Mrs Henry R Congdon obituary in Bristol
Mrs Mary A Congdon widow of Henry R Congdon died at home after a two year illness. Born Oct 6 1848 in Patterson New Jersey she was 66. Survived by husband four daughters and a son, plus siblings. Funeral Sunday at 2:30 pm from High and Washington streets. interment at North Cemetery.
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Mary A. Congdon
Henny R. Congdon
High Street
Washington Street
Congdon
Patterson
New Jersey
Thomas
Mary Redfern
Bristol
Warren
James Card
East Providence
Jane Nicholas
State Street
M. HE
High
Washington Streets
John McVay
State Street M. E
North Cemetery
Death of David Cavanaugh at 72 in Canada
David Cavanaugh died at his home on 10 Bourn Avenue Wednesday morning after a long illness from cancer. He was 72, born in Ireland, lived here about 30 years, and worked at the National India Rubber Company. He is survived by a wife, daughter, and several siblings. Funeral was at St Mary’s Church with Rev John F Downing, burial in St Mary’s Cemetery.
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David Cavanaugh
Bourn Avenue
Mr. Cavanaugh
Ireland
Richard
Margaret Cavanaugh
National India Rubber Company
St. Mary’s Church
Miss Florence DeWolf Dies After Illness At Home
Florence Griswold DeWolf daughter of Clara Diman and the late Algernon S DeWolf died yesterday afternoon at 3:30 at the home of her brother in law Nathaniel G Herreshoff Hope Street Brights disease caused her death and she had been ill since last spring She was commandant of St Michaels Church Her funeral will be held Monday at 12 from the Herreshoff residence
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Florence Griswold DeWolf
Clara Diman
Algernon Sidney DeWolf
Nathaniel G Herreshoff
Hope Street Bright
St. Michael's Church
Nathaniel G. Herreshoff
Widow Mary A Barber Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Mary A Barber widow of Russell Barber died yesterday afternoon at the home of her daughter Mrs Charles S Cummings 998 Hops street after a long illness She was 7% years two months and six days and was born in the north of Ireland later living in New York City The funeral will be at the daughter's home Sunday at 1 p m.
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Mary A. Barber
Russell Barber
Charles S. Cummings
Hops Street
Incipient Fire at King Home on Hope Street
Early morning fire at 694 Hope Street caused by clothes rack falling on a kitchen range. Mrs. King alerted neighbors and phoned in an alarm. districts mis-reported before firefighters arrived. Fire was extinguished with only slight damage.
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George P. King
Hopestreet
Bowling League Results From Local YMCA Matches
South Ends beat Mysteries two to one in a three string set ending last night. The Moonshiners defeated the Garoos two to one in a three string match on Wednesday. The Haysesds won two of three strings against the Strikers on Tuesday.
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Garoos
Birth notices from town on October 27
In this town on October 27 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Charles H Bickford. Also on October 27 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Elwin A Hill. A son was born October 27 to Mr and Mrs Carl Witherell. In Augusta Maine on October 8 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Thomas J McAsugbey, formerly of this town.
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Bickford
Charles H. Bickford
Hill
Elwin A. Hill Witherell
Carl ©. Witherell. McCaughey
Augusta
Thomas J. McAsugbey
Terry Cole in this town wedding notice Oct 27
This item records a marriage event on October 27 officiated by Rev. W R Yrotter, uniting Elmer Clifford Terry of Fall River and Miss Corda Cole of this town.
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Terry—Cole
W R .Yrotter
Elmer Clifford Terry
Fall River
Corda Cole
Obituaries and death notices from town records
Cavanaugh Unsavanaugh aged 72. Congdon Mary A wife of Henry KR Congdon aged 66 years 28 days DeWolf Florence Griswold daughter of Clara Diman and late Algernon Sidney DeWolf. Funeral Monday Nov 1 from Nathaniel G Kerreshoff residence Relatives invited Barber Mary A Bristol Oct 28 aged 78 years 2 months 6 days Funeral from son in law Charles S Cum mings 996 Hope street Sunday Oct 31 1 p.m.
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Barber
Bristol
Mary A. Barber
Charles S$. Cummings
Hope Street
If Woman Only Knew Backache Linked to Kidneys
Bristol Rhode Island resident Mrs Josephine Pevin reports dull back and kidney pain eased after using Doans Kidney Pills from J H Yoong Co Drug Store. She says one box removed pain and soreness and restored kidney function. Doans are sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Koster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sale agents for the United States. Remember the name Doans.
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Dean
Bristol
Josephine Pevin
Washington St
R. I
J. H. Yoong ¢& Co
Doan
Koster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Girl 14 Aboard Lake Michigan Steamer
A 14 year old girl travels on a small steamer on Lake Michigan. The voyage proves rough with seasickness among passengers. The girl sits in the bow far from discomfort and responds to her father that she is not sick but fears yawning might worsen her condition.
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Lake Michigan
Dusty Sparks Vanity In Haystack Tale
A curious camelot of speech shows Dusty shaving and styling hair after an old magazine article titled Autumn Tramps Are Pretty stirs vanity. A wiseacre notes his new look, while a bootmaker offers repair as a thrifty solution. A Northern passenger protests a taxi ride with a fragile heart.
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Dusty
Wayfarer
Rhode Island License Law Proves Successful After Year
A Rhode Island editorial lauds the license system for liquor, noting towns adopting it reduced unregulated traffic, no sales to minors, compliance with closing laws, and strong revenue gains for state and public services. It argues the act’s merits are demonstrated and further experiments unnecessary.
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Rhode Island
Providence Police Commissioners
Providence under prohibition described in 1886 era
A historical note describes how in 1886 the state constitution prohibition left drinkers able to obtain alcohol. Grocers stocked shelves with liquor behind goods, clubs issued keys to patrons, and illegal supply chains thrived. Suburban bars and “speak edasses” flourished with Sundays bustling for drinkers, while drunkenness rose 183-10 percent versus licensed periods.
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Providence
Providence liquor license urged by policy chairman
Mr Luther, chairman of the Providence Policy Commission, claims conditions in Providence are better under the liquor license system. He says the square deal and cooperation of business have improved the city morally and that officials see the city as cleaner and better than ever. He advocates continuing the admirable license system.
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Luther
Provdence Policy Commission
Providence
No license experience echoed in Providence 1886 to 1889
The text argues that Providence in 1886 to 1889 faced no license era and claims other cities Worcester Fall River and New Bedford show the same folly. It emphasizes that lack of licensing led to similar problems elsewhere, serving as evidence against no license policies.
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Providence
Worcester
Fall River
New Bedford
July police records show crime and liquor rise in Worcester
The Worcester Evening Post notes July’s police records will show a 21 percent rise in general crime from the license period, with arrests for drunkenness up nearly 70 percent. Liquor shipments into the city have grown so much that express company office branches with pony licenses are added daily. The summer jail population swells at the house of correction, housing more inmates than seven months. Among temporary inmates are many women and several young men blamed on the no license era promised by reformers.
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Worcester Evening Post
Summer Street
House of Correction
Police Records Show No License System Failing
Providence Journal reports June 6 1909 that daily police and express liquor data do not support no license advocates. Police say tenement districts see more beer deliveries and risk of drinking habits among women and children. Arrests for drunkenness rose 8 1 percent since May 1, an increase over licensed period.
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Providence Journal
New Bedford No-License Experiment Shows Little Change
Over the past year New Bedford’s no-license policy mirrored Fall River’s results with frequent illegal drink sales and police raids. Arrests for drunkenness rose steadily and concerns grew about youth corruption. Citizens widely understand the policy’s failure to control liquor traffic, signaling a likely reversion to licensing at the next election.
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New Bedford
Fall River
Ster
New ‘Bedford
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Newman
J. Davidson
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Is Manro
Davidson
Hawkins
W. Brownell
Edmonds
J Bottomley
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C Cromer
A Roos
C Bickford
E Brackett
A Walsh
Nelle R. Kenney
Dorrance & Weybosset
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Tyne
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