699 to 1703. Moderators chosen, school funding set at 830 pounds with per scholar payments, pew permissions, geese ban, clerk duties, and jurors. Later items include schoolhouse funding, street surveys, sheep tampering enforcement, seating rules, and port privileges. Also notes biographical on early town clerks and a Baptist visit with baptism and confirmation. Arctic Soda Apparatus introduced at J H Young & Co. stores.
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Deacon Cary
Easterbrooks
Nathaniel Paine
Paine
Little
Burton
Bristol
John Gary
John Saffin
Hugh Woodbury
John Allen
Josiah Torrey
William Throop
Hervey
Edward Church
Stephen D. Gray
Rhode Island
Warren
Elijah Gray
Anid
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General Assembly
Orest
United States
Montagué
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Oliver Cromwell
Salem
M. Bennett, Jr
Connecticut Fire Insurance Company
Hartford, Conn
H. C. Robinson
Chicago
Republican Nationalonvention
George F. Hoar
Tourjee
Glasgow
Devonia
Hugh Young
T. W. Bicknell
New England Journal of Education
George W. Bird
Brookline
London
Henry Morgan
Boston
Morgani
Maria Avent
Emily Chidsey
Iadies
Avon
Hartford
Old
Albany Turnpike
Herichs
Gilmore
Dudley
Ranprx
Silver Spring
Our
Woman's Christian Temporeance Union
Nayatt
S. T. Watson
Be la Salle Academy
Fountain Street
Low
Opera House
RGF
Our Boys
Pawtucket
Bristols
Lown Council
Court of Probate
Council
Amelia Handy
Richard 8
Pearse
Church Street
Dr. Morrison
Church’s Cove
Mount Hope
Munro
Geo. W. Simmons
Gharles Reed
Portsmouth
Freddie Reed
Mrerina
Mesers
Greene
Goff
Lindsey
F. A. Warner
Charles V. Perry
U. S. Street Lighting Co
Rveseese
PW. & Bristol RR. Co
Wessesese
Annes
Oon
Horr's Red Market
Blagrove
Nathaniel Blagrove
Richard Swith
New England
Eight Acre Square
Weston Hope Street
Samuel
Richard
Jane
Richard Smith
Pianix
Albert C. Bennett
Bnenmn
Frederika
Mary Howitt
Harper & Brothers
N. Y
Mann
Rev
Joel
E. French
Charlotte
Taylor & Co
Harper and Brothers
Lapis
Hupexes
Christ
Tom Brown
Houghton, Osgood &Co
Caniz
G. W
C. Scribner's Sons
Ennis
George
Henry Reed
J. B. Lippincott & Co
Philadelphia
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Theo
Captain Fracasse
M. M. Ripley
Henry Holt & Co
J. P
Leonard Bacon
Samuel Kidd
Denison
M. D. Charles
Rocky Mountain
Houghton, Osgood 4 Co
Cxorrn
Frederic
Moritz Karasowski
Emily Hill
William Reeves
Cenrains
Houghton, Osgood & Co
Coan
Titus
Patagonia
Dodd, Mead & Co
Frouey
Martha
Elsie
Danton
J. M
Europe
Society For Promotion of Christian Knowledge
G. F. Maclear
D. D
C. Mericale
Bishop Clark
St. Michael’s Church
G. L. Locke
J. H. Young & Co
J. W. Tafts
Globe
Boston and Providence Clothing Company
Westminster Street
F. N. Seabury
Union Street
F. Wheaton Seabury
R. I
Sanford
Broadway
New York City
N.Y
Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
Nova Scotia
Texas
I. L. Cracm & Co
John B. Munro
Geo. A. Pike
Hope and
Bradford Streets
G. P. Barnes
G. W. Easterbrooks
Herman Canfield
Drury
L. M
Eastside
Byfield
Constitution
WM. H. Richards
Odd Fellows Building
Bradford Street
Ilours
Samuel P. Colt
Eastwood — Mathews
James HR. Eastwood
Sarah J. Mathews
That City
Hazard
John H. Hazard
Maria
James Hazard
Brown
Mary Stanton Brown
J. Crawford
Mary R. Brown
Jesus
Richwono
Barrington
Mrs. Emsen
Nathaniel Rich
Amelia T ‘Handy
William A. Handy
Samuel Reed
Farnan
East Providence
Florence
Daviel Farrar
Perrin
Otis Perrin
BisHop
Misa Eudora M. Bishop
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
R. Borden
Mason
All River
B. Durfee
Gannon
Marvel
Dyer
Fall River
Kate and
Mary
Coggeshall
Calvin P. Harris
Benton
Georgetown
D. C
Providence, Warren & Bristol Railroad Co
Why Not
Brownell
Borden
BB. Durfee
Schr
Teazer
Darling
B. Borden
B. Durie Gannon
Albert Jameson
Handy
Rockland
Stoop B. Hood
Stakes
Bullock’s Point
BR. Oliphant
Golden
New_York
B. Dorfee
Fe Brora
Providence Furniture Company
Broad Street
Mathewson
Blathewnron
Providence, R.I
Richard Dunbar
Robert Dunbar
Nicholas
Burpham
WM. R. Taylor
A. G
IRD
Elry
Joshua Gray
Swestminster Street
E. I
Fall River Steamboat Line
Bradford Durfee
Richard Borden
Bristol Ferry
Ristol
T. H. Brownell
Ras Maining
Eyome
Rhode
Tialand
James C. Sheldon
William F. Smith
John Coyne
Nora
A. Ballyan
John
Pearce
P SA
GEO. C. Goodwin & CO
Ee Kennedy
David Kennedy
Rondout
Liebig Co’ss
COCA
Hewyo
GEO
P. Rowell & CO
Vickery
Augusta
Maine
Naics
Cleteen
Hop Bitters Manufacturing
Con
Rochester
Bristol Phc
I. W. Briggs
P. M
West Macedon
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