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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1916
Page
3
At the Pastime Theatre on Thursday evening the wonderful emotional actress Mme Petrova stars in The Tigress five acts. Extra special attraction Pewee Trio juvenile vocalists and three little boys in pleasing vocal selections. Coming Saturday Mary Miles Minter appears in Dimples five acts.
The community marks Baby Week with pastimes at Pastime Theatre and a program of lectures and demonstrations at Italian Hall Columbia Hall Colt Memorial High School and a window display at the Phoenix Office. Dr D L Richardson Dr Henry Utter and Nurse Selley head talks on infant care with Little Mothers League members demonstrating bathing and feeding techniques.
James Rego Mello formerly of this town was convicted in Washington County Superior Court of first degree murder in the slayings at the Kingston railroad station on January 29. The Rhodes and Olsen brothers died from multiple gunshot wounds and blows, with a bloody axe found near a body. Mello told police he acted in self defense and admitted the crime after surrendering in Providence.
Manager Dillon presents Emily Stevens in Cora and The Water Cure with Rupert Julian and Elsie Jane Wilson. Matt Moore and Jane Gail star in Vanity Thy Name Is. Ruth Roland headlines The Red Circle, plus Getting His Goat and Their Quiet Honeymoon. J Warren Kerrigan appears Thursday.
The Bristol Council pool tournament match between Eagles and Knights of Columbus ended 100 to 89 in favor of the Eagles. Feathers scored 64 of 100 with Collins, Hammill, and Young named among participants as the second match set for tonight with Lonergan Dion and O Rourke Lemaire listed for the Eagles and Knights respectively.
A Bristol letter argues that low weekly wages prevent a square deal for working families. The writer cites a family with $9 weekly earnings, rent and fuel costs, and insufficient funds for food and medical care. A mother with a baby trudges through snow, illustrating hardship born of necessity.
The 13th annual King Philip Steam Fire Engine Company fair ended last evening as a major success. Prizes included a diamond ring to Miss Mary Vera and a gold watch to Miss Nora Ryan, among other awards. Attendance was high, with visiting groups from East Greenwhich, Manton, Defiance Hose, Bristol Troop of Boy Scouts, and St. Elizabeth's Holy Name Society. Net receipts are projected at 700 to 800 dollars.
Mrs. Thomas Meiggs of 70 Franklin Street Bristol testifies after three years that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her family's lumbago and nighttime kidney discomfort. She recalls initial failure of hot water bottles before using two boxes of the medicine. The product remains available at J H Young & Co. Drug Store and costs 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY markets it.
Voters head to polls tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in two districts. First District votes at the Artillery Armory on State Street. Second District uses the Town Hall. Three seats on the School Committee are open for three years with candidates Hezekiah C. Wardwell and Rev Antonio P. Rebello for Democrats and H. W. Lynton Rev C E McCoy and Rev A P Rebello for Republicans. Eligible voters total 1422, down about 300 due to lack of a statewide election.
An advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as an ideal spring laxative. It claims the first dose moves sluggish bowels stimulates the liver and cleanses the system of waste and body poisons accumulated during winter.
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