Rhode Island News Roundup Highlights Local Events and Incidents
John Parker of Newport ill with pneumonia attended by three physicians. Governor Higgins accepts Col. Matteson’s resignation. St Andrews Lodge cornerstone laid in Riverside. Mrs Mary Webster marks 90th birthday in Auburn. Apple crop prospects dim due to orchard damage. Greene and Peck marry in Providence. USS Yankee survives sea storm with minimal damage. Brown University to receive Metcalf Garden endowment. Fire and police provisions to apply to theaters statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John WY. Parker
Newport Colony
F. W. Matteson
R. LN. G
James H. Higgins
St. Andrew’s Lodge
A. F. and
A. M
Turner Street
Riverside
Mary A. Webster
Auburn
Frank A Potter
Elmwood Avenue
Moy
William Champlin Greene
Olive Burgess Uller Peck
Elijah A. Hanley
D. D
Taber Avenue
Providence
Dr. Hanley
Reminiscences of Bristol from the Phenix of 20 and 10 years ago
A compact retrospective recalling Bristol happenings from the Phenix newspaper, reflecting on events, people, and places noted two and a decade ago. The piece preserves local tone and notable names while summarizing long-ago community highlights.
Frost and town notes fill Oct 6 1888 Phenix
Frost covered Bristol County Friday night while Bristol Neck reports thefts. Local events include ins and outs of the Bristol Train of Artillery, a septuagenarian death toll, and a town meeting on sewerage plans with 800 voters and 105 yeas 195 nos. Died Robert Kirkwood 37, visits from Berkeley and Flushing, Knight Templar conclave in Pittsburg, and a tautog catch weighing 12 pounds at Bristol Ferry wharf. Major James F. DeWolf Camp officers and Newport delegates attended, with speeches by Col West and others. Executive and Y M C A officers elected, Wardwell family preparing for European voyage, and a 2 October birth. Bear weighing 100 pounds died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Neck
George Smith
Cleveland
Ohio
Bristol Train of Artillery
Pappasquasi
Ouol
Straight
Lieut
Nichols
Galley
Shultz
Church
Danbar
James F. DeWolf Camp
Sons of Veterans
Division of
Rhode Island
Charles H. West
Rhode Island Division of
Newport
Odd Fellows Hall
Providence
Riverside
Gol West
Barton
G. A K
Martin
M. T. Bennet
Samuel Norris, Jr
J. Herbert Shedd
George A Pike
Samuel D. Wardwell
Samuel P. Colt
William Williams
H. M. Howe
William F. Paull
Ezra Dixon
Albert C. Bennett
Ehedd
Severage
Robert Kirkwood
Benjamin Tiller
Berkeley
Bessie M. Allen
Flushing
N. Y
D. J. Neylan
Neylan
Pittsburg
Henry Sanford Mudge
Southboro
Mass
Abbie D. Munro
Laing Normal and Industrial School
Mt Pleasant
Qcharleston
S. C
Old Homestead
Lucius P.chadwick
Bristol Ferry
Y. M
State Street
M. EK
Ezza Dixon
William H. Bell
H. H. Tilley
Frederic A. Tallman
John S Weeden
Herbert F. Bennett
William H. Maxfield
L. L. Anderstrom
William &. Fish
George U. Arnold
Board of Trust
George H Peck
George H. Peck
Frank T. Remieres
John Lake
U Daniel Cruickshank
Parmenas Skinner, Jr
A.A. Slade
A. Rounds
F. A Tallman
W. H. Maxsfield
WH. H. Tilley
F. T. Remieres
W Hz. Bullock
W. H Maxfield
John S. Weeden
A. A Slade
W. H. Masteld
W. T. C. Wardwell
Wardwell
Hezekiah
Antwerp
Belgium
Local notes from Worcester visit and town events
Mr and Mrs John P Burgess of Worcester arrived Saturday to visit Burgess parents. Bristol reports 14 deaths in September, oldest 82. Dr P J McKenna and wife of Salt Lake City visiting relatives. he is on furlough from Camp Wickoff and to be transferred to Honolulu. Hydraslon fire station work progresses, walls rise to second story, roof started. J Augustus Miller, former Warren Baptist organist, moves to Warren permanently, rooms at Fassenden Hotel, will teach music weekly in Bristol. Miss Mary Darling hosted Miss Edith Marlin of Lawrence with Miss Mary Rich. Lavey and Allyn Orchestra played. refreshments andflowers decorate the rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Burgess
Worcester
Mass
Burgess
Bristol
P. J McKenna
Salt Lake City
Utah
Patrick Hammill
McKenna
Camp Wickoff
Volunteer
Regiment of Engineers
McKenns
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
Hydraslon
High and
Franklin Street
J. Augustus Miller
Warren
Fassenden
Mary Darling
Barton Street
Edith Marlin
Lawrence
Mary Rich
Lavey and
Allyn
Lee Kean Wedding at St Michael's Rectory
Robert James Lee of Fiskedale Massachusetts and Agnes Kean daughter of the late John and Agnes Kean were married by Rev George L Louke at St Michael's Church rectory on Wednesday afternoon. The bride wore a brown traveling suit and a white picture hat. They left by the afternoon train for New London Connecticut to visit relatives then plan to reside in Springfield Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael’s Church
Robert James Lee
Fiskedale
Mass
Agnes Kean
John
George L. Louke
New London
Springfield
Mags
Lee Kean Wedding In Town Sealed By Rev Locke
Lee and Kean unite in marriage at this town with Rev George L Locke officiating. Robert James Lee of Fiskedale, Mass., and Miss Agnes Kean of this town are the newly joined couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee—Kean
George L Locke
Robert James Lee
Fiskedale
Mass
Agnes Kean
Bertha Preston Died At Warren Sept. 29
Obituary notice states Bertha Preston wife of Gordon W. D. QChurch died at Warren on September 29. The brief notice lists surviving relatives and funeral details. Also includes a medicinal notice for DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills sold by W H Buffington claiming benefits for kidney and bladder ailments and associated pains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Bertha Preston
Gordon W. D. Qchurch
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Endorsed by Science
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a great kidney remedy. It claims weak kidneys cause impure blood and affect the whole body, urging readers to begin treatment and promising samples by mail. The ad notes bottles are sold by druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes and directs to Binghamton New York for samples and information.
Ex Gov A O Bourn Hosts Italian Dinner at Seven Quaks
Former Governor Augustus O Bourn entertained friends at his home Seven Quaks to celebrate his seventy fourth birthday. The dining room was decorated with red flowers. Attendees included City Solicitor Albert A Baker Rev George L Leake D D Rev William K K Trotter Harold Bedell Henry W Hayes Edward D Peare H H Shephard Charles K B Rockwell Charles H Chase Hon J P Hevynolds Judge Orrin L Bosworth Joseph E Fletcher B Potter Augustus J Bourn Jr from New York and Col Stephen Bourn. Letters of regret were read and impromptu speeches were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus
Bourn
Albert A. Baker
Providenc
George L. Leake
D. OD
William Kk.trotter
Messrs
Harold Bedell
Henry W Hayes
Edward D Peare
H H. Shepard
Charles KB. Rockwell
Charles H. Chase
J P. Hevynolds
Orrin L Bosworth
Joseph E. Fletcher
Thomas Potter
Augustus ©. Bourn, Jr
New York
Stephen Bourn
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Yankee
Old Cook Ledge
Buzzards Bay
Brown
First Baptist Church
Women’s College
Labor ‘Temple
Washington Street
Westminster Street
Butler Exchange
Peter Craven
Providence & Worcester Railroad Company
Lyman Richardson
Limerock
Cumberland
Ashton
Twin City
Pawtucket
Park Avenue
Victor Holmburg
William Patt & Son
Massachusetts Bay
Charles F. Tillinghast
William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
Alfred Schrabb
Clinton Oval
Woonsocket
Machine
Hopedales
Oval
Williams
Boston
Doughty
Edgewood
Pawtucket Avenue
Cranston
International Fisheries Congress
Narragansett Bay
Wickford
Blackstone Valley
Rhode Island Milk Dealers’ Association
United States
R. J. Stone
Act of Congress
Baltimore
Merchants & Miners
Lowell
Cranston High School
Eugene V. Debs
Lockanosset School
South County Fair
Weezt
Kingston
Asquepanug
Democratic Party
Olney Arnold
Adelard Archambault
Metcalf Botanical Garden
Brown University
Faunce
Almira T. Metcalf
College
Pembroke Halls
Central Falls
General Assembly
Edward Riley
Roxbury
Warwick
Norwood
Lincoln Park
State National Guard
War Department
Hattie Baton
Joseph H. Baton
Wakefield
Tower Hill
Miss Baton
Grace Church
Benjamin Sampson
Vna
Phenix
DeWitt
W H. Buttington
W. H Buffington
H. P. Cornell CO
R. I
ORNEL
Coffe
Hans Schneider Piano School
Clara L. Diman
Burnside Street
Brstol
Isabella Goff
Francis M. Dimond
Pregste
Edward Whittington
Jane McLaughlin
Bernard McLaughlin
Bristol Phoenix
John M. Coggeshall
Peter Giustiani
Old Union House
Thames St
Henry W. Hayes
THE
Rhodes Island Company
Banigan
Unicona
Bradford Street
MR. Smith
Hope Street
St. Michaels Church
Didonna
Saverio
C. A. Hubbard
Frank Bisson
Bay View Avenue
F.S Rawson
R. P. Smith
Washington
Prescott
Industrial Trust
Providence, K
A. W. Orgelman
Waldron-Brownell GO
S. B. Paull
James Dixon Carpenter
Church Street
Philias Fontaine
Staples Coal Co
John Shepard