The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1912-01-05
LOCAL NEWS

Henry {. Sherman IT,, and family OF the
annex, have removed to Oaklswn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Fienstein are in
New York this week on business trip
Business is good at the works of the
Providence ID. B. & c. Co. Valley Street.
A meeting of the olneyville Nest of Owls
was held on Tuesday evening in Guild
Hall.
The monthly meeting of the Sunset Club
will be held on Monday evening of next
week.
1t is rumored that the store recently
vacated by Fred Hurst, has been let to a
local firm.
The Olneyville Post Office force had a
lively time handling New Years post cards
on Monday.
William Hughes and Joseph Mills will
attend the big auto show in New York
next week
Misses Theresa Kenney and Nora Dris-
coll of New York, are visiting friends on
Valley Street.
Manufacturers Lodge, 1. o. o. f. init-
ated five candidates at its meeting held on
Tuesday evening.
The Independent Athletic Club of the
annex, held Smoker" in Mechanics
Hall last evening.
The tickets for the Olneyville Business
Mems Association banquet ars selling in- a
very satisfactory way.
The annual meeting of the Broadway
Baptist Church will be held on Monday
evening, January 18th
The annual meeting of class No. S,
Broadway Baptist Sunday School will be
held on Monday evening.
Assemblyman and Mrs Thomas ].
Matthews returned on Monday from "A stay
of several days in Westerly.
The Farther Lights Of the broadway Bap-
tist Church held a meeting on Monday
evening in the church vestry.
Pred A. Shaw, the we'll known sewer
contractor, has recently purchased nine
lots of land on Huntington Avenue.
The Rhode Island Press Club will hold
quarterly meeting tomorrow at the
Bohemian Restaurant in Providence.
Rev Bowley Greene will speak next
Sunday evening at the Broadway Baptist
church on "a New Street Sweeper"
The annual meeting Of the First Free
Baptist Church, Palnheld Street, will b
held on Monday evening of next week
Alderman Gilbert X. Parker of the
Eighth Ward, has been reelected presi-
R,v. John Stewart was The principal
speaker at the Watch Meeting at the Broad
way BAPTIST Church, last sunday evening
The annual banquet of the OlneyvIle
Business Mems Association will be he'd
on Thursday evening, January 18th in
Library Hall.
Providence is in the comfortable fnar-
cial position Of having assets amounting
to S9,532,5I739, to meet liabilities to the
amount of S6,oo79I3,4o.
George w. Gardiner, collector Of the
Port Of Providence, gave an address before
the Brotherhood Of the Plainfeld ST.. Bap-
tist Church on Tuesday evening.
William T., Waterman, the Plainfeld
St. contractor, is remodelling the old
Providence Police Station on Canal St. in
to a store house, which will be used by the
city.
+. F. Pratt for number Of years pro-
pretor Of the waiting room at the "Cily
Line" has purchased the cigar business oi
J. B. Randall and is located at 1895 West
minister Street.
The Anna Gordon, w. c. U. met on
Monday afternoon with Mrs. {. A. Fisher,
s. Webster avenue. Those present had
the pleasure Of listening 10 an address by
Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingstone.
The New Haven road has posted notices
that after January Ist, in compliance with
the new state law there will be no drink
ing cups in passengers cars. Ifpsssengers
desire 10 drink, each one must furnish his
or her own cup or glass.
On the last day Of December, Boston
closed a very prosperous year from The
standpoint Of marriages. Never before
have there been so many marriages in that
city as there were during the past year
In 1871 licenses were issued to 9r3o coup
les, an increase OF 6r9 over the number
granted last year.
Priscilla Rebekah Lodge, at a meeting
held in Odd Fellows Hall on Monday
evening, installed the following officers:
Noble Grand-Christie &. Grove; Vice
Grand-Edna NJ. Corey; secretary-Graee
Potter; Financial Secretary-Susan {.
r. L.