Ice Boating Pennant Awarded to Harold Peckham
The Bristol Ice Boating Association met on Saturday and awarded the pennant to Harold Peckham for the highest total of 651 points across 18 races in the winter. Boats listed with owners and points include Glaceon H Peckham 44, Blizzard AS D W Herreshoft 44, Nemo J P F Peckham Jr 38, Skate sai N G Herreshoff Jr 3, Slippery Elm AS Chesebrough 21, Osprey John Ingraham Jr 14, Skidoo BE P Church 2, Grey Gull G Herreshoff 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Ice Boating Association
Harold Peckham
Glaceon
H. Peckham
Bi Blizzard
A.S. D’w. Herreshoff
Nemo
J. PF. Peckham, Jr
N. G. Herreshoff, Jr
A. S. Chesebrough
Osprey
John Ingraham, Jr
BE. P. Church
G. Herreshoff
Colonial Fear of Lawyers Laments 1786 Essay
In the New York Gazetteer on September 8 1786 a column laments the rising number of lawyers seen as a threat to prosperity. It recalls lawyers once bound to honest trades and notes their creeping reach into congress assembly and major commercial roles.
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New York Gazetteer
Congress
Reform by soap and paternal patience in Atchison
An Atchison Globe item recalls a father who disciplined his swearing son by exposing him to a list of naughty words. The boy, initially compliant, tires of the words and renounces them, illustrating old fashioned method and parental authority.
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Atchison
Penr
Atchison Globe
The Toad Sheds Skin In Periods And Reuses It
The toad sheds its skin at intervals, forming a new outer layer beneath. It does not share its old coat, nor leave discarded clothing for others. It swallows the cast skin, turning its stomach into a portable storage.
Nostril fashion shifts from aristocratic nose to modern form
A Dowager in London Chronicle notes a change in beauty standards from the aristocratic nose with a high, delicately waved ridge and prominent tip to the current fashion where pretty women in illustrated papers show less pronounced noses.
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London Chronicle
Can Town Build Mortuary Chapel A Question From Bristol
The Bristol inquiry asks if the town may construct a mortuary chapel in the North Cemetery with a 2500 appropriation. Statutes list town spending for public buildings and town property improvements, suggesting possible authority but noting the broad phrasing could be stretched to permit various town improvements. The issue hinges on interpretation of the provision allowing improvements to town property and other necessary expenses.
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Bristol
North Ceemetery
Financial Town
Devoe Paint Ad Compares Quality to Bread Cost
A letter to A W Nell extols Devoe paints as bread-like value, promising far longer wear and lower annual cost. The ad likens paint to bread bought by the day and year, urging readers to choose Devoe for money-saving quality, signed by F W Devoe & Co. with a postscript noting Jas A Miller & Son as dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devoe
F. W. Devoe & CO
P.s.jas.a. Miller & Son
Quarterly Conference at State Street M E Church
The Quarterly Conference at State Street M E Church met in the vestry Friday with strong attendance from the Official Board and standing committees. A unanimous call was extended to Rev. Joan McVey for another year, likely at the New England Southern Conference in Fall River. Reports from trustees stewards and committees were approved and filed. officer lists for the coming year were announced across multiple boards and committees.
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State Street M. E
Joan McVey
Mr. McVey
W. Lenoir Hood
Fall River
Mass
Andrew J. Donltas
E. Stadley
Providence
Board of Trustees
Board of Stewards
Many Contestants No Doubt To the Editor of the Phenix
The Bristol Improvement Society offers a bouquet prize for the best appearance on streets Easter Sunday. Charles H. Bickford supplies the bouquet for display in his Hope street show window all day Saturday. At noon Easter Sunday the committee, hidden from the public, will judge and award the prize.
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The
Phenix
Bristol Improvement Society
Charles H. Bickford
Hope Street
Edwin Taylor Dies at Town Asylum in Senile Debility
Edwin Taylor died Sunday evening at the Town Asylum from senile debility. Born August 29, 1827, he lived in the town his entire life and ran a Joby street blacksmith shop. Survived by a wife and one son Haymond F. Taylor, funeral held at 10 this morning with Rev. Dr. Locke officiating. burial in North cemetery.
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Edwin Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Joby Street
National India Rubber Company
Haymond F. Taylor
Dr. Locke
St. Michael’s Church
North Cemetery
Samuel Taylor Dies After Long Illness at 41 Union Street
Samuel Taylor aged citizen dies at 8 o clock this morning at his home 41 Union street after a long illness. Born April 19, 1828 in this town he was the son of Samuel and Fanny Taylor. His wife Mary A P Lincomb died years ago. He belonged to United Brothers lodge No 18 IOOF for nearly 87 years and for years was a rent collector for Col Samuel P Colt. Funeral Friday at 2 30 PM at his residence conducted by Rev Dr Locke.
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Hugh Breen
Providence
Warren
St. Mary’s Church
Usher Avenue
St. Mary’s T. A. Society
St. Mary’s Fife and Drom Bans
Charles A. Edwards
Band
Patrick Hamill
State Street
St. Mary's Cemetery
Chestnut Street
Bristol Neck
St. Mary’s
Father Edwards
Elizabeth J. Ormond
Mary E. Pierce
Mr. Breen
Bristol
Wren Ores
Wytuoy
Tyrone
Ireland
Michael
Mary Breen
Chitet -Scatés
A. Sidney O’wolf
Pheonix
Alfred Pierce
Pawtuxet
Elizabeth Quinn
Father Wallace
South Providence
National India Rubber Company
Mary Kelley
Hugh F. Kelley
Kathleen McGovern
John J. McGovern
Annie
Elizabeth V
Bridget L. Breen
Hugh P. Breen
Peter Kilkenney
Cranston
Elizabeth Logue
Bessie Doherty
Elecia Corrigan
Samuel Taylor
Union Street
Mr. Taylor
Samuel
Fanny Taylor
Mary A. P. (Lincomb
United Brothers Lodge
Samuel P. Colt
Dr. Locke
Pupils Need An Hour For Noon Meal At High School
A reader urges Phoenix editors to extend noon recess for high school students and ninth grade to a full hour. The letter argues current 9am to 2pm schedule with a 11:30 to 12:00 break harms digestion, health, and nourishment, and proposes shifting to a 1pm lunch with the afternoon end at 2:30.
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the Phoenix
Advertised Letters for Week Ending Mar 23
Advertised letters listed include J. 8 Mahan Giorgy Rovixby and several Mrs. names headed by Mrs Geo F Stewart Mrs Rose Ricard Mrs OC A Reynolds Mrs F T Remington Mrs A E McDonald Mrs J S Burt Foreign Dalesio Giovanno Manuel de Araujo Souza Antonio Moniz Norgado Roza Vieira de Castro.
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J. 8. Mahan
Giorgy Rovixby
Geo. F. Stewart
Rose Ricard
OC. A. Reynolds
F. T. Remington
A. E. McDonald
J. S. Burt
Dalesio Giovanno
Manuel de Araujo Souza
Antonio Moniz Norgado
Roza Vieira de Castro
Coming Events in Bristol April Calendar
April 1 Monday Easter Ball by Bristol Council No. 379 K of O in G A R Hall. April 2 Tuesday rummage sale Bristol Commandery No. 82 U O G O. April 9 Tuesday Minstrel show at Bristol Opera House by St. Marys T A Society. April 15 Monday third grand recital by Miss Mary E. Pierce in G A R Hall. April 16 Tuesday four act comedy The Honor of a Cowboy at Bristol Opera House by Lyceum Dramatic Club. April 18 Wednesday Behind schemariation Asnna by Arthur Bann and John T. Doyle in G A R Hall. April 23 Thursday morning Third Annual Ball Bristol serie No. 953 F O E Grand Army Hall.
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Bristol Commandery
Bristol Opera House
St. Mary’s T. A. Society
G. A. R. Hall
Mary E. Pierce
Lyceum Dramatic Club
Arthur& Bann
John T. Doyle
Bristol
Grand Army Hall
Obituaries in Town Mark Several Deaths
Edwin Taylor aged 80, Hugh Breen 47, Samuel Taylor 88 years 11 months 7 days, Etta L Peirce Stoddard wife of Daniel W Stoddard died suddenly in Warren aged 45.
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Taylor
Edwin Taylor
Breen
Hugh Breen
Samuel Taylor
Public Auction of Bristol Real Estate in 1907
A tract of about twelve acres on the easterly side of the Main Road from Bristol to Warren in Bristol County Rhode Island will be sold at public auction on March 29 1907 at 1 PM under a Providence Superior Court decree In Equity No 497 Charles H Spooner et al vs George T Bourne et al The land includes a dwelling house and was conveyed to Rebecca R Reynolds by Charles Wesley Allen and Sarah C Allen on August 29 1887 Terms payable at sale William Williams Commissioner Bristol March 11 1907 Bristol R I
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Superior Court
Providence
Bristol
A. D
Charles H. Spooner
George T. Bourne
Rhode Island
Warren
John Gray
Jonathan
Samuel Reynolds
Rebecca R. Reynolds
Charles Wesley Allen
Sarah C. Allenby
William Williams
R. J. Bristol
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Boston
Scott
A. W
Nell
M. E. Church
John McVey
Fred G. Blaisdell
George H. Peck
Lillian Nicholas
Ladies’ Aid Society
Nathaniel G. Gladding
Epworth League
George A. Richardson
A. B. le Lois
Ezra Dixon
G. T. Pollock
George H Peck
Lois Brow
Elen G Coggeshball
Annie Church
Oliver H. Blaisdall
Clinton T. Sherman
F. T. Remeires
Walter H. Blaisdell
Annie Thompson
A. W. Place
Ellen G. Coggeshall
Hattie Peckham
Eugenia F. Paull
A. F. Marchant
Clinton
I’. Sherman
Susan Easterbrooks
Abby Stanton
Jane Bowler
Annie Pollock
Stella Burnham
Benjamin Sherman
William H. Maxfield
Grace
Fannie Congdon
Edward W. Miller
Charles Aiden
Frank T. Remieres
GC. A. Johnson
Bristol Council
K. of O
B. J
C. H. Straight
G. W. Simmons
Undertakers
Emma E. Carey
Constitution Street
Barton
Buffinton
A. W. Orgelman
William Street
Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Rain Street
Pawtucket
R. I
DIREC
Frederick W. Easton
George W. Newell
William P. Dempsey
Philo FE. Thayer J. Milton Payne
Philip C. Sheldon
James L. Jenes
Edwin A. Perrin
A. A. Mann
Chas. P. Moses
H. A. Fletcher
P. Skinner, Jr
Old Sugar House
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John Shepard
G M. Wilbur
George W. McGann
J. H. Wall & Co’s
James Dixon
Church Street
Herman Thiele
A. H. Manchester
Easterbrooks Block
S. B. Pauil
E. G. Spooner
Vaccaro Bros
Mandolin
Custar
Franklin Sivrees
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