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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1908
Page
1
It is not nearly so hard to please that class here as it is to convince those who are ignorant of qualities and indifferent as to real values The keener your judgment the surer we are that our furnishings will more than meet your every requirement Permit us to prove it.
A midnight bonfire and band concert, with a 6 am and 6 pm national salute and a 12 m Union salute by the Bristol Train of Artillery on the Common. Bells toll at 6 am 12 m and 6 pm. Procession forms at 9 45 am, division routes noted, proceeding to State Thames Church High Valley Hope Town Bridge then Opera House for a reading of the Declaration, oration, music, and benediction.
Detailed roster lists officers and leaders across divisions in the Rhode Island Naval Battalion including commanders Lieutenants and staff such as Wing Bristol Training of Artillery, Hunter Newport Lawton Providence Howland Pitman Bliss Prest and others serving in first through fourth divisions with a focus on the military escort and drum corps components. The document names higher officers Col Merton A Cheesman and Captain Frank R Hunter along with paymaster surgeon and staff roles.
Second Division marshal and aides including Dr Russell S Church and Robert Jones with the Board of Engineers and fire companies. Third Division marshal John H Bailey Jr with carriages for the Orator of the Day Edward Lawrence Leahy and reader Miss Gertrude Gla dding Bunn. Members of the Town Council, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, and committee of arrangements.
St. Mary's Fife and Drum Corps led by Thomas Leahy and the Dom Luiz Felippe Society under Manuel Andrade present in the Fourth Division with the Guard of Honor Auxiliary to the event.
At 2 o clock a cutter race among Naval Battalion crews for a silver cup starts at the Naval Reserve Wharf and ends there after a stake near Franklin Street. At 3 pm a ball game between the Bristols and the Independents of Fall River on the Common follows a Second Regiment Band concert featuring Sousa marches and operatic overtures. At 4:15 the National Band of Warren performs a long program including Verdi and Lehar pieces on the common.
In the evening a fireworks display will light the Common. The Second Regiment Band performs a program including H H Thiele Overture Orpheus Cuban Dance Serenata Cubana Paraphrase Auld Lang Syne Grand Selection I Trovatore Verd Troop L entente Cordiale Paraphrase The Palms Strains from Strauss arranged by RL Halle March Tenth Regiment Finale and ends with the Star Spangled Banner.
New titles arriving Wednesday include biographies such as Life and Letters of Hope and Memoirs of an Arabian Princess. Also offered are works on religion, travel, literature, and periodicals including Life of Alice Freeman Palmer and Sketches by Boz.
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