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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1907
Page
3
Readers are urged to keep their weather eye open for con artists. A soap and fountain pen hawker lured money with cheap gifts, while a sharper used a $125 watch and a bad check to obtain $125 in cash. The mechanism shows how easily people are duped by smooth appears and misused endorsements.
Capt R N Turner states Bristol Neck residents favor continuing the sewer from John P Reynolds place to Half Way Hill within the 8000 appropriation. He proposes using old water main pipe from the reorganized Water Company as part of the sewer to cut costs and extend the life of pipes by about 25 years.
A married woman in our town boiled eggs after breakfast and told her husband they were not yet boiled after noon. He was astonished by the delay, and the tale now evokes a rosy blush whenever eggs are mentioned.
James Hoard Jr longtime public official dies after a life of cheerful practicality and strong integrity. He faced life with optimism, was loved for his daily decency, and upheld the golden rule. Funeral set tomorrow at 2 pm at his home with Babbitt Post G A R and police bearers in attendance.
Mrs J B Newman of this town was severely wounded last evening while watching the Fighting the Flames exhibition at Vanity Fair. A bomb blast near the stands may have caused a bullet like puncture in her breast. doctors could not locate any missile. She was treated on site, taken to her home, and may undergo X rays at Providence to check for metal in tissue.
Y M C A physical director E J Robertson reports the Prudence Island camp boys are well and enjoying outdoor life. Five tents are occupied with Horace Collins as cook and Rowland Goddard assisting. Activities include ball games fishing swimming and quoits. Tommy Andrews, office boy at National India Rubber Company, is praised by clerks for his camp experience. Camp closes in a week on Aug 10. List of attendees includes George Fish Harold Fish Clarence Osterberg Wesley Young Vincent Young Renne Sawyer Thomas Andrews Harold Orchard William Cook Harry Barton Norman Into Nehemiah Johnston Harold Goddard James Sylvester Archie Crapo Leslie Close Alonzo Dodge. The piece ends with a reflective quote on life and Christ.
Michael Hamill writes from the Panama Isthmus describing the canal zone. He notes two seasons wet and dry, the improving U S road, and mixed native populations. He praises government homes and police while detailing a policy restricting unmarried women from residing in the zone.
The Bristol Yacht Club schedules tomorrow’s regatta for a silver Fletcher Cup donated by ex Commodore Joseph E. Fletcher. Open to yachts 36 feet water line or under registered with any recognized club. Points from two races determine the winner per Narragansett Bay Yacht Racing Association table, with prizes for second to fourth places.
Police pursue Manuel Forenaco a Portuguese man believed to have stolen 85 dollars from Marian Sousa in a Thames Street boarding house kept by Mrs. Lewis Sousa. The trunk was rifled, the lock cut, and 84 dollars were in a box. Landlady notified Capt. John H. Morrissey about two hours after the robbery. A description led officers to question a man asking directions to Fall River. Forencio is said to have stayed briefly in the area.
In a Civil War diary quoted by Dixies After the War the author recalls coal scuttle bonnets of plaited straw trimmed with corn shuck rosettes and a stunning one made by a mil liner turned fashion. She notes a green dyed ribbon and coffee berry dye, contrasts with Union ladies in Richmond, and recalls canned fruit as a Pleasant wartime innovation.
Archdeacon Bickersteth proposed a theory on Piccadilly’s origin. He cited a Piccadilly hill in the Chilterns near Ivinghoe once called Peaked Hill and wondered if London’s Piccadilly also comes from a Peaked hill. He notes other Piccadillies near Aberystwyth and Bolton and remarks provincial towns borrow from London.
The Bristol fire department shines at a regional muster with prizes totaling $200 to $150 plus smaller awards. Competing teams include King Philip Bristol and Hydraulion Bristol among others, with wind and weather deemed equal for all. Philip Brady served as time keeper, and the event highlights a strong machine and team performance.
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