William Edward Conley obituary notices Bristol resident
William Edward Conley died after a three day illness of double pneumonia at his 65 Burton street home. Born March 16 1856 in Pawtucket he spent 34 years in Bristol and worked at the National India Rubber Company. He was a foreman in the varnish room and a member of St Marys Church and the Order of Foresters. He was survived by three children including former Representative James E. Conley and Mrs Helen M Byrnes. Burial was at St Marys Cemetery after a morning funeral service.
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William “Edward Conley
William Edward Conley
National India Rubber Company
Burton Street
John L. Conley
Mr. Conley
Pawtucket
Felix and
Sarah (McElroy) Conley
Bristol
Conley
St Mary’s Church
Order of Foresters of America
James E. Conley
Helen M Byrnes
Thomas H Byrnes
Grace McKay
St Mary's Church
St Mary's Cemetery
Mackintosh Cloth Inventor Also Aided Steel Process
Charles Mackintosh, a Scottish chemist, invented the waterproof fabric known as Mackintosh cloth in 1823. He also helped perfect the hot blast method for converting iron into steel.
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Mackintosh
Charles Mackintosh
Boston parade participants from the Ancient and Honorable Realty Company event
The Bristol Train commanded by Captain Charles McGing and Lieut William LePage joined the annual parade in Boston led by Che eesman Merton and color guards Andrew Francis Herbert Newman Raymond Davis and William McKenna.
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Boston
Merton AL
Che Eesman
Bristol
Mece Tifery
Charles‘McGing
William LePage
Andrew Francis
Herbert”. Newman
Raymond Davis
William MecKenna
Honorable Rcalisty Company
Yestery
Vue Uses Sibleys Sayings
A column of quirky aphorisms comments on reformers, marriages, crimes, weather, and social trends. It notes a race horse in Kentucky, naval critiques, and playful jabs at governance, fashion, and national symbols, ending with a playful jab about summer brides and bugs.
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Noah
Kentucky
Krim
Tucker Couple Return From Dinard Visit
Mr and Mrs John H Tucker of Union Street recently returned from Dinard France where they had been visiting their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Henry E Wilson since last November.
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John .H. Tucker
Union Street
Dinard
France
Henry E. ‘Wilson
Upcoming Church Events June Socials and Festival
June 9 a benefit whist at Trinity Parish House 2 30 to 5 under Parish Aid Society. June 16 a Strawberry Festival at First Baptist vestry by Mite Society. June 24 Weight and Measure Social at State Street Methodist vestry by Epworth League. June 27 Rebecca's Triumph drama at Pastime Theatre by Altar Society Mt. Carmel.
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Trinity
Parish Aid Society
First Baptist Church
Mite Society
State Street Methodist Church
Epworth League
Rebecca
Altar Society
Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Thrift Education Should Broaden Its Focus
Thrift Magazine argues that thrift means more than saving money. It warns that many save little and waste funds through poor investments. The piece urges education to cover spending and investing as well as saving.
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Thrift Magazine
Third Marriage Reveal From Avery Strakosch Quote
A fragment from Avery Strakosch in Hearst's International Cosmopolitan reflects on marriage happiness, two years of observing a prospective husband, and the claim that only two people determine a union the Irish temperament being key. The quote centers on personal testing before wedlock and the belief in the permanence of marriage as an institution.
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Avery Strakosch
Hearst
International Cosmopolitan
First Known Envelope in British Museum
The first known envelope, carrying a letter from Sir William Turnbull to Sir James Ogilvie dated May 16, 1696, is preserved in the British Museum. It notes the practice of folding letters and sealing with wax wafers, a custom common long after, and a Swift poem from 1726 mentions a “letter with an envelope.”
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British Museum
William Turnbull
James Ogilvie
Dean Swift
Oldest juniper tree in world found near Logan Canyon
In northern Utah beside the Logan Canyon highway a tree is believed to be at least 3000 years old. The juniper stands seven feet six inches breast high and 42 feet tall with a diameter matching its ancient life. Heartwood shows 200 years for the first two inches of thickness, then growth slowed to two inches per 60 years. Forest service has not erected a sign yet detailing the veteran’s facts.
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Utah
Logan Canyon
Forest Service
Measuring Sleep Depth by Sound and Electric Stimuli
The text describes how scientists classify sleep depth by measuring responses to stimuli. Methods include dropping a steel ball at increasing distances until awakening and touching the sleeper with an electric wire to note current intensity.
Two clipped anecdotes from 1840 scrapbook
A terse note by Our kind correspondent H PF introduces long clips of 1840 scrapbook jokes and anecdotes. The piece presents two brief exchanges including a beautiful woman and a general officer, ending with a cider request.
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H PF
Sam
Boston ‘Transcript
Scotland Forever Jean Seeks English Meat in Scots Butcher
In a Scottish town a woman named Jean bursts into a butcher shop demanding to see a sheep’s head and asks if it is English. The butcher replies it is Scots. She insists an English mistress ordered English meat. The butcher orders his assistant to remove the brains from the head.
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Jean
Scotland
Jock
Vancouver Province
Two Optimists Share a Roadside Joke
In a Transportation News brief a passerby asks how far to Rochester. The motorist says seventy miles, and two optimists quip that it’s only thirty five miles each, turning a distance into a humorous split.
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Rochester
Transportation News
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Louis Matrone
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Solomon
Rex
Boston School of Cookery
Lucy G. Allen
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Miss Allen
Prerfection Stove Company
Cleveland, Ohio
Standard Oil Company OF New York Distributors
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Dunbar Brothers Bhop
Pooraxbrosses
Reasenatk Ork Guara
Elavicoies
Wm. W. Franklin & Co
Wood Street Telephones
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Undertaker
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R. Cole
G. M. Wilbur
Constitution ST
Warren
Railroad Ave
R. I
G. H. Spencer Roofing Co
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Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co of
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Thomas F. Bretsford & Son
Hope Street
E. W. Weaver
Archie H. Rounds
Tel. Con
Isaac B. Munro
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William A. Doran
Bay View Ave
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Simmons
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District Nursing Association
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Martha Graham
Hope St
Thyra Carlson
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