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 166)
p. LXXVI.
"GEORGE SADLIER - Born New York city Aug. 17, 1857; learned printing
in Middletown, Conn.; worked in Providence in 1885 on the Morning
Star; admitted to No. 33 by card in May, 1885; was employed on the
New York American and Journal in 1904.
CHARLES A. SALISBURY - Born Pawtucket, R. I., July 12 1877; learned
printing on the Pawtucket Post, beginning in 1893; worked in Boston,
New York, Worcester and Brockton; admitted to Providence Union by
card March 25, 1906; now linotype operator on Providence Journal.
HENRY R. SAWYER - Died Providence Sept. 8, 1898. His age was not
known, but he was one of the oldest printers of the city at the time.
He was a native of London, England. When a boy he came to this
country and at first was a whaleman, sailing from New Bedford. He
then learned printing, working in Pawtucket, and since 1847 in
Providence. In 1857 he was foreman of A. Crawford Greene's office,
and that year was a charter member of Providence Union, retaining his
membership until he became superanuated. He set the first stickful of
type for the Evening Press, and worked in that office from 1859 until
1886. For the last 12 years of his life he worked for Snow & Farnham.
ORIN B. SAXTON (printer) - Formerly of Providence; died at the
Massachusetts General Hospital. - Rhode Island American, Jan. 11,
1825. He was married in Salem Jan. 2, 1819, to Merriam S. Eldredge.
A. R. SAYLES - Born 1874; learned printing with F. H.Townsend in this
city; located in Redlands, Cal., in 1905.
THOMAS A. SCALES - Born New Bedford, Mass., Dec. 23, 1879; learned
printing trade in the Mercury job office in that city, beginning in
1893; admitted to Providence Union April 29, 1900, by card; has
worked in Providence and Fall River; now located in New Bedford.
JAMES P. SCANLON - Born Providence Nov. 23, 1874; learned printing in
office of Evening Bulletin; initiated into Providence Union April 26,
1896; now linotype operator on Attleboro Sun.
DENNIS J. SCANNEL - Died Boston, Mass., Feb. 10, 1876; initiated into
Providence union Sept. 9, 1865; its President in 1866; charter member
of Worcester (Mass.) Union and its first President; I. T. U. delegate
from Boston in 1872 at Richmond, Va."
continued in part 167.