State Street Mr E Church Notes
The past week in State Street church affairs was busy and hopeful with improvements at the parsonage funded and a healthy treasury for further work. The Epworth League prepared for the anniversary on May 17 with morning and evening programs. The Junior Epworth League will host a reception this evening featuring social life, music, and refreshments led by Miss Luther. Renovations include new vestry seating and lavatories with coatroom, plus Epworth League room improvements. The Sunday schedule shifts to morning service and Epworth League devotional at 6:30. The morning sermon themes are The Golden Wedge of Ophir and Veneer or Solid Oak in the evening.
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Ladies Aid Society
Epworth League Commission
Epworth League
Luther
Epworth
Ophir
Prints of the Old Brick School House for sale
Due to high demand we printed a limited run on heavy 19 by 12 inch paper suitable for framing. Copies are available for 15 cents each at Stevens & Co or at the Pocanix Office and will be mailed post paid on receipt of payment.
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Stevens & Co
Pocanix
Blood Wine Claims Cure For Neuralgia In Manchester
Mrs. Emily Cote of Maple and Lowell Streets Manchester New Hampshire declares the neuralgia pains which nearly drove her to distraction have entirely disappeared and she is positive Blood Wine cured her. The testimonial cites persistent headaches and the remedy as the solution.
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Emily Cote
Cor
Maple and
Lowell Sta
Manchester
N. H
Blood Wine advertised as relief for painful periods
Robertine Cote of Manchester New Hampshire cites Blood Wine as easing her painful menstrual periods after trying other remedies. She says it calms nerves and relieves headaches with a peculiar action on the blood and claims it regulates natural functions. The ad notes no wine or opiates and priced at fifty cents a bottle, sold by C W Sparks and R I Drug Co.
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Robertine Cote
Manchester
N.H
Tam Eixteen
C. W. Sparks
R.I. Drug Co
First Annual Choir Evening at St Michael’s Sunday School
The first annual recital of St Michael’s Sunday school choir was held Tuesday evening in the chapel with Rev. G L Locke presiding. Frank J Anthony led the choir with assistance from Benjamin R Wilson and George W Warren. Mrs B M MacDougall played the organ. the program included hymns psalms lessons and anthems. social refreshments followed. The choir roster lists sopranos tenors and basses including W Archer E Bann W Darling E Ento B Perry E Rounds C Smith Fred West F Bradie L Close A Ento A Johnson O Perry G Rounds Frank West W West and others.
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St Michael’s Sunday School
G. L. Locke
Benjamin R. Wilson
George W. Warren
Frank J. Anthony
Providence
B. M. MacDougall
C. Simpers
Langdon
Woodward
Locke
W. Archer
E Bann
W Darling
E. Ento
B. Perry
E. Rounds
C. Smith
Fred West
F. Bradie
L. Close
A. Ento
A. Johnson
O. Perry
G. Rounds
Frank West
W. West
Pope Alexander VII linked to sultan by marriage
A Swiss writer from the seventeenth century records that Pope Alexander VII, ruling 1655 to 1667, was related to Sultan Selim II through the captivity of Margherita Marsili in 1525. Margherita became Selim II’s wife, making Alexander VII a maternal descendant of that noble line via Laura Marsili and Cesare Marsili’s lineage.
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Alexander VII
Mohammed IV
Wallichius
the Marsilis
Margherita
Nani Marsili
Solyman
Selim II
Lionardo Marsili
Cesare
Laura
Chigi
Fabio Chigli
Raleigh and the Potato in Ireland Tale
A fragment recounts Sir Walter Raleigh introducing the potato to Ireland around Cork and Youghal. It notes opposition from Cobbette and Raleigh tasting the crop, plus a story of him resting beneath a tree while a servant poured water on him, near the garden spot today shown to tourists.
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Sir Walter
A Sukeworm of the Sea Silk From Pinna Shellfish
The pinna shellfish from the Mediterranean yields a viscid silk used in Sicily to craft handsome fabrics. The creature spins filaments to attach itself to rocks and can regrow them. Harvested at low tide, the fiber is washed, dried, and carded. one pound of coarse filament yields about three ounces of fine thread with a rich golden brown luster.
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Mediterranean
Sicily
Andrew Jackson Clears Bill With New Orleans Victory
At Salis bury North Carolina Andrew Jackson once visited a Rockford court and left unpaid charges later recorded in a hotel ledger. Upon news of the January 8 1815 victory at New Orleans the landlord reopened the account and wrote settled in full by the battle of New Orleans, linking the debt to the historic triumph.
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Andrew Jackson
Salisbury
N. C
Rockford
Surry
New Orleans
Quick Change Artist In A Gambler Tale
A brief humorous exchange unfolds as Mr Stubb boasts of a poker win while Mrs Stubb scolds gambling. The chatter mentions a lost bet and a surprising purchase, ending with a playful jab about marrying two gamblers. Chitigo News provides the quirky vignette.
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Marla
Mr. Stubb
Chitigo News
Arbor Day Observed by Public and High Schools
Arbor Day was observed across public schools with appropriate exercises. Many schools followed the State Commissioner of Public Schools program while others presented special programs. Parents attended, and in the High school devotional exercises were led by Miss L. F. Munro, with selections by the orchestra and a address by Superintendent J. P. Reynolds.
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State Commissioner of Public Schools
L. F. Munro
J. P. Reynolds
Bible of Governor Bradford Transferred to Pilgrim Society
Asa W. Waters of Philadelphia donates Bradford family Bible to the Pilgrim Society in Plymouth. The 1592 London edition, carried on the Mayflower and used by Bradford until 1657, will be kept in a fireproof vault at Pilgrim Hall. The transfer clarifies lineage and corrects past misreports per donor memoranda.
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Bradford
The
Pilgrim Fathers
Pilgrims Society of Plymouth
Asa W. Waters
London
Holland
Joseph
Elisha
Alice
Asa Waters
Captain Waters
Asa Bradford Waters
Marietta
Joseph Belcher Waters
Zebulon Waters, Jr
Sanford Waters Billings
Sharon
Mass
Osmond J. Billings
Abbie C.billings
Philadelphia
Osmond J
Abbie C. Billings
William Bradford
Pilgrim Society
Pilgrim Hall
Plymouth
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State Library
State House
Boston
Constitution Here Reliance Expected to Arrive This Afternoon
The 90 foot sloop Constitution arrived in tow from Glen Cove, Long Island, for work on a telescoping topmast and sail alterations. Billman's riggers installed the new topmast, and two coats of white paint are being applied. The Constitution departs for Glen Cove tomorrow or Monday. The Reliance is due late this afternoon after leaving the head of the sound this forenoon and will stay several days for overhauling and sail recuts.
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Constitution
Sattelite
Glen Cove
Long Island
Billman
Boston
Reliance
Left handedness varies by English counties
A London Telegraph note catalogs regional terms for a left handed person. In Gloucestershire the term is scrammy, in Staffordshire craggy, in Yorkshire gawkrodger or callick handed, and in Durham cuddy paw, illustrating rich etymological variety across England.
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England
Gloucestershire
Staffordshire
Gawkrodger
Callick
Durham
London Telegraph
Irrepressible Child-Ma and Headed Nonsense Jests
A Columbia Jester joke questions if level and flat describe a child. It contrasts Mother’s view with Mr Jones calling him a flat head and Mr Smith saying he is level headed, noting mixed reactions from pa about insult vs reassurance.
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The
I. C
Mr. Jones
Mr. Smith
Columbia
Estate of Raymond Will Presented for Probate in Bristol
In the Town of Bristol on April 24 1903 an instrument purporting to be the will of Raymond late of Bristol is presented for probate. William Perry is named administrator with the will annexed. The matter is referred to May 18 1903 at 10 o'clock a m in the Probate Court Room Bristol for consideration with notice to be posted weekly for fourteen days.
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Bristol
William C. Norris
Charles H
Manchester
John L. Shepard
Lefferts
Hoffman
John
EL. Shepard
Eronays
Ramatx
Porarz Court
Delfina Marchell
Frank Francis
Toner Eda
Bristol Prantx
Herbert F. Bennett
Bistol
Raymond
HL Perry
Willia
Bristo
Proenix
Herbert F. Bennefe
Guardian appointment for Estella L Mason and Ezra Wilbur Mason
Ezra Mason announces he is guardian of the persons and estates of Estella L Mason and Ezra Wilbur Mason of Bristol. Bonds filed with probate court. All claims against the wards must be presented within six months, and all debts due to the wards paid to the guardian.
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Bristol
Estella L. Mason
Ezra Wilbur Mason
Ezra Mason
William H. McGann
May E McGann
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Ivers & Pond
Boylston Street
D. Kauble
Nevada
Dewit
Gov. Bradford
Consant
Financial Reference
Industrial Trust Co
U. S. Dental Association
Westminster Street
Union
Hubert A. Lewis
D. D
W. E H. Buffington
Walt
Syo
the Saturday — Evening Post
Curtis Publishing Company
Arch Street
E. Munro
Patrick ‘Scanlon
Hiram F. Perry
Bridget Christie
Annie E. Christie
Mark A. O’ Wolf
Helena T. B. D’ Wolf
W. H. Baffington
Rexall
Rhode Island Drug Co
Rhode Island Drug Company
Newport
R. T
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