Isle of Nobles: Alfred the Great and Athelney Shrine
The isle of Athelney, famed as the isle of nobles, sheltered King Alfred from Danes for a year. After reclaiming the throne he built a Benedictine monastery endowed with all lands on the isle. The monastery vanished, but a 1801 pillar marks the site with a monument to Alfred’s refuge and founding.
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Isle of Athelney
Alfred
Isle of
Athelney
Alfred the Great
Forest of Athelney
John Slade
Maunsell
London News
The Man With the Adz at the Butcher Block
A crowd watches a skilled adzman in New York carve a block on the curb until smooth as mahogany. He charges 5 to 10 dollars, says he learned in 23 years and has kept customers for 25 years. He notes blocks can be repaired at a mill but costs more and ties up shops.
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New York
New York Press
The Korean Hats and Mourning Lat Detail
The article describes ornate Korean hats made from ancestral hair passed from father to eldest son as a sign of achievement. It also notes a mourning lat worn by the eldest son for three years after a parent's death, a large conical hat of rushes or rice straw reaching to the shoulders.
The Brain and Body Benefit From Exercise
The passage explains that the brain and muscles need regular work to stay sharp and healthy. It describes blood vessels carrying away wastes, lungs as a refinery, and the blood as a distilling agent. Sluggish blood dulls eyes lips and complexion, and forming an exercise habit is easy and simple.
Wart treatment by vinegar and soda solution
The article claims a wart can be cured by applying a vinegar and cooking soda solution for ten minutes several times daily, with disappearance in about a week. It warns another method uses acetic or nitric acid but cautions against irritating surrounding skin.
We Spoke to Each Other by Chance in Skating
Miss Evvy Waite recalls meeting Miss Peppery after a skating incident that broke the ice between them. The Philadelphia Press notes their brief acquaintance blossomed from the chance encounter and ensuing conversation.
Choosing a Minister Quote Remains Cited
Everett quote on parish committees selecting ministers compares to self diagnosis and self representation as folly. The Boston Christian Register notes the proverb that a person who acts as own doctor or lawyer has a fool for a patient or client.
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Dean Everett
Boston Christian Register
Brindamour to Bring Magic Night to Bristol Opera House
The Bristol Opera House hosts magician Brindamour next Monday evening, April 11, with an act of levitation and a buoyant illusion by Miss Hilliard the Venus of the Air. Brindamour, once an assistant to the elder Herrman, promises novelties in hypnotic feats and vaudeville talent. Tickets priced 15 and 25 cents.
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Brindamour
Bristol Opera House
Herrman
Hammerstein's
Roof Garden
New York
Keith's New Theatre Ends Vaudeville Season With Topline Acts
The closing week features Digby Bell in a new monologue and a first-time recitation by Glen McDonough. Adelaide Herrmann illusion, Metropolitan Operatic Quartette from Trovatore and Rigoletto, Flying Dunbars aerials, Emmet DuVoy farce The Saintly Mr Billings, ventriloquist act, banjoists, domestic pets, dog act, colored comedians, jugglers, and final Biograph motion pictures.
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Keith's
Digby Bell
Midnight Bell
DeWolf Hopper
Glen McDonough
Blind Jim
Adelaide Herrmann
Herrmann the Great
Madame Herrmann
America
Metropolitan Operatic Quartette
Emmet DuVoy
Mr Billings
Vernon
Carson and Willard
Elsie Bernard
Kimball and
Grovan
Ellsworth
Burt
Foster
Cooper and Robinson
Green and Wiggin
Sacred Concert and Social Events at Bristol Venues
On April 10 a sacred concert at the Opera House is hosted by St. Charles Branch, NCB. April 14 whist and social at Grand Army Hall under Reba Lodge ICOF. April 16 a children's home supper at Grand Army Hall. April 19 a lecture by B S Kimura of Nara Japan at the Opera House for Bristol High Radhas. May 30 Firemen's Master event by King Philip Fire Company No 1. The best medicine Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets available through W H Buffington.
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Opera House
St. Charles Branch
N.C.B
Reba Lodge
Grand Army Hall
B. S. Kimura
Nara
Japan
Bristol High Radhas
Far East
King Philip Fire Company
Bridge Whist Score Sheets For Sale At PHGNIXx Office
Score sheets produced after expert play are offered for sale at the PHGNIXx office. Pads are neatly padded with a back table of values. Market offers a convenient 25ca pad style for bridge whist players seeking durable score pads.
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Phgnixx
Review of Bristol News from Phanix 1844 and 1854
Summary of Bristol town affairs including election of military officers and town officials, tax estimates, sidewalk flagging, remonstrance against territory expansion, hydrant engine needs, and a new girls school opening. Also obituaries, town council elections, state representatives, train of artillery officers, fire company thanks, physician settlement, smallpox report, minister appointment, and a marriage notice.
Local notices and obituaries from 1874 and 1894
Died In this town 6th inst Nora Markley aged 89 0 years William R Williston in the 30th year in Providence William Kinder aged 45 formerly of this town At a Bristol Fire District meeting James F Stoughton elected chief engineer The Fall River Iron Company's steamboat Richard Borden launched at Weehawken 202 ft keel 217 overall 32 ft beam to run Fall River Providence June fare 40 cents Deaths Jan 1 to Mar 31 total 29 Bristol Chorus Society to give People’s Concert Town meeting vote on licenses for intoxicating liquors 56 against Borrowed funds debt 30150 83 From Pancron 1894 Forty seven candidates baptized at First Congregational church Mrs Minnie Rounds injured in fall Mrs Hannah B Coggeshall died aged 80 Miss Susan E Thackery and Raymond P Smith married Kate Ward Stoughton and John Walker Lothrop married Margaret Morris and James Peters wed Kate Morris maid of honor Mary Morris bridesmaid Miss Mary Morris bridesmaid William Delaney groomsman St Mary’s church Rev Fr McCabe officiating Nothing Like Experience ad for Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by W H Burlington.
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Phaunix
Ephraim Gifford
Court of Common Pleas
Ann Elizabeth
Jonathan Bosworth
Henry White
Mary E
William A. Martin
Stephen D. Coomer
Bristol Train of Artillery
Joseph C. Pearse
James Coggeshall
Charles A. Greene
Samuel Reed
J. W. Manro
B. M Greene
E. B Taylor
Gladding
B Bosworth
William A Martin
E. M Horton
Bosworth
King Philip Fire Company
Providence Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Nora Markley
William R. Williston
Job Williston
Providence
William Kinder
Bristol Fire District
James F. Stoughton
Fall River Iron Company
Richard Borden
Weehawken
Fall River
Bristol Chorus Society
Lyman W. Deane
First Congregational Church
Minnie Rounds
Eugene A. Rounds
Hannah B. Coggeshall
Sylvanus Coggeshall
Constitution Street
Susan E. Thackery
Charles Thackery
Raymond P. Smith
St. Michael's Church
Dr. Locke
Kate Smith
Joseph Wood
Kate Augustus Ward Stoughton
John Walker Lothrop
Rockland
Henry A.stevens
Margaret Elizabeth Morris
James Martin Peters
St. Mary's Church
Fr. McCabe
Mary Morris
William Delaney
Cambridge, Mass
Bowling Scores Show Narrow Wins Across Matches
Wednesday evening Y M C A bowling saw Team No 4 led by F M Dimond defeat Team No 6 led by B D DeWolf two in three strings by 35 pins. Earlier Team No 1 captained by C H Manchester defeated Team No 2 captained by T Connery two in three strings by 19 pins.
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F. M. Dimond
B. D DeWolf
C. H. Manchester
T. Connery
Why Women Sin at Empire Theatre Promises Sensational Drama
A sensational New York society drama titled Why Women Sin is to be presented next week at the Empire Theatre. The 17 member company features a duel in a cave on Riverside Drive and a climactic scene before Holy Trinity Church. The plot traces a society man’s bid for a wife, softened by his friend's daughter, with scenes in a Millionaire’s Club and a great gambling house. Cast includes Pearl Charlton Seward, Frank Holland, Richard Allen, Florence Ashbrooke, Paul Buros, George Betts, Carrie Eckert, Ambrose Rood, Mart Stevens, Nonie Reynolds, Rosabelle Hearn, Harry Hearn, and Little Minerva.
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Empire Theatre
New York
Riverside Drive
New York City
Holy Trinity Church
Pearl Charlton Seward
Frank Holland
Richard Allen
Florence Ashbrooke
Paul Buros
George Betts
Carrie Eckert
Ambrose Rood
Mart R. Stevens
Nonie Reynolds
Rosabelle Hearn
Harry Hearn
Little Minerva
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Saxon Liberty
W L. Hood
State Street Methodist Episcopal Church
W Lenoir Hood
Epworth League
Epworth
League
Minnie Hood
Elenoir Caroline
Norton Tuttle
Ethel
Walter Blaisdell
Linwood Brow
W. H Brow
G. L. Locke
St. Michael’s Church
Lavey
Keith's New Theatre
Chamberlain
W. H Buffington
Bristol
William R. Taylor
Crawford Easterbrooks
George H. Pierce
Jacob Babbitt, Jr
Ensign
Martin ID. Bonney
Church Street
Hope Street
State Street
Hope
N. Bullock
John Howe
William B. Tilley
C. Haile
Warren
B Diman
J Norris
Elizabeth G . Wyatt
J C. Gallup
Buckingham
Conn
S S Drury
Thames Street
Union House
S. F Upham
St. Paul's Church
Lowell
Mass
Shepard
Benjamin T Wilbur
New Bedford
Isadora W. Munro
Bennett J. Munro
Town
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W. H. Burlington
Y.M.C. A. Bowling
S. Paull, Jr
H. W. Church
L. F. Gorham
F. Rounds
W. Mason
B. DeWolf
B. MacDougall
M. Cheesman
S. W. Church
H. Manchester
H. DeWolf
G. Manchester
E . Church
W. Spooner
J. Best
T. Brightman
J. F. Farrally
G Salisbury
Gorham
Reba Ta Earncreeres
Hood
OSTON
Mark
BYA
United States
Piano Makers
Tremont ST
Boston
Wright
A. J. Jasmin
R. J. Drug CO
Phaznix Office
W.D. Miller
Johnstown
Franklin Strausser
Hamburg
Panisia
F.rye
Shiremanstown
Lyman Brown
A.J. Jasmin
Henry K. Orme
Flint & Company
Weybosset Street
R. I
Balstone Mills
Exchange Place
Westminster Street
Providence, R
Banner Lye
Penn Chemical Works
Philadelphia
Chickering
Harvard
Knabe
Joseph M. Mann
Mann Hall
R. I New York
Woonsocket
Bradford Street
Waldron-Brownell Co
G. M. Wilbur
Y. C A.M
Barton Street
Barton
Robate Court
Manchester
John W.son
Bristol Phatnix
Herbert F. Bennett
Loring Coggeshall
Martha A. Johnson
Fredéric A. Easterbrooks
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