03 Apr 1896
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1896
Page
1
Extra preparations for spring offer a wide selection from top manufacturers with substantial savings. Plaids 17¢ value at 12 4¢, black cashmere 46 inches at 50¢, chamelon moire 16¢, fine gingham 8¢, and women’s shirt waists from 39¢ to 1.25. Silk capes, hats, gloves, neckwear, and more advertise value and fashion.
Bristol churches present a busy Easter music program with multiple services and choirs at St Michael's Trinity Episcopal Congregational State Street M E and St Mary's. Soloists and conductors include E J Valentine Rev W R Trotter Miss E F Potter Miss Annie Paull and many others as plans feature Masses hymns and anthems by Millard Danks and Handel. The Water Works Committee reviews Bristol Warren Water Company matters and contemplates court actions and potential Mount Hope water supply.
The body of Jeremiah Willis was brought to Bristol from Fairhaven and interred in the North cemetery. Born on Block Island he lost sight after typhoid fever at twenty five yet earned a livelihood by sawing splitting wood gathering quahaugs and fishing. He lived in Wickford and Bristol, leaves a wife two sons and two daughters, aged seventy two, and was noted as cheerful and upright. A brief state election note followed with Bristol’s light vote and detailed results.
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