Cost of Beauty Parlor Bills Stir Society Row
A New York society woman’s monthly beauty parlor bill reached fifty two dollars, with charges for Turkish baths facial massage and violet water. An attendant boasted high daily tips from elite clients while a rumored hair restoration remedy sold as Hay’s Hair Health drew $5 per bottle, though identical to a cheaper drugstore formula.
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Hay
Philo Hay Specialties CO
Newark
N. J
C. W. Sparks
Waiting to Idle Time Still Costs More Than Work
admonishes delaying effort and warns that idle time wastes resources, urging continued labor rather than passive waiting. It contrasts old methods as costly and emphasizes diligence and purposeful action over postponement.
Coming Events in Bristol Group Listings
A series of community events announced for late January and February include a minstrel show at Bristol Opera House by the Bristol Base Ball Association on January 26 and 27, a supper whist and sale in G AR Hall on February 1, dances at Hotel Belvedere and G A R Hall on February 2 and February 3, a bean supper at St Michael's Chapel on February 8, a Sunnyside Social Club dance at Institute Hall on February 4, and a 3 act comedy A Little Savage at Bristol Opera House on February 8 staged by Colt Memorial High School seniors.
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Bristol Opera House
Bristol Base Ball Association
G. AR. Hall
St. Michael’s Church
Ivy Guild
G A. R Gall
G. Rounds
J. Pickles
Institute Hall
Warren
Sunnyside
Colt Memorial High School
Death of Mrs Rosalie DeWolf Hopper in New York
The Bristol-born Mrs Rosalie DeWolf Hopper widow of John Hopper and mother of DeWolf Hopper the actor died last Thursday at 319 West Fifty fourth Street New York City at 83. She recalled Linden Place childhood days with William Henry DeWolf and the elopement of Rosalie with John Hopper in 1846.
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Rosalie DeWolf Hopper
John Hopper
DeWolf Hopper
West Fiftyfourth Street
New York City
Bristol
William Henry de Wolf
Linden Place
Rosalie
High
Union Streets
Hopper
Sarah Rogers
the Rogers
Philadelphia
William Rogers
Brown University
Temple of Learning
Warren
Isaac T. Hopper
Isaac ‘I’. Hopper
P. Colt
George DeWolf
Theodora DeWolf Colt
Col. Colt
William Henry DeWolf
William Henry
School for Scandal read by Prof Crosby in Bristol
Prof Thomass Crosby Jr of Brown University presented a reading of School for Scandal in Rockwell Hall last Friday evening. The performance, praised for clear enunciation and lifelike portrayal, drew generous applause and amused the Bristol audience with witty dialogue and refined humor.
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Thomass Crosby, Jr
Brown University
School For Scandal
Rockwell Hall
Crosby
Bristol
Star Theatre Delivers Record Bristol Show Despite Rain
Despite bad weather Satur day management posted standing room only signs for both matinee and evening shows. The Death Disc by the Biograph company drew a large crowd while Misa Ella Allaire received hearty encores. The program is hailed as Bristol's best ever.
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Biograph Company
Misa Ella Allaire
Bristol
Australian Leaf Herbal Remedy Ad from Mother Gray Co.
A vintage advertisement promoting Mother Gray's Australian Leaf as a gentle herb cure for kidney and bladder trouble back pain headaches and fatigue. The copy touts the product as a regulator with no equal and invites readers to try a sample for free via The Mother Gray Co. LeRoy New York and local druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy, N. Y
Marmaduke Mason Dies After Long Illness At Cranston State Hospital
Marmaduke Mason of this town died about 8 o clock Saturday morning at the State Hospital for the Insane in Cranston from senile dementia. Earlier, James Coyle was found guilty in district court of a $28 robbery from Mason on Franklin street, with Mason’s testimony taking a toll on his health. Mason, born April 11, 1818 in Warren, was a shoemaker turned gardener and a Prohibitionist. He leaves a brother Wilbur Mason and sister Betsey H. Chafee, with funeral held at 2 pm from the Mortuary Chapel at North Cemetery. The body entombed at North Cemetery.
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Marmaduke Mason
State Hospital For the Insane
Cranston
Franklin Street
John H. Morrissey
Henry Serbst
James Coyle
Coyle
Mary
Catherine Coyle
Mason
Mr. Mason
Warren
Anthony and
Betsey Mason
Sampson Mason
England
Rehoboth
Mass
Bristol
H. K. S. Rawson
State Street
Hope Street
Frederick A. Easterbrooks
Sally Munro
Lincoln Avenue
Wilbur Mason
Betsey H. Chafee
Providence
North Cemetery
John McVay
M. E
James H Coggeshall editor dies suddenly in Wickford
James H Coggeshall editor and publisher of the Wickford Standard died suddenly at his Wickford home after a fainting spell. Born May 8 1851 he edited the paper until death and leaves a widow Mary M Wilson and daughter Edith Coggeshall. Funeral arrangements include St Albans Lodge Masons meeting at Franklin Street station and entombment at North Cemetery chapel.
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James H. Coggeshall
Wickford
Coggeshall
Col
James and
Delight (Horton) Coggeshall
Phoenix
T. 8
Hammond
Providence
Standard
Mary M. Wilson
New Jersey
Edaith Coggeshall
New York, New Haven & Hartford
St. Alban’s Lodge
A. F
A. M
Franklin Street
North Cemetery
Alma Missler Dies At 26 After Long Illness
Alma Missler died Sunday at 4 AM at the home of Alexander Davidson 21 Cottage Street from tuberculosis after a long illness including a year at Wallum Pond State Sanatorium. Born in Germany she came to the United States at age 13 and worked as a companion in the Mrs Church home on Church Street and at Craneton Worsted Mills. she is survived by a German mother and an aunt in
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Alma Missler
Alexander Davidson
Cottage Street
Wallum Pond
Stephen W. Church
Church Street
Cranaton
Migs Missler
Germany
Death of Andrea D Ambrosia at 68 after long illness
Andrea D Ambrosia died Friday afternoon at his Bristol home after a long illness from Brights disease. A Scafati Italy native, he learned the druggist trade and worked in New York and New Haven before retiring after 30 years in the business. Survived by six children and a married daughter, funeral Mass at St Marys Church followed by interment in St Marys Cemetery.
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Andrea D’ambrosia
Franklin and
High Streets
Bright
D’ Ambrosia
Scafati
Italy
Angelo D’ambrosia
United States
New York
New Haven
Conn
Bristol
Dd’ Ambrosia
Angelo
Frank
Dominic
Missea Mary
Rosa D’ambrosia
D’ambrosia
St. Mary’s Church
Thomas J. Gillan
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Edward Bogert Dies After Short Illness in Staten Island
Edward Langdon Bogert eldest son of the late Hon Theodore P and Eliza T Bogert died of pneumonia after a brief illness at the S R Smith Infirmary Staten Island on January 19 1910 Funeral held at Christ Church New Brighton January 22 at 2 PM Interment Silver Mount Cemetery Staten Island He had long ties to New Brighton and thirty one years with the Bradstreet Company Survived by two brothers W Rassell Bogert and Rev Harry Howe Bogert two sisters Mrs Edward P Guerard and Miss Julia Bogert and one son Langdon Bogert A.H. Flint later Bristol Neck home of the Bogerts parents resided here half a century ago Hon Theodore P Bogert represented Bristol in the Rhode Island General Assembly 40 years ago.
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Edward Langdon Bogert
Theodore P
Eliza T. (Howe) Bogert
S. R. Smith Infirmary
Staten Island
Christ Church
New Brighton
Bradstreet Company
Henry E. Donn
James H. North
M. A. Burke
Ashton Lawrence
Arthur Redewald
Blake Garrigan
Bogert
W. Rassell Bogert
New York City
Harry Howe Bogert
Point Pleasant
New Jersey
Edward P. Guerard
Julia Bogert
Langdon Bogert
S. L
Bristol Neck
A. H. Flint
Pardee
Ferry Hill
Theodore P. Bogert
Bristol
General Assembly of
Rhode Island
Comrade Hugh Carroll Dies at Soldiers' Home
Comrade Hugh Carroll died at 4.30 this morning at the Soldiers' Home after a long tuberculosis illness, aged 70. He was admitted from Phenix in 1899 and is likely to be buried there. During the Civil War he served nine months in Company I of the 12th Rhode Island Volunteers.
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Hough Carroll
Soldiers’ Home
Carroll
Phenix
Co. I
Rhode Island
Queer Jewelry in West Africa Telegraph Theft Tale
An Italian fashion note from West Africa lampoons barbarian taste as natives adorn themselves with stolen telegraph wires, insulators, and German goods. Governors’ parties reveal chiefs wearing wire neck rings while insulators serve as earrings and locals mount rubber heels and silk garters as ornaments.
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West Africa
Southwest
Africa
Soldier’s beginnings told by Sir Evelyn Wood
At Sandringham a deaf Sir Evelyn Wood recalls starting music late at twenty four and giving up scales after his sister advised it. He says he began life as a sailor, then joined the army via the bar, and the only path he never tried was the church, which some enemies speculate he might have chosen had he known which church.
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Sandringham
Evelyn Wood
Sir William Broadbent
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