Electric Car Service Timetable and Remembrance Notes
A June 1906 timetable notes weekday electric car service on the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad with in effect dates. The page lists many names associated with Bristol and dates, includes lectures by Dr Hare, and memorials to Samuel Pomeroy Colt and J. F. H. There are fragments of poetry on spelling reform and a playful mock dialogue about a civil suit for damages referencing Paul Revere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Pheonix
G. L. Locke
D. D
June Rockwell
Geo. T. French L S. Starr
Barclay
Samuel Goodman
Arthur W. Howe
Amy Howe
Wm. G. Low
Clements Wm. G. Low
Wm G. Low
H. G. Watson
Frank P. Howe
Wm. G. Thurber
Dexter Thurber
F. P. Dodge
Francis M. Dimond
Eliza W. Howe
H. F Bennett
Bessie Allen de Cazenove
Henry W. Perkins
W. G. Low
Arthur Howe
Rexee
Grace Howe
J. F. H. Carl Rockwell
Hare
W. L. McKee
Eugene LeClair Jr
Ih. S. Smith
O. B. Rockwell
George E. Liebreich
Barna
Edwin O. Larned
Roswell Colt
Samuel Pomeroy Colt, Jr
Wm. M. Connery
J. Ira Shepard
T. D. Bowen
M. Merriman, M. D
H. S. Smith
E. J. Robertson
Bert Congdon Lester Beais
Amos Gorham
J. D Wardwell
Frank Easterbrooks
Charles West J. Wm Wood Menistér
M. Darling
Charles W. Herrmann
Ren
R. B
Geo. S Marshall
W H Higgins
Cook John Pickles
I. McC
Clarence Osterberg
Harold Fish
Geo Fish Howard Newman
W. RK
John Stowell
John W Best
Margaret Best
John H. Best
Nathaniel G. Herreshoff
Wallis E Howe P. Skinner, Jr
Harriette Low Hezekiah C. Wardwell
Wallis E Howe
Samuel C. Dimond
J. H. Merrill
M McDougall
W. L. Stitt
H. Manro
Manoro
Christian Herrmann
J. P
Anthony Miller
Horatio N. Guild, Jr
Wm. A. Wardwell
Samuel D. Wardwell
Charles Arnold Eugene LeClair
Misa Evelin Bache
Edward B. Munro
Samuel McCaw, Jr
Clover A. Miller
F. M. Dimond
Duuit's Emulsion Cold Remedy Advertisement
An old advertisement for Duuit's Emulsion promoting its use during colds. It claims to prevent colds when no symptoms are present and to treat inflammation, healing throat and lung membranes. The ad invites free samples and lists Scott and Bowne as chemists in New York with prices 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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Scott
Public sea-front rights argued at Oyster Bay and beyond
In a Saturday Evening Post piece the author defends public access to seashores against wealthy cottagers private beaches. He cites Newport York Bar Harbor as examples and urges state reserves with bathhouses and an inviolable low to high water strip for universal use.
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Oyster Bay
Newport
York
Bar Harbor
Earth
Revere Beach
Boston
Saturday Evening Post
Fragmented dialogue on fairy tales beginning phrases
A fragmentary exchange where a child asks if fairy tales start with Once upon a time and the parent replies that sometimes stories begin with a line about being detained at the office. The text shows broken speech and OCR-like errors.
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Little Tommie
Manmma
Origin of the saying It never rains but it pours
Wiseman Noah is suggested as the likely origin of the common remark It never rains but it pours. The note invites tracing the expression's origin in historical usage.
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Piker
Wiseman
Noah
Press Club Outing to Harris Dairy Farm North Scituate RI
About 80 Rhode Island Press Club members and guests visited Harris Dairy Farm in North Scituate on a fall outing. They toured the 400 acre, dairy operation of B. F. Smith with 125 cattle, milk production on three routes, silos with 860 tons of fodder, and modern barns. Lunch was served, the quarterly meeting held, and a resolution approved on advertising practices for Rhode Island papers.
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Rhode Island Press Club
Smith
Providence
Ayrshire
Jersey
Rhode Island
Rhoda Island
Dius
Attiga Casen
Hall
Pawtuxet Valley
Gleaner
Laughlin
East Greenwich
Pendulum
Farrally
Bristol Phoenix
Food of Artificers in Henry VIII Era and After
The record notes the poor diet across centuries from Henry VIII to the late 17th century, listing horse corn beans peas oats tares and lentils as common sustenance. Barley bread fed the poor in 1626 while white bread was rare by 1689, with wheat bread only reaching broad use much later in Cumberland, Carlisle shops scarce for a wheaten loaf, and servants often eating bran bread. home grinding with hand mills was typical, and Holland's vegetables fed London as much as England remained largely unproductive for a long period.
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Henry VIII
Cumberland
Carlisle
Elizabeth
Holland
London
England
Panama on the Brain Hat Gaffe Sparks Banter
A witty exchange unfolds as one friend notes the other wears a new hat and repeats a quip about talking through it. The remark implies thoughts of Panama, prompting lighthearted banter about the headgear and travel.
Flynn Money Trade Sparks Hair Shave Demand
Mrs Flynn lends five dollars after insisting a man with black hair and a red mustache be shaved first. Mr Flynn reassures that the loan is safe once the man is shaved before settlement.
Devoe Paint Test Against Rival Proved Local Quality
A letter to R P Smith recounts City Drago in Crystal Springs Mississippi testing Devoe against a rival New Orleans paint. W B McClaney’s house received two coats of each for comparison. Devoe used 6 gallons versus 10 gallons for the competitor, with overall costs including labor totaling $25 higher for the rival. Devoe claims greater durability and value, noting the local best versus the superior standard and stating Devoe saves about $20 on a small job. Jas A Miller & Son Bristol distributes Devoe.
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Drago
Crystal Springs
Mias
Devoe
W. B. McClaney
New Orleans
Southwest
Traly
F. W. Devoe
New York
P.S. Jas. A. Miller & Son
Bristol
Remarkable woman Lydia Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound
The article recounts Lydia E. Pinkham born February 9 1819 in Lynn Massachusetts and her rise from teacher to creator of a root and herb based remedy for female ailments. It details family, financial crisis relief, the kitchen origins of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, newspaper advertising efforts, and how the business grew into a household name guided by Lydia and later her daughter in law and successors.
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Estes
Lynn
Mass
Issac Pinkham
Bren
Lydia B. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia H. Pinkham
Pinkhams
Lydia E. Pinkham
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
SnaEn
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Lydia Ki. Rinkham Wormen
Ham
Minkham
Perfection Oil Heater and Rayo Lamp Promote Home Comfort
Cozy Homes promotes a new wick principle for the Perfection Oil Heater claiming absolute safety and smokeless operation. Tests show the heater delivers intense heat with controlled wick levels, plus easy portability and utility for heating water. The Rayo Lamp, from the same makers, offers bright steady light with low cost in any room. Sold by dealers. Crime quotes appear as a marketing aside about forged notes and a related conversion.
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Hester
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Philo Hay Co
Newark
N. J
Hope Druc CO
Hope Street
Shakespeare
Stormington Barnes
Evry
Daly Cor. Wood & Bradford Sts
A. W. Noll
The
Waldron-Brownell Co
Bradford St
Easterbrooks
S. B. Paull
E G. Spooner
N.Y
N.H.& Hartford Railroad
Electricar Service
Newport & Providence Railway
Y. M
Redd
Pau! Revere
Greene
Teddy
Andrew Carnegie
Mark Twain
Josh Billings
Tipt
Jack Frost
Warren
I.v
Bristol Ar Prov
Ly. Prov
A.m
Duuit
Pearl Street
Owen Sea
Harris
North Scituate
R. P. Smith
WHO
John’s Tailoring Establishment
Connery
Hone St
G. M. Wilbur
Bradford Street
John Shepard
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