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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1916
Page
3
Metro pictures at the Pas time draw crowded houses each Saturday night. Tomorrow evening manager Dillon presents His Great Triumph with Marguerite Snow and William Nigh in peak form. Five act photo play accompanied by the usual comedy films.
Grafton Willard Gardner MD died in Atlanta Georgia last Monday. Born June 26 1835 in this town he was son of the late Capt Joseph L Gardner and Mary Newell Millard Gardner. He practiced medicine in Atlanta for 45 years and earlier in Nashville. He was twice married first Isabella Farrell of Columbia SC and second Edith A Smith of Montgomery AL who survives him with one son Grafton W Gardner Jr of Jacob Florida. He previously authored reminiscence pieces for the Phoenix years ago.
The Colt Memorial High School class of 1916 will sail to Newport next Tuesday. A chartered boat will depart at 1 30 and return around 5. The evening banquet at Hotel Belvedere will have S Westley Gladding as toastmaster. Class History read by Miss Mardie Goddard Prophesy by Miss Marion Dunbar Will by Miss Louse H DeWolf.
Bristol Grammar School will hold its graduation in the Colt Memorial High School auditorium next Tuesday at 2 30 PM. The 61 graduates include 30 girls with James Edward Sullivan Jr as president and Dorothy Hill as vice president. The program features a long list of speakers and musical numbers, concluding with diploma awards and a benediction.
The Class of 1916 graduates will hold commencement in the auditorium next Wednesday at 8 PM. A reception and dance follow. The reception committee includes Ernest H Webb chairman Prescott Paull Elizabeth C Walsh Louise H DeWolf and Josephine A Brogan. Graduates by course are listed with names for Classical English and Commercial tracks, class officers named as Springer Brogan Dunbar Morris Goddard.
The Bache Private School Prim ary Department closed this afternoon at 3 pm under Miss Wocakura Howland with songs recitations dialogues and neighborly tributes. The Grammar department graduation is set for next Monday at 3 pm with five graduates and diplomas to be presented by Rev Charles E McCoy.
This evening at the Star Theatre features Robert B Mantell and Genevieve Hamper in The Unfaithful Wife with six acts plus the final chapter of The Strange Case of Mary Page. Also shown are Puppets of Fate first in a 14 part photo drama series, Who's Guilty with Anna Nilsson and Tom Moore, Behind the Curtain with Dorothy Phillips, I'll Get Her Yet featuring Pat Rooney, and Grace Cunard in Born of the People.
Patriotic services planned at the State Street M E Church with flags and flowers inside. The 10 30 a m service features a theme Preparedness as Gods Lesson in the Events of Today. Evening platform service at 7 30 with four speakers on Our Duty as a Nation vs the Need of the Hour. Special music by a large chorus. Public invited.
A surprise party for Miss Ruth Francis was held last evening at 14 First Street. About 40 of her young friends attended, with music by the newly formed French Orchestra. Games were played and a collation was served.
Boston Transcript reports a fire incident at a prison occurring at night. The piece notes damage and preliminary details of the escape attempt, with authorities investigating the blaze and potential inmate involvement.
The Phoenix notes receipt of subscriptions for the Narragansett Amateur League Bristol base ball team. Previous acknowledgment shows $53.25 and entries for O R Seigel MD with a 200 6 CM 1.00 line.
An article notes asbestos spun into thread is extremely fine 32 000 feet needed to equal one pound. It discusses its properties and potential implications for industrial use and safety concerns.
The advertisement touts Hokara as a delicate skin friendly antiseptic massage cream that clears pimples eczema and blemishes. It claims soothing tonic effects and that dead skin peels off after applying to hands or face. A money back guarantee backs the claim with price 33 cents for a liberal jar and 60 cents for a larger size from W H Butlington.
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