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I am not related - this is part of a transcription project.
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"
p. LXXII.
"THOMAS EDWARD RITCHIE - Born South Andover, Mass., Aug. 26, 1873; learned printing with Angell & Co., this city, beginning in 1885; initiated into Providence Union April 5, 1888; at the latter date the owners of the Morning Dispatch had acquired the business of Angell & Co., and were issuing the paper from No. 5 Washington row. In 1890 Mr. Ritchie enlisted in the U. S. Army. His regiment, the 18th Infantry, was stationed at Fort Clark, Texas. During the winter of 1891 his company was assigned the duty of breaking up a notorious gang of cattle thieves, located on the Rio Grande. After being honorably discharged from the 18th Infantry he enlisted with the 1st H. A., stationed at Fort Barrancas, Fla., where he served out his term as a bugler. He served throughout the entire Spanish-American war and was in the battles that took place at Guantanamo, Cuba. In 1899 Mr. Ritchie returned to printing and has since worked in Newport on the Herald, in Attleboro on the Sun and on the Providence Evening Tribune."
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