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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1894
Page
7
Eleanor Kirk argues about truth in business and offers advice on removing facial hair for women. She notes the gap between moral preaching and daily needs, endorses safe depilatory methods, warns of fraud in the complexion trade, and claims electric needle treatment can be permanent with skilled operators.
Providence Opera House presents Oscar Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan starting next Monday January 29 for a week. Wed and Sat matinees at 2 o'clock feature Wilde’s sharp wit and sparkling dialogue designed to entertain and leave audiences in good humor.
The Y M C A rooms are being thoroughly renovated with a new carpet to be ready for occupancy soon. The Don Luiz Felippe Society fair has drawn a large crowd with help from several notable young ladies serving patrons. Union Prayer Meetings are scheduled Saturday evening at 7 o'clock and Sunday morning at 9, with a men only meeting Sunday at 5 45 and a cordial welcome to strangers.
Albert Johnson visits town while the Ancient Order of Workmen meets. Court Warren Foresters plan a February ball in Armory hall. Local dignitaries attend bank directors’ meeting, church convocations, tempers union activities, and a variety of entertainments at Armory hall and George Hall Free Library.
A verse compares fleeting beauty to love and urges patience, noting that lasting affection outlasts change. The text introduces what is believed to be Lord Byron’s final letter, published in Harper’s Magazine February issue, tied to Rev Dr Hagman’s sketch on Lord Byron and the Greek Patriots.
A catalog of new titles and donations lists Thoreau, Hypnotism, One Thousand Blunders, The Watchmaker's Wife and many others. Early Providence records volumes and Rollins historical works are noted. Edward Manning presides at the Bristol Hotel kitchen. An Harper's Magazine piece by Dr Edward Eggleston recalls the Northwest Indians and the famed scout George Northrup.
A list of patents issued to Rhode Island residents includes W. E. Allen of Providence for a Spindle Bearing, Robert Newton of Providence for a Mechanical Stoker Furnace, Charles Pay of Providence for a Hoisting Apparatus, and Herbert L. Stillman of Charlestown for a Rail for Railways. The notice mentions Franklin 4 Hough, solicitor, and cites patent numbers 613449, 618185, 513445. Hall’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer is advertised as a hair growth and color revival remedy.
Alexander G Sanford petitions as administrator de bonis non, stating the personal estate is insufficient to pay debts and funeral expenses. He lists multiple Bristol parcels—two house lots on Franklin Street, High Street estate, Milk and Byfield homestead, another High Street lot, and a Church Street lot—seeking authority to sell enough real estate to cover debts, with hearing set for February at 10 A.M. in Bristol Law Clerk's Office. Notice published once weekly for fourteen days.
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