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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1916
Page
3
Christmas Day Holy Communion held at 10 30 with full choir music. The second annual Miracle Play The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ will be performed in the Chapel on Thursday and Friday evenings this week. The Christmas tree exercises begin at 7 30 this evening.
Christmas Day at Trinity Church features Communion at 7.30 a.m. Matins at 10 a.m. Choral Eucharist with solemn procession and sermon at 10.30 a.m. Evensong at 5 p.m. The Children's Festival and Feasts light and Nativity play follow Epiphany on Jan 12 with 7.30 p.m. Evensong and lighting, gifts distributed after the play.
The schedule lists 5 30 a m High Mass with Hail Hail Christmas Day, 7 30 Mass with Adeste Fideles, 9 o clock Mass with Gloria in Excelsis Deo, 10 30 High Mass Day with Pastores and Adeste Fideles, plus an evening Rosary and Benediction. Orchestra members are named and the Sunday School Christmas tree exercises occurred in the Parish Hall at 2 30 p m.
St Elizabeths Church held Masses at 5 30, 8 30 and 10 30 with 10 30 High Mass led by Rev A P Rebello and altar boys. Adeste Fideles performed in processional and at cappetory. Leonard mass in Bb sung. Soloists Mary R Mello soprano Mary Salvico contralto John Sylvester tenor Manuel Pino bass Peter Vaccaro violin. Vespers and Benediction followed. Angels We Have Heard on High hymn. Christmas tree exercises conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 30 in Columbia Hall.
The notice lists an 10 30 am Sunday service with organ preludes doxology invocation responsive reading and anthems by the choir including There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field and The Noel A sermon The Christmas Message is delivered by the pastor with benediction and an organ postlude. The program credits include James Lyon H Maunder Paul Lacombe and performers DE Carter organist and director Mrs Wilmarth H Colwell soprano.
Mrs F M Dimond and others perform as contralto tenor and bass in a Christmas service. The program features songs such as Hail to the King and Welcome to the Mighty Prince of Peace, recitations, exercises by primary and boys classes, and a memorial unveiling for Mrs Mary T Borden Gladding. A Christmas entertainment follows on Wednesday Dec 27 at 7 30.
The Sunday service features a full Christmas musical program with processions, anthems, solos, and hymns led by Music Director Thomas Chantler and Organist Arthur Newman. A Sunday School exercise titled Wonderland will be presented in the vestry on Wednesday evening December 27 at 7:30.
Rev William A. Farren formerly of North Attleboro now lives in Providence officiated the Sunday 10.30 service at the First Baptist Church. Special Christmas music was part of the morning program and the Sunday School Christmas tree exercises are set for Thursday at 7 30 p m.
The article describes village specialization across the empire with crafts like axe making and wood cutting. It notes social life among nobility, fairs as market centers, and the shift from serfdom to freedom, detailing wages from 40 to 80 cents daily and staple diets of cabbage soup and rye bread for the lower classes.
Youths Companion notes that Mosaic sanitary laws aligned with or predated modern hygiene. It cites pork and shellfish prohibition, milk as contagion, sanitary slaughter methods, early cautions on tuberculosis in cattle, isolation of contagions, burial outside cities, and periodic family fasting camps as health measures.
The United States declared war on Tripoli on June 10, 1801 after demanding higher tribute. Commodore Daley led a Mediterranean squadron followed by Morris and Preble. The conflict lasted until 1805 with notable valor by American sailors and helped curb Barbary piracy.
The word agnostic combines Greek roots meaning not knowing. It notes a stance of ignorance toward mysteries beyond scientific demonstration and denies being a distinct creed or infidelity.
An old English custom links the elder unmarried sister to wearing green stockings at her younger sister’s wedding. A parallel tradition in this country is the elder sister wearing green eyes instead of stockings.
Sunday afternoon programs at two churches featured Santa Claus gift distributions and student recitations. St Marys in Parish Hall with Sisters of Mercy, Sisson's Orchestra, and Henry Serbst Jr as Santa. St Elizabeths in Columbia Hall directed by Miss Clarissa Paivo with Antonio Pacheco as Santa and Frank Cabral solos.
Mrs Ann Malone died last Thursday at her home 82 Thames street aged 63. Born in Ireland she was daughter of the late Mr and Mrs William Costigan. Funeral held Saturday at 9 from St Marys Church with requiem mass by Rev T J Gillan. Interment at Warren.
Readable list shows registrations for Bristol and Barrington areas. Names include Nathaniel G. Herreshoff Jr and Henry H Posytan with Velie and Bristol runabout models, plus National India Rubber Company delivery vehicle and Herbert B Farnum touring car, with engine powers noted.
A substitute for gold is made by blending 94 parts copper with six parts antimony and a small amount of magnesium carbonate to add weight. The alloy can be drawn wrought and soldered much like gold and holds a goldlike polish. Value is about 25 cents per pound.
Readable fragments reveal two speakers, Maria and John, discussing secrecy and a Puffers gathering tonight. The exchange emphasizes Mrs. Puffer's insistence on music for the event, hinting at a social or household scene.
An English scientist reports seaweed can yield fuel oil, claiming seven gallons per ton of vegetable matter. He says seaweed could become a prolific energy source when other supplies run dry.
A quiet resolve to add nothing to others misery shapes a life in line with Walter Pater's view of restraint. The passage emphasizes avoiding compulsion to express or alter the world and finding steadiness in minimal impact.
The Houston Post warns that joy riding wastes gasoline energy and time that should be turned into money, urging readers to seek productive uses and curb reckless driving.
A concise reflection notes that invention arises more from judgment than labor. It posits that insight and decision shape progress as much as hard work, shaping creative breakthroughs and innovation.
The notice lists multiple January social events including New Year’s Dances at G A R Hall hosted by the Y M P C Trinity Parish and the Jolly Boys Club, private dances at Hotel Belvedere Sun Parlor, a State Street MF Church entertainment by Epworth League, a Class of 1917 private dance in Colt Memorial High School, and the Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company annual fair opening night at G A R Hall on January 27.
James Dailey and Miss Isabel Reed married in this town on December 18 by Rev Charles E. McCoy. Both are residents of this town.
In this town Mrs Ann Malone died on December 21 at age 63. Frederick Howard Murphy died suddenly on December 25 at age 37 years 6 months 2 days.
Mrs. Mary O'Rourke of 39 Bourne Street Bristol testifies that backache from working and kidney colds is halted by Doan's Kidney Pills. She says a box always stops the pain quickly and she would use nothing else. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Tonight the Star Theatre shows Clyde Fitch’s The Girl With the Green Eyes in five acts, plus The Grip of Evil and other features with chocolates given away. Wednesday presents Apostle of Vengeance with W S Hart, Earl Williams in The Scarlet Runner, and the comedy His First False Step with Chester Conklin.
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