End of World Fears Duxbury Hill Sighting Causes Mixed Reactions
Editorial discusses doomsday beliefs of Duxbury Mass followers atop a hill who expected the earth to scale away at 10 this morning. The piece notes uncertainty, the delayed apocalypse, and public interest as scientists weigh claims by explorers Cook and Peary. It also includes a local humor aside about Hannibal.
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Apostolic Church
Duxbury
Mass
South Pole
Odonnell
New York
Crescent Park
Benjamin “DL
Rowland ‘Dodge
Dodge
Cady
Grand Jury
Providence
Bristol Warren
Barrington
Slacking Officials Face Applicant Debate On Jobs
A terse exchange shows an applicant offering to work while an employer laments taking work from his own men. The govn’r notes that even small tasks could affect workers and questions the benefit of volunteering. The dialogue highlights labor tensions and workplace prudence.
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Gov’nor
Bristol Post Office Mail Schedule Summary
Bristol post office lists mail arrival times at 7.00 10.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 7.15 p m and closings at 7.40 9.00 11.80 a m 2.00 6.00 7.15 p m Arrive 8.00 a m Close 4.50 p m Office hours Sunday 9.80 to 10.80 a m Sunday mail distributed from carriers racks at south door 9.80 to 10.80 a m.
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Bristol
South Door
Express schedule for Bristol departures and arrivals
Earle and Prew express timetable lists outward departures at 7.50, 11.20 a.m., 3.20, 5.20 p.m. and inward arrivals at 8.00, 12.00 a.m., 3.00 and 3.30 p.m. from Bristol.
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Bristol
Earle & Prew
Local Briefs Highlight Community News and Events
Charles H. Baker departs for a week in St John, Rev. S. S. Drury to officiate, and engagements and travels of several residents are noted. Edgehill Temple hosts whist with prizes, town store hours altered for Day of Atonement, and council discusses tax protest. Local society, fire, and business updates accompany plans for fairs, auctions, and upcoming dances.
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Charles H. Baker
Soldiers
St. John
N. B
S. S. Drury
Boston
St. Michael’s Church
Annie E. MacDougall
H. F. Bennett
Hattie P. Wardwell
Bethlehem
N. H
Anna Hammill
New York City
Providence
Hudson-Fulton
Elizabeth A. Cole
Corda Fales
Elmer O. Terry
Walter G. Terry
South Somerset
Mass
Edgehill Temple
Pythian Sisters
G. A. R. Hall
Carl A. ©. Neuman
Eva May Cole
Bessie Jablinski
Elisha Hibbert
Christian H. Eckhardt
George Clowes
F. E. Sozman
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claims Cure for Catarrh
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio certifies paying one hundred for each catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Claim: internal remedy targets blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials promised. bottles sold by druggists at 75 cents. Includes notarized statement date and advertiser details.
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State OF Ohio
Ciry of
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
J. Cheney & Co
Frank J.C
Aera AD
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Real Estate Transfers Entered for Record in Town Clerk’s Office
Real estate transfer notes an 1880 guardian deed from Ira P. Slade to Patrick Hammill and others with interests in the Allen Munro property on High street. Additional entries show transfers involving William P Hammill and Alfred A Wright, and a Wood street house and lot transfer from Luigi Goglia to Francesca Goglia.
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William J. Tilley
Poppacquash
Hasbrouck
George W. Graham
Graham
Terrence McUarty
Consumers’ Rubber Company
Charles H. Douglass
Mt. Hope Avenue
Wood Street
Mr. McMvarty
Florence Sullivan
Henry
Moody
Martha J. King
Bristol Terrace
Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co
Bristol
Thomas Ashton
Philip Brady
Raymond P. Smith
Robert
Nelson, Jdaughter and Son
Princeton
Bridget «Bréen
Libcoln Avenue
iBridgeport
O. W. Sparks
W.M. Fischer
New York
Fischer
George H. Peck
Bristol Opera
Clovis Henault, Jr
Holy Cross College
Farnum
Quebec
Clovis Henault
Bristol Neck
Henry M. Gibson
Bristol Highlands
John A. Droege
Providence
Burnside Lodge
Uniform Bank
Stanley H. Sturtevant
Warren Depot
Rhode Island Hospital
Mr. Sturtevant
New Haven
John B. Gravelin
Hope Street
Franklin
Suffolk
F. M. Dimond
Warren Association of Baptist Churches of
Rhode Island
Central Baptist
Joe Ethier
Thames Street
W. F Duffy
Godfrey M. Brinley
St. Paul’s School
Concord
N. H
Colt Memorial High School
Brinley
Nathaniel Byfield
Frederico L. Waldron
Louise P. Chadwick
Allen Munro
High Street
Ira P. Slade
Rebecca I. Wright
Patrick Hammill
John W. Pearse
Sanford B.manro
William P. Hammill
Frank H. Hammill
William P.hammill
Alfred A. Wright
Charles L. Hammill
Luigi Goglia
Francesca Goglia
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Wood's Building
High St
M. E. Church
Benjamin Paull
John P. Lynch
Hope St
Noyes Ave
Union St
J. B. Barnaby Co. Jones & Co. Williams Block
Wm. Kruse
Tony Acompora
Charles A. Mason
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Sunday Mails
Ira D. Hasbrouck
Washington
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State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Charles B. Rockwell
John Tweedale
Washington, D. C
Kiokemuit
C. W. Sparks
Bristol Opera House
Geo. Demara
Mgr
Ted Barton
Fa, Ned
Sample Swichel
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Little Mary
Spark’s
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Sale Inn
Rae Abe Peganing
Viola
Tillinghast
Brown
New ‘England
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State Street
Bertanin
State St
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Cook
Williams
Bradford Street
Death Avenue
William Kruse
Pri
Williams Block
Bradford“ Street
F.T. Remieres
George Brown
McCaskey Register
Prenix
Joseph A. Rubery
Thames St
Staples Coal . Co
Rudolph Contois
Manuel Perry & Co
Manuel Brown
Fur‘pitere
Wood St
Joseph R. Silva
Quirk Bros
Opera
Geo
Demara
Maniager
Teaat
D.M
CLARK
Star
Demara, Lana
Este
Nee Aoe
Briggs Candy Store
Igh St
Columbia Bicycle
Columbia
the Bicycle Man
East 22d Street
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Stoccauss Magazinee
Adderss
Von
Success Magazine
Sucrose Magazine
Baring
Bristol, RI
Burnside Memorial Building
Beadford Street
South Main ‘St
Fall,River
J.D. Thibodeau
MLE
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Shell
Migest
Rand
Anid
Thibodeau’s College
Rafael
Iipauiry
Sanis
Dewitt
Wien
Arrineron
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