Woonsocket Call & Evening Reporter, August 10, 1932.
Drunks Arrested In Georgiaville – 1907
January 3, 2026
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Olneyville Times
October 11, 1907
Oscar A. Tobey, Smithfield, R. I.
January 3, 2026
Oscar A. Tobey – January 10, 1837 – July 16, 1917
Oscar A. Tobey
Smithfield’s first Town Clerk
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88865628/oscar-angell-tobey
https://www.smithfieldri.gov/our-town/town-history/oscar-tobey
When Tobey’s Store Was The Capitol Of Smithfield
Tobey
Body In Suitcase – 1901
January 2, 2026
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The Stillwater Reservoir was the large pond behind the former Stillwater Mill, in the village of Stillwater, not Georgiaville.
Olneyville Times
November 22, 1901
The Providence News
May 19, 1902
Georgiaville, R. I., Fire – 1907
January 2, 2026
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(Providence) Evening Tribune
December 22, 1907
Georgiaville, R. I., Literary Society
January 2, 2026
Literary societies were formed by people with a mutual interested in literature, i.e. reading. The Georgiaville Literary Society seems to have been established circa 1889, and was still active in 1912. Based on one of the articles below, the club was somewhat exclusive.
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Olneyville Times
June 20, 1890
Olneyville Times
September 26, 1890
Olneyville Times
June 2, 1911
Olneyville Times
August 30, 1912
Smithfield Town Meeting – 1897
December 29, 2025
From the Olneyville Times, June 11, 1897.
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Olneyville Times
June 11, 1897
