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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1894
Page
2
Bristol news highlights a calendar wall delivery soon, revival services at South Christian Church, a theater performance of Othello, and various funerals and church activities. Also mentions subscription offers, local residents visiting, and the Bristol Light Company report alongside civic group installations and orders.
The Bristol and Warren Water Works held its annual meeting at the company office. Hugh K. Norman was named president, BOB. Martin secretary, and Gr. Norman Weaver treasurer. A 34 percent dividend was declined.
The Babbitt Relief Corps held an installation Wednesday evening with installing officer D I G Me David H E Potter of Warren assisted by Hall Renewer. Officers installed included President Mis havziecsiimimonus and Senior Vice President Vitss in the Fo Phelps among others. A banquet followed and members thanked donors as attendance was strong. Subsequent notes list elected and appointed officers and future meeting plans.
A fragmentary death notice reports the passing of an elderly resident, aged about 70s, in a local town. It mentions a funeral sermon and nearby locations, with limited readable details due to OCR damage.
John A Pitman of this town resigns as Town Hall janitor after 34 years and one month of service ending December 29 1893. He is praised as honest trustworthy and well known in the area for his long tenure and conduct.
Indies praise the 1894 calendar published by C. J. Hood & Co proprietors of Hood's Sarsaparilla. The calendar blends accurate dates with ornament and usefulness, a desirable gift. Readers may obtain it from druggists or by sending six cents for one or ten cents for two copies to C. I. Hood & Co Lowell Mass.
Mr Masfield the janitor is improving and can be about the street. Union Prayer Meeting Saturday at 8 pm and Sunday at 9 am. Men-only meeting Sunday at 6 45 pm. Strangers welcomed. Harper's Magazine resumes Great American Industries with A Bar of Iron by R R Bowker in February featuring iron ore separation and Edison magnetic process.
Providence Opera House hosts Parlor Match next Thu Fri and Sat with Hoyt style humor free of coarseness. Evans and Yoey star while Minnie French as the Innocent Kidd adds charm with Dancing Up to Date delivering grace and beauty to the performance.
Real merit is the hallmark of Hood's Sarsa parilla shown in daily cures. Druggists note repeat customers after trial bottles, proving results warrant continued use. Its unique preparation concentrates medicinal value, purifying blood and building strength for the weak and weary.
Bristol Chapter of the D A R held a regular meeting in Burnside Memorial Hall on Monday afternoon January 8. The treasury was asked to donate fifty dollars to the Washington fund for a portrait of Mrs Caroline Scott Harrison to hang in the White House. Two volumes of American Monthly Magazine were presented to the chapter by Mrs J Russell Bullock, bound in blue and gold. Delegates to the National Congress to be held in Washington February 22, 1894, were nominated by Miss Shepard and Mrs Pratt. Mrs George A Arnold read The Story of a Peaceful River linking Kirke m uit river towns with local legends. Miss Lucy Carpenter of Providence read Places of Interest in Rhode Island outlining Indian and Revolutionary history. The chapter thanked both readers for their papers.
A man abandons his wife and child at the Mount Hope steamboat wharf as it nears Fall River. He jumps aboard the departing vessel while the wife follows, risking her life to join him. Captain Conners stops the boat and orders the pair off. their identities remain unclear.
Names of students in the Primary Department who were neither absent nor tardy through the term ending December 15, 1893. Included are Cora Beals Sylvia Bosworth Julia Gayton Ellen Tobin Julia Saisteen Frank Coggeshall Thomas Clarke Charles Tobin Samuel Wardwell Annie White Ella Springer Annie Tobin Mary Kavanagh Annie Kavanagh Margie Leahy Ollie Wilson Jamie Leahy Edward Leahy Patrick Corcoran Chas Coggeshall John Coggeshall Aydon Wardwell Wilfred Clarke Willie Wardwell George Bosworth Louis Coggeshall John Corcoran Charlie Gardner Frank Chase John Bishop.
The syndicate owners of the cup winner Vigilant presented Nathaniel Herreshoff with a New Year gift of 2500 dollars. Commander Morgan of the New York Yacht Club sent a messenger to deliver the sum personally, causing Herreshoff’s astonishment.
The great value of Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy for catarrh is vouched for by thousands of people whom it has cured.
The Post Week lists visitors registered at the Bristol Motel including Tiaac W Thrasher from Fall River J S Harrington from s J oF McAdams F P Meyers Providence A C McIntyre Emory RO Blake P Kearns F Capron A W Laugetall W F Livesey P B Hackett J Henry Haslind Pasceag A C Pendleton F F Muvers from New York Daniel McNanira Framingham COW Smith Lynn Miss Jamie Lagrange Boston CS Leighton ee
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