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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1910
Page
2
The fund for changes at the Children's Home laundry increased by a one dollar gift from William Williams, bringing total contributions to 98.25 dollars. The funds have been turned over to the Home's managers.
Attorney-General Wickersham orders immediate Federal Grand Jury probe of the Meat Trust with possible indictment. New York District Attorney Whitman to present evidence to a special Grand Jury against the Milk Trust, backed by state findings. Both trusts allegedly overstate capital via goodwill to force high prices, harming producers and consumers. The cost of living becomes a legal issue as prosecutions draw interest from a wary public.
In this town Jan 24 a son to Mr and Mrs Alburt Battcher Oraoz Jan 24 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Joseph Oraz Jan 21 Andrea Ambrosia aged 3 years Jan 22 Mason in Providence Mar maduke Mnson aged 92 years Jan 28 Alma Missler aged 26 years Jan 23 Mary A wife of Rev Clark Perry in her 49th year Jan 28 James H Coggeshall formerly of this town aged 59 years
Mails arrive at 7.00 10.00 a m 2.00 4.00 6.00 7.15 p m and close at 7.40 9.00 11.80 a m 2.00 6.00 7.15 p m Arrive 8.00 a m Close 4.50 p m Office hours Sunday 9.30 to 10.80 a m Sunday mail will be given out from carriers racks at south door 9.30 to 10.80 a m.
The text lists outward hours 7.50, 1.20 am, 8.20 and 5.20 pm and inward times 8.00, 12.00 am, 3.00 and 7.80 pm for the eXpress matter.
Providence visitor reports and social notes from Bristol include Maude Sisson's New York trip, guests at Mabel F Rogers's Constitution Street home, and minstrel show tickets at R O Quirk's. Public events feature a bean supper and whist at G A R Hall, a Bristol Opera House amateur minstrel benefit, and a school play by Colt Memorial High School seniors.
An old advertisement touts Allen's Foot Base as a remedy for tight shoes. It claims the powder lets wearers fit into smaller sizes, especially for patent leather and new shoes. The ad notes the product is sold everywhere for 23 cents.
Four fresh trainees from Rhode Island Normal School arrive to begin five months of practice in the Oliver and Walley buildings. In Walley, Miss Bessie L. Stanford is critic teacher with Ethel J. Saunders of Lafayette in first grade and May A. Shannon of Wakefield in fifth grade. In Oliver, Miss Mary E. Spooner leads as critic teacher with Alice M. Fitzpatrick of Arkwright in first grade and Eva M. Champlin of Exeter in fifth grade. Former trainees Edith E. Bardick of Stonington will teach in Lincoln, Matilda G. Healey of Warren moves to Hampden Meadows, Louise C. Carr of Jamestown returns home to teach, and Ethel J. Sanford of Newport departs Friday for home.
Advertised letters for the week end ing Jan 22 include Frank A Butler M Kohler Robert V May Edmond O’Brien Wm H Wallace 8 Mrs Aramay Kelley Lillie Johnston Grace L Dewey.
A historical note states that a woman first enticed a man to eat, but the man later chose to drink independently. The account emphasizes personal decision over external influence in his drinking habit.
The source question asks for the main reason for wanting a divorce and answers with a tautology that they are married, implying no substantive cause is provided in the text. The apparent reason offered is the existence of marriage itself rather than specific issues.
A nostalgic poem recalls a longing to return to a remembered country town and garden. The speaker imagines finding the beloved’s roses, phlox, and cherry trees again, then concedes that there is no way back to the Land of Yesterday. The piece reflects on memory and loss.
In Dalhousie castle grounds Scotland a famed oak is linked to family deaths. A branch was said to fall whenever a family member died, with a new tree sprouting after the original fell in the early eighteenth century. In 1874 an old forester reportedly cried “The laird's deed now” as a branch dropped, soon after news of the eleventh Earl of Dalhousie's death.
A shipwrecked sea captain told a straightforward tale of his vessel breaking apart along the Swiss coast. He claimed misfortune followed him after the loss of everything aboard the voyage.
In a Harper's Weekly cartoon lines a clergyman questions the use of abominable oaths, while the motorcyclist counters with another sharp jibe, illustrating a humorously tense clash over language and propriety.
The desire to appear clever often stops a person from becoming clever. A terse reflection on vanity and true wisdom.
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