Gale causes heavy seas and boats ashore in harbor
A heavy sea toppled vessels at the harbor front. The two masted schooner Mattie dragged anchor opposite Franklin street depot after docking at Bristol Yacht Club. A cat boat owned by William W Polleys broke loose from Union Street and went ashore at Constitution Street, demolished. Steamer Sagamore resumed regular Newport and Providence Railway trips this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pappoosesquay
Mattie
Bristol Yacht Club
Franklin Street
William W. Polleys
Union Street
Constitution Street
Sagamore
Newport and Providence Railways Company
Colt Juniors Open Season Against Edgeworth Strong Team
The Colt Juniors start the season next Saturday afternoon at 3 against Edgeworth, a club unbeaten for three years. Coach John G. Birtwistle leads the Colts with regular practice tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt
Edgeworth
John G. Birtwistle
Role and duties of the American consul described
The American consul acts as a commercial watchman, informing the state department and mercantile interests of foreign commercial matters. He protects fellow citizens, reports treaty infringements, aids merchants and shipmasters, prevents emigration of paupers and criminals, cares for sick Americans, and oversees deceased property, with police jurisdiction over the U S merchant marine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
United States
Great Sugar Plantation in the West Indies
A large sugar plantation, owned by a Danish corporation, covers about a third of 8 pix arable land. The estate sits between timbered hills and the blue ocean with royal and coconut palms along roads. Hills are topped by structures, many ruins, tracing the island’s long colonial history since Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
Western Hemisphere
Clockmaker author Haliburton jurist and Nova Scotia chief justice
The Clockmaker author Thomas Chandler Haliburton known as Sam Slick was born in Windsor Nova Scotia in December 1796 and died August 27 1865 at Isleworth England He served as chief justice of the Nova Scotia court of common pleas and later as a judge of the supreme court retiring in 1856 before moving to England where he remained until his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Sam Slick
Boston
Haliburton
Windsor
N. S
Isleworth
London
England
Court of Common Pleas
Nova Scotia
Supreme Court
Flytraps and Plows in a Moral Ad Campaign
A large American industrial concern runs an educational department producing practical books. A reader notes a pamphlet about making flytraps and asks what this has to do with plows and harrows. The ad suggests the answer is nothing except that it claims to promote good humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoty
Btude
Hammer nail gun adapts military stroke to carpentry work
A new nail driving device weighs about 80 ounces and uses a trigger to feed nails, allowing a nail to be driven in a single stroke. It aims to free the carpenter from handling nails by hand, reducing time and effort and eliminating the need for a full pouch or manual alignment with the left hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nalls
Decaying Wood Harms Tree Roots and Promotes Pests
The report links decaying wood and old roots in soil to decay fungi that parasitize fruit tree and shrub roots. Investigators note wounds on roots as entry points and warn that soil wood decay may seed these organisms, which have been overlooked as a source of plant damage.
Keith's Providence Theater Week Show Promises Variety
Providence theatre program announces Wilfred Clarke making his first Providence appearance in years with Grace Meinkens Ford sisters Mabel and Dora Henry Marshal. A three act musical features songs like Old-Fashioned Waltz and Somebody's Goin to Get the Bee. The Burglar farce stars Mrs Barry and Mr Barry with a laughable burglary plot. Other acts include Gen Pisano shooting star and a blackface comedy trio Labor, plus Minnie Harrison and the Three Albert Sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaudeur
Keith
Kéith
Providence
Wilfred . Clarké
Clarke
Meinkens
Ford Sisters
Mabel
Dora
Misses Ford
Mr. Marshall
Maye
Jintiie Barry
Gen
Pisano
Minnie Harrison
Joe Browning
Albert Sisters
Garcinetti Brothers
Governor Beeckman Visits Camp Devens Ayer
Rhode Island Governor R Livingston Beeckman and officers toured Camp Devens in Ayer Massachusetts last Thursday. They reviewed the 301st United States Engineers Regiment. Beeckman met Maus S Wheelwright of this town a Rhode Island private in the 301st who handled Liberty Bond sales in the camp area and led subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Livingston Beeckman
Rhode Island
L. H. Callan
U. S. Enineers
Amp Devens
Ayer
Mass
United States Engineers
Couple Relocates as Austin Accepts West Springfield Post
Mr and Mrs Frank W Austin longtime residents leave town after eighty years to West Springfield Mass where Mr Austin takes a foreman job in the Receiving department of Gilbert Barker makers of Standard Oil gasoline pumps He previously ran the dye house at Nam quit Worsted Co before it moved to Greenville R I and their Hope street home goods are moved to Massachusetts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Springfield
Frank W. Austin
West Springfield
Mass
Austin
Gilbert & Barker
Standard Oil
Namquit Worsted Company
Greenville, R. I
Hope Street
Automobile Registrations Last Week
Local registrations processed by the State Board of Public Board show 34307 Manuel P Valante Bristol Hudson 27 hp touring. 34384 John H Bailey Bristol Dodge 24 hp touring. 30508 John F McDonough Warren Cadillac 31 hp touring.
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Office of State Board of Public Board
Manuel P. Valante
Bristol
Hudson
H. P
John H. Bailey
Dodge
John F. McDonough
Warren
Cadillac
Annual Bazaar and Holiday Events in G.A.R. Hall and Church
Coming events list shows Boy Scouts bazaar in G A R hall on Nov 10 27 24 and Dec 1. Old Kentucky Jubilee Quartet performs Dec 15 at State Street M E Church lecture at State Street M E Church on Dec 11 afternoon and evening Ladies Aid Society hosts Christmas Bazaar on Dec 11 at the same church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
G.A.R
Old Kentucky Jubilee Quartet
State Street M. E. Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Advertised Letters Bristol Rhode Island 1917
List of names under men and women categories for an advertised letters section dated Oct 27 1917. Includes multiple individuals, some with titles or initials, and miscellaneous entries with company names and foreign names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
R. I
Brown Son Born in Providence Lying-in Hospital
In Providence at the Lying-in Hospital on October 28 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Joseph E Brown and grandson to Mr and Mrs Thomas Clark of this town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Providence
Joseph E. Brown
Thomas Clark
Local Death Notices Quick Facts
Katharine L Campbell daughter of Mary E and the late Thomas A Campbell died October 29 in Warren Maine Minnie O Toole formerly of this town died October 23 in Watertown Massachusetts age 38 Daniel Jr Quinn died October 26 in this town aged 6 years 8 months son of Daniel and Mary Quinn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Warren
Katherine L. Campbell
Mary E
Thomas A. Campbell O’toole
Watertown
Mass
Minnie O'Toole
Quinnn
Daniel, Jr
Daniel
Mary Quinn
Bristol Renaissance Architecture and the DeWolf Legacy
A study of Bristol Rhode Island's Renaissance houses notes the DeWolf Middleton and DeWolf-Mudge mansions, their cupola features, parapet rails, and contrasts with Italian palaces. It laments commercialism while praising local craft and legends surrounding Captain Jim DeWolf and Russell Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae Pfiay
Rafis
Anil Viehia Jaresno
Bristo
Sverty
Shea Aoermoes
Getae
M.gabriely
aeRussell
New England
Iba
Bristol
Howeie
Fife
Hope Street
DeWalt Middleton
DéWolf-Mudge
Bristol Neck
Mount Hope
Europe
DeWolf
Church Street
Great Britain
Washington
Congress
Villa Doria
Pamphili
Rome
Rhode Island
Innocent X
Prince Pamphili
Trilby
Russell Warren
Benefit
Providence
Colt
Byolonel Colt
James Renwick
DeWolf-Colt
Cabot-Churchill
Churchill
Morice
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Standard Oil CO
New York
Ces
Buffalo
Albany
U. S
Phenix
Bank
Army
Navy
Coast Patrol
Hospital Corps
Phoenix
George Buntig
Charland
Frank Duncomb
Antonio Correira Janeiro
Lawrence Giffian
Antonio Marshall
Levi Allen‘ Rock
Francisco Sciantone
Manuel Louis Alves
Francisco Albanese
Miller Gruger
A. O. Johnson
Fred B. Kelley
Manuel Sylvia
Woneekao
Bar Batganta
Eva Bayea
Owing
Mertieene
Regina Turgeon
Margaret Watson
Lillian Huntington
Mathewson
Vermont Box Co
Maria Rosa de Cabral
Violante Conti
Francisco de Men
Ursule Lynch
Leonor Correia de Mello
Domenico Milazo
Antonio Pietra Jr
Savaino Sebastiano
Manu da Silva
Thesbristoe
Amassachuge
Opsheldian Ne
GwillZever
Wddte
Rey
Otis Jy Woop
Court Street
W. Tel
Ifor
John
Temple Drury
E. W. Weaver
BNO
G. M. Wilbur
Ontow Street
William W. Franklin & Co
Wold St.ephione
Dorchester Mutual Wire Ins. Co
Watson & CO
Industrial “Trust Co
Ing
R. L
Isaag B. Munro
Garfield Ave
Walters
Coggeshall
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