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    1. [RI] Printers and Printing in Providence (part 155)
    2. Beth Hurd
    3. from "Printers and Printing in Providence, 1762 - 1907" prepared by a committee of Providence Typographical Union #33 as a souvenir of the 50th anniversary of its institution printed in 1907 "The Journeymen" (part 155) pp. LXX - LXXI. "Printers Known to Have Worked Here: T. PETERSON - 1851 worked on Journal. JOHN W. PATTON - 1891 - '92 on Evening Telegram. EDWARD QUINN - Died Boston, Mass., and his death was announced by J. W. Douglass of that city in the 1885 convention of the I. T. U. He had represented Worcester Union in that body in 1876; initiated into Providence Union April 9, 1870, and admitted by card at the meeting of April 8, 1883; was then assistant foreman of the Journal. During the Civil war he served in a Massachusetts regiment. ROBERT QUINN (b) - Died at the R. I. Hospital July 13, 1903, a few minutes after being admitted to that institution. He had probably been overtaken by sickness in the office of the Narragansett Printing Co. on the 11th (Saturday) and had not been discovered until Monday. At his lodgings directions were found telling how to communicate with relatives and with Hartford lodge, No. 88, A. F. and A. M., Hartford, Conn. He had been a well-known printer, brother of Edward Quinn; had been foreman of the Hartford Times and night foreman of the Providence Journal, succeeding E. B. Rose in that position; was initiated into Providence Union April 5, 1888. Initiated into Providence Typographical Union on Date Named: GUSTAVUS P. QUIMBY, Dec. 1, 1868. Admitted by Card on Date Named: M. E. QUINN, Sept. 30, 1883. Printers Known to Have Worked Here: JAMES QUINN - 1860 (Union list). ROBERT QUINN (a) - Suicided (Union list, 187--). FRANCIS M. RAFTERY - Born Taunton, Mass., Nov. 9, 1872; learned printing in the office of Cashman & Keating, Boston, Mass.; worked in Providence since 1901, and was admitted in Providence union Feb. 24 of that year; now employed on the Tribune. EDWIN F. RANAGAN - Born Somerville, Mass.; learned printing in office of Boston Herald, beginning in 1886; admitted to Providence Union by card September, 1888; worked in this city on the Telegram and Dispatch until 1889; now employed on the Boston Globe. ALBERT L. RANDALL - Born Kentucky in 1853; learned printing in the West; initiated into Providence Union Dec. 27, 1885; President of the Union in 1889; worked on the Journal while in this city; located in Washington, D. C., since 1889. CHARLES W. RANDALL - Born Jeffersonville, Ind., Jan. 28, 1849; learned printing in Cincinnati, Ohio, beginning in 1859, when about nine years old; initiated into Providence Union April 15, 1883; worked in various cities of the United States east of St. Louis. GEORGE S. RAWCLIFFE - Born Wrentham, Mass., June 30, 1860; began to learn printing in Providence in 1895 and worked nine years at the business; established the Industrial Printing Co. at 18 College street during the winter of 1897-'98; took a partner in August, 1903, and added a gold stamping and badge-making department; sold his interest to George H. Brown July 20, 1904; was travelling salesman in 1904." continued in part 156.

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