Yachts Clash as Winds Fail in Dual Shamrock Three Series
The ongoing international yacht race between Columbia and Shamrock Three suffers repeated no race results due to light winds and fog. Plans shift to daily racing until a winner emerges, while public scrutiny grows over boat handling and management. A Philadelphia library books display reveals odd borrowings including bills, letters, hair ornaments, photographs, and an insurance policy, with a medical firm using the collection to plant circulars.
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Columbia
Shamrock
Iselin
Philadephia
Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway At Shoemaker’s Home
In Providence, John the Shoeman of 184 Mathewson Street continues his annual Thanksgiving and Christmas coupon promotion. He gifts away 200 turkeys with each purchase, a tradition noted by the landlady who remarks on his hardwood table and dented teeth.
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John the Shoeman
Mathewson Street
Providence
Woonsocket
Eugene le Clair
Constitution Street
Alfred Luther
Warren
Lewis M. Luther
Rehoboth
1St
Rhode Island Regiment
Light Artillery
Gaines' Mill
John the Shoeman’s
Hydraulion Engine Company
Rhode Island Firemen'’s League
Wickford
William M. Gorham
Noyes Avenue
National India Rubber Company
John F. Munro
Court Street
Bristol
Kerr & Company
Bristol Neck
Edith F. Buffum
Eliza Dew. Howe
Metacom Avenue
Woodlawn Avenue
Mark A. Dew. Howe
Boston
Young Men's Christian Associations
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
H. F. Bennett
Perkins Bass
Pappoosesquaw
Peterboro
N. H
Isolene
Harriet Barns
John the
Augustus A. Gravel
Mount Hope Park
Frank Ryan
Bradford Street
Frank Francis
Francis
L Lake
Local Bristol Notes and News on Shoes and Mail
Bristol notes cover outward and inward mail deadlines at the post office plus local shop ads for Nerone, Wise & Cooper, and John the Shoeman. Community happenings include anniversaries, a scarlet fever case, church harvest events, a wedding, and transfers of liquor licenses.
Waldron Obituary Notice for Ambrose Waldron
Ambrose Waldron, aged 60 years and 7 months, passed away on Oct 18 in Waldron. The deceased leaves a family and is remembered in local records with obituary notices published in the town’s paper.
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Bristol
Mary Bent
Lizzie Leitiger
Carl F. Leitiger
Bristol Phatnix
Herbert F. Bennett
Empire Stock Co Promises Quality At Pop War Prices
The Empire Stock Co business manager says the troupe does not claim to be the greatest, but offers comedies equal to any company’s, with 14 capable performers and seasoned actors ready for the week’s first-night arbitrator. The piece promises lively entertainment at value pricing.
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Empire Stock Co
Robinson
Self-Cured Rectal Fistula With Arnica Salve Claim
Renick Hamilton of West Jefferson, D. suffered 18 months from a rectal fistula and was told by doctors he would die without costly surgery. He claims he cured himself using five boxes of Barnes Arnica Salve, advertised as the surest pile cure, priced 25 cents per two boxes, sold by J. H. Young & Co.
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Renick Hamilton
West Jefferson
J. H. Young & Co
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Bristol County
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Erent
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Phoenix
G. W. Baaterbrooks
Jec. Pailthorp
W O. W. Sparks
W. J. Fish & Co
Hope Street
High St
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California
America
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Latter Exchange
Thos. F. Peirce & Son
Westminster & Dorrance Sts
Providence, R. I
Bristol and Vicinity
Post Office
New York
West
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East
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Nerone
H. H. Shepard
Hathaway, Soule
Starrington
A. P. Nerone
Elizabeth S Earle
Brooklyn
Church and
Hope Streets
Exchange
Hamill's
W J Fish & Co
Mazie Nerone
Central Telephone Office
New York State
Misses Morse School
Wise & Cooper's
Bartley Keegan, Jr
Mary O’brien
Franklin
Wardwell Lumber Company
Abbie Dunn
Cranston Worsted Mills
Hasbrouck
Freddie Wilson
Charles Wilson
Wilson's Lane
Tri- Inity Church
William M. Chapin
St. John's Church
Barrington
Nasbrouck Block
W.F Peters
W.r.trotter
Trinity Church
Lottie Beard
Isabel Rose Bowen
William McCaw
No. 74
High Street
Easterbrooks
Hope and
State Streets
George H. Saunders
Henry Munro
Crawford
P. Nerone
L. L. Anderstrom
Church Street
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Epworth League
State Street
M. E. Church
Red Cross Society
Grace C Paull
Lilie G. Luther
Mattie B Paull
J. B. Pollock
G. A
Philadelphia
E . Carey
Minnie Pollock
Mijas Sadie B. Paull
Babbitt Relief Corps
Babbitt Relief Corps No. 19
Comrades of Babbitt Post
J. Petty
Allie Finch
Lois Munro
Bertha Smith
Mamie Finch
Marla Bullock
Nancy Munro
Maria Adams
Emma Swan
United States
National Acetylene Gas Co
Elliott Square
Buffalo, N. Y
Botany H Chadwick
Hornellsville
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Town OF
Church and Thames Streets
F. A. Wright
Bristol Opera House
C. W. Sparks
Bristol County Gas & Electric Co
Mt. Hope Park
Canfield Sanitarium
F. A. Gardner
14Th St
N.W
Washington
D. C
C. H. Straight
O. L. Bosworth Attorney-at-Law
R. H. Donbar
BR. H. Dunbar
Hope St
Henry
Weybosset St
U. S
Garfield Ave
Misses Bunn M. C. A
Peter J. Bradford
William Bradford
Mary E. B. Wheaton
Worcester
Probate
Bristol Phoenix
Cupid
Douglas
Ey Bert Bach
L. Weinstein
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