Ice Prices Cut as Providence Ice Firms Follow Pocasset
The Providence Ice Company implements a new price schedule with substantial cuts. Offices receive 15 pounds daily for 42 cents weekly, houses the same daily plus 80 pounds Saturdays for 49 cents. Larger purchases cost 85 cents per 100 pounds. The move follows Pocasset Ice and signals expected industry-wide reductions amid a cold summer and lower sales.
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Providence Journal of
Providence Ice Company
Pocasset Ice Company
Providence Inc Company
Deasers
Installation of Officers in St Charles Branch No681 LOGBU
The St Charles Branch No681 LOGBU held a Wednesday installation at Temperance Hall Wood Street. District Deputy Dennis OConnell presided with P J Coyne and S Robin assisting at St Josephs Providence. Officers installed include Chaplain Rev J F Downing President William Hughes Vice President Bernard ORourke Treasurer Miss May Cleaver Financial Secretary Cornelius J Gallagher Recording Secretary William T Dwyer.
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St. Charles
Log. B. U
Temperance Hall
Wood Street
Dennis O’connell
P.J. Coyne
S. ‘Robin
St. Joseph’s
Providence
J. F. Downing
William Hughes
Bernard O’rourke
Miss May Cleaver
Cornelius J Gallagher
William T. Dwyer
Election of Officers for Sick Committee Items
Chairman Cornelius J Gallagher Trustee Dennis J eran Sergeant at Arms Patrick Walsh. Sick benefits were ordered paid. Reports of retiring officers show the organization flourishing financially and numerically. William T Dwyer elected Press Correspondent. Officers elected October 20.
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Cornelius J. Gallagher
Dennis J. Eran
Patrick Walsh
William T. Dwyer
Births Reported in Town for McCaughey Santo and More
In this town list of birth notices includes a son born Nov 5 to Mr and Mrs Thomas J McCaughey. A daughter born Oct 29 to Mr and Mrs Francisco Santo. A son born Nov 2 to Mr and Mrs Antonio Freira. In East Providence a son born Nov 2 to Mr and Mrs Roydon M Wardwell, grandson to Mr and Mrs Frank M Wardwell.
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McCaughey
Thomas J. McCaughey
Fletcher Watsons in Providence Ceremony Nov 3
Providence on November 3 witnessed a ceremony led by Rev. E S Rousmauiere for Charles Fletcher, son of Col Joseph E Fletcher and Miss Annie Hargilton Watson, and Miss Annie Hargilton Watson, youngest daughter of Col Arthur H Watson, all of Providence.
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Fletcher—Watson
Providance
E. S. Rousmauiere
Charles Fletcher
Col
Joseph E Flscher
Misa Annie Hargilton Watson
Arthur H. Watson
Proveidence
Thrifty or Rich Wife: A Quip Between Men
A brief exchange has two men debating marriage motives. One asks if the speaker is a poor man and answers that he seeks a thrifty wife. The other counters that he desires a rich, liberal wife, framing a light social jest on wealth and marriage prospects.
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Sam
Obituary for Michael Keegan of Bristol
Michael Keegan died suddenly Saturday night at his home in Providence. His body was brought to Bristol Tuesday and interred at St Marys Cemetery. He worked long in the varnishing room at National India Rubber Co and for four years at Boura Rubber Co in Providence. He once ran a barber shop on Wood Street. He leaves a wife, five children, two sisters, two brothers, and other relatives in Ireland and New York. He was a well liked Bristol man whose friends were shocked by the death.
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Michael'Keegan
Providence
St Mary’s Cemetery
Mary Keegan
Wm.b. Milburn
Reland
Ow York
Keegan
Bristol
Mose Forence Proposes as Ada Gingerbread Wedding Plans
Mose Forence asks Miss Angle to contribute to her future happiness in a quaint society note. Miss Angle replies that after accepting Ada Gingerbread last evening, wedding presents must be considered and organized.
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Mose Forence
Miss Angle
Mr. Forence
Quarrel Over Compliment Sparks Domestic Dispute
A man tells how a dispute with his wife arose after he agreed with a woman they met on the street was beautiful. The couple discuss the cause of the quarrel and consider how the remark affected their marriage.
Happiness Demands Immediate Full Ownership, Not Installments
A reflective aphorism argues that people resist gradual joy and prefer complete possession now. It contrasts the wish for instant gratification with the steady, incremental gains of time and patience.
Probate Court Decrees Dower Sale and Appointments
In probate court Judge H C Wardwell on Monday morning heard the petition of Mrs Orrin Wilson guardian of Julia M Warren to sell her ward s dower interest in the Warren estate on Franklin Street. It was decreed Julia M Warren is donable and a commission is continued to Dec 20. The petition for Walter A Wightman guardian of Rowland Lodge of full age was allowed. Bonds set at 500 with sureties George T Baker and Louize H Parker. Appraisers named Benjamin L Hall John H Morrissey and Philip Brady. Charles A West administrator of Jane Ann West estate was allowed with bond 500. Inventory on George R Kish Harold R Fish and Elizabeth Le Dien estates allowed.
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H.C. Wardwell
Orrin Wilson
Julia M. ‘Warren
Warren
Franklin Street
Julia M. Warren
Walter A. Wightman
Rowland Lodge
George T. Baker
Barrington
Louize H Parker
Providénce
Benjamin L. Hall
John HA. Morrissey
Philip Brady
Charles A. West
Jane Ann West
George R. Kish
Harold R. Fish
Elizabeth le Dien
Train Schedule Fragment Between Bristol and Newport
Fragmentary railroad timetable notes a trip from Bristol to Newport dated September 16 1909. Entries list arrival and departure times at multiple stops with suggested times such as 7.50 9.00 8.60 9.50 and 12.50p 1.50 2.50 8.50 4.50 5.60, indicating a colonial era timetable style and partial legible times.
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Newport
Bristol
Hartford
Bristo
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