All Saints Day Services Across Local Churches
Yesterday All Saints Day services were held at St Michael's Benes ANA Slee Mane A pharphes with an 11 o'clock communion by Rev W B F Jackson from Providence. Trinity church offered services at 8am and 745pm led by Rev W W R Trotter. St Mary’s held masses at 6 and 7 30 with Rev Charles A Edwards and Rev John F Downing. Today All Souls Day featured an 8am requiem high mass by Rev Edwards. A special mass is planned Saturday morning for the pastor and assistant pastor’s speedy recovery.
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All Saints
St. Michael’s
Benes Ana
Charles A Eawards
John F. Downing
All Souls
Charles A. Edwards
Altar Society
Ciaroh
Wedding Anniversary for Mr and Mrs Henry Serost
Mr and Mrs Henry Serost of 274 Wood Street marked their 12th wedding anniversary with a surprise gathering Tuesday evening hosted by many friends. The couple, united October 30 1894 at St Mary's church, are enjoying a long marriage. Mr Serost serves as a Bristol police night officer and his wife was formerly Miss Mary Murphy.
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Henry Serost
Wood Street
Serbst
Bristol
Mary Murphy
St Mary’s Church
Patrick McCabe
Cottage House on Constitution Street Transfer to Dimond
Real estate transfer filed for record at the town clerk’s office shows cottage house and lot on Constitution Street conveyed from William J Datty and wife to Samuel C Dimond. The action records a change of ownership and includes parties, property description, and filing details.
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Constitution Street
William J Datty
Samuel C. Dimond
William J. Doftry
High Street
Cottage Street
R. H. Daubar
Louis Kunze
Calendar samples tempt buyers for 1907 display
The Phovix offers a broad line of up to date calendar samples for 1907. Shoppers are urged to view the selections and place orders soon as shipments will go out in a few days.
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Phovix
De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed for Piles
Advert says De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve is good for everything a salve is used for and especially recommended for piles. It notes years on the market and that thousands of families rely on it. Sold by W. H. Buffington.
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De-Witt
DeWitt's
W. H. Buffington
Bristol Post Office Hours and Mail Schedule
Notes from Bristol detailing post office hours, mail arrival and closing times for weekdays and Sundays. Express matter service by Earle & Prew lists outward departures at 7.35 and 11.05 am and 3.05 and 5.05 pm, with inward arrivals at 7.45 and 11.45 am and 2.45 and 6.45 pm.
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Bristol
Earle & Prew
Marriage intentions filed for John Warner and Annie Oliver
Town clerk records show John Warner and Annie Oliver planning marriage. Various town items follow: K of P lodge met in Grand Army Hall with two new applications. Lillida M. Wilson sang at Pawtucket Woman's Club. YMUA to meet to discuss bowling alleys. First Baptist Church bell arrives from Meneely Foundry. Rev Cross to speak on Burma at 7 pm Sunday. Dance at Arsenal Hall. factory hours cut to nine by National India Rubber Co. yawl Wrath by Herreshoff boats. Bradshaw announces engagement to Miss May Lorraine Richmond of Newport. Florist George S. Pailthorpe visiting Boston. leases in Bradford/High. schooner Cora M. arrives with lumber for Wardwell Lumber Co. Local notices cover deaths, typhoid fever recovery, sales, and a fire alarm at Half Way Hill.
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John F. Downing
St. Mary’s Church
California
New York
Howard L. Clark
North Farm
Half Way Hill
Moving Pictures At Bristol Opera House Tomorrow
Tomorrow afternoon and evening Bristol Opera House will show Biograph and camograph motion pictures. The shows draw large crowds with up-to-date reels not yet seen locally. John Lavin will sing Crescent All the Time, a Crescent Park themed song by F Harvey Straight. Managers Walsh and Smith tour various towns offering top pictures with special matinees for children.
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Bristol Opera House
John Lavin
Crescent
Crescent Park
F. Harvey Straight
Messrs. Walsh and Smith
Biograph Pictures
Arctic Center
Wickford
Wakefield
Warren
Waldron Chadwick Wedding in Brighton Massachusetts
Frederick A. Waldron councilman and Miss Louiss P. Chadwick wed in Brighton Massachusetts on October 81 by Rev Henry A Stevens former Bristol Congregational church pastor.
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Waldron—Chadwick
Brighton
Mast
Henry A Stevens
Congregational Church
Bristol
Frederick A. Waldron
Louiss P. Chadwick
DeWitts Little Early Risers Pill Ad By W Buttington
A promotional note extols a pill named DeWitts Little Early Risers as highly reliable. The seller is listed as W Buttington and the tone suggests strong confidence in the product's effectiveness.
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DeWitt
W. Buttington
Purchase of Bristol and Warren Water Works by Col Colt
Col S P Colt buys Bristol and Warren Water Works from the Norman estate ending an 11 year dispute. The stock transfer involves about 2800 shares with 200 scattered among others. The 50 year franchise allowed city ownership after 12 to 15 years, a point of contention in court.
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Bristol and Warren Water Works
Col. S. P. Colt
George H. Norman
Bristol
Bristol & Warren Water Works Company
Col. Colt
Water Works
Warren
Col
Norman
David S.baker
Baker
Ims
Mediam
BUC
David 8. Baker
Arnold Green
George H. Norman, Sr
Francis Uolwéll
Edwards & Angell
BAR
Knights of Columbus Fair Closes at Pokanoket Hall
Bristol Council No. 873 K of C staged a fair at Pokanoket Hall closing Tuesday evening. Despite lower attendance, receipts pleased the committee. Miss Annie E. Ashton won 100 in gold for selling the most combination tickets. Committee included Michael J. Doyle chair, Robert J. Connery secretary, Grand Knight L H Gallian, and other officers. Prize numbers awarded to winners. No 6 silk bat went to Mr. Clair of Providence.
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Bristol
L.h.qallian
W. P. Hammill
John Doyle
John F. Brides
William T. Dwyer
Thomas P. Connery
Edward Brown
Thomas Syn John J.christie
William Z. Cony
Mr. Clair
Providence
Dyer Kitchen Barbs Over Burnt Steak
Dyrer asks if the new cook arrived today and Mrs Dyer responds she burnt the steak herself. The exchange reveals kitchen tensions and a domestic moment without further details.
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Dyrer
Mrs. Dyer
Annual Chrysanthemum Show At Hot House Ex Governor
Our 15th annual Chrysanthemum show will be held at the Hot House of Ex Governor A O Bourn High rep replacing Cottage Green House. A special sale of chrysanthemums violets and carnations begins November 3 and lasts one week. Come in and see the novelties. A906. dy. Wewper TRG.
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Sebi Pratt
A. O. Bourn
Dy. Wewper
For Sale Listings Include Horses Carts and Boat
For sale a mix of six horses with two good drivers three single tip carts one double cart one low gear one farm wagon three wagons single and double harnesses and a 26 foot power boat. Apply to Eugene Leclair Jr. Wanted a woman to cook and do laundry for a two person home. Apply at this office.
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Eugene Leclair. Jr
When Mark Twain Was Easy Billiards Tale Told by Twain
A reminiscence recounts Mark Twain as a Virginia City reporter who found billiards amusingly dangerous to his ego. He describes a left handed challenger who outplayed him after Twain attempted a lesson in fairness yielding only a chalking chance and a half dollar loss.
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Virginia City
Mark ‘Twain
Clay
Yoour
Mixed Forms Create Obituary Fire Memoir
A printer's devil misassembled a troublesome obituary and a fire notice in a single galleys run. The fragment recalls a harsh death scene where pall bearers lower a body as flames consume the coffin. The piece hints at unpaid debts and a strained subscription.
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Missouri
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Bristol County
Hope Street
R. 1
Farrally Brothers
J. F. Farrally
Ahornis
Tre Phroenix
EK G
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Briggs
Wood's
High
W.J Fish & Co
Phoenix
INDEI
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Dyer
Ictures Votice 3
Repub
Mblican
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Opera House
Moss & Krieger
John the Shoemano
King Shepard Co
Tblican
Barnaby Co
All Saints’ Day
Dodge & Camfield
Exchange Place
Providence, R. I
Thos.f.peirce & Son
Dorrance and Westminster Corner
R. I
Bristol and Vicinity
Bristol Post Office
Sunday Mails
South Door
John Warner
Annie Oliver
Burnside Lodge, No
K. of P
Grand Army Hall
Lillida M. Wilson
Pawtucket
Board of Managers of
First Baptist Church of
Meneely Co
Waterliet
N. Y
B. P. Cross
Burmwah
India
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Burmah
Artilley Hall
State Street
King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co
O Keefe
Sored
National India Rubber Co
H. L Marsh
Newport Solo
Edward J. Prest
Prest & Dixon
Wrath
Herreshoft
W. P. Gladding
L. CO
M. W. Schoen
George 8S. Pailthorpe
Kinder Bros
Boston
Mary N. B. Wardwell
Bradford
High Stret
Pasquale Salone
Cora M
Calais
Wardweil Lumber Company
W. KE. Burt
Namaquit
Mainn
Antene
Marion Silva
Narragansett Avenue
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Rockwell Hall
Walter Eccles
Eccles
Pierce Avenue
Willard Kenney
Human Life
Helen A. Stowell
Alfred &. Stowell
Stowell
DeWolf Farm
Poppasquash
Hall
F.J. Cheney
O. ‘Wa
F J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Manory
Toledo
O. Hall
Eee
Moving Pictures
Bristol and Warren
Kennedy
W.H. Baffington
W. H. Baffington
Beristol Opera House
Biograph & Camograph
William H. Smith
Tom
Tom the Piper
Jennie Mine
Knute Kearney
New England
W. H. Buffington Hope
Knights of Columbus Fair
Charles Paull
Malcolm Macnaught
Thames Street
Mark Twain
Bradford Street
King Arthur
John Alden
Washburn & Grosby Go
St. Louis
Chas. A. Johnson
E. C. Dewitt & Company
Chicago
Ill
W. H. Bupwington
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