Home for Aged Women of Bristol RI opens after long effort
The Bristol community recalls the 1873 push to establish a Home for Aged Women. After years of fundraising and delays due to fever and funding, the house on Franklin Street was purchased in 1892 and the Home officially opened September 8 with six residents aged 71 to 93. The record documents gifts, legacies, and community support sustaining the charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
General Assembly
Providence
Home For Aged Women of
R. I
Samuel W. Church
Charles Fales
Narcissa Stone
Mary Fales
Martha Fales
Hez W. Church
Silent River
Martha P Lewis
Lydia Gooke
Herbert H Bosworth
Franklin St
James M White
Newport
William J Smith
William R. Trotter
W H. Spooner
C E. Kollmeyer
Boston
Montreal
Lydia Allen
Home For
Stated Tragedies and Rail Sale Reported Abroad
A fragmentary report notes Minnie Marschall 16 in Hegerhofen killed her family before suicide. Expedition Island sinks 48 feet below sea, thirteen miles long and one mile wide. Porter Memorial Library in Machias Me dedicates on anniversary of first naval battle. Kansas City Wyandotte and Northwestern Railway sold for 1 million by Farmers Loan Trust to Gould group joining Missouri system. Pension examiners to review 1890 act cases to reduce original pensions under policy changes and concealment aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Expedition Island
Australia
Kansas City, Wyandotte and Northwestern Railway
Kansas City
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of
Boston
Pam
Smith
East Greenwich Academy Anniversary Week 1893 Events
Schedule of events for East Greenwich Academy Anniversary Week 1893 includes piano recital for graduation on Saturday June 17 at 8 p.m. principal's sermon Monday June 18 at 2.30 p.m. and conference sermon by Rev. J F Cooper. Examinations June 19 and 20 with lectures, annual meetings, concert, prize drills, readings, class day, and public debate. Graduation exercises and prize awards conclude June 22 with principal's reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Greenwich Academy
J. F. Cooper
Providence
Philognathian
Lous A. Banks
D. D
Boston
Tuxapay
Corporation
Board of Directors
Academy
Adelphian
Alethean
Hawadi
United States
Thomsday
Washington government safety blamed after catastrophic building collapse
Washington correspondent denounces government negligence over a Pension and Record Division building collapse that trapped nearly five hundred workers. He cites repeated Congress appeals for safer facilities ignored amid accusations of economic tinkering and demagoguery. Hood’s Sarsaparilla ad follows, urging belief in its benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Pension and Record Division
War Department
Congress
Longest Days Mark 118th Anniversary Of Battle Of Bunker Hill
The article notes the 118th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill and mentions the start of summer next Wednesday per Old Farmer's Almanac. It also covers local events including a church organist resignation, a new engine on the Providence Warren and Bristol railroad, and naval and sailing news from Newport and Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker Hill
Providence, Warren and
Bristol
In Memoriam for Ellery A Dunbar of Hydraulion Engine Co
At a May 25 1893 meeting Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co No 1 adopts unanimous preamble and resolutions mourning Ellery Anderson Dunbar a devoted fireman citizen and business man The hall will wear mourning sheets for thirty days copies sent to his family and published in the Bristol paper showing the company’s esteem and sorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B Pollock
Town Hall
Trinity Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Congregational Church
James Gifford
Greene
Providence News Co
Gibson
White
Newport
Edward W Brunson
Sarah Herreshoff
Sallie B. Herreshoff
Hydraulion Engine & Hose Co. No. 1
Wuerzas
Ellery Anderson Dunbar
Bristol Peann
Dhamel C. Wilcox
Robert 8. Gray
Woman's Mistake and Remedies Promoted at End
An advertisement warns that excessive female ambition causes nervous prostration and other ailments, then endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a relief. A testimonial from Mrs Jennie L Kicars of Harrisburg Pennsylvania spreads the claim with purchase details and a Liver Pills price of 85 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jennie L. Kicars
Market Street
Harrisburg, Pa
Rhode Island Visitors at Chicago World's Fair
Names from Rhode Island listed as visitors include Mrs. C. J. Hasbrouck Misa Gertrude Hasbrouck Misa Emily D Bennett and Mrs Emma McGee observed at the Chicago exposition.
Barnum & Bauer's Bie Show Arrives in Providence June 19
Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth comes to Providence for one day with a grand street pageant at 9 00 am featuring a Mardi Gras tableaux of early American history. The highlight is Chiko the Giant Gorilla with seven foot reach and immense strength attracting broad attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnum & Bauer
Columbus
Chiko
Barnum & Bailey
American Republic
America
Farth
Fashions for THE Ladies and forthcoming features
A fashion segment notes earrings fall from favor and dinner dresses in black grenadine with jet trim. It highlights Algerian willow outdoor furniture, Swiss apron stitches with ribbon casings, tall woman trends, perfume blends, and summer footwear in white, gray, and checked tops. It also previews June issue content about Edwin Booth, outdoor work ads, and illustrated Exposition coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Nervous fatigue relief from Head's Sarsaparilla
Purports to restore nerve and mental strength and purify blood. Claims to improve appetite and cure indigestion heartburn and dyspepsia while reducing tiredness and headache.
Hoop's PILxs Box Advertises Easy Action
A compact ad touts Hoop's PILxs as easy to take and effective with a price of 25 cents per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoop
Brunsen Cousens Wed in Brooklyn Ceremony
In Brooklyn New York on the first instant at the residence of the bride’s brother Clayton Pratt Brunsen M D formerly of this town and Miss Ella Frances Cousens of Brooklyn the wedding took place with both families in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Lemuel H. Soule
New York
Darien
Cuba
Soule
Brunsen—Cousens
Brooklyn
N. Y
Clayton Pratt Brunsen
Ella Frances Cousens
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Evganor D Snape
R A Norris
Home For Aged Women
Edward W. Brunsen
S B Herreshoff
HN G Watson
P. O. Box
Mclellan’s
State Street
Humphreys
Extra
FaLl River
Puritan
Pilgrim
Plymouth
Park Square Station
Aot
Steamboat Wharf
The
Bristol Pheere
Canada
Grant
Vienna
Tyler
Tex
Buffalo
Mexico
Massachusetts
Cramp's
Philadelphia
Leeds
Quebec
Vaukleka
Antwerp
American College
Rome
Canon Bergamaschi
Terracini
Minnie Marschall
Hegerhofen
Porter Memorial Library
Machias
Hood
James Augustus Miller
Newport Naval Reserve Co
Bristol Naval Torpedo Co
King’s Daughters
M. E
Stars
Hornets
Warren
Colonia
Herreshoffs
Rogers Syndicate
Congregational Club
Memorial Chapel
Iselin-Morgan Syndicate
Herreshoff
England
Roi
E Pingnam Men. Co
Lynn
Mass
Sipvey Barne
Hanpen
Edwin Booth
Laurence Hatton
Players’ Club
Manhattan
Frank Girard
Cherry Valley, Mass
Hood’s
Borth
Franz Gmarp
E. Jones
Providence, R. I
Guipure de’ Gene Lace
Ecru
Leah
Beecham
Allen
Shaneham
Seive
J. B. Barnaby Co. Cor
Dorrance and Westiminster
Westminster Street
High Street
Racers Free Library
Phcenix Rebellion
Wash
Drrro
Dirro
Lazorn
U. 8
Commission of First
Dito
U. S
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