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Telephone GAspee 2517
43 to 53 LIVINGSTON STREET
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PROVIDENCE
OLNEYVILLE ICE COMPANY 100% PURE MANUFACTURED ICE
Air Conditioned Refrigerators Oil Stoves and Burners Wholesale Cash and Carry
55 DeSOTO STREET - - - PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephone WEst 6370
INSULATION
ROCK WOOL INSULATION CO. OF RHODE ISLAND Licensed Applicators of
Eagle Moisture-Proof Home Insulation
Used Exclusively in Admiral Byrd's Settlement at South Pole Free Surveys and Estimates Telephone PL. 2234
109 WATERMAN ST.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
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INSURANCE
GAMWELL & INGRAHAM
SINCE JULY 1, 1904
CITY - STATE - NATION - WORLD WIDE
INSURANCE PROTECTION For Life and Property
ON LAND - ON WATER - IN THE AIR
ENGINEERING - INSPECTION - CLAIM SERVICE
COMPLETE REAL ESTATE SERVICE
THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
CITY AND SUBURBAN HOMES - INDUSTRIAL LOCATIONS MORTGAGES - PROPERTY MANAGEMENT - APPRAISALS
Contract Management and Sales Brokers for HOME OWNERS' LOAN CORPORATION
Authorized Mortgage Loan Solicitor for the PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA
HOMELAND REALTY COMPANY
Home Builders
GAMWELL & INGRAHAM
1612 INDUSTRIAL TRUST BLDG. Tels. GAspee 9800-9801-9802-9803 PROVIDENCE, R. I.
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INSURANCE
JOSEPH G. HENSHAW, President CHARLES G. MORGAN, Secretary
BEACH & SWEET, Inc. INSURANCE Since 1868
HOSPITAL TRUST BLDG., PROVIDENCE, R. I. TELEPHONE GAspee 9870
Fire, Liability, Accident, Fly Wheel, Boiler, Marine, Plate Glass, Surety Bonds, Sprinkler Leakage, Automobile, Yacht, Live Stock, Use & Occupancy, Travellers' Baggage
Representing the Following Companies:
Agricultural, Continental, Equitable, F. & M., Fidelity-Phenix, Great American, Home, Insurance Co. of North America, Massachusetts Fire & Marine, National, North British & Mercantile, Phoenix of London, Phoenix of Hartford, Providence, Washington, Rhode Island, Providence Mutual, Pawtucket Mutual, Union Mutual, Dorchester Mutual, Shelby Mutual, American Motorists, Employers Liability Assurance Corp., Ltd., Preferred Accident Insurance Co., Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Co.
C. D. PAIGE & COMPANY
GASPEE 7810
INSURANCE
Fire - Marine - Casualty - Life Fidelity and Surety Bonds
Suite 302 Union Trust Bldg., 170 WESTMINSTER ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Offering to You Greatly Improved Facilities at Our New Location
Our Broad Facilities are Built on Forty-eight Years of Experience in Servicing Reliable Insurance Contracts. We Offer, For Those Who Desire to Pay Premiums On a Small Monthly Basis, A Plan of Proven Convenience.
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INSURANCE
PURITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF RHODE ISLAND
Home Offices: Fourth Floor, TURKS HEAD BUILDING
Only Life Insurance Company of this State
OFFICERS
HENRY D. SHARPE, President
EDWARD H. RATHBUN, Ist Vice-President
HAROLD C. FIELD, 2nd Vice-President CLINTON C. WHITE, Secretary and Treasurer HENRY S. REDSTONE, Actuary and Asst. Secretary EDMUND D. CHESEBRO, M.D., Medical Director EARL M. PEARCE, Assistant Secretary JAMES R. O'DONNELL, Assistant Secretary
DIRECTORS
EDMUND D. CHESEBRO, Providence HAROLD C. FIELD, Providence FREDERICK C. FREEMAN, Providence JOHN JOHNSTON, Pawtucket STEPHEN O. METCALF, Providence
ARTHUR L. PERRY, Westerly EDWARD H. RATHBUN, Providence HENRY D. SHARPE, Providence WILLIAM P. SHEFFIELD, Newport HENRY G. THRESHER, Pawtucket CLINTON C. WHITE, Providence
E. W. SHIPPEE & SONS, INC.
Automobile - Liability - Accident - Fire INSURANCE
FIDELITY and SURETY BONDS
Telephones GAspee 5746 and 8432
85 WESTMINSTER STREET - PROVIDENCE, R. I. FOURTH FLOOR
PAWTUCKET OFFICE, 24 SPRING STREET Telephone PErry 0033
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INSURANCE
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CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY W. K. R. HOLM, Jr. and ASSOCIATES
1516 INDUSTRIAL TRUST BUILDING
111 WESTMINSTER ST. Tel. GAspee 5336
AQUITABLE Fire & Marine Insurance Company
CAPITAL $1,000,000
PROVIDENCE. R.I.
ASSETS $7,344,667.60
JOSEPH L. PRICE, Secretary
THE PHOENIX
Connecticut
INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD
JOSEPH L. PRICE, General Agent
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD JOSEPH L. PRICE, General Agent
Suite 515, Hospital Trust Building, Telephone GAspee 8666-8667 PROVIDENCE, R. I.
WINFIELD FULLER COMPANY
INCORPORATED G. E. RAY, Pres .- Treas.
INSURANCE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
49 WESTMINSTER STREET
SUITE 313 PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephone GAspee 7400
INSURANCE
GALLIVAN && CO.
INC. 503 Turks Head Building Telephones GAspee 8381-8382 Providence, R. I.
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INSURANCE
JOHN A. GAMMONS, Inc. All Kinds of Insurance
JOHN A. GAMMONS INC ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE
"Behind the Clock""
Fidelity and Surety Bonds Real Estate Phone GAspee 5330
171 WESTMINSTER ST., COR. DORRANCE ST. PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
WILLIAM H. GARRAHAN & CO. Insurance - Surety Bonds
Fire .. Marine ..
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Automobile
Liability
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Accident
4 WESTMINSTER ST. cor. DYER
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Telephones DExter 8313-8314
THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF FT. WAYNE, IND. It's Name Indicates It's Character
MORE THAN A BILLION OF LIFE INSURANCE IN FORCE
PAUL HOEFFLER, General Agent
1104 INDUSTRIAL TRUST BLDG.
Telephone GAspee 4984
Your Brokerage or Surplus Line Business Solicited
ORGANIZED 1851 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
RODERICK PIRNIE, General Agent 12th FLOOR, TURKS HEAD BUILDING
TEL. GAspee 2672
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INSURANCE
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ORGANIZED 1845 CHARTER PERPETUAL
MODERN LIFE INSURANCE SINCE 1845 MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE CO. of NEWARK, N. J. ROBERT E. OLMSTED, General Agent 1414 TURKS HEAD BLDG.
76 WESTMINSTER ST.
Telephone GAspee 7850
THE MUTUAL LIFE Insurance Company of New York D. F. HOUSTON, JR., Manager
915 HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING
Tel. GAspee 6964 - 65 " 8810
MRS. C. F. NEWCOMB
President
S. G. SPARHAWK
Vice-President
E. M. SPARHAWK Secretary & Treasurer
C. F. NEWCOMB, Inc.
INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS 29 WEYBOSSET ST., PROVIDENCE Opposite Custom House St. Telephone GAspee 7521
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company OF PHILADELPHIA THE CARR R. PURSER AGENCY 1004 INDUSTRIAL TRUST BUILDING Phones GAspee 0643-0644
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INSURANCE
0 1937PMLICO
You Don't Have To Be Rich
. . . to retire at 60 on an income of $200 a month - through the Phoenix Mutual Retirement Income Plan. Send for the illustrated booklet giving the facts. No cost -no obligation. Just write or phone -
OTIS L. DICKINSON, MANAGER AND ASSOCIATES
PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONN.
707-710 Turks Head Building, Providence, R. I. Telephone GAspee 9715
SPENCER & PRESTON Formerly Spencer & Boss INSURANCE for 3 generations 29 WEYBOSSET STREET TELEPHONE GASPEE 7276 PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
Established 1860
offering you desirable and economical protection against Fire, Casualty, and Inland Marine Hazards
UNION MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. 9th Floor Grosvenor Building, Providence Incorporated 1863 Insures Mercantile and Dwelling Risks Liberal Dividends on Expiring Policies Cash Assets Over $2,000,000 DIRECTORS
Charles E. Rigby J. Arthur Atwood Charles G. Easton
Frederick T. Moses
Charles D. Owen, Jr. E. B. Hough Harlan T. Moses Thomas L. Pierce
Robert R. Jenks Carl A. Moses Max H. Matthes John L. Wilds
FREDERICK T. MOSES, President and Treasurer
RICHARD R. NELSON, Vice-Pres.
HARRY C. WOLF, JR. Asst. Vice-Pres. EMERSON P. HEMPSTEAD, Asst. Vice-Pres.
CARL A. MOSES, Vice-Pres. MAX H. MATTHES, Vice-Pres.
ROBERT P. SWAN, Asst. Vice-Pres. and Asst. Secy.
DAVID W. PATTERSON, Asst. Treas. and Controller
HARLAN T. MOSES, Vice-Pres.
CLARENCE H. CADY, Secy. BARTON F. CURIT, Asst. Secy. FRANKLIN N. FOLSOM, Asst. Secy.
BURR GONGWER, Vice-Pres.
Union Mutual Life Insurance Company
Henry Tucker Cook Peter Place Cook
504 Industrial Trust Building
Providence, R. I.
Telephone GAspee 1459
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E. L. WATSON CO., Inc. Insurance of Every Description SURETY BONDS Telephone GAspee 0909
29 Weybosset Street - Providence, R. I.
INTERIOR DECORATORS
JOHNSON BROTHERS
Painters, Decorators and Paper Hangers JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
5 THOMAS STREET Telephone GAspee 7369
PROVIDENCE, R. I. Residence Phone, HOpkins 1890
PROVIDENCE WALL PAPER HOUSE, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1884 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
IMPORTED and DOMESTIC WALL PAPERS
WALL CANVAS ROOM MOULDINGS
SCENIC PAPERS SANITAS PAPERHANGERS SUPPLIES GRASS CLOTH TELEPHONES GASPEE 1934 AND 1935
445 WESTMINSTER STREET
4-6-8 WALNUT STREET
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Your City Directory is one of the Surest ways of directing the demand for the goods or service you want to sell.
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IRON AND STEEL WORK
ESTABLISHED 1835
INCORPORATED 1914
THE JAMES H. TOWER IRON WORKS
Engineers and Manufacturers
Plate Work Steel Structures
Ornamental Iron
ANGLE RINGS
HOPPERS LADDERS
BANDS
BINS
PIPE RAILS
BOILER FLUES
RAILS (Step and Stair)
BOILER WALKS
RUNWAYS
BRIDGES
SPIRAL STAIRS
COAL BUNKERS
STACKS
CRANES (Jib and Traveling) DISCS
TANKS (Riveted and Welded)
FENCES
TRAVELING CRANES
FIRE ESCAPES
TRENCH COVERS
FRAMES
TROLLEYS
FURNACE SHELLS
TROLLEY TRACKS
GATES
TRUSS RODS
GRATINGS (Area and Window)
TRUSSES
GALVANIZED BUS STRUCTURES
Electric and Acetylene Welding
We Specialize in the Manufacture of Tanks and Other Welded Equipment Constructed of Stainless Steel, Stainless-Clad Steel, Nickel-Clad Steel and other Rust-Resistant Metals
LARGE STOCK
BEAMS
PLATES
CHANNELS
BARS
ANGLES
BLUE ANNEALED SHEETS
TEES
DIAMOND PATTERN PLATES
FENESTRA STEEL SASH
CEMENT FILLED COLUMNS
Telephone GAspee 4715
Address, 50 BORDEN ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I.
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IRON AND STEEL
NIGHTINGALE, BAKER & SALISBURY IRON and STEEL
Agents for WM. JESSOP & SONS, Ltd., Sheffield, England TOOL STEEL IN BARS AND SHEETS
COLD ROLLED STEEL for all purposes - Rounds, Squares, Hexagons and Flats COLD DRAWN, SEAMLESS STEEL TUBING SHELBY SEAMLESS STEEL BOILER TUBES Norway Iron Machinery Steel Bands and Hoops
Drill Rod Cold Rolled Strip Steel
Telephone DExter 4750
180 WEST EXCHANGE STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.
JEWELERS' BOX MANUFACTURERS
OUR FIFTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE ASSURES YOU OF THE HIGH STANDARD OF OUR PRODUCTS
Jewelers' Sample Cases and Trays
Leather, Velvet and Hardwood Finished Cases
Display Pads Salesmen's Equipment
Small Tool Cases
Ring Cases Silverware Chests Optical Cases
Merchandising Displays For All Sales Promotion Purposes
RUECKERT MFG. CO.
69 SPRAGUE STREET
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
JEWELERS' FINDINGS AND SUPPLIES
The American Brass Company
ANACONDA from mine to consumer
REG.U.S. PAT.OFF.
COPPER and BRASS PRODUCTS
Copper, Yellow Brass, Red Brass, Commercial Bronze, Nickel Silver and Gilding in all forms of Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Platers' Bars and Cores.
Anaconda Brass Pipe and Copper Water Tube Sheet Copper for Roofing A complete line of Brass and Copper Materials for manufacturing Jewelry carried in stock at
200 CHESTNUT STREET - PROVIDENCE, R. I.
TELEPHONE GAspee 2180
General Offices, Waterbury, Conn. Boston Office, One Forty Federal Street
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JEWELERS-MANUFACTURERS
J. A. FOSTER CO. JEWELERS
Reed and Barton, Towle, International Silver Diamonds, Platinum and Diamond Jewelry Wedding and Engagement Rings Foster. Hamilton, Omega, Zenith, Longines, Waltham, Gruen and Bulova Watches Watch and Jewelry Repairing-Ladies Handbags-Fountain Pens and Gifts 67 DORRANCE STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I. "THEY REALLY KNOW WATCHES AT FOSTER'S" SINCE "1876" THE STORE OF QUALITY-VALUE-SERVICE
METROPOLITAN BUILDING LOS ANGELES, CAL.
HEYWORTH BUILDING CHICAGO, ILL.
Harvey ORGANIZED 1884
Manufacturers of Gold Emblems Crosses and Lockets
46 CHESTNUT STREET
(& Otis, Inc. INCORPORATED 1934
Pins, Buttons, Lodge Jewels and Charms in All Qualities PROVIDENCE, R. I.
MAKERS OF EMBLEMS
Exclusively Since 1864
The Experience of Three Quarters of a century is built into every one
IRONS & RUSSELL CO.
MAIN OFFICE and FACTORY
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NEW YORK
CHICAGO
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PROVIDENCE, R. I.
SAN FRANCISCO
INCORPORATED 1926
ESTABLISHED 1918 M. R. T. COMPANY, Inc. Manufacturing Jewelers CREATORS OF THE FAMOUS VIRGIN-GOLD WEDDING RING Telephone GAspee 1952
VIRGIN-GOLD
MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY
118 EMPIRE ST., PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Sold Through Retail
Jewelers Only
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THE WILLIAMS & ANDERSON CO., INC.
MANUFACTURERS OF
Emblematic Specialties
NORTH MAIN and THIRD STREETS .. PROVIDENCE, R. I. Phones GAspee 3621-3622
LAUNDRIES
TWELVE SERVICES
HENNESSEY ESTABLISHED 1885
CLEANSERS
Laundry Contractors
"The Home of Miss Prim"
Telephones GAspee 9626-9627-9628 PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
"The Laundry That Pleases"
RHODE ISLAND LAUNDRY CO., Inc. Complete Laundry Services
ZORIC DRY CLEANING
BONDED FUR STORAGE
Curtains and Blankets a Specialty Telephone WEst 4103 PROVIDENCE, R. I.
LEATHER GOODS
C. MOULTON STONE COMPANY
Manufacturers of RUSSET, CALF AND SHEEP
LEATHER
Telephone GAspee 0511
456 BENEFIT STREET - - PROVIDENCE, R. I.
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LOANS
LOANS UP TO $300 BEACON FINANCE CO.
ON YOUR OWN SIGNATURE - HUSBAND AND WIFE CO-MAKER AND AUTO
202 National Bank of Commerce Bldg., 146 Westminster St. Phone GAspee 0248 JOSEPH HOMEN, Manager
CITIZENS FINANCE COMPANY G. K. DEGNAN, Manager Personal Loans - No Endorsers Required $20 to $300
Member Rhode Island Association of Personal Finance Companies Providence Chamber of Commerce
Affiliated with American Association of Personal Finance Companies Chamber of Commerce of the U. S.
Hours 9 to 5-Saturdays 9 to 1
268 WESTMINSTER STREET Telephone GAspee 5642
OVER 75 YEARS OF HONORABLE DEALING AS PAWNBROKERS
LOANS
In any amount on
IT WILL PAY YOU TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH OUR HIGH GRADE SERVICE. Hours 9.30 A.M. to 5.30 P. M.
Diamonds, Jewelry, Watches, Etc.
COLLATERAL LOAN CO. 103 EDDY STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephone GAspee 5110
COLONIAL FINANCE CORPORATION Automobile Finance
(A Rhode Island Corporation) Personal Loans on Automobiles, Furniture and Co-maker Notes
Phones GAspee 0296-0297 74 WEYBOSSET STREET (Opposite The Arcade) PROVIDENCE, R. I.
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LOANS
INDUSTRIAL FINANCE CO.
AUTOMOBILE FURNITURE PERSONAL
LOANS UP TO
$300
Prompt - Friendly - Confidential Service
187 WESTMINSTER ST.
Phone GAspee 3223
LOANS FOR EVERY WORTHY PURPOSE
LOAN
Approx. COST
Single Signature Loans * Co-maker Loans * Man-and-Wife Loans * Auto Financ- ing and Refinancing * Installment Sales Financing * Debt-cancelling Loans a Spe- cialty.
$100
5¢ a day
$200
9¢ "
$300
14¢ " "
$400
19¢ " "
20 MONTHS TO REPAY!
108 Westminster St., Providence, R. I.
(PAWTUCKET M-A-C: 301 MAIN ST., AT BROAD)
DExter 5520
THE MUTUAL SYSTEM
A Financial Service for the Individual
MUTUAL SYSTEM LOANS
Telephone GAspee 7654 Room 719 Industrial Trust Bldg. 111 Westminster St. Providence, R. I.
UNION FINANCE COMPANY
LOANS UP
TO $300
FURNITURE - AUTOMOBILE - NOTES Prompt, Efficient Service - Completely Confidential
Phone GAspee 3434 405 Woolworth Building - 187 WESTMINSTER ST., Corner DORRANCE
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1941)
$30 to $1,000
LOANED ON FAMOUS M-A-C PLAN THRIFTerms
M-A-C PLAN
* See M-A-C, soon!
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LUMBER
WALLACE & TUCKER LUMBER CO.
Lumber Treated with "Celcure" Will not rot
PROMPT DELIVERY FROM OUR OWN PLANT
Long Leaf Yellow Pine
Timber and Plank
Fir Hardwoods Maple Flooring
Spruce Cypress Lime and Cement
Creosoted Lumber and Ties
Telephones HOpkins 1720-1721-1722
434 ALLEN'S AVENUE
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
BURROWS & KENYON LUMBER COMPANY FOUNDED 1823
CONSTRUCTION LUMBER
INDUSTRIAL LUMBER BUILDERS' SPECIALTIES
EDDY and GLOBE STREETS PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephone DExter 4500
CHARLES C. GARDINER AIR-DRIED AND KILN-DRIED HARDWOODS
LUMBER CO.
PACIFIC COAST WOODS Custom Saw and Planing Mill TELEPHONES GAspee 0741-0742 258 EDDY STREET
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
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LUMBER
HARRIS LUMBER CO., Inc.
Corner HARRIS AVENUE and ATWELLS AVENUE Phone GAspee 4750 BUILDING MATERIALS
ROGER LAUDATI, Inc.
BRICK
Lumber
LIME
PAINT and HARDWARE
CEMENT
WINDOWS
DOORS
PLASTER
BUILDING MATERIALS
SEWER PIPE
FLUE LINING
143-147 PLAINFIELD STREET
ASPHALT ROOFING
Providence, R. I.
WEst 5100-5101
WALLBOARD NAILS
McDUFF COAL & LUMBER CO. COAL ... FUEL OIL
COKE ... OIL BURNERS
COAL STOKERS Lumber - Masons' Materials - Paints
11 HIGH STREET
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PAWTUCKET, R. I.
Telephones PErry 2400-GAspee 4148
F. D. McKENDALL LUMBER CO. BUILDING MATERIALS "From Foundation to Finish"
LUMBER BRICK LIME CEMENT
PAINTS AND VARNISHES Offices and Yards
735 ELMWOOD AVENUE
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Hopkins 7100-7101
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519 CHARLES STREET
DExter 4496-4497
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
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FRAMING BOARDING SHINGLES FLOORING MOULDING FINISH
PAINT
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LUMBER
ESTABLISHED 1857
INCORPORATED 1888
NEWELL COAL AND LUMBER COMPANY COAL - LUMBER - FUEL OIL MASONS' SUPPLIES Complete Building Service PErry 7900 - TELEPHONES - GAspee 3392 Connecting All Departments
28 HIGH STREET
PAWTUCKET, R. I.
"When it's LUMBER, Call our NUMBER" - PErry 0147 ROSCOE W. PHILLIPS
PAWTUCKET, R. I. LUMBER FOR
Mill Repairs - Foundry Purposes - Pattern Work - Manual Arts Office and Yard: TURNER ST. at Pawtucket and S. Attleboro State Line
E. E. SMITH COMPANY
MILL WORK
LUMBER Kiln Dried Oak Flooring
BUILDERS' FINISH
Cabinet Work
Wood Turning
Phone GAspee 3217
136 RHODES STREET
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
STATE LUMBER CO., INC. LUMBER ELECTRIC FIXTURES
PAINTS - VARNISHES
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ENAMELS
Masons' Materials - Hardware - Builders' Tools
Distributors Flintkote Shingles and Wheeling Nails
403 CHARLES STREET
750 NO. BROADWAY
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EA 3187
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DE 4110
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PROVIDENCE
EAST PROVIDENCE
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LUMBER
L. SWEET & COMPANY LUMBER
Window and Door Frames, Doors, Sash, Blinds and Inside Finish ASPHALT SHINGLES and ROOFING PAPER PLASTERBOARD-INSULATION WALLBOARD BEAVER WALLBOARD - NAILS GARAGE DOORS
Low Prices Telephone WEst 4680
Prompt Delivery
709 HARRIS AVE. Near Broadway and Olneyville Sq.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Judicious Advertising
CREATES A New Business REVIVES A Dull Business
ENLARGES An Old Business
RESCUES A Lost Business PRESERVES A Large Business SECURES Success in Any Business It SAVES A Failing Business ENABLES You to Pay Your Taxes
Directory Advertising BRINGS SATISFACTORY RESULTS
MACHINERY MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
NEW ENGLAND BUTT COMPANY
MANUFACTURERS OF BRAIDING MACHINERY
of every description for Silk, Worsted and Cotton Braid, Wire Rope Machinery also Machinery for Insulating Electrical Wires, Braiding, Taping, Winding, Twining, Cabling, Stranding, Polishing and Measuring Machines, Cable Covering Braiders.
Textile Finishing Machinery
Fine Casting a Specialty
304 PEARL STREET -
- PROVIDENCE, R. I.
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MACHINERY MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS
THE McWILLIAMS MFG. CO., Inc. Established 1870
ROLLING MILLS
Jewelers, Wire and Reed Manufacturers' Machinery Special Machinery and General Jobbing
Rolling Mills Corey Straighteners Foot and Screw Presses
Draw Benches Rotary Shears Coilers
Hot Air Dryers Polishing Heads Glass Presses
237 EDDY STREET
Telephone DExter 7092
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
MASONS' MATERIALS
JAMES C. GOFF COMPANY Building Materials JOHNS-MANVILLE PRODUCTS
Asbestos Shingles Asphalt Shingles Refractory Cements
WALL BOARDS Fireproof Asbestos Wainscoting and Decorative Flexboard for Kitchens, Bathrooms, etc.
BUILDING MAINTENANCE SPECIALTIES
CAULKING
Vulcatex and Kaukit.
FIREPLACES Heatilators for increased radiation.
INSULATION Insulating Board-Rock Wool-Saves fuel. Warmer in Winter. Cooler in Summer.
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINTS and VARNISHES
FACE BRICK, FIRE BRICK and FIRE TILE Waterproofed and Quick Setting
CEMENT
Telephone HOpkins 5800
90 RESERVOIR AVENUE PROVIDENCE, R. I.
HOWARD R. HORTON, Pres. and Treas.
Telephones GAspee 3569-9653
H. R. HORTON CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Lime, Cement, Brick, Calcined Plaster, Hair, Metal Lath, Etc. DISTRIBUTORS OF Master Builders Products and J. H. France Refractories Celotex Shingles Gypsum Products of all Kinds 459 SOUTH WATER STREET -
Rock Wall Gypsum Lath PROVIDENCE, R. I.
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MASONS' MATERIALS
R. I. BUILDERS SUPPLY CO.
B. FRED GENTILE, Manager COMPLETE LINE OF BUILDERS SUPPLIES and MASONS MATERIALS LUMBER, BRICK, LIME, CEMENT, ETC. Telephone WEst 1776
1776 Cranston Street
Cranston, R. I.
MERCANTILE AGENCIES
Established 1841
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. The Mercantile Agency
1103 Union Trust Bldg., 170 WESTMINSTER ST. Phone GAspee 8370
MILK DEALERS
E. S. CRANDALL Fresh Rhode Island Milk
Baby First
PASTEURIZED
Baby First
GRADE A MILK From Own Guernsey Tested Herd
Cream and Buttermilk
Wholesale and Retail
12 LOWELL AVENUE - PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Telephones WEst 4358-4357 Try Our Pure Tomato Juice and Mission Orange Drink
HOOD'S MILK
MILK AND CREAM DAIRY PRODUCTS
H. P. HOOD & SONS 135 HARRIS AVE., PROV., R. I.
DEXTER 3024
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MILL SUPPLIES
JAMES HILL MANUFACTURING CO.
INCORPORATED
Manufacturers of
Vulcan Fibre ( ROVING
CANS AND
Hercules " SPRINGS
THE VULCAN VULCANIZED FIBRE CAN
GALVANIZED Ash and Garbage Cans Pails, &c.
Stove Pipe-Elbows Fittings in Blk .- Galv.
TIN PIPE AND ELBOWS
Job Galvanizing
20 GORDON AVENUE PROVIDENCE, R. I.
PRODUCTION IN EVERY MILL DEPENDS UPON THE SPINNING ROOM
Wentworth Double Duty and Gravity Travelers
Endure Higher Speeds Make Stronger Yarn Preserve the Ring
AMERICAN, HICKS, WILSON UNITED STATES STANDARD
Manufactured only by the
NATIONAL RING TRAVELER CO.
PHILIP C. WENTWORTH, Treasurer
354 PINE STREET
PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND
P. O. Box 1565
Providence, R. I.
131 WEST FIRST STREET
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
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MILL SUPPLIES
"A TRAVELER FOR EVERY FIBRE"
FOR SPINNING "U.S."-
RING TRAVELERS FOR COTTON
FOR TWISTING -"U.S."
WOOL WORSTED SILK RAYON JUTE ASBESTOS
UNIVERSAL STANDARD TRAVELERS
THE BOWEN PATENTED BEVEL EDGE TRAVELER The traveler without angular edges Sole manufacturers
THE U. S. RING TRAVELER COMPANY TRADE
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
AMOS M. BOWEN President and Treasurer
U.S. RING TRAVELER CO
GREENVILLE, S. C.
WILLIAM M. P. BOWEN Vice-Pres. and Secretary
MARK
AMERICAN EMERY WHEEL WORKS Makers of Grinding Wheels and Abrasive Grain Stones, Bricks, Sticks and Grinding Wheel Dressers Office and Grinding Wheel Works AN Waterman, East River and Pitman Sts. ND Richmond Square, Providence, R. I. ING YEEL Telephones Plantations 2260-2261 Abrasive Grain Plant, 169 South Angell Street
ESTABLISHED 1834 INCORPORATED 1900
THE J. A. GOWDEY REED & HARNESS MFG. CO. JAMES A. WILSON, Pres. and Treas. The Pioneer Reed Works of America
REEDS HARNESS SHUTTLES MILL SUPPLIES SERVICE AND SATISFACTION 1226 NORTH MAIN ST. Tel. PErry 1874 PROVIDENCE, R. I.
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MONUMENTS
OVER FIFTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE WM. P. PELLETT & SON, INC. MONUMENTS HEADSTONES
RARD
MARKERS OVER 200 IN STOCK TO SELECT FROM Send For Designs and Prices 1855 Elmwood Avenue - Providence, R. I. Phone WILLIAMS 2440
MAX SUGARMAN Monuments OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
Marble, Granite and Bronze Headstones, Markers 146-150 RANDALL ST., PROVIDENCE Telephones DExter 8094-8095 Residence Telephones GAspee 6655 DExter 8636
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
BALDWIN PIANOS RADIOS +
PROVIDENCE GA-6804 PAWTUCKET PE-3568 WOONSOCKET Woon-1233
HAMMOND SOLOVOX VICTOR RECORDS
Meikle ohn
275 Weybosset St.
This Book is Your Silent Salesman
ADVERTISE AND PUT IT TO WORK
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NEWSPAPERS
Hawtuxet Halley Daily Times
ARCTIC, WEST WARWICK THE VALLEY'S HOME PAPER OFFICIAL PAPER FOR KENT COUNTY MARKET OF 30,000 PEOPLE. You cannot cover the rich Pawtuxet Valley with any other newspaper, or combination of newspapers. Circulation A. B. C. Publisher's Statement 4300 and growing. ( AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS MEMBER INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ( N. E. A. SERVICE Highest Quality Job Printing of Every Description
PAWTUXET VALLEY DAILY TIMES, Inc. IRVING P. HUDSON Pres. and Gen. Mgr.
TELEPHONES: VALLEY 431-432-607
The Providence Journal Daily and Sunday The Evening Bulletin
The advertising combination of Journal and Bulletin blankets Greater Providence and covers 3 out of 4 of all Rhode Island homes.
Only newspapers in the State combining full news and feature service of metropolitan scope, with State-wide staff news coverage.
PROVIDENCE JOURNAL CO., Publishers, 75 Fountain St.
NURSERIES
THE GREATON NURSERIES C. H. GREATON, Proprietor
A General Line of Nursery Stock Landscape Work a Specialty PLANS AND ESTIMATES GIVEN WHEN DESIRED Telephone GAspee 1690 NORTH MAIN STREET, Near City Line, PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Dress Up
Your Business. Put your name in bold face type under every heading that describes your product
It Pays
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OFFICE BUILDINGS
"The Heart of Providence"
BILTMORE HOTEL
UNION STATION
EXCHANGE PLACE
CITY HALL
DORRANCE STREET
MALL
81
WESTMINSTER 171 STREET
Do You Know-
(1) That Eighteen Transportation Lines Terminate at the Howard Building
(2) That 90,000 People pass its corners daily
(3) That any part of this building can be reached quickly and easily
(4) That its Offices are Light and Rents are Reasonable
(5) That Your business will prosper in such a Location
Other Properties under the same Ownership-Management
(1) WARWICK BUILDING Cor. Weybosset and Richmond Sts.
(2) WINSLOW BUILDING Cor. Weybosset and Mathewson Sts.
(3) TESTE BUILDING Cor. Weybosset and Dorrance Sts.
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