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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1907
Page
2
A doctor forbids alcohol to a patient who points out the doctor’s own drinking. The doctor replies that he drinks as an ordinary man, not as a physician. The exchange highlights the separation between professional advice and personal behavior.
The Washington Star quotes a sentimentalist noting poets often lead sad lives. Mr Comrox replies that the nature of poetry makes cheerfulness unlikely, commenting on the writer's temperament and the expectations placed on poets by their craft.
Mails arrive at 7.00 10.00 a m 12.00 m 2.00 4.00 6 45 7.15 p m Mails close at 8.00 8.45 11.30 a m 1 45 5 45 7 15 p m Sunday mails arrive 8 30 p m close 5 00 p m General delivery window for sale of stampa 4 30 to 5 p m Office hours Sunday 9 80 to 10 30 a m Sunday mail distributed from carriers racks south door 9 30 to 10 30 a m Outward 7 35 11 05 a m 8 05 5 05 p m Inward 7 45 11 45 a m 2 45 6 45 p m
The weekly Warren Chronicle notes a dance at Hotel Belvedere, multiple appointments and relocations, school openings with new enrollments, local theater, club and fraternal meetings, church notices, a court term, and a Y M C A bowling match, highlighting community activity across Barrington, Bristol, and Warren.
The article notes a large Monday addition to Vanity Fair labor, boosting construction across 40 acres. Key buildings include College Inn 200 by 100 by 50 feet, Dance Hall 200 by 100 by 50, Olambake Pavilion, and an ornate Administration Building 60 by 80 by 40. Roofed and partially finished days after a prior lull, the Shoot-the-Chutes, Fighting-the-Flames, and other structures advance, with the contractor citing safety as a major achievement.
Providence residents see Vanity Fair develop as practical businessmen run the outdoor venture. A fully equipped saw mill and machinery are now operating. The park opens to the public on Saturday May 25 with a season lasting into September, promising a rich slate of entertainment.
Intelligence reached here this morning of the death of Hull Shepard a former resident who died at the Soldiers Home Noroton Heights Conn March 16 He was a brother of the late John L Shepard of this town and worked at the National India Rubber Company here as a watchman He belonged to United Brothers lodge No 13 L O O F He is survived by two sons Elmer B Shepard of Bridgeport Conn and Benjamin E Shepard of Middletown Conn
The passage features a father discovering a couple slowing at a scene, the girl crying, the young man breaking down, and the old man exploding in rage. Franklin’s line on idleness and pride adds a moral note.
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