Medal for Spatish War Veteran letter to Dimock
Official letter from the Bureau of Navigation Washington DC awarding a bronze Spanish American War medal to William DeW Dimock of Bristol Rhode Island for service aboard the US S Yankee at Santiago Cienfuegos and Casilda in June 1898. The act of Congress approved March 4 1901 directs such medals for Navy and Marine Corps personnel. Please acknowledge receipt.
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William Dew. Dimock
New York
C V B Ostrander
Department of the Navy
Washington
West Indies
Cuba
Spain
Santiago
Cienfuegos
Casilda
W. P Potter
William Dew Dimock
Bristol
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In the Halls of Pleasure and Pain by Elia Wilcox
A reflective poem by Elia Wheeler Wilcox contrasts joy and sorrow. It explores how sharing happiness invites company while grief isolates, and how success and generosity sustain life yet cannot ease death. The piece ends noting that all must pass through life’s narrow aisles of pain.
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Elia Wheeler Wilcox
May Events At St Andrews St Michael's Chapel
Coming events list May includes St Andrew's supper sale at St Michael's Chapel on a Wednesday 4 to 10 pm. May 14 features a rummage sale by Epworth League of State Street M E Church. May 14 to 21 hosts a bazaar by Burnside Social Club and Ladies Auxiliary of Burnside Lodge. May 29 brings a Bristol Opera House benefit show by local cast for Y M C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrew's Club
St. Michael's Chapel
Epworth League
State Street M. E
Burnside’Social Club
Burnside Lodge
R. O
G. A. R. Halk
Bristol Opera House
Probate Court Probate actions during a semi-monthly session
The Probate Court presided by Judge F H Hammill received and allowed multiple wills and estates for probate and executors. Applications included the will of Annie Monro with Hezekiah Monro as executor, and Margaret Christie with John Christie as executor. Real estate sales, rents, and inventories were approved with bond safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Hammill
Annie
Monro
Hezekiah A. Monro
Nisi
Margaret A. Christie
John J Christie
Sarelles
Terrence McGarty
Augustus P. Daffy
Michael J. Doyle
Lyman B. Bosworth
William H.simmons
Daniel Stevens
Annie U. Monro
Bristol Chapel SAR Holds Annual Meeting and Officers
The Bristol Chapel Sons of the American Revolution held its annual meeting at Judge Orrin L. Bosworth’s home. Officers were elected unanimously with J Winthrop DeWolf as President and Captain William Howe Church’s 97th birthday recognized on June 28. The group planned a summer outing.
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Bristol Chapel
Sons of the American Revolution
Orrin L. Bosworth
Board of Managers
William Howe Church
Bosworth
J Winthrop DeWolf
Supper and Sale at St Andrew's Club
St Andrew's Club hosts a supper and sale tomorrow from 4 to 7 pm at St Michael's chapel with a cake table, lemonade stand, coffee service, and flower booth. Committee members include G S S Pailthorpe and W Archer. proceeds go to St Andrew's School of Barrington and St Andrew's Club.
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St. Andrew's Club
St. Michael’s Chapel
Amy Haggs
WF. Williams
A. Merriman
H. H. “Cabot
Benidivisi Babe
Blise Hannah Drary
Alice Dunbar
Who. Darling
Alisa
Alica
Mewhold
Nellierling
Gandy
Flower Booth
J. Winthrop DeWolf
Evelyn Bache
Gertrude Dimitry
Bertha Wyatt
Patty Rockwell
June Rockwell
Wm. Gladding
John Inte
Emeline Munro
G SS. Pailthorpe
Wm Archer
W F. West
Wm . Darling
Charles F Smith
Pardon R. Kenney
St Andrew's School of
Barrington
St. Andrew’s Club
Town
Identifying Gypsy Moths in Rhode Island
Rhode Island College reports a flood of insect cocoons from across the state and asks whether they are gypsy or brown tail moths. Most cocoons belong to Promethea moth, Callosamia promethea, not highly injurious. Cocoons form in folded leaves, silk-bound edges, with a woven pupa inside. People are urged to continue sending specimens for identification to track dangerous species.
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Rhode Island College
Cheerfulness as a Sign of Sanity
A succinct reflection on mood and mental balance noting that cheerfulness preserves sanity while morose temperament risks imbalance. quote attributed to Suc LESS.
Stronger Than His Income
Dialogue from New York Herald quotes a fragile fiancé and a wary suitor, framing a comical courtship exchange about strength and vulnerability between an elder man and his intended bride.
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Jack
New York Herald
Ten-Year-Old Customer Seeks Devoe Paint in Maine
A Bridgeton Maine shopkeeper recalls a boy, age ten, asking for a quart of white paint and remarking on Devoe letters. The boy, guided by his mother, asks for paint he calls feast gallans, while the merchant notes the exchange and signs as W C Devoe & Co. Jas A Miller & Son advertised their paint.
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Devoe
Henderson Seeds Promotional Catalogue Offer
A vintage advertisement urges readers to try Henderson Seeds, praising trial and test results. It touts an 188-page catalogue with 700 cuts and color plates, mailed for four cents in postage, plus a coupon offer for a 50 cent seed collection to use toward orders of one dollar or more.
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Henderson
Has beens and Down and Outs Play Tight Lacrosse? No, Baseball Game Narrates Eightteenth Century Style
St Marys L A Society Has beens capt John P Murphy faced Down and Outs capt John Neary in game three of a five game series. Has beens exploded for eight runs in the sixth inning to overturn a tense affair, with Murphy fanning eleven. Key players: Murphy Foster LeMare Norton for the Has beens and Vera Neary A Hearn Scott for the Down and Outs. Final score 16 to 8, after a long, error‑studded rally and late defensive miscues.
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St. Mary’s 'L. A. Society
Has Beens
John P. Murphy
John Neary
J. Murphy
Foster
LeMare
Norton
John Gallagher
I. Byrnes LeMare
Dnoffy
John Murphy
Hasbeens
Vera and
Neary
Marringtor A'Hearn
Mack
J. Neary
Biss
J. Vera
Oliver
I Mahoney
J. A’hearn
Scott
C.f
J. Harringon
F. Byrnes
R.f
Birmingham
Harrington
J.murphry
Vera
A’hearn
J Murphy
Murphy
William Cleaver
John Brides
Y M C A Bowling Tournament Results
Y M C A bowling results show teams No 7 led by F M Dimond winning two strings in three over team No 9 capt Ruafus H E Murray. Team 8 led by J F Farrally won two strings in three over team No 2 capt OU W Cromer. Team 6 led by R W Nelson won all three strings from team 12 capt R Wells.
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F. M. Dimond
Ruafus HE. Murray
J. F. Farrally
OU. W. Cromer
R. W. Nelson
R. Wells
R. Nelson
O. Brigham
I. Shepard
G. Marshall
O. Leitiger
Bush
H Gray
A. Schafft
J Walsh
F. Farrally
D. DeWolf
In Snow
P Kenney
Asa W. Hathaway
P. Geapar
A. Snow
H. Higgins
Jone
G H
Frank Rounds
Frank
Bristol Drug Store Ad by Dr. Charles A. Glancy
To the People of Bristol prescriptions and medicines can always be obtained at my store day or night a registered pharmacist always in attendance Charles A Glancy M D formerly resident Apothecary at Rhode Island Hospital Drug Store and Office 899 Wood Street corner Congregational Street Bristol BR I
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Charles A. Glancy
Rhode Island Hospital
Wood Street
Cor. Congregational St
Bristol, BR
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Wven
One 1
Providence
U.S. Dental Association
Westminster Street
Hubert A. Lewis
D. D
R. P. Smith
William Street
G. W. Simmons
Undertakers
Eperes
Constitution Street
Probate Court
A. R
A. A. Gravelle
Des Age
Peter Henderson & CO
Cy Ae Ree Oe Ee Or
Cole
F. Foster
E. LeMare
F. Birmingham
J. Duffy
T. Byrnes
J Gallagher
H. Murphy
H. Norton
H Rherman
Seth Paull Jr
O. MacDonald
J. Kinder
W. Higgins
R. E. Murray
A. Davidson
H. F. Card
James Davidson
S. W. Munro
Eee
E. F. Brackett
P. Gasper
Geo. Clark A. Edmunds
Hodgdon
W. N. Newman
F. Slade
J. Edmunds
J. Edmunds 91 72 80—248 QO. W. Cromer
Warren Monumental
Cornelius Harrington
Crode St
Railroad Ave
Warren
R. I
Rayo Lamp
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK \Incorporated
Barton
Buffinton
Hellebore
W. H. Bufffington
Titans
Hope
State Street
Herman Thiele
A. W. Orgelman
Btale Street
Vaccaro Bros
Franklin Street
John Shepard
Independent Ice CO
G. A. Jethtal Ty
Memorial Hall
Joe Franklin
W. W. Williams
C.H Straight
R. L
A. H. Manchester
Easterbroo
Edmond
S. B. Paull
E. G. Spooner
James Dixon Carpenter
Church Street
George W
J. H. Wall & Co
Hope Street
M. Wilbur
Bradford Street
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