Notice Card From Local Citizens
A compact card notes thanks from Mrs Murphy and family and lists various local notices and requests including a sale at 202 High Street Grand Hop W T, a dentist club, and a U S Dental Association address in Evanston Illinois. It also mentions an auction sale on October 20 and requests for wanted ads and items for sale at Lake's Store and 12 Cook Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Phoenix
High Street
Grand
U. S. Dental Association
Evanston
Ill
E.r.simmons
Lake
Mrs. Medbury
Cook Street
Beauty questions and a deadly auto race raise public ire
The Providence Journal questions women’s beauty ideals, interviewing politicians like Secretary of State Bennett while condemning sexist editorials. A Vanderbilt Cup auto race on Long Island ends in tragedy as drivers flee at over a mile per minute, killing two spectators and injuring several others, prompting calls for legal action to end dangerous “sport.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence Journal
Ijt
Bennett
Long Island
Polo at Pokanoket Rink Opens Polo Series
Last night at Pokanoket rink the first polo match of the series drew a good crowd and sparked excitement. Servant's defeated Ahearn's 7 to 6 in a three period game with four fouls by Servant's and five by Ahearne's. Referee was R J Connery. Lineups included Nelle and Rische for Servant's against Mott, Sullivan, Hill, Magee, McKean, and Lemaire for Ahearne's. Next game Friday features Pokanoket club against James Connery's team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pokanoket
Servant
Ahearn
R J Connery
Servant's
Ahearne
Nelle
Rusher
Rische Mott
Sullivan Lucien
Hill Servant
Magee Brad
St. Andrew's Club
St. Michael’s Chapel
William F. West
Frank S. Stuart
State Board of Governors
Henry J. Stiness
Providence
St. M. E. Church
Charce Adifian
Warren
Linsey A.A
Pawtucket
J. Murphy
Bristol
Revard
Pilgrims
Linsey’s
Berkley
Murphy
Bristol and Vicinity Notes and News of Local Interest
Bristol Post Office hours and mail schedules list arrival and closing times for general delivery stamps and Sunday service. Express mail departures and arrivals are shown with outward times at 7.35 11.05 a.m. 3.05 5.05 p.m. and inward at 7.45 11.45 a.m. 2.45 6.45 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Post Office
South Door
Bristol
Earle & Prew Express
Camping Trip in Canada and Readers at Rockwell Hall
Entertainment at Rockwell Hall Thursday benefits the Y M C A to reduce the association debt Lounged by Stokes of Philadelphia presents his Camping Trip in Canada with stereopticon views. Readings by Miss Louise P Chadwick and vocal solos by a lineup including Miss Marv Colt Miss Helen Wheelwright Kirtland Watson and others with accompaniment by Miss Catharine Reynolds and Mrs Benjamin M MacDougall. The debt committee aims to raise five thousand dollars to secure another thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell Hall
J. Stogdell Stokes
Philadelphia
Canada
Stokes
Philadelphia Photographic Society
L. L. Anderstrom
Louise P. Chadwick
Marv Colt
Helen Wheelwright
Kirtland Watson
M. Dimond
Catharine A. Reynolds
Benjamin M MacDougall
Bristol Sketches Critique From a Local Bristolian Voice
A Bristol resident replies to a Phenix editor denouncing J A Reid's Bristol Sketches as too personal. The letter defends Uncle William Osrd, notes his kindness and loss of an eye, and recalls the writer's boyhood memories while criticizing a carpetbag author from Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Phenix
Bristol
J. A. Reid
William Osrd
Daughters of American Revolution Bristol Chapter Meets
The Bristol D A R annual meeting was held in Memorial Hall with Regent presiding. Officers elected: Regent Mrs E I Brownell, Secretary Mrs E G Easterbrooks, Treasurer Mrs G F Stanton, Historian Mrs H W Bache, Registrar Mrs Q O J Hasbrouck, Auditor Mrs O A Johnson, Executive Board members Mrs H F E Bennett, Miss A B Manchester, Mrs W McV Ransom, Mrs M Gibson, Miss L F Munro, Miss L B Waldron, Miss Alice B Cole, Miss Evelyn Munro. The epitome of the chapter’s 15 years showed over seven hundred dollars raised and used for patriotic objects and aid in the Spanish American War and the California earthquake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Memorial Hall
E. I. Brownell
E. G. Easterbrooks
G. F. Stanton
H. W. Bache
QO. J. Hasbrouck
California
Funeral of Mrs. Maria Morris Held in Warren
The funeral of Mrs. Maria Morris widow of Capt. Benjamin B. Morris occurred Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock from William H Crawley’s Linden street residence in Warren. Rev. Thomas J. Gregg of the Warren Methodist Episcopal church conducted the services. Bearers were Charles A. Bliss Benjamin Bliss Henry Burtoh and William H Crawley. Burial was in South cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Morris
Benjamin B. Morris
William H Crawley
Linden Street
Warren
Thomas J. Gregg
Warren Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles A. Bliss
Benjamin Bliss
Henry Burtoh
William H. Crawley
South Cemetery
Advertised Letters for Week Ending October 6
List of names in the week ending Oct 6 for advertised letters including E R Barwell G H Bray C F Dickinson Ovila Dalpe L J Fauro Herman Maiz Lee Tong John Skinner 2 Allen P Shepard Frank Poia Mrs G H Ajlen Mrs Amy Shanklin Miss Esther Asher Miss Catherine Dona hue Miss Mary A Hayes Miss M Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Barwell
G. H. Bray
C.F. Dickinson
Ovila Dalpe
L. J. Fauro
Herman Maiz
Lee Tong
John Skinner
Allen P.shepard
Frank Poia
H. Ajlen
Amy Shanklin
Esther Asher
Catherine Donahue
Mary A. Hayes
M. Morris
Mysterious Cup Invites Bristol Ladies Tennis Tournament
The Bristol Y M C A secretary received a silver cup with a letter from Horatio N Guild Jr of Newport R I inviting Bristol ladies who played last year for the Adgwell cup to join a new tournament. A list of returning players is included: Mrs W F Williams, Mrs W E Howe, Miss Helen OChorah, Miss Martha Rockwell, Miss Isabel Bosworth, Miss Mollie Hamill, Miss Mary Perry, Miss Madaline Reynolds, Miss Catherine Reynolds. No arrangements have been made yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
United Congregational Church
James O'Wolf Perry
New Haven
Conn
Clark H. Straight
Providence
Board of Grand Officers
Burnside
Lodge
K of P
Pennsylvania Railroad
Herreshoff Manufacturing Co
Conselho D. Luiz Felippe, No. 1
Columbia Hall
Wood Street
Bristol
Newport and Providence Railway
R. W. Nelson
Raymond Archer
J. Louis Coggeshall
A. R. Perry
W. E. Howe
J Louis Coggeshall
The
Phoenix
Traly
Horatio N. Guild, Jr
Newport, R. L
Guild
W. BF. Williams
W. E Howe
Helen Ochorah
Martha Rockwell
Isabel Bosworth
Mollie Hamill
Mary Perry
Madaline Reynolds
Catherine Reynolds
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bristol Phenix
Hope Street
R. I
Farrally
Phoenix News
Asterbrooks
M. F. Briggs
Wood's Building
High St
Fish & Co
Y. M
Your
Dodge & Camfield
Providence,r. I
Thos.f.peirce & Son
Dorrance and Westminster Corner
Bristol and Vicinity
Sunday Maila
Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps
State Street
M. E
Hutch
the Woman’s Auxiliary
O. B. Rockwell
State Street M. E
Artillery Hall
King Philip Steam
O’keefe
Benjamin West
Thames Street
North Cemetery
Misses Burn
Bristol Naval Reserves
Mt. Hope
Ralph Bradbury
Pine Ridge
Viola T. Brown
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
Arthur Deslanriera
Frances Hagerty
Mystic, Conn
Congregational Church
Baptist Church
John Pickles
Fulton
New York
James Aa. Garland
Harvard University
Fred Hodgdon
Boothby
Maine
Adelaide L Kinnicutt
Walter Oliver
Jennie Herrmann
Daughters of American Revolution
Mary Murphy
C H Straight
Bourne Avenue
Silver Creek
Elizabeth R. Simmons
Emma EB
Gary Mary R
W. L. Douglas
W.L Douglas
W. LE. Douglas
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
Fox Hill
Eugene le Clair, Sr
Smith
R. P. Smith
William Street
Guild of
Morton
U.S. Dental Association
Westminster Street
W. Simmons
Emma E. Carey
Constitution Street
My Falls
S. Golden 12
A. W. Orgelman
Catherine Farley
John T. Doyle
G. A. R. Hall
Beecham’s
Gymasium
Mount Hope
E. J. Robertson
Mary Ann Medbury
Paes Ebocery
R.I
der Street
Birs
Isabelle, Eynolds
Alonzo Trey Nulds
SN Ste Tee
Good Housekeepin Magazine
Good Housekeeping
Springfield
Metacom Avenue
W.C. Johnson CO
Banigan Building
Providence, RI
de Wolf Avenue
Franklin
Hog Island
J. H. Tucker
Ginion Street
Howe Street
Mstocom
Bristol Neck
Phoenix Office
Charles H. Douglass
Col
Wood St
Mt. Hope Ave
Comrade Curtis
Soldiers’ Home
J. Dunrah
R. L
Robert Kirkwood
Inquirert
A. Easterbrooks
HOPE
W. MH. Buffington
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