11 Dec 1896
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1896
Page
1
Boston Store touts honesty and low prices as its motto and highlights a large stock of novelties priced from 12 4 to 75 cents per yard. The ad promotes blankets, bed comforters, flannels, wool and cashmere garments, hosiery, cloaks, capes, shirts, collars, cuffs, and underwear with emphasis on direct-from-manufacturer savings and custom manufacturing options.
Verses praising local baseball players from the National India Rubber Co. employee appear alongside a memorial minute for Mr. George Franklin Stanton of St. Michael's, noting his vestry service, devout conduct, and family devotion. An Opera House event by Brown Banjo, Mandolin and Glee Clubs is reviewed, followed by a Hartwick lumberman’s wife praising Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism.
Providence residents will see The Sporting Duchess at the Providence Opera House the week of December 14 with Wednesday and Saturday matinees. The production features Agnes Booth Cora Tanner Sera Converse Joseph Wheelock Louis Massen Herry Lacey R A Roberta Beresford Webb Eliza Proctor Otis and Harry Gibbs with over 200 cast and 20 race horses in a spectacular Derby scene. The show promises fourteen large stage pictures and strong reviews from last season with Mrs Agnes Booth as the Duchess and Joseph Wheelock as Joe Aylmer the horse trainer.
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