Mothers League Holds At Home Closing of Vacation School
The Little Mothers League of Bristol held an At Home at Court street club rooms to close its vacation school. Fifty members earned pins for attendance and work, with certificates possible via the State Federation Health Committee. Members and supporters were thanked for varied donations and service to transform the Court street school into a club house with plans for a permanent HQ and a graduate class ready to study first aid and housekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Mothers’ ‘League
Court Street
Health Department
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
League
Little Mothers’ League
A. S. Gorham
George Munro
Octave LeClair
E. W. Weaver
G. A. Lang
F. T. Remieres
Co Rockwell, Jr
W. L. McKee
Gorham Thurber
June Rockwell
Dexter Thurber
Selley
Little Mothers’ League of Bristol
State Federation Health Committee
Ira D. Hasbrouck
State Committee
Bristol League of Little Mothers
Court Street School
Miss Church
Bristol
Automobile Registrations in Bristol and Barrington
Last week at the State Board of Public Roads office, Bristol residents Ezra Dixon registered a Cadillac limousine plate 5874, George Lang a Ford 22 hp touring car plate 19379, Dianthan Andrews a Chalmers 28 hp touring car plate 19356, Manuel Marshall a Stevens-Duryea 54 hp touring car plate 16291, and Henry Hoffman a Hupmobile 22 hp runabout plate 16831 from Barrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Public Roads
Ezra Dixon
Bristol
Cadillac
George Lang
Ford
H. P
Dianthan Andrews
Chalmers
Manuel Marshall
Stevens-Duryea
Henry Hoffman
Barrington
Hupmobile
Doans Kidney Pills Credibly Endorsed by Bosworth
A grateful citizen from Rhode Island testifies to quick relief and lasting benefit from Doan's Kidney Pills. He recounts back pain relief, normal kidney secretions, and sharing the remedy with a friend, reaffirming his high opinion after four years. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. S. Bosworth
Spring Street
Blowport
R. I
Doan
Bosworth
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co. Props
Buffalo
N. Y
Rhode Island college and area students resume studies 1915
A list of Rhode Island College Kingston and Brown University students resuming or entering higher education includes Henry Barton Jr and Lloyd Clowes at Rhode Island State College. Annie Jona Marshall in Home Economics. Marion Sherman at Pembroke College Brown University. Alice Tattrie and Alfred Koch entering Brown. Roswell Bosworth and Harleigh Tingley at Brown. Annie Sisson returning to Pembroke. Charlotte Young in post graduate study. Frances Crowley entering Pembroke. Francis DeWolf and G L Howe aiming Harvard. Bred Williams Jr joining Harvard football. Grace Shiel and Elizabeth Clowes entering Rhode Island Normal School. Oliver Griswold Boynton to Amherst. Louis Della Morte to New York University. Waldo and Carleton Spear to Wesleyan. Crispell to Child's Commercial College. Fred M Dixon Jr to New Bedford Textile School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island State College
Kingston
Henry Barton, Jr
Lloyd Clowes
Franklin Springer
Vincent Young
Ruth Murray
Annie Jona Marshall
George S. Marshall
Colt Memorial High School
Rhode Island College
Marion Sherman
Pembroke College
Brown University
Alice Tattrie
Alfred Koch
Brown, University
Roswell S. Bosworth
Harleigh Tingley
Annie Sisson
Charlotte Young
Ase
Frances Crowley
H. S
Pembroke
Francis DeWolf
Harvard
G. L. Howe
Bred Williams, Jr
Harvard University
Williams
Grace Shiel
Elizabeth Clowes
Rhode Island State Normal School
Oliver Griswold Boynton
Amherst College
Louis Della Morte
New York University
Waldo
Carleton Spear
Wesleyan University
Acces
C. S. Mics
Seite Crispell
Child’s Commercial College
Fred M. Dixon, Jr
New Bedford Textile School
Loss and cost of wars from 1855 to 1880
A historical overview estimates war deaths from 1855 to 1880 at about 1.59 million, listing conflicts such as the Crimean War and American Civil War by side, with total war costs around 13.265 billion dollars and implications for global per capita spending and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
South
Mexico
Morocco
Paraguay
Ces Ie
Nelson Wins Excelsion Club Tennis Championship
Robert W. Nelson clinched the Excelsion Tennis Club title at Silver Creek by defeating H. Barton Jr in the finals after earlier beating H. W. Boynton in the semifinal. Nelson earns the silver cup with Barton receiving runner-up honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Nelson
Excelsion Tennis Club
Silver Creek
Nelson
W. Church
C. E. McCoy
F. M. Dimond
H. W. Boynton
Henry Barton, Jr
Barton
Advertised Letters Bristol Rhode Island 1915
Postal notice lists advertised letters at Bristol Rhode Island dated September 11 1915. Names include Antonio Arruda Charles Caldwell Joas Boteilho E W Peake Joas de Quintal Miss Hilda Johnson Miss Carmela Landri Miss Margaret Mulvaney D G Coggeshall P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
R .I
Antonio Arruda
Charles R Caldwell
Joas Boteilho Neves
E W Peake
Joas de Quintal
Hilda Johnson
Carmela Landri
Margaret Mulvaney D. G, Coggeshall
P. M
United States and Germany to arbitrate liner Arabic deaths
Nations agree to arbitrate Germanys liability for two American deaths aboard the liner Arabic. Zeppelin airships conducted another raid on England Sunday night. French submarine Papin torpedoed an Austrian destroyer in the Adriatic. French and German forces continue artillery duels and Lorraine fighting. German infantry at Niemen front pushed back Russian lines as czars forces retreat toward Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
England
Papin
Adriatic
Lorraine
Niemen
Vienna- Linda
World War I tensions escalate September 1914 actions
A year ago on September 11 to 14 1914 Allied and German forces clashed across France Belgium and East Prussia. French British columns pursued Von Kluck at the Ourcq and ahead north of the Sauix while Joffre massed troops on the left flank. The French and British joined near the Aisne. Verdun and Rheims surfaced in renewed fighting. Servians Montenegrins and Austro Hungarians moved toward Belgrade Sarajevo and towards Austria Hungary. By September 14 Antwerp faced German pressure and Italys entry stirred protests to the Ottoman regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French
von Kluck
Ourcq
Grand Duke Albrecht
Sauix
Verdun
Joffre
Semlin
Austria-Hungary
Servia
Toether
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Soissons
Aisne
the Aisne
East Prussia
Suwalk
Paris
Rheims
Argonne
Sappe
Sossons
Tannenberg
Africa
Germany
Antwerp
von Buelow
Cap Trafalgar
South America
Nurnberg
Leipzig
South Pacific
Koenigsburg
Italy
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Probate Court Hears Estates and Real Estate Sales
The semi monthly Probate Court session led by Judge Edward L. Leahy considered multiple estate matters. Petitions for sales of real estate by Albert P. Peck and Manuel Dennis Jr were granted with bonds set at 1500 and prices not less than 800 over incumbrances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Leahy
John B. Herreshoff
Mary E. Walsh
James J. Walsh
Albert P. Peck
Rhode Island
Charles A. Gladding
National Surety Company
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Robert H. Anderson
Lyman B. Bosworth
Jacob Benjamin
Helen and
Haskell Benjamin
Lois W. Chantler
Kenneth T. Chantler
Baylies B. Chace
James F. Lavander
Manuel Dennis, Jr
Joseph C. Silvin
American Surety Company of
New York
Ellen F. Kenney
Benjamin S. Gladding
Jeremiah H. Young
Genevra Evelyn Gray
Surety
Alfred B Evans
Amanda Evans
Star Theatre Tonight and Tomorrow Show Lineup
This evening at the Star Theatre the 11th episode of The Goddess will be shown along with King Baggott in The City of Terrible Night and other features. Tomorrow’s program includes The Diamond From the Sky and The Test of Man plus a Holland romance and Essanay and Selig titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Theatre
King Baggott
Omar Khan
Selig
Cupid
Nestor
Animated Weekly
Toy Maker of
Leyden
Holland
Wallace Beney
Essanay
Panama
War Savings Pledge Urges Broad Domestic Economy
The Parliamentary War Savings Committee of England asks for a wartime pledge binding signers to curb spending. Restrictions cover housing, gifts, car use, dining, mourning attire, servant employment, and social entertainments. The plan aims to divert wage effort to soldiers and workers, reduce imports, and boost land use, with postwar continuation seen as beneficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parliamentary War Savings Committee of England
Parliamentary War Savings Committee
England
Benefit Whist and Dance for the Children’s Home at Bristol Yacht Club
A Bristol harbor benefit titled Whist and Dance raised about 100 dollars. From 3 to 5, ten tables hosted bridge and auction with prizes. 8 to 12 the Crown orchestra played for dancing. Miss Sarah W G Peck led the whist and Miss Alice DeWolf directed the dance with several assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Yacht Club
Crown Orchestra
Sarah W G Peck
Alice DeWolf
Peck
Miss DeWolf
Theodora Barrows
Edwin A. Barrows
Eliza Howe
Augustine van Wickle
Helen Tingley
Margaret Reynolds
Ruth Potter
Mary DeWolf
Eleanor Peck
Wallis E. Howe
Winthrop DeWolf
W. Fred Williams
S V. G. Peck
War Governor Sprague of Rhode Island Dies in Paris
William Sprague, famed War Governor of Rhode Island and twice U.S. Senator, died at his Paris home at 84 from meningitis and age. He was part of the Sprague political and business lineage dating to calico printing and cotton goods. His uncle guided him after the murder of Amasa Sprague, shaping the family legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Sprague
Rhode Island
Paris
Sprague
Amasa
William
A. and
W. Sprague
John Gordon
Gordon
United States
Pleasing Reception At Chelten Ferry Hill For New York Couple
Mrs. Dexter Thurber and Mrs. Gorham Thurber hosted an afternoon reception at Chelten Ferry Hill for Mrs. James W. Johnson of Chicago and Mrs. Lyman T. Thurber of New York. About 100 guests attended from Boston and Providence with outdoor music by Rober N. Johnson and Geneva Willson of Milford performing as a grass sprite. Mr. Johnson, a friend of Bristol circles, will return to New York after a Chatham-on-the-Cape summer stay to resume engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter Thurber
Gorham Thurber
Rober N. Johnson
New York
Geneva Willson
Milford
Conn
Miss Willson
Johnson
Bristol
David Mannes
Chatham-on-the-Cape
Fifth District Court Hears Guilty Verdicts and Continuances
Judge F. H. Hammill presided as Jake Brown was found guilty of threatening to assault Myer Paley and given a $500 bond to keep the peace for six months. Bourges case postponed a week. Makowsky v Listro defaulted. Murgo v Ruggerio decided for the defendant with costs. Two-week continuances: Quattroppolo v Espinosa and Mala fronte v Vallone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Hammill
Fifth District Court
Jake Brown
Myer Paley
Joseph Bourges
Frank Bettencourt
Max Makowsky
Antonio Listro
Paolo Murgo
Guiseppe Ruggerio
Dr Kings New Discovery Cough Remedy Claims Years of Trust
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a proven cough remedy with 46 years on the market. It promises relief from coughs and lung troubles, claiming money back if it fails and offering a $100 incentive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Kine
Mrs Jennie L Chase Dies After Illness in Howard Hospital
Mrs Jennie L Chase 45 died at Howard Hospital after years of treatment. Born in this town she was daughter of Sarah E and the late James LeBaron Meigg. Survived by husband William Chase mother two sisters and two brothers. Funeral from 601 Wood Street tomorrow at 2 30 under Rev Charles E McCoy burial North Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie L Chase
Howard Hospital
Sarah E
James LeBaron Meigg
Warren
William Chase
Henry M. Darling
Lillian Meiggs
James W
Edward Meiggs
Wood Street
Charles E. McCoy
Trinity Church
North Cemetery
Equal Suffrage Talk At Bristol Inn Meeting
Mrs. Jerome M. Fitts secretary of the Rhode Island State Suffrage Association spoke at the O Wolf Inn under Bristol County Equal Suffrage League auspices last evening. About 150 women attended including Inn residents and guests. She outlined equal suffrage principles and progress on child labor inheritance minimum wage and guardianship laws in suffrage states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome M. Fitts
R. J State Suffrage Association
O’wolf Inn
Bristol County Equal Suffrage League
Fitts
Dexter Thurber
Equal Suffrage Movement
LeBaron C. Colt
Mabel Orgelman
Barnaby's Dominates Providence Clothing Scene
In Providence nearly every shopper buys their clothing at Barnaby's, a local favorite known for wide selection and steady sales across the city. Barnaby's presence shapes shopping habits and defines where residents browse apparel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Barnaby’s
Coming Events Dance and Fire Company Fair Schedule
Friday Sept 24 a dance at O'Wolf Inn Barn. Future gatherings Oct 16 23 30 Nov 6 13 20 at the Fair of Dreadnaught Hook Ladder and Hose Company in G A R Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’wolf Inn
Dreadnaught
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Automobile Registratons
Schleswig- Holstein
Prussia
Austria
Cochin-China
France
Clarence Herreshoff
Charles W. Greene
N. G. Herreshoff, Jr
W.fred Williams, Jr
Henry Barton
W. Fred Williams, Jr
R. W. Nelson
H. Barton, Jr
Probate
R. I. War
Jennie L. Chase
Newport
Block Island
J. Elmer Payne
Ediesis
J. P.-Head Co
Hathaway
Atlas E. Z
Newman Bros
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