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Within the written Public Laws of Rhode Island, in its “Act for the Restraint and Care of the Insane,” those residents hospitalized with mental illness are referred to as …
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9/11/24
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On Sept. 7, 1910, 29-year-old Reverend Merrick Lyon Streeter married 24-year-old teacher Mary Wealthy Hall. Seventeen days later, the couple set out on a 30-year adventure as missionaries in …
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9/4/24
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An excited crowd gathered at Calef’s Hall on Plainfield Street in Johnston on the evening of June 25, 1908. The hall had been gaily decorated and everyone was dressed in their Sunday best and …
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8/28/24
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One of my favorite Disney World Rides when I was a child was the Carousel of Progress, which my parents and I also saw at the New York World’s Fair in 1964. It showed the progress of …
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8/21/24
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The calendar had just recently turned its pages to the year 1893 and everyone was still in a celebratory mood. One evening that January, a group of about 20 people were invited to climb into the …
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8/21/24
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When 25-year-old Harry Fritz arrived in Warwick in May of 1895, he planned on living at his brother’s house in the village of Hill’s Grove. Seven months of cohabitation proved …
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8/14/24
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Twenty-three-year-old Carlo Carrier was to be united in marriage on Feb. 19, 1912. The Johnston bellboy was about to pledge an eternal commitment to 24-year-old Cecelia Agnes Gath of Providence. He …
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8/7/24
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The institutions in Cranston have had more stories pass through their doors than will ever be known – the saddest of which affected innocent children.
Monday was payday at Harris Mill in …
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7/31/24
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His name was Herbert Ephraim Manning but the world knew him as “Spud” – the fearless delayed parachute jumper who traveled around the country making adrenalin race. The son of …
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7/24/24
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Floyd Clayton Oulton fired several shots from his revolver before throwing the weapon into the brush near his Johnston home. The 31-year-old clerical worker had come to the United States from New …
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7/17/24
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CRANSTON – “After one year from the ratification of this article, the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation …
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7/10/24
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Bloody bouts inside the confines of a ring have been billed as entertainment since prehistoric times. Known as pugilism – or boxing – perfecting and performing knockdowns, knockouts, jabs …
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6/26/24
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Approximately 10,000 people gathered at the old racetrack at Narragansett Park in Cranston on Labor Day weekend of 1912 to stare at the sky. Up there in the clouds, “The Only Living Woman …
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6/19/24
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William Henry Shillan walked into the room of his Pawtuxet home where 49-year-old Mrs. Charlotte Littolf was waiting. She couldn’t take her eyes off the long red robe with lacy collar or the …
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6/12/24
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On Feb. 10, 1933, the Johnston home of Richard Henry Lee burned to the ground, reportedly destroying hundreds of historic relics belonging to the famous Lee family of the south.
Richard’s …
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6/5/24
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On Aug. 14, 1921, 56-year-old Achille Jean Laflamme died at St. Joseph’s Hospital of fractured ribs and acute swelling of the lungs after being gored by a bull on his 80-acre property two days …
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5/29/24
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During World War II, two Warwick brothers left home to do their patriotic duty, keeping in touch through letters. Joe Czerkiewicz was serving with the 90th Quartermaster Battalion in France and Eddie …
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5/22/24
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On June 9, 1908, an agent representing the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals squared off in court against Welcome Hoyt Cottle, a farmer and expressman who resided on Snake …
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By KELLY SULLIVAN
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5/15/24
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On September 1, 1874, John Whitford Wilcox placed an announcement in the local newspapers. His brown mare had strayed or been stolen from his barn on Pontiac Avenue and he offered a reward for its …
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5/8/24
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Colonel George Leander Shepley was the wealthy president of a Providence insurance company, with a host of servants and a summer home in Warwick Neck. On the Sunday morning of July 31, 1921, he went …
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5/1/24
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