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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1899
Page
2
A Bristol man delivers a whimsical soliloquy about neighbors, pride, and imperialism using phonograph and typewriters as devices. The bizarre narrative segues into stray captions and ad snippets about a tailor, a dressmaker, and a rectal fistula remedy. The piece closes with crude product pitches for a salve and drugs by local firms.
Bristol and vicinity notices include outward and inward mail cutoffs for New York Providence Boston and the east with times. Local items report visits guests from Brockton Boston Troy and Nova Scotia plus sales at Connerys and Excelsior Market along with town amenities and incidents.
A visitors group toured the new Hope Street Y M C A as rooms finish and furnish. Secretary Worth We and secretary’s office, a gym, library memorial to John Fell Howe, and a six-table game hall impressed guests. The September 6 opening will invite public view and pledge support to lift the association from debt and guide youths toward virtue.
A group from Bristol and many from Providence joined a Seaconnet excursion yesterday. The trip aboard the well managed Awashanks steamship offered a restful sail to Seaconnet resort with delightful weather. Warships New York Brooklyn Indiana and Texas were at Seaconner, giving excursionists a fine view.
The wedding is announced for Monday September 15 at Newport under the presiding Bishop H C Potter of New York. Mrs Potter Palmer will present a dowry of 500000 dollars to the bride and the Palmers gift the bridal costume. The costume and bride’s trousseau were made in Paris.
Work on the new fire station at the corner of High and Church streets progresses rapidly with a deep cellar planned under the entire building. Foundation timbers were laid yesterday. The adjacent building owned by John Wood, moved by Spencer Rounds, shifted about four feet south and a few feet east to avoid interfering with the south wall, as it sits on town land.
A number of persons visited the building this week and the General Secretary will be there every evening at 7 until further notice. A Membership Committee meeting is scheduled next Monday at 7:45 pm. The Finance Committee meets tonight. An open air service on the Common is at 4 pm Sunday with Edwin Hill addressing the meeting. The singing is led by a cornet.
A terse editorial quip notes that removing the suffix ine from words costs nothing once the term is no longer needed, reflecting a playful language observation. The remark treats wordplay as a light, timeless aside without a broader context.
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