Bristol Signs Sketch a Picture of a Busy Town
A nostalgic tour of Bristol signs along Thames Street and State Street recalls the bustling trades of Elisha Wardwell and others. It notes weather forecasts on signs, Millerites predicting the Millennium, a Mount Hope range of lodges, and a Balm of Gilead seller with a shy Victorian manner, all preserving a vivid urban character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constitution Street
Shane
Gilead
Vick Swiveller
Oruikshank
Franklin Street
Hope
Bristol
J. A. Reid
Buffalo Bill's Wild West to Exhibit in Providence July 6
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World will perform in Providence on Monday July 6 featuring open air melodramas and horsemanship. The program includes The Battle of Summit Springs with Chief Tall Bull, The Great Train Hold-Up with Union Pacific bandits, and Rough Riders displays of broncho busting and horsemanship, with Buffalo Bill directing from the saddle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Mondar
Buffalo Bill
Wild West
Congress of Rough Riders
T-E Ranch
Summit Springs
Buffalo Hill
Sais Nands
Tall Bull
Union Pacific
Far East
Charles A Waldron Civil War veteran dies at 66
Charles A Waldron died Saturday evening at his home 100 High Street after an operation. Born February 15 1842 in Bristol he served in the Second Rhode Island Regiment rising to first lieutenant and later acting captain. He worked as clerk for the Supreme and Common Pleas Courts and foreman at the National India Rubber Company packing room. Survived by his wife and four children, the funeral is set for 2 PM tomorrow at his High Street home with burial at North Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Waldron
High Street
Advess
W. L. Harris
Providence
O. R. Seige
Battle of the Wilderness
Jull Run
Yorktown
Fort Maprauder
Slatersville
Hannover Court House
Malvern Hill
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
Hristol Veteran Association
Waldron
St. Michael’s Church
Caroline Luther
Frederic L. Waldron
Clinton T. Sherman
Clarence B. Waldron
Helen L. Waldron
Frank D
Lewis
Jie
Bristol
Rhode Island
National Indias Rubber Company
Mrs Mary A Wade Dies at Daughter’s Home
Mrs Mary A Wade died Friday morning at 11 o'clock at the home of her daughter Mrs Willis H Brow, 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Wade
Willis H. Brow
Miss Delfina De Faria Rites Planned at St. Marys
Miss Delfina De Faria died yesterday afternoon about four at 83 Bay View avenue home of Manuel Andrags. She was born in Fayal in the eastern islands and had resided here many years. The funeral will be at 10:80 tomorrow morning at the Andre residence and 11 at St. Marys Church, with interment in St. Marys Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton Street
Pine Hill Cemetery
Tanoton
Delfina de Faria
Manuel Andrags
Bay View Avenue
Fayal
Eastern Islands
Andre
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Airship model joke and Providence trip in Bristol
A Bristol show window features a red airship model with a red placard drawing smiles as observers read the label Found on Poppasquash. Rafus E. Murray, called original, entertains with a joke about a minister gambling on a train to Providence where 44 locals attended Peter Woodland lodge event and heard Chancellor Penniman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Bickford
Raady
Bristol
Rafus E. Murray
Pythiaun
Murray
Advertised Letters for Week Ending June 18 1908
Oskey and Currier list letters for the week ending June 18 1908. Names include G RPoans, Mrs Mary Miller, Mrs Gonaverenr Kort right, Raffaele Cannavacciolo, Carmelo Alessandro, Nicola Spezavatele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskey & Currier
G. Rpoans
Mary Miller
Gonaverenr Kortright
Raffaele Cannavacciolo
Carmelo Alessandro
Nicola Spezavatele
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bristol Auto Co
Town Bridge
Hope Street Auto
L. Barber
R. L. G. A. Cone Tel
Hurston
O. K. Thurston
Lord Street
Issac Phenes
State Street
K. I
W.h.collins
Ww. H. Cleaver
Wood and
State Sts
Rhode Island College OF Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Kingston
Howard Edwards
Kingston, R. 1
Normal School
Newport
Rogers High School
Woonsocket
East Greenwich
Westerly
North Scituate
Walter E. Ranger
State Board of Education
Thames Street
Elisha Wardwell
Staples Coal Company
Charley Sponner
Colonel Wardwell
King Philips
Sim
St Albans Lodge of
Free and Accepted Masons
Nate Burn
Sen. Barras
Hera
Spence
Mount Hope
St. Louis, Mo
Buffalo Bill’s
Ponce de Leoni
Ponce
Leon
Formosa
India
Coffe
Rouin
New England
H. P. Cornell
Providence, R. 1
William A. Boyd
First
Rhode Island Light Artillery
Comtrade Boyd
W. R. Trotter
M. W. Schoen
Namquit Worsted Mills
J. W. Schoen
Namquit
Randall & Randall
M. Angell
Chiropodist
John. M. Coggeshall
Richmond Street
Woodlawn Ave
R.I
Secretary of the Sewer Commission
Bristol Sewer Commission
EBER
Rhode Island Suburban Railway
Barrington, Warren & Bristol
City Hall
Riverside Jar
Providense
Riverside Car Bouse
Newport & Providence
Aziompan
Arriv
Newport Bristoa.m
N. ¥. N.H.& Hartford Railroad
Bristo
Warren
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Bristol Ar Pro
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