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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1903
Page
3
In 1851 the Sea Nymphs honor the America with lore of Yankee boat building prowess. Mermaids gossip over sea moss tea, while young sea nymphs dream of Bristol Town races and Love Rocks as wireless praises murmur to yacht designers nearby.
Pastor C F Fields of First Baptist Church concludes his tenure with a farewell reception attended by church members, Sunday school, and congregation. The vestry was lavishly decorated, a program featured solos readings and an address by Fields, with accompanists Grace Allan and Lyndon Anderstrom. Refreshments followed as the social hour ended near 10:30.
The Albee Stock Company at Keiths Theatre in Providence closes its season with the farce Night Off starring Marcus Brutus Snap played by Mr Williams. The Melani Trio and souvenir photo events mark the week, with Labor Day doubling as the kickoff for the fall vaudeville season led by Wayburns Minstrel Misses and Frank Kennan. Tramp humor concludes the page.
In the busy season a prompt cure for diarrhoea is prized. Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is praised as quick sure pleasant and effective. One or two doses claim to cure ordinary attacks and even severe cases. For sale by W.H. Burlington.
Last Saturday the Rhode Island Press Club held a mid-summer outing aboard the Oregon observation car from Wilmington to Danielson and Wildwood Park. The trip included visits to the Worcester and Eastern Connecticut railway power plant, a lake sail, and a theatre, with thanks and souvenirs exchanged for courtesies. At Central Village a monument to Prof. Gordon Cady with inscriptions and epitaphs in Evergreen Cemetery was noted, along with a Chepachet burials epitaph about an afterlife.
Brigadier A. Lamb and Ensign Foge will lead a special Salvation Army meeting at the hall this evening at 8 o clock with a door collection and a colors presentation. Lamb, a Marietta Ohio native and Northwestern University alumnus, has risen to a top leadership role in the army and now commands the Hartford area including Connecticut Rhode Island and western Massachusetts. Ensign Pelley aims to draw large audiences for Lamb as a speaker.
The Empire Theatre presents Shadows of a Great City with Annie Ward Tiffany and a strong cast. Manager C B Jefferson showcases novel scenic effects including a river of real water with boats. The melodrama features a rescue from Hell Gate and a flood scene, elevating an already stirring story with careful detail.
A fragment from a newspaper page quotes a dramatic exchange about ending life with a bullet, mentioning loneliness and uncongenial existence and sociable phrases surrounding the topic, indicating a debate or literary extract rather than a straight news item.
New 90 foot steam yacht Express was launched Tuesday at Herreshoff's for M. T. Plante of New York. Built since July to finish in about 30 days, the craft is a longer model of earlier 80 foot tenders and serves as a tender to the steel schooner Ingomar. A trial reached about 21 mph, pleasing owner and builders. Express departed yesterday for a Sound cruise.
Rev R E Schuh a formastor was in town on a business trip. Next Sunday is his last before a September vacation for rest. Regular services continue. Epworth League rally day speaker will be Rev L G Horton. Names for Roll of Honor due by September 1. Officials hold an important meeting Saturday evening.
Guests registered at the D W Inn this week include Mr and Mrs D V Fuller of East Long Meadow Massachusetts Mr and Mrs J M Alpaugh of Providence R I and Mrs C J Alpaugh of Willimantic Conn Mr Davis and wife of Providence Mr and Mrs F K Gale Miss Janet Gale Master Girard Gale of New York City Francis L Herressholf and family of New York City F C Foster of Boston Rossiter Kellog of Cleveland Ohio M J Fenton of Boston Mr and Mrs Charles F Medbury and child of Detroit Michigan.
A dialogue from the Baltimore American features Colonel Gore of Kentucky noting the Turkish practice of sending apologies after killings and Colonel Bullet responding that such apologies cannot fix feuds since no one remains to apologize to.
A column extols morning walks for women and girls, arguing forty-year-olds outpace eighteen-year-olds in endurance. It urges brisk, open air strolls, loose clothes, and proper breathing to develop health, beauty, and posture, plus organizing walking parties for observation and enjoyment.
The second triennial Merchants and Manufacturers exposition in Mechanics Building Boston aims to surpass the previous event with two thirds of space already reserved. Entertainment includes Midway of Fairyland Japan India and Deep Sea Divers with acts by Creatore Sousa and Victor Herbert. The government exhibit features war and treasury departments including a mint plant and million-dollar bank notes. Open Oct 5 with ceremonies and four weeks of rail excursions to Boston from New England.
When you want a physic that is mild and gentle, easy to take and certain to act, always use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by W. H. Buffington.
The notice lists May 17, 1908 as the start for northbound and southbound electric car service between Bristol Providence and Fall River. Weekday and Sunday frequencies are shown with times from Bristol to Providence Fox Point and back, including express and local services, and arrival/departure times for trains from Providence.
Regular service between Providence and Bristol outlined with weekday and Sunday times. Dorrance Weybosset corner departures start 5 45 a m and run every 80 minutes until 7 15 p m with hourly until 11 15 p m. Bristol terminus departures begin 5 19 a m and run every 30 minutes to 8 48 p m then hourly to 10 49 p m with late runs. Sunday timings show 7 45 a m start and 30 minute intervals to 7 15 p m, plus hourly to 10 49 p m and 11 41 p m to Riverside. Cars also depart Franklin street six minutes after terminus.
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