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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1894
Page
7
A Brooklyn letter details a low cost treadle attachment that eases women’s sewing work and may prevent internal diseases. It argues wealthy women could fund relief by buying extra machines for laborers, while noting concerns about wage effects and philanthropy.
A Union prayer meeting will be held in the rooms of the Y M C A Sunday morning at 9 o clock. Meeting for men only Sunday afternoon at 45 p.m. A cordial invitation is extended to all strangers to come and join in these services.
In Bristoff today the memory lingers of Wallace the feared British commander’s 1775 attack on Bristol. The Rose frigate fired volleys while Eskew grounded, and Bristol supposedly paid forty sheep and two oxen as ransom, with the town spared from further bombardment.
The Thomas Q. Seabrooke Opera Company presents The Isle of Champagne by Byrne and Harrison at Providence Opera House for three nights with a Wednesday matinee. The plot follows a champagne obsessed inland utopia where water is scarce and corks pop, contrasted by a shipwrecked crew bringing water to the town. Also featuring Sheridan the Maid of Bath with Sothern on March 15 16 and 17 with a 2 o'clock matinee, highlighting the actor’s famed eloquence and Romantic charm.
Bristol County Railroad Committee voted last Friday to hold a public meeting in a county town to hear the extension report and decide action. A special committee of Goff Warren Field Starkweather Bristol Wardwell Chase was named to handle arrangements. The group urges legislative aid to advance the extension and press railroad management to approve the needed line.
New Yorks Lyric Quartette brings a costly program to Town Hall on Thursday March 29 with Mira Bowen Helen ODonnell George Campbell and Douglass Lane. Tickets 50 35 and 25 cents available at Womans Exchange and L McNays for reserved seats. Encore after encore marked the rare merit of this leading musical company.
Alexander Bowen reported in town on Saturday as the Republican town committee met at George L. Smith’s Nayatt home. They issued instructions for a caucus to nominate senator and representative and delegates to the state convention and to elect a Republican town committee at the town hall this Saturday evening. Social Workers gathered at the Congregational Church last Friday afternoon with supper and social hour. A memorial service was held at the Episcopal Church Sunday evening. The Rural Improvement Association held its monthly meeting at the Town hall Friday evening and discussed local matters.
The report lists resources including Loans and Discounts 93 439 71 Overdrafts 16 450 3 Bonds and securities 13 750 00 Banking-house and fixtures 2 959 76 Due from national banks 8 024 898 Checks and other cash items 170 35 Notes of other national banks 835 00 Fractional currency and coins 4 58 44 58 Reserve in vault 4 482 00 Legal tender notes 850 00
The balance sheet lists capital stock 75 000.00, fund 47 000.00, undivided profits 215.47, bank notes outstanding 1 640.00, due to state banks 15.80, dividends unpaid 253.20, individual deposits subject to check 41 872.96, total 200 218.48.
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