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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1894
Page
2
A mixed town column reports court fines for drunkenness, church services and summer social activity, a new jewelry store opening, and local thrillers. It notes assessors sessions, lodge ceremonies, yacht launching, and a burglary safe removed from a Hope Street vault with ties to the Bristol Commercial Bank.
Nat Herreshoff’s private fin keel yacht the Alerion was launched with the hull slung from the pier and heavy finish added for speed and cruiser use. The 45 foot overall craft features a 32 foot waterline, 8 foot beam, 9 foot draft, white painted pine hull, Tobin bronze fin with lead ballast, white pine deck and house oak. A trial run in the harbor will follow rigging completion.
A Netis Loen prayer meet is planned for Saturday eve at six o clock. A Luton prayer meeting will be held Sunday morning in Y.M.C.A rooms at nine o clock. A men only meeting follows Sunday afternoon at two forty five. An invitation is extended to strangers to attend these services.
A reception in the church vestry honored Rev William J Smith after his third appointment as pastor. A large turnout from multiple denominations attended with his wife and daughter present. The program featured Miss Sadie Paull piano solos, harmonica duet by Frank Chafee and John Dimond, phonolatp solo by Mrs William J Fish, more piano pieces, and congregational singing led by J B Pollock, followed by short sermons from local ministers.
List of students from the town public schools for the term ending March 30 1894 with perfect attendance or being neither absent nor tardy across grade levels from High School to Ungraded School plus notes on tardiness. Names include Herbert H Congdon William J Duffy Orrin K Thurston Margaret M Connolly Nellie N Read and many others across grades with counts and misprints reflecting the era.
The steam yachts Daphne and Eugenia leave U S yards for Scotland. Daphne towed to New York by the ten rater and Eugenia, captained by William Porrey, carries Mr and Mrs Herreshoff and Mrs Herreshoff. Tea-rater gear shipped. voyage set for Scotland with passengers aboard. A domestic ad promotes Ayers Sarsaparilla for spring health.
The Blick Crook, first seen in 1860 at Niblo's Garden, returns to Providence with a grand revival. The opera house promises lavish costuming and scenery, three ballets led by stars from San Carlos and La Scala, and a cast of 250 performers, including notable dancers and specialty artists.
In this town April 20, Marsha Gardiner dies at age seven and George E Slocum passes away in his eighty fourth year.
The Fall River line steamers formerly leaving New York at 5 00 hr wu will now depart at 5 30 rm. The Puritan and Plymouth are now in service. Johnny Burke was bitten by a dog Friday morning. The Duke of Augustenburg, brother of the German Empress, is unmarried and if he dies without a son his title and large estates in Silesia and Holstein will pass to his uncle, Prince Christian. The German emperor needs little sleep and demands long hours from all in attendance. Four or five hours’ rest is all he tolerates, doctors say he burns the candle at both ends. The Duke and Duchess of Fife travel with several canine companions, favoring collies and Scotch terriers for him and fox terriers and pugs for her. Queen Christina of Spain is said to be the only sovereign to have flown in a balloon, a feat performed years ago near a Geld where ballooning experiments occurred. No crowned head has equaled her record.
The Pennsylvania Woman's Suffrage Association offers three prizes of 15, 10, and 5 dollars for a Pennsylvania resident's best article on The Political Equality of Women. Limit 1500 words, single-sided, typed if possible. Do not sign the article. include name and address in a sealed envelope with the submission. Send to 1826 Arch Street, Philadelphia, by March 1, 1894.
Miss Flora Shaw spoke at the Royal and Colonial Institute of London on The Australian Outlook becoming the first woman to read a paper there. The audience included colonial agents and officials who praised her address and noted her Times letters from the Cape and Australasia.
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