Bristol Defeats Oaklands in Inter-Trolley Tilt 10 to 3
Bristol and Oaklands of Burrillville met on the Common in a Northwest inter-trolley league game. Bristol staged an eight-run fourth inning sparked by R Connery’s three bagger to overturn a 3–0 deficit, then held on as Van Almkkirk struck out fourteen and allowed six hits in a strong effort for Burrillville.
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Bristol
Oaklands
Barrillville
Burrillville
Inter-Trolley League
Northwest
Bristols
J. Chartier
R. Connery
van Almkirk
Tucker
P Chase
Anderson
Bene iv Beorrié
Minard
En Mack
Erenes Miller
Oakland
E. Chartier
W. Chartier
Tessier
Morris
Ceeesescees Connoyer
Doweerace Y Guilbar
Plant
Ae J. Chartier
P. Conners
Chase, Mack
Guilbar
Minard Plant
Connery
Jay—Mack
Weather Forces Early End To Newport Bristols Exhibition
A planned game between Newport Bristols and South Ends was halted by a heavy storm. Newport led 2 runs in the opening inning before darkness and rain prompted the umpire, a Training Station sailor, to call off play. Bristol players were short of a third baseman due to Kavanagh’s unavailability.
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Newport
Bristols
Newports
Kavanagh
Warren
Galvin
Fall River
Driscoll
Independents
Bristol
Martin Canole
Connery
Advertised Letters Week Ending September Twenty Ninth
List of advertised letters for the week ending Sept 29 includes Francisco P Awrade Agusto da Andrade C Bishoff Antonio F Goliat De W G Robinson Narragansett Ave Foreign Mons John Comeau al Siguor Alberino Manuel de Oliveira Mariloe Ziepe Mrs John Gronard two Miss Isabella McDougll Miss Delia Minn Miss Mabel Weight.
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Francisco P. Awrade
Agusto da Andrade
C Bishoff
Antonio F. Goliat
W. G. Robinson
Narragansett Ave
John Comeau
al Siguor Alberino
Manuel de Oliveira
Mariloe Ziepe
John Gronard
Isabella McDougll
Delia Minn
Mabel Weight
Over-Work Weakens Your Kidneys
An advertising feature explains kidney function and how overwork harms health. It promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy, claiming cures for distressing cases and offering free sample bottles and a pamphlet by mail from Binghamton New York. The message urges readers to mention the paper when writing for information.
Zero as a numeral and its entry into Europe
A Chicago Tribune summary notes zero likely appeared in Babylonian use around 1700 B C but is uncertain. It was used in India by about 400 A D and spread to the Arabs, then to Europe in the 12th century, where algorists supported Hindu notation and abacists resisted Roman notation.
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Moritz Cantor
India
Europe
Algorists
Chicago Tribune
Wellington and Meade Hold Heights at Waterloo and Gettysburg
General John B. Gordon compares Wellington at Mont Saint Jean with Meade at Cemetery Ridge, noting how both held strong ground against attackers. He argues the high positions dictated outcomes, with Waterloo shaping Europe and Gettysburg sealing the fate of the Confederacy.
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Waterloo
Wellington
Meade
Gettysburg
Mont Saint Jean
Cemetery Ridge
Cemetery Heights
Napoleon
Soignes
Lee
France
England
Europe
John B. Gordon
Scribner’s
Ladies Who Wore Hir Knives In English History
In early England women wore knives at the girdle imitating the onelace dagger. Chaucer notes wedding knives in Canterbury Tales. A Rosschurch monument shows a Ruddle lady with purse and knife from Henry VIII’s era. Edward III. mentions wedding knives in a play. Douce’s Archeologia details sixteenth century practice with engraved examples dated 1610 with amber handles and velvet cases.
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Edward III
Dwarf Elephants and Pygmy Deer Across Regions
The article notes Malta and Italy once hosted a dwarf elephant about the size of a sheep, now rare and not a distinct species but a freak. It describes a pygmy deer on the Sunda islands, small yet with refined deer traits, and mentions Shetland ponies as horses of pygmy size. It also cites a central African musk at about twenty inches high and three feet long.
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Malta
Italy
Sunda Islands
Central Africa
Making Sure of Him
A thoughtful mother cautions about her daughter’s suitor Brown as the thoughtless father questions. She argues that they must appear socially superior to his ambitious mother to secure the match.
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Brown
A Hint to Go from the Plain Dealer
A brief exchange quotes TJ telling something before departure. She asks if it is long, he replies it is very short, and she notes there will be time. The Cleveland Plain Dealer presents a clipped, dialog style line excerpt.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Refusal to Accept References Cited in Job Application
A Chicago Post snippet captures a housewife objecting to received references. The applicant replies that the references were not written by them, urging the housewife to address the issuers directly. The exchange highlights tension over credibility and accountability for provided recommendations.
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Chicago Post
Definition of a fray from Tuck's tale explained
A quip defines fray as a fight in which someone who has never fought before would call it a quarrel. The exchange frames fray as a social term for conflict, illustrating a child’s question and a fatherly answer in a literary context.
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Son
Tuck
PISCATORY STUPIDITY AND FISH SENSES EXAMINED
In a discussion from the International Quarterly Professor Edmund Clark Sanford argues most fish hunt by sight while some rely on smell. Catfish rely on taste over their bodies. The piece questions whether fish feel pain and compares fish consciousness to a sleeping human.
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Edmund Clark Sanford
The
International Quarterly
Birds Exercise Ingenuity to Protect Nestlings
A London Tit-Bits excerpt describes how birds choose high nests for security and how ground nests risk destruction by animals or scythes. It notes skylarks may carry eggs or young to safety using a specially adapted hind claw and that parent birds sometimes transport young on their backs, illustrating notable parental ingenuity.
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London
Jefferson and the birth of the Patent Office
Thomas Jefferson led early patent work, personally reviewing applications with the secretary of war and the attorney general. In 1790 Samuel Hopkins received the first patent for pear ash es. Jefferson viewed patents as public benefit, not revenue, and initial output was tiny with minimal staff before Dr Thornton later managed the growing duties.
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Jefferson
Patent Office
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Hopkins
State Department
Thornton
Violinist Faces Spider Invasion During Concert
A violinist reports that spiders are drawn to music, invading a historic concert hall as he played. Audience stamped at the insects while cracks in the old venue let them emerge from the walls. The piece notes other animals reacting to music, including a garden snake and a young calf enjoying piano and French horn sounds.
Peculiar Privileges Of The Speaker Of The Commons
The speaker receives yearly gifts including a buck from the buckhounds and later a width of the best broadcloth from the Cloth Workers Company of London. The custom dates back so far there is no record of its origin and continues with gifts to several of his majesty's ministers.
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House of Common
Cloth Workers Company of London
House of Commons
England
How Are You Getting On With Your Music Dear
A lady asks her niece about progress with music and she modestly replies that neighbors say they have stayed awake listening to her playing. The exchange captures vanity and reception in a domestic scene.
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Bristol
Phenix
The Rule Suited Him
A new boarder stays three weeks in a house. The landlady explains boarders typically pay as they go. He replies confidently that he is not staying long.
Sounded Like It Is That Piece by Wagner
A Brooklyn Times note quotes a listener asking about a piece’s author while another observer notes the piano is out of tune. The exchange captures a casual concert-room moment highlighting misperceived composition and instrument condition.
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Brooklyn Times
Persian Poets Tread Pearls Through Witty Sayings
The saying describes Persian poetry as threading pearls of beauty and wit, linking graceful lines with clever language. It highlights a cultural view of poetic craft that values refined phrasing and inventive expression.
Central Falls Takes Banner At Fourth Muster In Woonsocket
At the Fourth Annual Muster of the Rhode Island State Firemen's League held in Woonsocket, Hydraulions finished seventh of thirteen engines, losing the championship banner to Central Falls Veterans with the engine Volunteer by a three foot margin. Warren Mechanics outpaced Hydraulions in playout, while Hydraulions placed third in the pipe contest and Manville won the base reel with Arlington and Pocasset among top finishers.
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Woonsocket
Warren
Hydraulions
Rhode Island State Firemen's League
East Providence
Central Falls
Hyds
Mechanics of
Bristol Company
Hydrasclion
Bristol
Natick
Narragansett Company
Hydraulion
Pocasset
Star of Cranston
Mechanics
Arlington
Albion
Gaspee
Manville Company
Watchemaker
Quiet Church Wedding at St Marys on Wood Street
At St Marys church on Wood street this morning at 9 o'clock a quiet wedding joined Philip John Morris and Miss Marguerite Josephine Hickey both of this town in marriage. Rev J F Downing assisted. James Connors attended the groom and Miss Rosella Callan served as bridesmaid. After the ceremony eight nuptial masses were celebrated. Mr and Mrs Morris left today for a short wedding trip.
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St Mary's Church
Wood Street
Philip John Morris
Marguerite Josephine Hickey
J F. Downing
James Connors
Rosella Callan
Morris
Neglected consumption fears and cures with Emulsion
The ad argues consumption is curable if treated early, condemning neglected consumption. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a preventive and treatment, claiming thousands of cases improved and prompting readers to request a free sample. Address given for Scott & Bowne in New York.
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Scott
Obituary for Mrs Mary A Peters and infant son
Mrs Mary A Peters wife of James Peters died after a long illness at 4 am at 3 Usher street Bristol aged 64 years 11 months 23 days Born in Ireland she leaves two sons William F Peters and James M Peters and two daughters Sister M Evangelist de Sales and Miss Susie Peters Funeral at 10 am Thursday from her residence with services at St Marys church Her infant son Louis Maeno died at 8 am today aged 21 days Burial at St Marys Cemetery
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Mary A. Peters
James Peters
Usher Street
Mt. Hope Avenue
Peters
Ireland
Bristol
Francis
Catherine Gaynor
William F
James M
Providence
M. Evangelist de Sales
St Bernard’s Convent
Nashville
Tenn
Susie Peters
St. Marys Church
Louis Maeno
Louis
Annie Maeno
Gooding’s Park
St. Mary's Cemetery
Probate Court Sessions Open With Will Provisions Pending
The Probate Court met at 10 this forenoon. Judge Reynolds presiding. The will and codicils of Mary L. DeWolf were presented with proving and executor approval set for 2 p.m. The will of Joseph J. Sexton was received for registry with executor approval continued to Sept. 21. Newman to administer Allan M Newman Jr was granted bond 400. Heaving to administer Charles J Eddy was granted bond 100. Appraisers listed. Church estate account continued to Sept. 7-12. Bristol Opera House ads list events and dates including Ethel Dyffryn troupe, Brindamour the Magician, and other performances through November 25. Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets ad ends.
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Charles Heaving
Charles J Eddy
Henry M. Thompson
Charles 14
Barbour
George H. Peck
Stephen W. Church
John Connery
Bristol Opera House
Ethel Dyffryn
Columbia Hall
Wood Street
Heart of Chicago
Fair
Praxnix Office Wedding Invitations Service
An advertising notice offering wedding invitations and announcements with latest styles and quick service. It advertises on hand paper and envelopes at Praxnix Office located at 18 Bradford Street in Bristol Rhode Island and invites customers to bring their orders for prompt completion.
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Praxnix
Bradford Street
Bristol
R. I
N Y New Haven Hartford Electric Car Service Schedule
Electric car service between New York New Haven and Hartford operates from May 17 1908. Northbound weekday departures from Bristol to Providence and Fall River include times such as 5 45 and 6 00 am with express options. Southbound from Fox Point Providence to Bristol run at multiple morning and afternoon times. Sunday services list separate Bristol and Fox Point departures and Providence arrivals.
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Bristol
Providence
Fall River
Fox Point
ET Nee Aaa
Dorrance and Weybosnet
Riverside
Dorrance
Weybosset
Riverside Car House
Franklin Street
Experience drives Bristol Phoenix printing growth
The Bristol Phoenix Job Printing Department highlights over twenty years in artistic printing as the core of rapid growth. The shop offers to print anything printable with a satisfaction or no-pay guarantee on every order, and mentions telephone connection.
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Bristol Phoenix
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Pawtucket
Watchemaket
Morris—Hickey
Scott & Bowne
Pearl Street
New York
Beecham
Beecham’s
Probate Court
Tanner
Chamberlain
W.H Buffington
N.Y
N.H.& Hartford Railroad Electric Car Service
Joseph L. Buffum
Contractor & Builder
Hope ST
Horace Partridge & Co
J.f.farrally
Burnside Memorial Building
Geo H. Peck
R.I
Senator Hoar
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