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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1899
Page
3
Dr Menahem Hodlara of Constantinople announces a radical hair growth method. He claims clipping hairs can be implanted into a bald scalp and grow into new hairs with roots. He demonstrated crosshatched incisions, implanted hairs, and later observed hairs with bulbs forming under examination.
Sir Walter Besant’s South London sketches are republished with Perry Wadham’s illustrations. The piece surveys Thames crossings, bishops, palaces, and historical sites from Battersea to Greenwich, plus preachers and punishment methods through the centuries. A Boston Lewis Concert Company program at State Street M. E. church featured Miss Thacher, Miss Van Buren, and Miss Haskell delivering a memorable, well received evening.
District Court sessions adjourned after civil cases including Joseph Benjamin vs Max Baron and Michael Jehin vs John Fee with a $13 verdict by default. Juveniles charged with disorderly conduct and arson were remanded for two weeks. Portsmouth coal mines plan extensive growth adding a north south building, pump, electric headlight plant, new blacksmith and machine shops, with 10 carloads shipped to Bristol and $10,000 earmarked to refurbish nearby copper works for a ten year lease.
Ambrose Waldron died at 8.20 this morning at his Frankli street home. He was 60 years and 7 months old, long afflicted with Brights disease but remained at work until a week ago. Born in Bristol, he lived here all his life and worked as foreman in the National India Rubber Company cementing room. He leaves a wife and no children, with two sisters Mrs W H Dunbar of this town and Mrs William Waldron of Illinois.
A Sunday rally at 4 pm will feature J S Weeden and others with an orchestra. All men are welcome. The Juniors plan a bicycle run and apple roast tomorrow afternoon, leaving the building at 2 pm. about 16 boys expect to participate.
W A Hines of Manchester Iowa recounts a near fatal battle with lung disease from measles leading to consumption and hemorrhages. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with a complete cure, praising its efficacy and willingness to pay high price, noting many others using it on his recommendation. Trial bottles are free at J H Young & Co’s Drug Store.
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