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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1906
Page
4
The electric car service operated by the Y N H and Hartford Railroad begins on June 10 1906. The new service expands streetcar routes across Hartford linking key districts and rail terminals. The change will affect commuters and city transit patterns during peak hours.
Time table for the Newport and Providence Railway Company showing schedules in effect on weekdays in October 1906. Details include train times for various routes, departure and arrival points, and service frequency during week days.
A fragmentary verse piece urges greeting strangers with Hullo and Halloo. It depicts sailors saluting as ships sail, and a call to greet others to ease loneliness. The poem muses on kindness crossing oceans and journeys beyond familiar places.
In the Excedsiour Perris Club handicap tournament Miss Mollie Hamill defeated Miss Weather in straight sets after dropping the first 8-4. Hamill showed steady play, winning 101 points to Weather 88, and Tucker contention noted. In the singles final R W Nelson defeated Wallis Howe in three straight sets 6-2 6-0 6-? with Nelson totaling 92 points to Howe 60.
Mrs Is Baron Colt hosted a Friday afternoon tea in Providence with guest Mrs Frank Armstrong of Aiken. Decorations featured pink roses and carnations. Guests and hostesses included Mrs LeBaron Colt Mrs Edwin A Barrows Miss Primrose Colt and Miss Alice Boorn. Guests’ names and attendees listed among a lively social scene with multiple Misses and Mrss.
Pupils from Oliver Barton Walley North East Byfield districts meet at 1:30 pm then form a procession to State and Hope streets, marching to Bradford with High School at rear. After ceremonies guests dine at Linden Place, about 1000 students served at Town Hall. Corner stone sealed with Bible reading, poems, genealogies, and historical lists. Construction details show white marble, grand entrance, assembly hall, and a three to four story plan with library and laboratories.
The annual inspection occurred Friday evening in Grand Arm Hall with Assistant Department Inspector Mrs Mary Nichols of Pawtucket leading and Department President Mrs Rosa Patt of Providence addressing the gathering. The organization’s books were examined, 23 visitors from nearby corps attended, two new candidates were initiated, and members enjoyed a social hour with cake and ice cream after refreshments.
A Bristol letter recalls a German woman Whittws who supports her family by washing and daily work yet finds time for jellies preserves and canning. Asked how she does so much, she replies her children keep her busy and she saves by shopping after storms prevent stores from restocking.
At Mechanics Building the National Biscuit Company dominates the Boston Food Fair with a grand Classical Parthenon like display built of Nabisco cartons. The towering stage and elegant Heretic costumes draw crowds, praised by judges for scale, beauty, and artistic achievement in the evening illumination.
Earl C Warner, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Eadward Warner of 996 Hope Street, has constructed a wireless telegraph apparatus. He demonstrated it from his Bristol Neck firm to the Soldiers’ Home tower using home made gear weighing about 20 pounds. The system, a mix of Masse, Fessenden and Marconi concepts, tapped Hertzian waves and may be the town’s first amateur setup, with another demonstration expected this afternoon and a display planned in the Phoenix window in ten weeks.
Complaint from Dover Delaware about 35 gallons of paste paint used on finedgase. Editor Lauisbury notes Devoe paint and a new 20 by 20 stable with a fence. Mention of past tricks and a Bristol seller Jas AO Milder & Son. A shopper complains of tough flour and biscuits.
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