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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1907
Page
2
A fragment from Hornix News notes a green Christmas after yesterday’s rain and urges joy lighting lives. It quotes Emily Dickinson on small acts of kindness, urging smiles and kindness to children and others, and promotes the season’s tranquil goodwill.
Phi Alpha Pi held a Friday gathering with president absent. Secretary Bottomley acted as presiding officer and invited the Providence chapter to visit on January 17 with plans for entertainment. A fine picture was donated for the club walls and an oyster supper followed.
Mrs Joe King of Woodland Texas swears by Pineules 30 day treatment sold by UC W Sparks. She previously suffered four years with kidney and bladder trouble and found relief after using the product. The ad touts a 1D tube with nozzle for piles and guarantees a cure, priced at 1.00, with Sparks promoting the item.
Mails arrive at 7.00, 10.00, 12.00, 2.00, 4.00, 6.46 p.m. and 7.15 p.m. for Bristol and Globe routes plus Sunday delivery 8.30 p.m. General delivery stamps sold 4.80 to 5 p.m. Office hours Sunday 9:30 to 10:38 p.m. Express service by Earle & Prew lists outward times 7:35 11:05 a.m. 3:05 5:05 p.m. and inward times 7:45 11:45 a.m. 2:45 6:45 p.m.
A string of festive mentions, illness updates, church events, and theater openings fills pages. Readers learn of a Methodist Church prayer meeting, a Belvedere Christmas dinner, and local gift ads while noting a diphtheria case in Chicago linked to William Peters, and holiday travel plans for Sara Molasky and Kathleen Christie.
The Bristol Opera House presents When the Bell Tolls on Thursday. The play is acclaimed as one of the finest of the past decade and blends drama with comedy. A first class company performs with specialties between acts. Tickets cost 25, 85, or 60 cents and are on sale at Conley Brothers.
Evening school closed last Friday and likely will not reopen after vacation. Enrollment reached 102 with 52 average belonging, 86 average evening attendance, and 3.5 teachers, yielding 10 pupils per teacher for the term. J. H. Bailey Jr. notes earlier weeks had teachers working with classes of 25 or more, few students speaking English.
In a special meeting last evening the Town Council considers a request from St. Mary's Total Abstinence Society to close saloons on Christmas Day. All members attend except Anthrop G. Thurston. The petition is not granted and the society is allowed to withdraw. Nicholas J. Golden liquor license for Bristol Hotel at 24 State Street is ordered noticed.
The Bristols beat Middleboro YOMA 29 to 27 in a tight contest Saturday night. The score was 16–16 at halftime with a seesaw second half as Wardwell dropped in a late goal to seal the win. Balfour scored six field goals and three foul shots. Simister also starred on the Bristols lineup.
A young man declares solitude is better than bad company while the baroness, emitting dumb grief, hides her face. The exchange ends with a formal farewell as Heginald is bewitched by her beauty in a somber scene.
William Card was seriously injured Sunday afternoon after falling down the rear stairs of the Kunz Block on State Street. He fractured his nose, sustained wounds requiring 12 stitches on the forehead and upper lip, and received neck and shoulder contusions. Card was carried to Capt. Lyman Potts’s rooms and attended by Dr. Jon Lake. He was rendered unconscious initially and regained consciousness after some time.
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