Cole obituary for Nathan N Cole on High Street
Nathan N Cole, 74 years 6 months 11 days, passed away in May in this town. Funeral service is Thursday at 2 pm at his late High Street residence. Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1907
Page
3
Nathan N Cole, 74 years 6 months 11 days, passed away in May in this town. Funeral service is Thursday at 2 pm at his late High Street residence. Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
Mise Cayenne suggests the stage should not be trusted as sole educator of society. He cautions against deriving social ideas from problem plays and fashion ideas from musical comedies, warning about misaligned influences.
The Frank A Robbing Circus is enlarged and highly funded with 470 people 43 advance men 180 horses and 20 ponies valued at 50 000. The show runs about 2500 daily and consumes massive meat and produce while maintaining 15 cooks 36 waiters and a full staff. Robbins heads 26 assistants and operates a mobile office with telephones lights and equipment as the circus bills itself a modern traveling city currently arriving in the city.
Saturday drew a large Bristol crowd as the season started after rain postponed two Saturdays. George H. Peck pitched the first ball in Judge Hammill’s absence, and Bristol defeated the visitors 2-0 in a sharp pitching duel. The locals took the lead in the fifth on Duffy’s double and Tucker’s two bagger, then Cady scored on Browne's fly in the sixth. Four innings saw visitors on base but stout Bristol defense held. Also played was Down and Outs versus Has Beens, won 9-5 by the Has Beens in a fast, exciting game with good hitting and baserunning. The Auburn team beat Brown Independents 8-6, and Coventry defeated Bristol 6-5 in a 14-hit, 6-error game. Manager LaFontaine praised his Bristols, with only Miller Lafontaine and Ahearn in the local lineup. A Memorial Day game with King Philip was not settled.
Last evening team No 7 led by I M Dimond won two strings in three from team No 11 captained by Unlucky Snow. Final scores are unavailable in the fragment.
The Ringling Brothers Circus announces a historic two day showing in Providence with a brand new equipment lineup costing over a million dollars. A massive parade will showcase 1,264 people, 658 horses, nine elephant herds and three miles of ornate floats. Highlights include Riccobono horses, Floretta Gregorati with seven flying maids, and Mirze Golem troupe from Persia. Also listed are Daisy Hodgins, Marnello-Mariites, Patty Brothers, DeKooks, Bedini troupe, Holloway family, Jordan aerialists, Kaufmanns, Balfords, Clark Brothers, Sporsenis, Marguerite and Hanley, and Noetzel with 800 more talents from Europe.
Chief Bowden arrested Jennsen on two new counts for April 6 1907 a murder charge against William H Clinton and an assault with intent to kill against Mrs Jennsen Jennsen held without bail for murder and $8000 bail for the assault Graben testified seeing vitriol thrown at Clinton and Mrs Jennsen with Jennsen later biting him on the finger Graben injured Mrs Jennsen bears facial injuries from the vitriol Jennsen a Belgian born man with relatives in Belgium smiled leaving the courtroom. State J H Morrissey vs Joseph Kinder assault case resulted in probable guilty ruling bound over to Superior Court with bonds set at £600. Civil cases continued for one week.
A temperance piece warns against excess in any drink including alcohol tea and coffee. It notes that alcoholic excess leads to police court involvement while excess in tea or coffee harms nerves and health. The author cites Dr Dobbs and B Fry’s Macozing as sources.
The Westminster Gazette quotes Mr Ruskin saying he admires nothing artificial and hates chrysanthemums arguing nature should forbid flowers out of season. The remark highlights his view that growing chrysanthemums out of season is an unhallowed attempt to defy nature.
A coal dealer asks about insuring 150,000 francs of stock and the agent treats it as a routine quote. The dealer then decides against insurance, quipping that nothing could make the coal burn, in a humorous exchange drawn by a caricaturist.
A playful verse muses on money and spelling puns with words like dough and Enead The riddle contrasts weather and windows with panes and kennels a pig tail and the letter k as endings in pork The piece ends noting a date April 29 and titled Soldiers Home.
A Hod Carriers’ Union member explains he cannot apply porous plaster outside regular work hours due to union rules. The exchange suggests a workplace dispute over plastering tasks and labor regulations.
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