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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1906

Page

4

Fire Engine Contests Highlight Civic Parade Show

Fire departments from Cranston Central Falls East Providence and Bristol hosted engine and hose reel races on the Common with record throws and close competition. The King Philip team of Bristol claimed top honors while Natick River Point and Bayser of Esnet Providence followed, amid large crowds, trains, and band performances.

Cranston Volunteer Fire Co Henry Baker Jetters Natick Central Falls Veteran Firemen’s Association John H. Barber Button Crescent Park Gaspee Fire Drum and Bugle Corpe Providence Providence Veteran Firemen’s Association George F. Hunt Gaspes Jeffers Watchemoket Fire Engine Co East Providence John J.maalten East Providence Veteran Firemen’s Association George W. Fuller Central Falls Twe Arlington Fire Company of Arlington Frank Moorhouse Albion Veteran Firemen’s Association Hirram E. Smith Albion Romford Fire Company James Sullivan Romford Volunteer Fire Company P. J. McUann Drum Corps Crompton Crompton Hose Up David Marsh Watchemaker Fire Engine Co John J. Mullen Foreman Poocasset Fire Engine Co Knightaville James Thompson Foreman Dram Corps East Providence Centre Hose Co D. H. Miller Fiskeville Fire Co Everett F. Fiske Harmony Band Warren John J. O’brien Rough and Ready Hose Company Samuel Patterson Perman Uoventral Falls Cumberland Fire Department Valley Falls Thomas F. Fanning Manville Fire Company Thomas Patenaude Edgewood Hire W. B. Turner Hydrauulion Company Hydraulion Fred Milburn John Condon Daniel W.coggeshall Charles H. Sparks James F. Meiggs Harold Blease John McLeod Charles Connery Harl Dunbar George P. Sisson Mechanica Fire Hogine State Street Wood High Street Wood Street J. D. Dimond Crompton Hire Co Rough and Ready Hose Co King Philip Fire Engine Co Bristol Y Fiskeville Edgewood Fire Co Edgewood Manville Fire Co Ansville Pocasset Fire Co Knightsville Albion Veteran Firemen’ ._Association Arlington Fire Co Ticheré River Points Naticks King of’ Pawtuxet Rhode Island River Point Machine Bayser Esnet Hydraphons Bristol Baxter H. Studley Pawtucket Samuel, L. Carpenter Daniel Taylor Woonsocket Jed W.cady East Joseph A. Lent Raverside William League Forgman McUaughey I. Gavin Charles L. Hammill Moses H. Connaxy Theodore Raweon Ai ‘Rawson Russell Coggeshall Joseph M. Edmunds George Clark William H.erskine D. Roberts Woonsooker George W- Puller East Providéncé Réuben"H Barber Julién William Chaterly East Provindence Herreshoft Marine Band Fort Adams Batuners Pawtuxet River Point Hast Providence Warragansett Riverside Mechanics Enterprise Ocean No. 7 Chamberland

Safety Mate and oddities in marriage lore

A fragmentary humorous exchange hints at phrases like a safety mate and a safety match. The dialogue references a baldheaded man marrying an armless woman and questions about what constitutes a safety yaateh, with a note about a husband checking if his wife is within hearing.

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Poor Fellow Mrs Browne’s Regal Appetite

In dialogue Mrs Browne remarks on a man who lives high while Mrs Malaprop quips that his thoughts center on food, comparing him to an ipecac. The exchange captures a satirical view of gluttonous behavior and pretentious wit.

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