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.
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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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Mr. Henpecked
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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