Rhode Island House Debates Constitutional Reform Amid Growth
Friday March 18 1904 the Rhode Island House discussed a resolution from Mr Holden Woonsocket proposing amending the state constitution to raise lower chamber seats from 72 to 100 with district based representation and per town floor limits. Also presented were three militia related appropriations totaling 4000 for Bristol armory heating naval reserve boat sheds and Wes terly mile range. referred to militia committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Holden
Woonsocket
General Assembly
Williams
Naval Reserve
Bristol
Bristol Naval Reserve
Westerly
Committee On Militia
Pastor and Newport preacher swap pulpits Sunday
Sunday morning the pastor will exchange pulpits with Rev. C. McClelland of Newport Sunday evening. Mr Owen will speak on The Master and the Military Spirit, the third subject in March’s series The Master and Modern Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. McClelland
Newport
Owen
Colds Cause Pneumonia Case Cured by One Minute Cough Cure
Mrs Gertrude E Fenner of Marion relates a severe cold deep in the lungs led to pneumonia and was cured by One Minute Cough Cure. She describes rapid weight loss from 148 to 92 pounds, then recovery after four bottles, with lungs strengthened and health restored. Sold by W H Buffington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude E Fenner
Marion
W H Buffington
Bristol Notes and News on Postal Hours and Mails
Bristol and Vicinity notes detail Bristol Post Office hours and mail schedules. Mails arrive at 7 00, 10 00 a m and 12 00 m, 2 00, 4 45, 7 15 p m with closing times listed. Sunday hours and express matter departures and arrivals by Earle and Prew are given for outward at 7 45, 11 00 a m, 3 00, 5 00 p m and inward at 7 45, 11 55 a m, 2 55, 6 30 p m.
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South Door
Bristol
Earle & Prew Express
Local notices and ads skimmed from Warren paper
Various items note medicine prices and brands, a new harness shop opening, and school committee activity. A cargo barge delivered coal to Staples Company, a factory inventory shutdown planned, and two scarlet fever cases reported. Social calls, store improvements, and a infant death are also mentioned along with crime transport to jail and local sales at T J Connery's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull
R. I. Drug Co
National India Rubber Co
Japan
Carter
R. J Drug Co
Albert E. Sparks
George Tilley
Bradford Street
Peruna
R. I. Drugs Co
John L. Chapman, Jr
Chester
Mass
R. 1 Drug Co
J Harvey Randall
Y. M.C
Rangoon
Burmah
Baptist Church
F. M. Dimond
New York
Warren
John W Eddy
Dennis Ryan
Tipton
Fall River
Staples Company
Russell S Church
P Reynolds
O R Siegel
Edward Keegan
Congregational Street
William H. Ogden
Mt. Hope Avenue
Second Street
T. J. Connery
State Street
Connery
Frederic Mott
Burnside Street
Steam yacht Engenia launched for Herreshoff
Benjamin M. Carey arrested for drunkenness on Thames street. The Bristol Train of Artillery drills, Mrs. Amanda Brown visiting in Bristol, and the steam yacht Engenia built for John B. Herreshoff launched from Herreshoff’s shops Wednesday. Several local notices cover community events, church services, gas heaters offer, a stereopticon lecture, Young Men’s Christian Association activities, a basketball game, and various social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.I Drug Co
Benjamin M. Carey
Thames Street
Bristol Train of Artillery
Amanda Brown
Rehoboth
Mass
W. Def. Brown
State Street
Engenia
John B. Herreshoff
Herreshoff
Mamie E. Cogdell
Herreshoff Manufacturing Co
M. C. Borden
Shrewsbury
N.Y
Browangelon
Cooper's
Cox's
Knox's
T. J. Connery’s
Peter A. Seewney
Bristol Pentecostal
F. E. Talbee
R. I. Drug Co
Hoard
Capt
Morrissey
Ellery W. Greene
Metacom Avenue
Clarence
Helen Osterberg
George William Cooke
O. R. Siegel
Hope and
Franklin Streets
Cooke
James W. Cooke
High Street
Lewis Hartsough Conant
Palmyra
N. Y
Mr. Conant
American Falls
Idaho
Bristol
Bristol County Gas & Electric Company
J. H. Young's
Hope Street
Christ
St. Mary’s Church
Mamie Pierce
Ida Vallaint
Richard C. Quirk
Charles Kunze
Sophia Coughlan
Apostle
Holy City
Lizzie Ormond
A. Rudman
Fall River Young Men's Christian Association
Rudman
Wayne Randall
Brown University
Randall
Bristol Y. M. C. A
Boston Independents
Newport
Naval
Congregational Church
Solomon Lev
Miss Wyman
Clara Dimond
Miss Hartwell
Misses Church
Helen Waldron
Mrs. Young
Calbraith Perry
Walter Munro
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Bristol Phoenix
Bristol County
Ofico
Bradford St
R. L
Farrally
Bristol Post Office
Phoenix
E. G. Easterbrooks
Wom
F. Briggs
W W. U J. Fish & Co
D. G. Lebb
Ad’s
Your
William L. Dowd
Cole Street Relief Corps
Reba Lodge
Anderson Philo W. Cady
Whist and Social Board
Henry M Thompson
E.holden
Republican Convention Co
C Gray Banner Lye Penn Chemical Works
George A Peckham
Martha A Hunt
Isaac L Darling
Congregational Church Notes
Rovidenge
R. I
Peirce
Thos.f.peirce & Son
Dorrance and Westminster Corner
Providence, R. I
Bristol and Vicinity
A. m
P m
Sunday Mails
Gibbs
Drownville
Providence County
Cady
Common Pleas Court
Crouche
Bosworth
Yy. M.C. A
Lad
Cameron
Chamberlain
W. H. Buffington
Cleveland
Anderstrom
Church Street
G. M. Wilbur
Y. Cam
Hops Street
E. F. Quirk
Company C
Boston
Independents
Devoe
G. A. R. Hall
Barbara A. Anderson
Wilson’s Lane
Cole Street
Babbitt Post
A.R. and
Woman's Relief Corps
Grand Army Hall
Col. C. H
Bradford Streets
Malcolm Macnaught
Bay View Avenue
Wood Street
Rdwell Lumber CU
Bristol Neck
Wm. B. Gray
Theodore O. Gladding
Telephone
Fe AL Sale
California
Formosa
Ceylon
Chase and Sanborn’s
C. A. Johnson
A. W. Orgelman
John Shepard
Amos Trudeau
Town OF
D. Cruickshank
O. L. Bosworth Attorney-at-Law
R.I
Oteve
Barton Street
Barton
Buffinton
Wright's Church St
Vermont Creamery
York State
Lebb’s Annex
S. Golden, Tailor
Bristol, R. J
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