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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1910
Page
3
A terse health warning stresses chewing well to prevent indigestion from quick lunches and hurried meals. It cautions that swallowing hastily eaten food leads to digestive trouble, urging mindful eating to avoid stomach discomfort.
Beecham's Pills act directly on the stomach nerves to aid digestion and assimilation. They are especially useful for nervous dyspepsia, bloating, hiccoughs, bitter mouth taste, and flatulence. With reasonable care in eating, relief will come soon.
The Churchmen's Club met at All Saints parish house in Providence for a dinner last evening with about 160 members present. Guest of honor was Rt. Rev. Peter O. Rowe bishop of Alaska who spoke on missions among Iquimes and Indians and later addressed a public service at All Saints Church. He praised efforts to spread the Gospel and build hospitals schools and club rooms for miners in the frigid region.
A masquerade ball hosted by Miss Mildred Usher Gorham’s dancing class at G A R Hall drew a large crowd yesterday afternoon. The grand march opened by Samuel Brelsford and Emily Manchester featured pupils in roles from Indian Maiden to Old Fashioned Girl, with many performances praised for skill and charm.
The Defiance Hose Company held its regular meeting at the Bristol Neck hall and planned a mock trial. The King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co No 1 met next, with Robert H Peterson presiding and numerous year long appointments announced.
Last evening the Strikers won two string from the Twenty threes with Kenney Jr bowling 323. The Bruilers edged the Hustlers two in three as Saillant totaled 889 and Paul 304. Sunnysides beat South End two in three as Hill lifted his average to 311 and Osterberg made 298.
The second round of the Major League tournament starts next Wednesday evening. Twelve teams each play 11 matches as they face every other team once. The tournament closes on June 2.
Charles Frohman presents the new farcical romance Love Among the Lions at the Imperial Theatre Providence for the week starting February 7. The play, dramatized by Winchell Smith from F. Austey’s novel, features Theodore Sanders and Luang de Castro in a cage wedding amid comic obstacles. Notable cast includes Wallace Eddinger Jane Oaker Ernest Lawford and others. Wednesday and Saturday matinees offer popular prices with seats not over $1.
Capt John Bull Buckingham died at his home in West Barrington on Tuesday morning from pneumonia he was 83 or 84 years old In youth he sailed packets between Providence New York and Long Island Sound and at Civil War outbreak he engaged in West India trade After the war he moved to West Barrington and in 1869 began the oyster business retiring in 1900 His son Erastus M Buckingham who worked with him continues the firm as B Buckinghams Son in Warren
The Philadelphia Public Ledger reports a fashionable wedding at St Luke and the Epiphany. Miss Elizabeth Amy Howe wed Alfred G. B Steel in a noon ceremony officiated by Rev. David M. Steele. The bride wore ivory satin with a tulle veil and diamond brooch, joined by a large bridal party and ornate church decor. Afterward a reception at Locust Street and a two month European voyage planned for the couple.
Theodore Ormond Gladding of this town and Mrs Charlotte Marroldt of Portsmouth New Hampshire were wed at St Pauls Church Portland Maine Tuesday January 25. The ceremony was by Rev Joseph E Sheppard. They honeymooned in New York Washington and Clarksville Va and now reside on Bay View avenue.
Tickets are selling well for the three act comedy A Little Savage to be staged next Tuesday evening at the Bristol Opera House by the Colt Memorial High School Senior Class. The cast includes Capt Donald Charphill and Lieut Arthur Lawton with Mrs Churchill and Lady Agnes Sutherland among others.
In this town on January 26 a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Flowers.
The item records two marriage notices in Philadelphia and Portland Maine dated February 1 and January 26 with named parties Alfred G. Steel Eliza beth Amy Howe and Theodore O. Gladding Charlotte Jancey Marroldt, followed by a brief social remark by Mrs A about a lecturer describing heaven as seven distinct heavens and Mrs B reacting with discomfort at the notion.
The dispute was settled simply by locating the exact point where he stopped shoveling snow. They concluded he would not cross the line, making the resolution straightforward and uncontroversial.
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