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Lieutenant-Governor of the State of Rhode Island and an important figure in its life for a number of years, James Greenan Connolly was born on March 28, 1886, at Riverpoint, Warwick. He attended the public schools of Pawtucket, was graduated from the high school there in 1905, and later entered Brown University, where he took the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1909. Thereafter he attended the Law School of Harvard University, from which he was graduated with the Bachelor of Laws degree in 1912. Mr. Connolly’s career of public service began very early in his active life. As the Republican …

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A native of Canada, but since his early childhood a resident of Rhode Island, Mr. Smith has been engaged in the retail drug business at Arctic under his own name for almost two decades. He is one of the leading business men of this town and is also actively identified with several other business enterprises, both in Arctic and in Providence. He enjoys a high professional standing, as indicated by his active participation in the work of several pharmaceutical organizations, is a member of several fraternal and social lodges and clubs, and is regarded as one of the substantial and …

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Having begun work in one of the largest mills in Rhode Island as a boy, immediately following the completion of his education, Mr. Lacross, in the years following, acquired a very thorough training and wide experience by being connected with a number of other mills in Rhode Island and elsewhere. Eventually he established, together with an associate, a mill of his own, of which he is now the sole owner. Its steady growth and prosperity is largely attributable to Mr. Lacross’ exceptional business and executive ability and to his industry and energy. His establishment being one of the important manufacturing …

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