Carnival of Books at St Michael's Chapel dazzles Ivy Guild sale
A Wednesday Ivy Guild event at St Michael's Chapel transformed the venue into a floral bower for a Carnival of Books. Eight tables each showcased a well known author, with Kipling, Holmes, Ruskin, Warner and Bangs among the featured works. The sale, run by Miss Evelyn Bache and others, drew large crowds from 4 to 10 pm and netted 9553 to fund a parish pew house on Hope and Church Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael's Chapel
Ivy Guild
Evelyn Bache
Ida Newman
Lena Morrie
Rudyard Kippling
Wo. Darling
Alice Miller
Maggie
Emma Munro
Count Tolator
Lizzie Ashworth
Anna Coggeshall
Estate Administrator Seeks Private Sale of Bristol Land
Frank M Dimond administrator for Charles E Cole seeks authority to sell whole or part of the Bristol estate to satisfy debts and expenses, citing insufficient personal assets. The request references a lot 24 on Fox Hill Cottage Lots in Amcatol and natural need to prevent injury to further estate value, with a hearing set for December at 10 am in Bristol Probate Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M Dimond
Charles E Cole
Bristol
Charles Street
Amcatol
Fox Hill Cottage
Nehemiah Cole
Briato
Bristol Phuniz
Hersert
F Bennett
Eva May Cole
Eva May Cote
Peti Jon
Minor
Selzd
Bristo
Fox Hill
Belog
Bristol Phoenix
H. Francis Ell
Herman Canfield
H. Francis Jewell
Rhode Island
Herbert F. Bennett
Charles Gilroy
Elizabeth Gilroy
Joseph Gilroy
Minnie J. Gilbroy
John J. Christie
Charles
Elizabeth
Joseph
Winnie J. Gilroy
Franklin Street
Michael Lannigan
Southerl
Cornelius Reiley
Franc
Munro
Stephen Bourn
Burlesque Extravaganza at Opera House Next Tuesday
Sam T. Jack's Extravaganza Company brings a three act burlesque program to the Opera House next Tuesday featuring Morte Carlo the Bull Fighter and an original finale. Notable performers include Charlie Banke Maude Harvey Gracey Barrett the Bassets Avna James Donovan and the Lamb sisters with Allen and O'Brien and Charles Young. The management promises a clean show and invites families to attend. Mr Jack's Creole Co and My Uncle Co join the bill. Bull Fighter recently played Providence and Boston to packed houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam T. Jack
Opera House
Charlie Banke
Maude Harvey
Allen and
O’brien
Gracey
Barrett
Bassetts
Avna
James Donovan
Lamb Sisters
Charles Young
Sam Jack
Jack
Providense
Boston
Bristol Friends Attend Wesley Pitman Wedding
Relatives and friends from Bristol traveled to Providence on Wednesday for the wedding of Perley Raymond Wesley and Alice Locke Pitman at 6 pm in Beneficent Congregational church. The ceremony was by Rev. James G. Vose with Howard Pitman as best man and Ethel W. Reed as maid of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Providence
Perley Raymond Wesley
Alice Locke Pitman
Charles G Easton
George L. Freeman
Robert L. Spencer
John A. Tillotson
Blackstone Hall
Wesley
Mysterious Small Fire At Hope And Church Shoes Store
Jacob Bessing proprietor of a corner shoe store on Hope and Church streets faced another fire believed started by a visitor's cigarette or match. Around 10 o clock a man lit a cigarette and tossed a match under a shelf, smoke poured out, flames burned boxes and papers but were quickly extinguished with minor damage to woodwork and wallpaper. An adjoining Chinese laundry caused commotion among tenants as the tenement building housed both shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Bessing
Hope and
Church Streets
Curtomer
Bessing
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Charles E. Cole
Rorata Court
F. F. Tebbeits
Westminster St. Prov
R. I
Butler Exchange
Wesley —Pitman
B.h.gladding
Westminster ST
Providence, R. Nl
Merritt
Phoenix
S.J. Sherman
Ss. J. Sherman
Tremont St
Aute DE Fiore
Gladding's Market
Thamestree Ariatol
Spicer Stove Company
The
Waldron's Brownell CO
Bradford Street
Jet
Ford
Olive
America
Sampson
Perrerin Pee Eee
Ous
Expressage
E. Rosenburger & CO
New York City
J. S. Dental Association
Minnie J. Gilroy
B. J
Uardian
Frank M. Dimond. Baet
RB. I
A. A. Walker
Central Fish Market
Hope Street
Hoar & Stoughton, Proprietors
Telephone
New York
New Haven
Hartford Railroad
OLP
Wat
Warren
Fall River
Newport
Bee
Rhea
Allen
Kenpant
R Akent
W. Fred Fish
John Lake
Westminster Street
Providence, A
A& General
Dire James M. Kimball
Albert L. Calder
Hezekiah Conant
Law
L. P. Colt
Joan P. Campbell
Henry R. Barker
Benny B. Winship
William R. Dupee
R. A Robertson
Josee Banigan
Samuel «.Colt
Joshua M. Addeman
Cyrus P. Brown
Waldo M. Place
L. Littlefield
L. F. Gorhams
R. J
Providence Public Market
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