Home for Aged Women holds fourteenth annual meeting
The Home for Aged Women on Franklin Street held its fourteenth annual meeting with Rev. Stowell presiding. Officers elected for the year include President Harriet B. Luther and Treasurer Stephen W. Chaorch, with managers from several churches and an advisory board. The report thanks donors, notes monthly meetings, illnesses, and recent renovations, and records two new inmates and two deaths with all bills paid.
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Home For Aged Women
Franklin Street
Stowell
Harriet B. Luther
Evelin B. Hache
Stephen W. Chaorch
Henry W. Remington
Congregational Church
Sarah E. Spooner
J Hasbrouck
St. Michael’s
A. A. Johnson
G . Stanton
Methodist
Samuel W.church
H. W. Church
Baptist Church
Thomas Grant
John Lake
Trinity Church
J H. Corthel
Hasbrouck
Reynolds
Bristol Phenix
Providence News
Ida
Sarah Bradford
Es Seidenylon
Bristol
Y. M. C. A. Ausiliary
Ivy Guild
Congregational Club
Bell
Edward 8. Babbitt
Stephen W. Church
Aged Women Home Treasurers Report 1905 06 Bristol RI
Rebecca A N Church, treasurer of the Home for Aged Women in Bristol Rhode Island, presents a balance on hand of 867.385 and receipts including church collections donations Walker Fund dividends and legacy plus two admission fees and annual members. Expenses cover rent matron salary help plumbing groceries water milk night-watchers sickness care furnace painting repairs undertaker services and a mortgage and trust investments. Auditor Clinton T Sherman finds the account correct.
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Rebecca A. N. Church
Home For Aged Women
Bristol
R. I
Walker Fund
Eeaa
Bristol K.L Trust
Clinton T. Sherman
In the Maine Woods Address by Y M C A Director
J H Piper of Fall River spoke to about 20 St Andrew’s club members at St Michael’s chapel on a Maine themed talk. He described hunting and fishing trips using moccasins snow shoes and a moose horn call while recounting trout and pickerel catches. Refreshments followed and Sam Nee Smith became secretary pro tem under President Rest.
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J. H. Piper
Fall River
St. Andrew’s Club
St. Michael's Chapel
Maine Woods
Iecexte Po Aes
Sam Nee Smith
Funeral of Raymond A. DeWolf Held at Home
Funeral services for Raymond Augustus DeWolf were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 from his mother Mrs Fannie De Wolf’s residence at 20 Shaw's Lane. Rev Alfred S Stowell of the First Baptist church led the service. Floral tributes surrounded the casket. Bearers were John I F Reed James F Dailey Mark A Bradie and Palmer Munro. Interment followed at North Cemetery.
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Raymond Augustus DeWolf
Fannie DeWolf
Shaw's Lane
Alfred S. Stowell
First Baptist Church
John IF. Reed
James F. Dailey
Mark A. Bradie
Palmer Munro
North Cemetery
Carey-Simonsen Wedding at King Home
Alfred P. Carey brother of Mrs. King wed Sara Emilie Simonsen in a quiet ceremony at the King residence attended by close relatives. The couple will reside at 24 Simmons Avenue in the former Congdon home. The Bristol Phoenix notes its print shop growth and its 20 years experience in artistic printing with satisfaction guarantee.
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George H. King
Alfred P. Carey
Bristol Phornix
Town Council Meeting Notes and Public Works Actions
Tuesday night the regular Town Council met with all members present. Tree Warden Dunbar urged removing decayed trees blocking travel. Ling’s Thames Street restaurant permit rejected. Fire Chief’s request for $100 transfer to Defiance Hose Co. No 1's hall approved. Common caretaker ordered to repair band stand up to $10. Council granted poles and wiring easements to Narra gansett Electric on Ferry Road. Stoughton Brothers fireworks license approved. Treasurer authorized to borrow $10,000 for expenses. Various sidewalk repair petitions granted. Harbor master appointment for Newport and Providence Railway not granted. Free Town Hall use petitions referred to building agent. Band for the Common to be organized by a five-member citizen committee. One new incandescent lamp to be installed on Collins. Concrete and curb work approved for Mrs Connery on Church Street. Health nuisance abatement ordered for Thomas S Robinson on Hope Street. Various bills examined and referred. Sidewalk repairs on Hope and Franklin streets and walls on Town Bridge assigned. Bay View avenue repair committee appointed to assess needs and costs. Bank books from Simmons, Wardwell, Peck, and the Churchs deposited with the Town Council for burial lot care.
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R. H. Dunbar
John Ling
Thames Street
Defiance Hose Co
Bristol Neck
Congdon
Narra‘gansett Electric Lighting Company
Ferry Road
Stoughton Brothers
High Street
Burton Street
Peck
Ek. V. Tingley
Asion Street
Elizabeth M.colft
Burton and
Hope Street
John B. Herreshoff
Bourton Street
A. Barbour
Town Hall
Captain Crardall
Newport and Providence Railway Company
Samuel ©. Dimond
William M. Gorham
Edward F.christie
Benjamin R. Wilson
Joseph B. Burgess
Collins
Robert Connery
Church Street
H. F. Bennett
Thomas F. Head
Thomas S. Robinson
Sophie L. Wardell
Franklin Street
Hope
Ames Streets
Towno Bridge
Bay View Avenue
Wood Street
William O. Manchester
Morris and
Thayer
Leonard G. Simmons
Samuel Wardwell
Samuel Peck
James C
Charles H. Church
Curious Global Wedding Customs Highlight Traditions
The London Standard surveys marriage rites from around the world. It notes lower Ceylon offering a coconut to deities, Japan using the symbolic girdle, Burma ear piercing, and Malay brides enduring tooth filing before wedding festivities.
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Ceylon
Japan
Burma
London Standard
Nursing influence reshapes home visit norms in illness
A London clergyman notes that modern nursing emphasizes quiet sickrooms, reducing visits from friends. He says nurses now hold power in arranging illness care, often deciding whether a parish priest may visit, with results favoring patient rest over crowding.
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London
Bristol Firemen Meet and Plan Fourth of July Parade
Bristol fire companies held monthly meetings with new member applications at Hydraulion and Dreadnaught. Cantata dates set for June 19 20 and Memorial Sunday observances planned. King Philip engine and Defiance postponement noted due to no quorum. Members urged to bring flowers to Hydraulion station.
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Hydraulion
Fairyland
Peter R Morris
King Philip Steam Fire Engine
Defiance
Real Estate Transfers Filed for Record at Town Clerk
Anne E. Gifford and others transfer their homestead on Byfield Street to James Hoard Jr. The deeds have been filed for record at the town clerk's office.
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Anne E. Gifford
Byfield Street
James Hoard, Jr
Kennedy's Laxative Honeye and Tar claims opiate protection
A sworn statement from the manufacturers asserts Kennedy's Laxative Honeye and Tar protects users from opiates. The cough syrup, advertised as driving the cold out of the system, is sold by W. H. Buffington.
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Kennedy
W. H. Buffington
Woman’s Wrinkles Cause Worry and Cure Claims
A fragment advertises Hol Lister's Rocky Mountain EE with a warning it would maim. It notes a bright smiling face and a price of 35 cents for tea or tablets, signed by W. H. Buffington.
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Hollister
Rocky
Bristol Yacht Club Regatta Opens with Three Classes
The Bristol Yacht Club hosts its first open regatta on Saturday June 80 at 2 p.m. with three divisions Division A for 15-21 foot sloops or cutters and yawls Division B for 16-21 foot cat boats and Division C for 21 feet waterline and over launches. Races start in front of the club with a three-course format. Committee includes Horace S. Peck Walter S. Almy Sumner A. Ball and secretary W B M Muller.
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Bristol Yacht Club
Horace S. Peck
Walter S. Almy
Sumner A. Ball
W. B. M. Muller
Bristol Train of Artillery Admits Four New Members
The Bristol Train of Artillery held a regular meeting last evening and admitted four new members. James O Wolf Perry was discharged for the good of the service. The group voted to postpone the planned fair from June 13 to 16 until next fall. They plan celebration of the 112th anniversary on June 18 and will finalize arrangements at the next meeting. The Veteran Association will meet next Tuesday evening.
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Bristol Train of Artillery
James O’wolf Perry
Veteran Association
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New York
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Deng
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IGE Gream Parlor
Sterbrooks
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Lace
Maine Creamery
Broadway
R. 1
Maine
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Lincoln Avenue
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Pawtucket
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Smithbird Avenue
Market Square
Betsey G. Wilcox
Ellen M.jameson
Emily A. Kenyon
George H. Peck
Probate
Bristol Phoenix
Herbert F. Bennett
Lyman B. Bosworth
James DeWolf
U. S
B. Bosworth
Borden
Peerless
Jorden
Borden’s Condensed Milk Co
N. Y
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Vaccaro Bros
Edward B. Munro
Waldron-Brownell
Hope & Union Sts
O’wolf Inn
Bristol, R. I
Randall & Randall, PropRietors
Eugene le Clair, Sr
MASON
Bull
Constitution Streets
Chiropodist
Mrs. Williams
Church St. House
Robate
Bristo
SSC
ATR
Charles Pepper
Hiiehal
P. Barr
Andrew PF. Pitman
Carrie Armstrong
Andrew F. Pitman
Brooklyn
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