Obituary for Mrs Lucy B Thayer on Metacom avenue
Mrs Lucy B Thayer widow of Sethi Thayer died at 8 o clock Saturday morning at her home on Metacom avenue aged 89. Born in Seekonk Massachusetts she was daughter of William and Sarah Hammond and survived by one son Former Councilman William H Thayer. Funeral held at 2 pm from her residence conducted by Rev H A Stevens. A member of First Congregational Church since 1859 her last words spoke of peace in God.
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Lucy B. Thayer
Sethi Thayer
Hoir
H. Thayer
Metacom Avenue
Thayer
Seekonk
Mass
William
Sarah Hammond
H. A. Stevens
First Congregational Church
Louis Tresle Saillant Dies in Warren at 77
Louis Tresle Saillant a longtime Warren resident died at his Market Street home Sunday at 9 am aged 77 after a three year illness from internal injuries. Born in Canada he came to Warren in 1869 and ran a grocery then a 12 year dry goods store. likely Warren's first naturalized French Canadian. Survived by a widow seven sons three daughters and three brothers. funeral held at St John’s Church Warren.
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Louis Tresle Saillant
Warren
Market Street
Mr. Saillant
Canada
Saillant
St. John’s Church
Death of Mrs Isabel Frances Serpa in This Town
Mrs Isabel Frances Serpa died suddenly at 8 am yesterday at 382 Ushersavenue. Dr W Fred Williams pronounced heart disease. Undertaker Augustus P Duffy to handle remains. She was born in Pico Portugal and lived here 26 years. Survived by son Joseph Serpa of Cambridge and daughters Lena Curt of Fall River and Manuel Spinner of This Town. Funeral at 8:15 am tomorrow at St Marys Church with requiem mass. Interment in St Marys Cemetery.
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Isabel Frances Scarpa
W. Fred Williams
Augustus P. Duffy
Manuel Spinner
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
What sort of a customer is Brown
A dialogue reveals Brown always pays his bills on the 10th of the month, while Green pays cash when he gains anything. The speaker cannot judge Green’s honesty because of his cash payments.
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Kine
Green
Rhode Island Conference of Charities and Corrections Held
TheRhode Island Conference of Charities and Corrections meets November 28 and 24 at the Young Men’s Christian Association in Providence to unite agencies and public groups in addressing distress. The program includes repeated sessions with addresses by Governor Pothier, Bishop Harkins, and others, plus discussions on almshouse work, caring for defective children, social hygiene, housing, tuberculosis, and child saving. A closing note covers etiquette at Covent Garden and claque practices in London theaters.
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Rhoda Island
Matthew Harkins
Pothier
Fletcher
Darius Bakr
Jeffrey R. Brackett
Boston
Frank A. Goodman
Pawtucket
Merning
Rhode Island
Arthur H. Harrington
G. Alder Blumer
John E. Donley
Henry Aaron Jones
Fred B. Jewett
Walter E. Ranger
W. FE. Gleason
Joseph H. Ladd
BR. L
Wm. T. Crandall
James T. Ward
Thomas B. Mayman
Martin F. Reddy
Aronovici
Anna F. Hunter
J. @. Dealey
George Grafton Wilson
Cannon
Dr. Peters
Charles V. Chapin
Covent: Garden
Covent ‘Garden
London
M. A
England
A Peace Conference in the Schoolyard
A benevolent old man intervenes when four boys eight or nine years old attack a younger boy. He scolds them for harming their companion and asks what he did to deserve such harsh treatment. One boy explains the target won’t join the Band of Kindneks the class hopes to form.
Gentleman Defied by Dentist Riddle
A playful exchange suggests a man is mild yet a dentist is called a mad figure, turning the notion of gentleness into a witty paradox. The dialogue contrasts the idea of a pain-free gentleman with a quirky caption about a dentist.
Couldn't Pass Him Dr Caleb Muno 1803 tale at road house
A Newark News anecdote recalls Dr Caleb Muno in 1803 or 1804 returning from a professional call when a young man rode off on his horse. A wagon followed closely, the rider urged the wagon to pass, and the wagon vanished after the rider claimed the wagon man would not pass and then drove off a bridge.
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Caleb Muno
Dale
Newark News
The Turk's Wonderment at Navarino Rescue
The Cornhill Magazine anecdote recounts a morning at Navarino when Greek prisoners clung to scorched masts as Turks and an English lieutenant debated saving them. The Turk mocks English sentiment, noting their recent destruction of Turkish ships and calls the humane act a show. The exchange ends with irony on mercy and slaughter.
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Navarino
Cornhill Magazine
Almost Too Cruel Lawyer Quips On Court Ruling
A New York lawyer at two dinners remarked on a legal decision describing it as a cruel blow. He recalled a Bayside cook who refused pie to a tramp and offered a cake of soap instead, a grim anecdote used to illustrate harsh judgment.
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New York
Bayside
One Difference Between Love And A Puppy
The Chicago Record-Herald quips that a puppy opens its eyes by about nine days, while love sometimes takes longer. The lighthearted remark plays on timing and perception, contrasting affection with a pup’s rapid development.
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Chicago Record-Herald
New Lodge Formed Here In Foresters Fraternal Order
Burnside lodge independent order of foresters was instituted in this town Sunday with 40 charter members. Meeting held at Pokanoket Hall. Officers installed by Terence M O Reilly and James J McGrath. Courts What Cheer Good Hope and Massasoit attended. Officers include Deputy Frederick Moore Past Chief Ranger Amos Trudeau Chief Ranger James Conelly Vice Chief Ranger Thomas McDermott and others. Meetings set twice a month.
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Burnside Lodge
Order of Foresters
Pokanoket Hall
H. O. R. Terrence M. O’reilly
James J. McGrath
Oliver A. Miller
Joseph I. Doran
John Doran
Thomas F. Head
Woodward
Arthur Gladue
George Bernard
Beadle
Charles Scott
Dennis J. Doran
Thomas McDermott
Lodge
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets Promise Free Trial
An offer guarantees Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets will relieve indigestion and dyspepsia or the medicine is free. The ad cites Bismuth Subnitrate and Pepsin, carminatives, and a special Pepsin process, with prices 25 cents, 60 cents, and 1 dollar. Also notes Rexall Store in Bristol at Hope Drug Co. plus local happenings and a $1,000 reward for a Colt robbery.
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Pepsia
Rexall
Bristol
Hrexall
Hope Drug Co
Hope St
Coal beds found in Providence yard well report
Mining engineer Thomas S. Ridgeway reports at 119 feet a 14 foot coal bed and at 134 feet a 6 foot bed with coal at 80 percent carbon. Expected mining cost under $2 per ton. Jefferson Davis sailed from Liverpool on Saturday aboard the Baltimore. Mt Etna erupts with lava pouring from the crater into Val Duc. Dr C F Hall arrives back in New Bedford after five years away. Over 5000 cords of timber were shed in Taunton by the Sept 8 gale. Rev C R Fisher conducts marriage for the thousandth time at St Paul’s Hartford. National Rubber works short of water, draws from springs on Bristol Neck. tanks from Providence. Trees uprooted in last gale fall again during Sunday storm.
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Cove
Providence
Thomas S. Ridgeway
Providence Tournal
Jefferson Davis
America
Liverpool
Baltimore
Mt. Etna
Val Duc
C. F. Hall
New Bedford
Taunton
St. Paul's Church
Hartford
C. R. Fisher
National Rubber Company
Bristol Neck
Our Agricultural Exhibit in Phoenix Office Window
The Phoenix office displays Starr L Booth's Carmine No 2 potatoes from seed bought in Philadelphia. He planted one eighth acre on June 21 and dug 29 bushels on September 17 despite a dry summer. Also shown are two large peppers from Booth and a Washington street sunflowers display, the largest 17 inches across and weighing seven pounds, with a 10 foot stalk.
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Phoenix
Starr L. Booth
Philadelphia
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Philo Hay Spec. Co
Newark
N. J
Isabel Frances Serpa
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Lee
Syeybossey
Reed House Furnishing Co
Nope Drug Co
Empire State
Railroad
Trinity Church Sunday School
Fox Hill Grove
Bristol Cornet Band
Col. Colt
Reginald H. Howe
Roxbury
St. Michael’s Church
Henry Crocker
Central Falls
First Baptist Church
Augustus Corfee
River Point
Advent Chapel
Mietz
Samuel P. Colt
Col
Colt
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BOYD
Caesar Misch
Westminister ST. Rovidenc
Garwood Gasteam
Cull & Williams CO
Washington Street
Providence, R. I
DIXON
GEO. P. Dixon CO
Washington St. Providence
R. I
R. I. Rug Works
Westminister St
Westminster St
J. Gilman Cook
Chas. H. Moore
Westminster Steel
New Goods Sponge
NEW York Dress Plaiting CO
Union St
R. I. Tel
Albert E. Goodby
Prairie Ay. Cor. Public
R.I
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
K.L. Watson & CO
Industrial Trust Co
Expan Godfrey
Washington St
Crary St
A.J. Magoon and Son
Weybosset St
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