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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1899
Page
2
Reported outrage as Labori, Dreyfus defense attorney, is shot in the back by assassins. Labori’s condition is described as serious. In other news, the yacht races near Newport News see Columbia finish well behind Defender after a 38 mile course.
A list of recent book acquisitions and catalog entries appears for Rogers Free Library. Notable items include Longfellow poems in 32mo, Shakespeare's works in 112mo, Whittier poems in 12mo, and miscellaneous works by Catherine I Empress, Tennyson Queen Mary, and U S Infantry Tactics. Also notes an excursion to Rocky Point with steamboat Pioneer offering multiple trips from Bristol next Sunday and new Rocky Point attractions opening the same day.
Bristol Post prints outward and inward mail closing and arrival times for New York Providence Boston and the east and west routes, plus numerous local society notes, visits, sales, and small ads. The page reports residents visiting Bristol, hotel guests, and small town commerce including T J Connery's groceries and phonographs. It also notes a pigeons release, a bicycle and torpedo boat family, church services, and a golf club mixed doubles tournament winner.
rr $100 Reward, BIpHC. The readers learn of a cure for catarrh declared by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It claims constitutional action, uses internal dosing, and offers $100 if not cured. Proponents cite testimonials, with Henry & Co. of Toledo as makers. Sold by druggists. Hall's Pills noted as best.
Eight members met as Miss Augusta Coggeshall sought an eighth grade class to handle overflow. The superintendent’s plan remains. Total school appropriation to date is 7 626.18. Heating work at Byfield school progresses and two contractor payments are due. Bills of 60 are paid. Janitor Talbee receives 25 for extra work. The four year English course is reinstated. Franklin arithmetic replaced. Walsh arithmetic approved for continuous class use. Principal Gamwell requests a two year French course. referred to examining committee with power to act. Bernard F Doyle seeks a ninth grade diploma. referred to superintendent. Northeast district teacher vacancy from Miss Florence Foreman noted. Bertha M Balfour applies but no action. Bristol Commandery officers installed. committees named. Noble Commander Maxfield announces appointments. Ad inserted offering Bristol Phoenix classifieds.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for sick and nervous headaches. It claims the pills purify blood, strengthen nerves, and improve health, adding ease of use and mentioning J H Young & Co as the sellers.
Ralph Kinder organist of Holy Trinity Philadelphia presents his fifth Trinity church recital this Thursday at 8 pm. He is assisted by Master J Louis Coggeshall soprano C W Young tenor and Samuel Kinder violin. The program lists Mendelssohn Wagner Stainer Berceuse Schumann Lemare Wagner and a concert offertory to aid the music fund between numbers three and four.
Members of the Bristol Golf Club competed in a team match at the club links on Saturday. The best score was posted by Mrs H A Du Villard who defeated Dr W H Thurber 10 up. A reception followed with Mrs H H Cabot and Mrs W R Bogert serving tea.
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