Y M C A Notes May 1899 Bristol Events and Plans
Regular Women's Auxiliary meeting set for Friday at 3 from Mra H F Kennett home. Rev Ho W Watjen spoke at the Methodist church on Thou wouldst not with about 60 men present. Tomorrow bicycle run from Association rooms Hope street at 7. E M Robinson to visit May 15 to organize a Junior Department for boys aged 12 to 14 with annual fees 3.00 full 1.00 limited. gym classes twice weekly. New men have joined. hall completion awaited. Opera House entertainment planned by Social and Entertainment committees. details to be published.
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Mra
H F Kennett
Ho W Watjen
Methodist Church
Nayatt
Association Rooms
Hope Street
E M Robinson
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Bristol
Parisian Success for Bristol Artist Caroline Thurber
Mrs Caroline Thurber of Bristol Rhode Island and former Minneapolis resident stands among rising American artists in Paris. After two years of study she earned Paris salon recognition for The Violin Girl, a painting from 10 000 submitted works. She plans to return to America next year to focus on portraiture and continues to receive high praise from top instructors.
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Paris
Caroline Thurber
Bristol
Rhode Island
Minneapolis
Thurber
Julians
Jean Paul Jaureps
Benjamin Constant
America
ABC Nettleton
Minneapolis Journal
Pure Stimulants and Liquors Ad Claims Purity
An advertorial piece asserts that Spirits and Syrups blended into liquors are cheaper and inferior while praising absolute purity. It emphasizes that their wines and liquors are well aged and sold straight, recommended by physicians for pure stimulants.
Bristol Post Office Outward and Inward Mails Schedule
Notes on local interest list mail closing times for New York west and south and Providence Boston east routes. Outward mail closes at 930 a m 620 p m for New York west and south and 720 a m 930 a m 1180 a m 330 p m 620 p m for Providence Boston east. Inward mails from New York west and south arrive 716 am 220 pm and those from Providence Boston east arrive 715 am 1200 pm 220 pm 620 pm 720 pm. Distribution begins about 45 minutes after arrival.
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New York
West
South
Providence
Boston
East
Tautog season and local notices span Warren to Newport
Daily tautog catches reported while local commerce sells 10 cent soups and condiments at Andersons and Connerys. Walter Ezra and Ezra Kenney purchase property on Wood street and West Side. Admiral Sampsons squadron heads to Newport Memorial Bay with talk of a Bristol excursion. A Winslow estate sale on Main street grosses 84700 to Ezra Dixon. Deeds pass to Albert Luther for the Coit property on Constitution street. Providence guests of Frank Kinnicutt and blue notes of public life fill the town. The Namauit mill receives a coal cargo from South Amboy. Social events include Babbitt Post GAR hall, Perry and Laveys orchestras. Naval Reserves exams proceed. burial services for Edward M Ross. Blue serge suits and local firehouse notes conclude with Washington crossing the Delaware misattribution corrected, and a wallpaper tip. Memorial Sunday services and escort duty for Memorial Day noted.
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Ezra
Saxon
ST J Connery's
State Street
Alonzo Kenney
Charles F Paine
Wood Street
Admiral Sampson
Newport Memorial Bay
Bristol
Main Street
Warren
Winslow
Ezra Dixon
David O Coit
Constitution Street
Albert Luther
Edward de Pine
Oscar Jackson
Providence
Geoge S ¢Latin & Co
Frank Kinnicutt
Mon Street
Carl Galle
St Joseph's Hostal
Bural
Woonsocket
Farward Atkinson
S Edwards
A T Davis
South Amboy NJ
Namauit
Babbitt Post
Gar Hall
Lavey
Defender Social Club
Grand Army Hall
Perry
Sawtelle Dramatic Co Performs to Crowded House
A bustling week at the Opera House ends with a full house as the Sawtelle Dramatic Co wraps a seven day engagement. Local musical events, receptions, and plans for chairs at the Opera House appear alongside town discussions on keeping the Byfield Rubber Company in Bristol amid calls for civic support and improved utilities.
Bristol Chapter DAR Holds Monthly Meeting and Reception
The Bristol Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met in Memorial Hall. Arrangements were made for a reception for Mrs Joshua Wilbour Thursday 4 to 6 pm at Regent Mrs C J Hasbrouck’s residence. Mrs Charles S Davos and Miss Lilian F Munro spoke on Rhode Island education and religious tolerance.
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Bristol
Daughters of the American Revolution
Memorial Hall
Joshua Wilbour
C J Hasbrouck
Charles S. Davos
Warren
Rhode Island
Lilian F. Munro
Coffee substitute praised as healthful drink
An old advertisement extols a grain based coffee substitute as healthful invigorating and appetizing claiming it tastes like coffee costs about 4 to 5 cents and is a genuine food drink for children. It also lists produce at TJ Connery's 18 State Street including cucumbers beans lettuce spinach and more.
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TJ Connery’s
State Street
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Endorsements
One hundred dollars reward offered for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Firm of F J Cheney & Co Toledo props. Local endorsements from West & Truax and Walding Kinnan Marvin attest to honesty and solvency. Cure taken internally and targets blood and mucous membranes. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists with free testimonials.
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Hall
F J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
F J Cheney
West & Truax
Waalding
Kinnan & Marvin
Capt Allen M Newman World Sailor and Businessman
Capt Allen M Newman Bristol pioneer seaman aged 70, veteran of Arctic whalers and Civil War navy service, later grocery businessman retired, honored by friends on birthday. He sailed the world six times, led ships, earned a compliment from C C Wells, and remains active in naval veterans circles and local lodges. His sons James A and A Russell continued the business.
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Allen M Newman
Bristol
Newman
Arctic
C H Wells
James A
A Russell Newman
Farragut Association of Naval Veterans and Babbitt Post, Gar
St Albans Lodge
Whooping Cough Cure Praised by Pa. Parent
A South Burgettsown resident recalls a near fatal bout with whooping cough in a young boy. After trying Chamberlain's Cough Remedy on neighbor advice, the child improved after a few doses and one bottle cured him entirely. The testimonial asserts it is the best cough medicine in the house, sold by W H Buffington.
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Chamberlain
J LL Mooner
South Burgettsown
W H Buffington
Card of Thanks for Wm. J Mahnken bereavement
The family of the late Wm. J Mahnken express sincere thanks for assistance and sympathy shown during their bereavement and for the beautiful floral tributes.
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Wm. J Mahnken
Rogers Free Library Adds Classic Works
A catalog of recent additions includes Louisa May Alcott titles Little Women and Little Men in 16mo formats with Boston editions from 1869 and 1871. Also listed are Lew Wallace The Fair God 12mo Boston 1886. J G Holland Titcomb's Letters to Young People 26th ed 12mo New York 1863. F Marion Crawford Mr Isaacs 12mo New York 1883. Graphic volume 57 January-June 1898. Illustrated London News volume 22 January-June 1898.
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Alcott
Louisa M
Boston
Wallace
Lew
Mexico
Holland
J G
New Fire Station
A brief civic note quotes L A Martin on impulse and reflection, framing the opening of a new fire station as a community ideal and the need for steadfast action.
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R H Dunbar
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R. H Dunbar
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Westminster ST , Providence
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Ap AP Exsterbrooks
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THE
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Shell Fisheries
Valentine Flash
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James C. Collins
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James M. Wright
Benjamin Drown
John H. Sorthy
Joseph C
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Sol
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
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