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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1907
Page
3
Don’t worry about your kidney with 30 day Pineules treatment. These globules bring relief at the first dose. Backache lumbago and rheumatism yield quickly. If not satisfied your money refunded. Sold by O. W. Sparks.
The Providence District Epworth League holds its annual convent ion Friday Oct 18 at State Street M E Church. Morning session at 10 with John Congdon presiding, Rev Geo B Scrivener to speak. Afternoon at 2 with Rev BE L Bartholomew presiding, addresses by Rev O L Leonard Rev A E Ellis Miss L M Clark and a Q A led by Rev A E Legg. Banquet between sessions. Evening session led by Rev Tate Coulins D D. Mr Hooper will address on Power with special choir music.
Bristol County Teachers Association held its annual meeting at Barrington Town Hall Friday at 2 30 pm with nearly all county teachers in attendance. Prof Thomas Crosby Jr of Brown University gave a scholarly address on Shakespeare readings. Officers elected: President Clair G Persons Warren. Vice Presidents John P Reynolds Barrington and William F Miner Barrington. Secretary Miss Elizabeth Gardner Barrington. Treasurer Jeremiah F Ganey Barrington. Executive Committee John O Davis Barrington Louise Crown Warren Bertha Hicks Barrington. Vocal solos by Miss Florence Wade and Mrs W E Miner Barrington with Miss Jennie F Emerson as accompanist. Refreshments served.
The Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps held its annual inspection Friday evening at Grand Army Hall. Inspecting officer Mary E. Nichols of Pawtucket praised the corps and confirmed books and papers were correct. Department officers accompanied her, two candidates were initiated, and a social hour with a collation followed the meeting.
Funeral services conducted Sunday at 2 PM for Daniel Miller Kempt at his Bay View Avenue home. Rev. William R. Trotter of Trinity Church presided. Many relatives attended and floral tributes were abundant. Bearers included Charles H. Kempf Herman J. Kempf Jr and George W. Kempf, and Samuel Brelsford. Interment followed at Juniper Hill Cemetery.
A discussion from Everybodys Magazine on how birds maintain balance in flight. It explains air sacs and a universal wing joint, compares to a man floating, and suggests feathers act as sentinels to detect wind shifts for equilibrium.
A member of King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co No 1 describes a humorous mix up in Warren where Bristol parade entrants followed a band not from Narragansett but Cercle Jacques Cartier. The incident inspired a story idea titled Lost in the Big Town of Warren with potential publication and earnings.
In Trieste the bora arrives with sudden force, a wind of death that stings and blinds. The city and its people brace against the dust and missiles then resume life as the wind vanishes, leaving only a cleaned sky and a shaken memory.
In a Baltimore criminal court a Black defendant stood trial for stealing and pawning a watch. He claimed innocence despite identification by the owner. He explained he bought the watch for 3 dollars from a man in need and pawned it for 4 dollars after pitying him, lacking presence of mind to advise pawn himself.
The piece notes a canal through the Suez isthmus existed 600 years before Christ and served small vessels until about a millennium ago. Napoleon asked engineers to study renewal, Lepere urged restoration, but no work was done. De Lesseps later chose a new plan.
A humorous tale praises Highland loyalty to the kilt while noting its coldness. It cites soldiers who switch to ordinary dress for warmth and ends with a joke about being “nigh kilt with the cauld.”
The piece muses that labor is the honorable lot of all citizens and may extend to ants. It notes that in an ant hill all are workers from the callow to the veteran, suggesting equal respect for every form of labor.
A cockney tourist in Ireland tries out a joke with a native. He asks Pat the meaning of nothing. Pat retorts sharply that the tourist should look where his brains ought to be, delivering a sharp rebuke in a brief exchange.
A dog tangled with the trousers leg of a milkman during an incident involving Mr. Pratt. Pratt claimed the dog was playful and pressed money into the milkman's hand. The milkman noted the cash and remarked he could take some fun too, amid the exchange. The dog had bitten a piece from the trousers.
A travel anecdote from Edmondo de Amicis about a young passenger on a Genoa to Buenos Aires voyage. The ship’s captain tells her they cross the tropic of Cancer, and she responds with eager wonder, promising she will see something at last.
The Zulus use a rain charm where a bird is captured and blessed by a tribal wizard becoming a heaven bird. They throw it into water and believe the sky, seen as a personality, will mourn the bird’s death and respond with rain showers despite the tribe’s indifference to animal suffering.
A humorous exchange has Bishop Wilberforce driving when a rider asks for the road to heaven. He replies in jest to turn to the right and keep straight on, delivering a tidy moral in a dignified tone.
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