Annual Church Meeting Adopts New Church Officers
The First Congregational church annual meeting on May 3 adjourned last evening with Rev. T Newton Owen acting as moderator and William H Bell as clerk pro tem. Elected officers include Deacon William H Bell Treasurer Deacon Inner Clerk Robert Mc Caughey Superintendent of Sunday School Chandler H Coggeshall. Standing Committee members E K Reynolds Daniel G Coggeshall Edward B dbamo. Trustee for one year Charles H Church. Trustees for three years P Skinner Jr Dr C J Hasbrouck Frank M Dimond. Delegates to the Conference P Skinner Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
T. Newton Owen
William H. Bell
Robert McCaughey
Chandler H. Coggeshall
E. K.reynolds
Daniel G. Coggeshall
Edward B
Advertised Letters for Week Ending May 19
List of names including Capt George Byraus Adolph Dietrich Dr George Roy Selma A Watson Mrs Ernest Bacon Miss Edith L Paige foreign names Cavallaro Cavallaro Virigho Moraes with two entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Byraus
Adolph Dietrich
George Roy
Selma A. Watson
Mde
Geo. Antotte
Ernest Bacon
Edith L. Paige
Ludovico Cavallaro
Michedangato-Cavallaro
Mazzolini- Virigho
Saratin Moraes
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs George H Douglass
Yesterday Mr and Mrs George H Douglass celebrated their golden wedding at 119 High Street with about 100 friends. Mrs Douglass was aided by Mrs Frank M Dimond and Mrs Jennie Angell of Providence and by two sisters from Newport and Providence. Relatives from Providence Newport and Portsmouth attended. A collation was served and gifts included $40 in gold a cut glass wine set and a black walnut tabouret. The couple married May 21 1856 at the Portsmouth Methodist church by Rev Mayo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Douglass
High Street
Douglass
Providence
Newport
Portsmouth
Methodist
Progress on Peppasquash Bridge and statue repairs
Work advances on the Gol property bridge at Hoppasquash with walls raised and stone capping in place. Bronze sculptures moved to ends of the bridge and marble figures placed on approach walls. Norway maples along the ocean drive thrive. Doran repairs broken Paris Bristol statues, grafting new pieces where needed. four stone settees are cut into abutments, and macadam work on the 2.5 mile road near the Middleton-Roppasaquash road will start next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gol. Colt
Hoppasquash
Ocean Drive
William A. Doran
Paris
Bristol
Letter on paint quality and choosing Devoe products
A letter to Thomas H. Crowley argues paint quality matters more than price, noting bad paint causes hidden rust and dry rot while good paint protects wood and iron. The writer favors Devoe products as likeliest to yield a lasting, dry home finish despite cost. The signoff references W. Devoe & Co and Congdon & Carpenter Co Providenos R. L. as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devoe
Duty of Growth by Rhode Island college leader
President Kéfiyon L. Butterfield of the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts delivered a Sunday address in Rockwell Hall on The Duty of Growth. He urged self development through depth breadth and height of character, stressing work and service, and cited Gladstone as a model of lifelong growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kéfiyon L. Butterfield
Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Rockwell Hall
Owen Wistar
West
Gladstone
Bristol
Butterfield
Amherst Agricultural College
Jane Rockwell
Ira Shepard
Objections to Sundays Parade Stirse Town in Puritan Voice
A letter to the editor denounces a Sunday parade as an affront to the town’s Puritan heritage. The writer blames foreigners for clashing with local Sabbath observance and criticizes public servants, notably a Town Council leader seeking senate honors, for permitting the event and for alleged lax tax enforcement and liquor license issues. The letter calls for accountability and questions past tax remittance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Terrence McCarty
Lemon City man touts hot-water dose for cholera remedy
Mr. C. B. Wainwright of Lemon City, Florida, writes manufacturers that using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in hot water yields faster relief for stomach pains, colic, and cholera morbus. He claims the effect is doubled in rapidity and reaches the right spot instantly. Sold by W. H. Buffington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Wainwright
Lemon City
Fla
W. H. Buffington
Moral education at Bristol County teachers meeting in Barrington
The Bristol County Teachers association held its second meeting in Barrington Town Hall with nearly all county teachers and superintendents present. Superintendent Reynolds presided as Prof Walter Ballou Jacobs of Brown University and H T Bailey spoke on self activity and moral education, urging teachers to align living with thought while noting a shift from materialism to a moral framework. A piano duet, violin solo, and a collation followed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol County Teachers’ Association
Barrington
John P. Reynolds
Walter Ballou Jacobs
Brown University
H. T. Bailey
Worcester
Mass
Jacobs
Maina
California
Herbart
Pestalozzi
Epworth League Officers Installed at State Street Church
Last evening the Epworth League of State Street M E Church held an installation in the vestry with decorations in league colors. George A Richardson was installed as president with five vice presidents and Emma Gladding as secretary. A social period followed with refreshments and a humorous reading by Rev Markett. Announced were a Sub-District convention on June 8 and an educational convention in Kasb Greenwich from July 28 to Aug 5 with a local delegate expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
State Street M. E
League
John McVay
Mr. McVay
Herbert E. Markett
Asbury M
Providence
J. E. Blake
Fall River
McVay
George A. Richardson
Seraphine Pauli
Nathaniel Gladding
Mary Newman
Emma Gladding
James A. Clarkson
Mr. Markett
Mr. Blake
Epworthians
Mr Markett
Mark Twain
C. M. Melden
Mathewson Street
M. E
Kasb
Greenwich
Epworth
Grove's Tastemaker Drug Ad: Refund if Fails
An old advertisement claims Grove's Tastemaker Medicine will cure, with druggists refunding money if it fails. The copy includes fragmented phrases about walking, tanning, laxatives, bromide, quinine, and a signature style from E W. Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GROVE
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Peter Pindar
Turnpike Guide Post
National Biscuit Company
Swaperiouty
Pitt
Stephen W. Church
Charles H. Church
P. Skinner, Jr
C. J. Hasbrouck
Frank M. Dimond
Ladies’ Co
Bao
Cesar Misch
Providence Public Market
R. I
Liliputions
Childress
Hydraulion Engine & Hose CO
Bristol Opera House
Anna C. Maxcy
F. H. Decker & Company of
New York
2 Co. W. Sparks’ Drug Store
Corner Hops Company
Peppasquash Bridge
Thomas H. Crowley
W. Devoe & Co
Congdon & Carpenter Co. Providenos, R. L
YM. C. A
R. I. College
the Phoenix
Barrington Town Hall
County
Home Laundry
Bradford St. BrisTol, R. Fr
Methodist Church
A. W. Orgelman
William Street
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
E L.watson & CO
Industrial Trust Co
Pawtucket Mutual Fire
Main Street
Pawtucket
DIREC
Frederick W. Easton
George W. Newell
George M. Thornton
Benjamin F. Smith
William P. Dempsey
A. A. Mann
CHAS
P. Moses
H. A. Fletcher
Hope Street
Philo E. Thayer
Milton Payne Philip C. Sheldon Ames
Edwin A. Perrin
Memorial
William Welliabis
Ames W. Franklin
Clark H. Straight
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