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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1894
Page
1
The article notes a general banking and trust business with deposits subject to check and participation accounts. It states the company is authorized by law to accept trusts and to act as executor administrator guardian and other fiduciary roles. It adds that trustees executors administrators guardians and assignees depositing money or property of estates with the company are exempt by law from personal liability.
The text outlines deposits on a Participation Account due by the 15th of November February May and August with interest starting the 1st of those months. Dividends are paid in August and February. The account combines savings bank benefits with additional security from the company's capital stock.
The document names directors including James M. Emvall, Albert N. Calder, Hezekiah Conant, George Buss, J. P. Campbell, Leander Prox, Henry Barker, Henry B. Winslip, Samuel P. Colt as President, Albert L. Calder as Vice President, Joshua M. Addeman as Treasurer, and R. A. Robertson as Secretary, with associates from Pawtucket Bristol Newport Boston and other cities.
A distressed handicapper laments his repeated losses as horses like Bellicose and Rey del Carreras fail to run true and even unlikely Margrane’s wins outpace the favorites. He wonders why no horse runs the same twice and fears losing his last penny while cursing the sport.
Mrs Waterhouse discovers Geoffrey Waterhouse’s letters reveal Alicia is involved and plans to flee by catching the mail to Biarritz. She buys time with a train break and reads Alicia’s tale aloud as she contemplates a showdown with her husband. Parker vacillates between duty and scorn as the drama unfolds.
A Brooklyn essay recounts a chaplain learning from a released convict about living in the present. It contrasts the preacher’s sermon with a wife’s obsession over a dusty bed and a servant named Mary, highlighting a critique of hope and the need to value the now.
A religious reflection argues that the Sabbath should be kept holy without strict Pharisaic rigor. It recommends rest and worship, reading helpful works, aiding the needy, and warns against idleness and overemphasis on newspapers or trivial amusements. It emphasizes personal duty to keep Sunday well and to influence others to do likewise.
William Gillette presented Too Much Johnson at Providence Opera House to a large audience. The comedy follows Gus Billings in a tale of wit, truth twisting, and marital farce with a French visitor. Gillette’s dry humor and stage presence are praised. matinees are Wednesday and Saturday with regular prices.
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