Rhode Island gold mines and goats and autumn bicycle rides
Friday, Sept 22, 1899 notes real value in Rhode Island mining claims, contrasting Klondike hype with Fox Hill mine faith. Also reports W P Browning buys 12 Angora goats, promising profitable dairy and fleece. goats praised for hardiness and feed efficiency. Autunm wheeling praised as ideal season for long, safe bicycle rides in cool air with colorful leaves.
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Westerly
W P Browning
United States Department of Agriculture
Sparks Brstol Opera House Opening With Pokey Players
C W Sparks presents The Pokey Players a Williams Walker big comedy by a 44‑performer company at the Bristol Opera House Friday evening September 29. Sparks books only top troupes and this group is reputed nationwide.
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Sparks
Brstol Opera House
Williams & Walker
Arnica Salve claims to cure various ailments
Volcanic eruptions and skin eruptions are linked to loss of joy, with Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as a universal remedy for burns, boils, sores, warts, cuts, and many other ailments. The ad promotes a 26 cent box, guaranteed cure, sold by J H Young & Co, druggists.
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Bucklen
J H Young & Co
Bristol Notes and News in Bristol Post Office Items
Local notes cover outward and inward mail schedules, bicycle thefts in Warren, and a large Bristol County apple crop. Social visits include Miss Bertha Tanner of Providence and Mrs Charlotte Le Luce of Providence. Various town notices report typhoid cases on Thames street, the completion of an artesian well at Bristol Golf Club, and property sales on Bristol Neck.
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Bristol County
Bertha Tanner
Providence
Allan M Newman
Charlotte le Luce
William A Manchester
Thomas Francis Gallagher
St. Mary's Church
Narragansett Electric Company
Warren
Bristol
Matthew Younger
Bristol Neck
Barbara Anderson
James Anderson
N C Bedell
Allan G. Sanford
Sailors Snug Harbor
Katherine D. Salisbury
Post Office
Nellie
Lizzie Scott
Bradford Street
New York
James H Lyles
H H. Shepard
Brooklyn
John the Shoeman
Ellen Fales Parker
Central Falls
Clara Easterbrooks
Mt. Vernon
Frank West
Benjamin Smith
Wood Street
Union
Cottage Streets
Josephine Moffit
Hugh Moffit
Hydraulion
South Weymouth
Excelsior Market
T J. Connery
Siegel
Joseph Martell
Thames Street
David Lebb
Herreshoff
C .F. Robinson
Morgan
Herreshoffs
Newport Herald
Reba Rebeka Degree Lodge
Celestia Lodge
Bristol Pentecostal Church
Eagle Hall
I T Johnson
F E Talbee
National and
Byfield Rubber Companies
Cranston
R. H. Dunbar
Hope Street
Willie's New Post and Local Notables across Warren
Willie Kirkwood becomes messenger for Western Union after James Lavender resigns to attend Brown University. Local notices list jurors for common pleas, a $25 reward for cemetery vandals, and sports plans including Warren football hopes, rugby setup, and Bristol/Warren match expectations. Also noted are a shoe price, a schooner departure, and a Warren royal arcane visit plus a Cleveland area wedding announcement.
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Willie Kirkwood
The
Western Union Telegraph Company
James Lavender
Brown University
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Bristol Phoenix
Bradford St
Farrally Brothers
Bristol Post Office
Phoenix
Alwa
G. W. Easterbrooka
J.C. Pailthorp
O. W. Sparks
J Fish & Co
High St
M.C. A
NEW Guardian
Ily Goods
Bosworth Clinton Oil Cemetery
Younger
Colt
B. Taylor Hearn
Peters & Co
Anderstrom John the Shoeman
Rhode Island
Providence News
Fox Hill
Klondike
Angelica
Tokay
Muscatel
America
Dodge & Camfield
3Utier Exchange
F. Peirce & Son
Westminster & Dorrance
Providence, R. I
Bristol and Vicinity
West
South
Boston
East
Albert Mainard
Mary Louise Bergeon
St Mary's Church
P McCabe
James Ryan
W F Gray
Mre L Seabury
Newburgh
John Tweedale
Pensions
Washington, DC
Washington
Merriman
Michael McCoy
Bristol Golf Club
Ferry Hill
St Mary's
Opera House
James Murtha
Edward Sullivan
Arnold
Coggeshall
Warner
L.S. Hoffman
William S Earl
Earl
Hasbrouck’s
T. J. Connery’s
T. J. Connery's
State Street
Ezra Mason
Wm Thayer
Bristol Business Men's Association
W. Fred Fish
W J Bradford
Fish
Helen Connery
W.M. Connery
High Street
T. J. Connery
Irving H. Gamwell
Gamwell
Milford
Mass
H. Clifford Whipple
William Maroney
Miss Marie
Franklin
Maroney
Miss Maroney
Mathewson Street
Saxony
P. N
N. H
People's Store
Hasbrouck Bi’k
Hope St
W. F. Peters & CO
Butterick
Lewando
Common Pleas
Mark A. DeWolf
Patrick McGovern
Peter Gilroy
Joseph L. Buffum
Edward Quirk
Michael Callan
Michael Colfer
Stephen W. Church
Michael Lavender
Edward Walsh
William H Simmons
Sumner A. Ball
L B Bosworth
Charles Paull
East Burial Ground
T J Connery
Qar
Chappell
Chappell Brothers
Bullock
Bowen and Smith
Halls
Worcester
Woonsocket
John W. Opfer
St Andrew’s Church
Elyria
Ohio
Henry S.tafft
Weybosset St
R. I
L_ B_ BOSWORTH
Trie
L. L. Anderstrom
Church Street
Coal Range
Bristol County Gas & Electric CO
Lincoln Oil CO
Cleveland, Ohio
Union ST
Hartford Life Insurance Co
F. Severn
Gradiny
W F Williams
Byfield Street
F S Rawson
Union Street
Mt Hope Park
Canfield Sanitarium
F. A Gardner
St. N.W
SP. m
D. Cor. Hope and Alley Ovastate
Ethan Allen
Scotta
Jhans
Scarlet
Freedom
Meteor
Luhme
A. S
Garfield Ave
Co. H. Straight
L. Bosworth
Bone
R.I
Town Bridge
William Bullock
R. H Dunbar
Russell D. Bullock
Snd
Wave
Mount Hope Park Co
Pats
Erty
Joregtas Ug Sa
Chas
A.barden
Fston
Ro Butlingame
Assi Andre i Wate
Ates
Urlingame
Barden
W. H. Baker
C. A Barden
Andrew A. Meyer
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