Woman's Exchange holds annual meeting in Providence
Live annual meeting at the president’s home on Feb 17 elected a board of managers including Mrs H H Shepard and Mrs W F Williams with Miss Chester Manchester as treasurer. The report notes the fourth year closed Feb 15 with careful budgeting, two rummage sales, a 10 to 15 percent commission on sales, cash-only purchases, and a small charitable aim. Sales totaled $2,878.68 with $2,497.99 paid to consignors. total receipts since Feb 15 1906 reached $10,052.81. The group plans another year with donor support and thanks the Phoenix editor and contributors.
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Hiounie
H. H. Shepard
Providence
W. EF. Williams
E.'I
Brownell
H. Ward‘well
A. M. MacDougall
M Wyatt
A. B. Manchester
EB. Wardwell
Consignora
The
Phoenix
Exchange
Meibera
Pabffic
Board of Managers
Anna B. Manchester
Tax Assessor Williams Replies to Public Criticism
Bristol Rhode Island March 3 1910 Tax Assessor Williams responds to criticism of the tax as sessors noting that telegraph and telephone companies must report gross receipts to the state auditor and pay 1 percent tax to the general treasurer The editor laments tax rates and governance reminding that the poor bear the burden as majorities rule over road and farm taxes in Hinslas.
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the Phoenix
Telegraph and Telephone
Rhode Island
Hinslas
Alwaya
Bristol Probate Judge Candidate James F Lavander
James F Lavander, Republican candidate for Probate Judge, was born in Bristol on March 23, 1882. He finished Bristol High School in 1898 as the youngest graduate, studied at La Salle Academy and Brown University, then worked in Providence for five years. He entered Boston University Law School in 1905 and earned his law degree with honors in 1908. He served as Second Assistant Librarian during his second year at law school.
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Lavander
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Willis B. Richardson
Providence
Frank H. Hammill
Republican Town Committee
James F. Lavander
Bristol
la Salle Academy of Providence
Brown University
Law School
Wardwell Refuses Pact. Lavander Urged for Probate Judge
A Town Committee statement criticizes Republican caucus actions and urges Republicans to back Mr. Lavander for Probate Judge. Judge Hezekiah C Wardwell declined an offer to declare support for Republican nominees and instead filed nomination papers aligned with Democratic choices, prompting calls for Lavander to receive Republican votes.
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Republican Town Committee
Hezekiah C. Wardwell
Republican Caucus
Ite
Lavander
Wardwell
Taxpayer conscience stretched by personal tax law
A letter to the editor from a reader cites an influential newspaper clipping noting that personal tax law is highly elastic and can be stretched indefinitely, comparing it to the taxpayer’s conscience as described by the New York Herald.
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the Phoenix
New York Herald
Firemen See Hydraulion Meeting Notes And Invitations
The Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company No 1 held its regular monthly meeting on a Wednesday evening. The fair committee reported progress and members voted to attend a fair by Wademaker Fire Company in East Providence on April 2. A new member was voted in and one application received. an oyster stew was served. An invitation to the Hydraulion fair on April 4 and to the Wademaker Fire Company fair on April 17 was accepted.
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Hydranlion Engine and Hose Company
Wademaker Fire Company
East Providence
Dreadnaught
Industrial Trust Co Bristol Branch Notice
Industrial Trust Co conducts general banking and pays interest on accounts subject to check at sight. Bristol Branch location 525 Hope Street.
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Bristol
Hope Street
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Warren
Geo, Smithson, Prop
James
Dixon
Church Street
Thames
Chiropodist
Williame
Wright Poe
Milk & Church
Neach
W. “Orgelmar
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Oysters
John
Temple Drury
Simmons
Mike
Emma ‘E. Oarey
Lepmore
C. W. Wall
Hope St
James F, Bavander
Williams
KR. L
Reed. & Barton Silverware
Edward D. Kunz
Jeweler
Optigian
Providence Telephone Co
Hope Cor
Bradford Sts
Staples Coal Company
State Street
COAL
Bristol Co. Gas ~ Electric Co
Main & Joyce Sts
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