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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1895

Page

2

Discharge of Capt Leahy Ends Rhode Island Military Career

Capt Thomas F Leahy of Company C Second Regiment Rhode Island Militia is dishonorably discharged and barred from state military service by Special Orders No 94 issued Oct 11 1895 Governor Charles Warren Lippitt ordered the action. The case mirrors earlier punishment of Capt Bernard Hackett for falsifying pay rolls and including falsified names to obtain pay.

Leahy Thomas F. Leahy Co. C State of Rhode Island Providence Charles Warren Lippitt Evisna Drew Bernard Hackett Co. E Patrick Helly Thomas Dwyer Dwyer Kelly Kendall Moran Dyer

Gears Break at National India Rubber Co Mill

In the calender room 8 to 9 yesterday one of three large gears broke, other gears followed. By morning two shaft lines ran the mill except the new calenders. Work continues in the old calender room with tickets kept up. gear replacement may take six weeks to two months. Superintendent McCarty oversees operations to keep the mill running.

National India Rubber Co Colchester Conn McCarty Lindsey Marjorie Maine Mary Lake Newport Grace Bryer Saunders United States Rubber Co Slasher New Brunswick Rubber Works Mra June Stade L. F. Gorham High Street Tuy Creek

Ingersoll and Nash win sea wall contract at Naval Reserve Armory

Newport firm Ingersoll and Nash awarded the $3,000 contract to build a granite sea wall along the north side of the wharf from the Church street bulkhead to Long Wharf. The wall will be 610 feet long, eight feet wide at the base, four feet at the top, laid dry in solid blocks. Russell D. Bullock will supply the granite, with the outer edge 28 feet from the front of the new building and the gap filled with stone.

Ingersoll & Nash Newport Naval Reserve Armory Church Street Long Wharf Russell D. Bullock Scannavin & Potter W.B Lewis Providence Bristol High School Alumni Association G A. R. Hall Hedley-Livsey Band Orchestra of

Open Air Crusade Meetings Planned Across City

The Crusaders schedule an open air meeting at 645 tomorrow at foot of State street weather permitting. Sunday services include a holiness meeting at 3 p.m. at the Park open air at 6 p.m. and a salvation meeting at 7 p.m. in Grand Army Hall. The famed 350 pound musician known as the saved will aid. Carrie Russell tomorrow night. Grand’s S BR O debut by Miss Carrie Russell and Voltair Operatic Co. drew an outstanding crowd and may return similarly.

State Street South Christian Church Grand Army Hall Carrie Russell The Grand S. Br.o Our City Voltair Operatic Co Harrisburg

October Weddings in Bristol and Providence

Two Bristol weddings dominate the notice. Miss Mary Jeanette Fea and James Stephen Perry wed at St Marys church with a large Bristol and out of town attendance. The couple will reside at 40 Mount Hope Avenue after a brief trip. Also Frank Bliss Wilson and Emelie Frances Phelps married at Trinity Church with a full church, guests from Providence Bristol and Boston, and a reception at 58 Franklin Street.

Edward F. Christie P. McCabe Leonard Lizzie Ormond Alice Downey Thomas Cleary Mendelssohn Maria Fee Prospect Street Providence Boston Massachusetts Norwich Conn Perry Perry Homestead Mount Hope Avenue John Smith Mamie Fox Smith Mystic M. Glenn Aunton Mass Sadie McCaffrey Mamie McCaffrey Trainor Daffy BR. 1 Thomas Cummings Frank McCaffrey Minnie Wall Manchester Henry Fee New London Joseph Fee Meriden Julia Haggerty Willimantic Trinity Church Frank Bliss Wilson Emeire Frances Phelps James T. Phelps William BR. Trotter Trinity Ida Maud Stafford New York Vida G. Ingerson Edith Rounds Wendll R. Davis Grosvenor Perry Nichols William L. Manchester George W Oswald R. Seigel Bristol Ralph Kinder, Jr Clark Franklin Street Wilson Babbitt Women's Relief Corps Éni&Ll State Dept W. BR. C St. Alban Grosvenor Nichols Tereasa Mallen Ida Mond Stafford

Bristol Post Office Mail Schedules

The Bristol Post Office closes mails at 6.35 and 9.20 a m 12.20 8 40 and 5 50 p m The mails open as nearly as possible at 9 a m 2 0 5 20 and 7 25 p m.

New Subscriptions Offer for Boston Weekly Traveler

For a short time new subscribers paying $2 in advance receive a year of the Boston Weekly Traveler free. The offer provides four papers a week for a year. Samples available at the office or mailed on request. Address Parish Office.

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Fall and winter goods spill at D A Pierces on State Street

The store offers a large stock of seasonal clothing with prices low in Providence. Community notes include a Congregational Club sale at Memorial chapel, a Bristol harbor light project, school building naming talks, and local social visits, with town council discussions on the Bradford street sewer and upcoming events at the Opera House.

Louis Kunze F. B. Wilson E. F. Phelps Babbitt Woman's Resist Corps New York Bristol County P. Nerone State Street D. A. Pierce’s Providence Congregational Club Memorial Chapel Mount Hone Bay Bristol Ferry Epworth League State Street Methodist Church Opera House S. T. Ford Bristol Walter Talbot Doty House Union Street Thompson House Hope Street Frank Kennicutt Burton Charles B. Rockwell Talbot

Probate court notices for estates and guardian appointment

In the probate Court Judge Hezekiah W. Church orders notices for accounts of Susan Mc Intyre Pheba H Vickery and Aston F Usher to be presented for allowance on Nov 4. The petition for appointment of a guardian for minor Elizabeth W. Astier with offer of notice was referred to Nov 4.

Hezekiah W. Church Susan McIntyre Pheba H Vickery Aston F. Usher Elizabeth W. Astier

Old Fashioned Syrups and Remedies Advertised Prices

A vintage advertisement lists Seneca syrup for coughs and colds, beef iron and wine at 50 cents a bottle, Carter's Little Liver Pills at 15 cents, porous plasters at 10 cents or 3 for 25, Calgate toilet soaps, fresh mixed candy and chocolates by the pound, root beer extract, rose water, and assorted roots and herbs priced per ounce, reflecting a broad general store catalog style.

Carter Calgate

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