National India Robber Co Poised for Record Year
The National India Robber Co factory reports a surge in orders for tennis shoes insulated wire clothing hose and sundries. Management considers a permanent Saturday half holiday and will install six new horizontal boilers from Edward Kendall Company to boost steam power, planning to repurpose the existing boiler plant once ready.
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National India Robber Co
H H. Shepard
Shepard
Edward Kendall Company
Worcester
Mass
Memorial Sunday Observed by Babbitt G A R and Friends
Memorial Sunday will be observed by Babbitt Post G A R next Sunday May 24 with vesper service at St Mary's church at 730. The post will be joined by Babbitt Women's Relief Corps Bristol Battery Artillery and Naval Reserves. Miss Lizzie Ormond director of St Mary's choir arranged a special program assisted by Miss Kate O'Loughlin soprano of Providence and Joseph Kirwin of Boston. An orchestra including Thomas B Layey Pietro Vaccaro Michele Vaccaro Ang ie W Pierce Richard C Quirk John Doran Frank Doran Peter J Lannon James Conley and John Cashin will perform. O Loughlin will sing Salutaris and Rossini's Tantum Ergo will be sung by a male octet. Bass solo Face to Face will be sung by R C Quirk. Kirwin will sing Ave Maria. From 7 to 730 Miss Mamie Pierce organist with the orchestra will play voluntaries and national hymns. Rev J o Downing assistant pastor of St Mary's will deliver the address.
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Babbitt Post
G A. R
St Mary's Church
Babbitt Women's Relief Corps
Bristol Traiof Artillery
Lizzie Ormond
St. Mary's Church
Kate O'Loughlin
Providence
Joseph Kirwin
Boston
Thomas B Layey
Pietro
Michele Vaccaro
Angie W Pierce
Samuel J . Keefe
Mamue Vierve
Miss O'Loughlin
Salutaris
Verdi
Rossini
Richard C. Quirk
Angie W Pierce, Jr
John Doran
Frank Doran
Peter J. Lannon
James Conley
John Cashin
R C Quirk
Luitza
Mamie Pierce
Guiledec of Verbena Treated With Arnica Salve
JoA Guiledec of Verbena Alabama was removed from hospital after severe piles caused 24 tumors. Bucklen's Arnica Salve halted inflammation and cured him. Artistic education is not a luxury but essential. it strengthens the mind and uplifts the heart, while luxury weakens ideals.
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Joa Guiledec
Verbena
Ala
Tnhken
Bucklen
Arnica
Young & Co
Ife
Dyspepsia Remedy Mi o Na Gains Rapid Sales
Rhode Island Drug Co. reports Mi o Na the dyspepsia remedy has cured hundreds of customers and its sales rise quickly. The tablets come in a pocket sized metal box and are said to provide fast relief and lasting cures. The dealer offers a money back guarantee if it fails to cure.
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Hundredia
Rhode Island Drug Co
RI. Drug Co
Lightning Strikes St Marys Church in Bristol Tempest
A severe Bristol tempest caused damage with thunder, heavy rain, and fallen trees. Lightning struck St Marys Catholic church on Wood Street, ripping the gilded cross from the cupola and injuring the structure. A worker named James Smith of Warren was nearby during the storm while brick work on a meter house continued.
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Bristol
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Wood Street
James Smith
Warren
Maria Naylor Obituary in Bristol and Fall River
Mrs Maria Naylor widow of Judah Naylor died in Fall River after months of senile debility. A native of England she lived long in Bristol. Daughter of Joseph and Maria Hargraves she was 71 years old. She left a daughter and two sisters. Her body was brought to the steamer Bay Queen from Fall River and buried at North Cemetery.
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Maria Naylor
Judah Naylor
Fall River
Bristol
England
Joseph and
Maria (Whittaker) Hargraves
North Cemetery
Dr King’s New Discovery Advertised as Cure All
An ad proclaims Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption cures lung and throat troubles. Mrs C B VanMetre of Shepherdstown says a year of bronchitis relief came from one bottle. The product is guaranteed by J H Young & Co with trial bottles free and regular sizes priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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J. H. Young & Co
Louis Daudelin Co
Worcester
Mass
Storm damages and lightning strikes hit Warren area
Lightning caused extensive damage across Warren during a fierce storm. Gasometer shelter, several buildings, chimneys, roofs, and telephones were struck or damaged. A bricklayer, Smith, was stunned and rescued from a water tank. others report tree damage, broken glass, and hail. Public utilities faced outages as crews and managers raced to restore service.
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Warren
To &O
William McCaughey
Smith
Big
A. M. Mortiman
Warren Smith
Willian Maley
George Saillant
E K Watson
Frank P Howe
Metacom Avenue
Griswold
Woodlawn Avenues
W G Low
Brooklyn
Ferry Hill
Antone Peters
Mt. Hope Avenue
Linden Place
Hope Street
Col
S. P. Colt
G S Congdon
Hopeworth Sanitarium
Pappoosequaw
Redcrest
S. A. Taylor
Washington I. Finch
High Street
John Usher
Warren Line
George Sunderland
Bristol
National India Rubber Co
C. J. Hasbrouck
State Street
A Royal Family at Keith's Theatre Next Week
Keith's Theatre presents Capt Robert Marshall's romantic comedy A Royal Family with star Annie Russell. Dainty scenes in the imaginary land Arcecia, with elaborate scenery and costumes to heighten the production, expected to surpass previous Keith's offerings.
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Albee Stock Company
Keith's
Robert Marshall
Annie Russell
America
Haymarket Theatre
London
Arcecia
Europe
A Japanese Hygienic Bath Habit and Its Lessons
The piece discusses Japanese bathing practices in detail, noting water heated to bearable temperatures via a furnace. Bathers soak, wash on the bathroom floor, then soak again, dry, and rest in a wrapper. It argues hot baths promote softer skin and may aid rheumatism, while outsiders may view cold baths as barbaric.
Revenue officer foils jewelry thief at timber wharf
A port thief fleeing with stolen jewelry hid a sack on a boat and tried to bluff a revenue officer. The officer checked the bag and found it contained watches and spoons, not the cigars expected, ending the scam as the thief vanished.
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Custom House
Timper
One of Mrs Grant's Bright Sayings
A New Orleans Times Democrat note recalls Mrs Julia Dent Grant in Philadelphia at 2009 Chestnut Street. An old rich visitor told of a penniless desertion story about a young woman married to a drunkard with two children. Mrs Grant challenged her to help in the right place.
Stopped Voting For Daniel Turns Snappy Joke
An old time doctor writes to a judge asking about the spelling equinomical. The judge admits Webster’s Dictionary can help but the doctor jokes that Webster’s dictionary omits the common word and vows to withhold his vote.
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Daniel
Daniels Webster
The Widower Quip Echoes In Chicago News
An elderly woman and a young girl discuss a widower, with the elder saying he reminds her of a baby. She notes pattern of crying in early months, gradual awareness afterward, and the odds of surviving the next summer.
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Chicago News
Made Young Again Diet Pill Ad Promotes Health Claim
D. H. Turner of Dempseytown Pennsylvania writes that Dr King's New Life Pills restore vigor and fit into jeans after two weeks. The vegetable remedy is advertised as best for liver stomach and bowels and priced 260 at J E Young & Co's Drug Store.
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Dr. King
D. H. Turner
Dempseytown
J. E.young & Co
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St. Mary's
ST Mary's
Keith's New Theatre
Beecham
Dandruff
A. R. Bremer CO
Chicago
R. J. Drug Company
O.L. Nosworts Attorney-at-Lay
Hopestrait
R.I
Phosuix
St. Mary's T. A. Society
Temperance Hall
T. B. Lavey
William Sisson
P Vaccaro
E. F. Christie
Ada M. Munro
John Higgins
Louise Doyle
Willie Sisson
R. F Sullivan
C. T. A. Union
Rhode Island. Drug—Co
Margaret ‘Fitzgerald
Amory Street
Manchester
N. H
Estella L. Mason
Wilbur Mason
Ezra Mason
Ivers & Pond
Boylston St
W. H. Buffington
Mary E. Gooding
Tol
Josephus Gooding
Mark A. P. Wolf
Helena T. B. D' WU
Robert Lawder
George Thomas Lawder
Tul
Henry Goff
Probate
Sai
Herbert F. Bennett
Mary Ellen Holmes
Sarah L.jackson
Reatolmes
Sarah L. Jackson
Batte
Maine
Bal
Bristol Pharnix
Memorial Ll
Lias
William Wil Charles H. Spooner
Stephen W. Churgh
R. I
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