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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1905
Page
1
The schedule details October 1904 northbound and southbound electric car departures from Bristol Constitution Street and Fox Point Providence to and from Bristol and Providence. Weekday and Sunday services list specific departure and arrival times across a full day from early morning to late night.
Regular weekday service runs from City Hall 5.45 a.m. every 30 minutes to 7.15 p.m. then hourly to 11.15 p.m. Bristol terminus begins 5.15 a.m. with 80 minute intervals until 6.45 p.m. then hourly to 10.45 p.m. plus 7.15 8.15 11.15 p.m. and 12.45 a.m. to Riverside car house. Sundays depart City Hall 7.45 a.m. then half-hourly to 10.15 p.m. from Bristol 6.45 a.m. to 6.45 p.m. every 80 minutes, then hourly to 9.45 p.m. and at 7.15 8.15 10.45 11.45 p.m. to Riverside only. Cars leave Franklin Street six minutes after Bristol departure.
Passenger times listed for Newport to Providence and Bristol to Newport service. Fares not mentioned. Not run Sundays. Arrival times at Newport include morning and afternoon windows with multiple daily departures and arrivals listed.
Read varied worship across Bristol on New Year's Day with Epworth League led by Miss Lelia Judson Tuttle of Columbia University. Rev W L Hood preached The Best New Thing at State Street M E, while Rev W R Trotter spoke on Romans 8 28 and church history of Christ at Trinity and St Michaels. Ladies Auxiliary of St Mary's elect officers and publish resolutions on Rev Patrick McCabe's death.
A large morning audience heard Mr. Owen preach from Luke 14 18. Evening Chris tian Endeavor discussed Our Goal for 1905. A New Year sermon from Deut 2 3 urged advancement. Bristol Congregational Fast Day included Exodus God made the sea dry land. Herman Bell and Mr. Abbott spoke. Afternoon topic The Future as a Motive. Night service compared life to a tale with chapters and a plot. Strong attendance marked the Fast Day observance.
District Court in Bristol started the new year with no criminal cases on the docket. In Domuinico Malafronte v Meiggs, Joseph Benjamin was added to test title and the case was continued to January 9. Judgment in Guitano Espinoso v Villatico will be entered in Warren Thursday due to wage attachment. Catherine Scanlon v Elizabeth Scanlon may be withdrawn, with several civil cases continued.
Benjamin Knowles Wilson wed Flora Clarke Cornell at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Elijah H Cornells in Bristol on December 381 officiated by Rev G L Locke D D The couple both reside in Bristol and the notice records their marriage in this town.
John Maher, son of Thomas and Mary Maher, died in town on January 1 at the age of 1 year and 12 days. Funeral details to be announced by the family.
The annual meeting at Goff's hotel in Warren elected officers for the coming year. George B. Arnold was chosen president, Benjamin A. Church vice president, Dr. Horace Seymour secretary and treasurer, Henry F. Hall warden, and O. W. Greene Sanford O. White and John A. Saillant as executive committee members. A sumptuous dinner followed in the dining hall.
Forty million bottles of August Flower have been sold in the United States since its introduction. The ad claims it cures indigestion and dyspepsia, regulates the liver, and has a thirty five year track record of helping millions. Trial bottles are offered at 250 and regular size at 750.
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