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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1909
Page
3
Last evening the Honk Honks defeated the Bruilers in a tight match. Singles of 100 or more were noted during the contest. The BC0 result remains to be confirmed.
October 29 Friday afternoon food sale at Mrs. A W Place home on Byteld street under Woman's Home Missionary Society. November 3 Wednesday evening supper and program at Colt Memorial High School hall by Senior Class. November 8 Wednesday evening poverty party in Armory Hall by Ladies Auxiliary. November 4 Thursday evening dance in G A R Hall by G Rounds and J Pickles. Thanksgiving Week County Fair in G A Hall by Surnside Social Club and Edgehill Temple Pythian Sisters.
Ingenious horticulturist creates a hybrid that mints fruit to combine strawberries with cream. He envisions further grafting onto sugar cane to surpass Barbank in cultivation prowess.
A. Sidney DeWolf, collector of customs at Bristol and Warren ports, collapsed and died of heart disease in the vestibule of the Park Theatre New York around 8 p.m. on Friday October 24. Mrs Eliza Waldron marked a milestone birthday with family and friends attending. News notes engines at National Hubber Company Works to start up soon amid varied October weather.
In Richmond last week a lot of extra flour sold at 4.70 gold per barrel while current rates were slightly higher. The text recalls "good old times." Theodora P. Bogart planted two bushels of Harrison potatoes on Seaside farm yielding 70 bushels. One chimney at Rubber Works rebuilt. the other completed at 100 feet. George T. Greene found a gold finger ring dated 1744. Dreadnaught Hook & Ladder No. 1 to receive a new track Monday with torchlight procession by King Philip No. 4 and Bristol Cornet Band. banquet at Fours Hall. A dead sea turtle, about 26 pounds, washed ashore on Isaiah D. Simmons’ farm. A two-and-a-half story house for P. Gately rises on Bouro Street by Rounds & Munro.
A Sheffield merchant mistook strangers for coal dealer Mr Johnson on the street and later in a tram car, laughing at the mix ups. He learned the man he greet as Mr Johnson was a perfect stranger who shared the joke. The merchant continues to recognize no one else as the coal dealer.
A dealer recalls the record price for an autograph of Thomas Lynch Jr. the Declaration signer who disappeared at sea. The letter to George Washington, once owned by Jared Sparks and Thomas Addison Emmet, sold for 4000 to 4500 to Augustine Daly, then to Emmet again for 5250 and ended up with the Lenox Library in New York.
The piece explains how Dickens used the younger brother Moses as a family joke leading to the nickname Boz. It recounts the derivation from phonetic mispronunciation of Boses, the early use by Dickens, and a famous quip about who the Dickens Boz could be. It notes Hood and the London Globe reflections on the nickname and its literary reception.
The text recalls Lalande the astronomer thanking his stars after escaping the French mob’s fury. It then describes Napoleon’s Egyptian campaigns where mamelukes were sighted and orders formed squares with artillery at the angles. Soldiers joked that asses and demisavans would center the formation.
In a village scene Diogenes enters a drug store and asks for a cold cure. The pharmacist says none. Diogenes then drops his lantern and proclaims he has found an honest man, a humorous twist on the classical tale.
A wanderer asks how to become a senator and a second traveler jokes about a hobo life. The exchange, quoted from the Kansas City Journal, playfully contrasts political life with itinerant existence and its freedoms.
A brief Washington Star exchange sees Baron Pocash ask about his family and a tree. Cumrox replies that while the tree may have been good, the crop appears a failure.
A cheeky exchange compares a girl who believes in love to a cottage bride and jokes about faith in love. The Philadelphia Record quotes feature lines about belief and finding the right footing in life with a dim stance.
The Hope Drug Co announces Rexall Orderlies as a guaranteed relief for constipation with a risk-free promise if not beneficial. Odorless tasteless and colorless tablets come in two sizes 86 for 25 cents and 12 for 10 cents, marketed as gentle and non habit forming, suitable for children and elderly, available only at The Rexall Store Bristol.
The Rhode Island Protestant Episcopal Bishop preached at Trinity Church during Sunday service using the rich young man text on salvation. A class of ten completed confirmation before the sermon. The boy’s choir performed Lovely Apple? from Gounod’s Redemption with violinists Migg Catherine Reynolds and H W Boynton. The Bishop then left for Pawtuxet where a new Trinity Church on Ocean Street was dedicated at 3 o clock.
A no license drive is launched in Warren with a temperance rally at Town Hall next Friday. Speakers include Rt. Rev. LT. Edwin Cassidy of Fall River St. Marys, A D Dubois of Worcester, A B Christie of the Anti-Saloon League, and Warren clergy. Fall River's dry status has spurred a thirst and police activity. Warren residents seek to curb drunkenness.
In a satire on future weddings a bride in a traveling dress captivates in a ceremony where the groom, elegantly dressed with a small rose, receives many glances. The piece notes his hair, scent, and praised virtues while predicting the couple’s future comforts and social admiring crowds at the depot.
A Denver woman politician critiques past views on women's suffrage and argues that with the vote comes duty to participate. She notes women often vote to please men, warns of potential chaos if uneducated, and cites influence from male attitudes and beauty as factors in campaigns. She advocates concerted action to improve political life.
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