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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1915
Page
4
An ad extolls the nervous system as the body's alarm system and links declining health to headaches fatigue and irritability. It promotes Scott’s Emulsion as a rich blood nourishing tonic to refresh the system and notes it is alcohol free from Scott Bowne Bloomfield NJ.
A quartet of Halloween events lit up the area last evening. Edgehill Temple held a harvest supper and dancing in G A R Hall with a ghost at the stairs and lanterns. St Michael s Chapel hosted St Andrew s Club guests with games and refreshments. Colt Memorial High School freshmen staged a costume party with pumpkin pie favors. A Kavanaugh home gathering featured piano solos, duets, and a silk umbrella gift for the host as Gertude Shay gave the presentation speech.
A sequence of events listed for the period from Oct 16 to Feb 5, including Hallowe'en masquerade at Guild Hall, Whist for Reba Lodge at 62 Franklin, Damon and Pythias films at Pas time Theatre, Eagles barn dance, Thanksgiving dances, Bristol show by Bristol County Poultry Association, and the Grand Calendar Carnival in G A R Hall under various auspices.
Jamis T Hains and Miss Mary Louie Kerstein wed in Nyack New York on October 27 in a ceremony conducted by Rev Franklin Babbitt.
The town mourns Theodore Lennox aged 9 son of William and Elizabeth Lennox died October 26 in West Barrington. Amelia Sousa Dousa daughter of Manuel and Rita Dousa aged 1 month 11 days died October 29 in the same town.
Prayer meeting at 7 30 this evening. Sunday morning service at 1030 with a sermon by the pastor titled Revelation Through Character. Sunday School at 1145 and a Young People's meeting at 730. Evening sermon by the pastor titled Losing Our Lives.
The passage argues that age does not determine achievement. It notes one person may peak intellectually before thirty while another remains sharp at sixty or seventy, and physical strength may peak before forty for some, followed by decline. Individual variation drives outcomes.
The article discusses the common view of the Middle Ages as a century of bathing neglect, contrasting Greek and Roman baths with Gothic aqueduct damage and religious zealots closing public baths, and notes a claimed era of a thousand years without bathing.
The Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington urges shippers and carriers to tighten loading and unloading, release cars promptly, and avoid storage use to prevent car shortages. President Elliott of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railway stresses prompt cooperation and enhanced facility use to ease congestion and maintain transit.
Bristol Council No. 379 Knights of Columbus votes to hold an open meeting on November 10 and invite State Deputy Warburton Past State Deputy McCarty Master of the Fourth Degree and State Advocate Hurley for addresses National Delegate Keenan will attend to recap the recent convention A winter whist game begins next Tuesday every two weeks with Doyle Kinnere Dwyer Jr Gallagher as organizers A team pool tournament is proposed with possible intergroup competition committee includes Lavander Connery Dunn
An ode contrasts Rhode Island’s rustic beauty with industrial toil. The poem notes elm-lined streets, ancient villages, stone fences, and abundant flora, then shifts to factory workers, foreign tongues, and the enduring Cain curse, invoking Roger Williams’ spirit.
Sunday morning 1030 a.m. sermon by pastor on The Race of Life A Prize for the Man who Fails. Sunday School at noon Ipworth League meeting 645 led by Miss Grace Blandell. Evening service at 730 p.m. subject The Supreme Object. Musical quartet featured.
A long obituary recalls Dr Gertrude Gooding as a skilled physician and trusted mentor who retired after illness. It traces her education at Mount Holyoke and Boston University Medical School, her varied medical career in Philadelphia Newport and Bristol, and her later extensive charitable work acompañada by Dr Grenfel, highlighting resilience and community uplift.
A distant Labrador settlement receives gifts and uplifting reading from a generous benefactor who maintains yearly letters with those she has never met. Her acts inspire others to noble ambitions and readiness to serve, as she is praised for doing unto the least of these brothers.
Memorial verse honoring Dr Gooding with references to crossing borders into a better land and a gentle guiding presence. The poem speaks of comforting faith and eternal sleep, noting that He walkes with us and holds the children in grief. The text shows religious imagery and farewell sentiment from a memorial reading.
The article recalls Soissons in France with its war history and pilgrim heritage, noting sieges and 1870 bombardment. A probate court notice from Bristol dated 1915 concerns Mary L Edward, Veronica Cunningham and others, seeking authority to sell a minor’s real estate interest to pay debts and better investments, with a court date set for November 15.
An Italian publication translated for the Literary Digest claims pellagra stems from water and not corn. It cites rainwater reacting with clay to form silica and colloidal alumina, causing opalescence in drinking water. Limestone treatment and triphosphate citrate show promise as remedies.
The eight year missing heir Keith Dalrymple would inherit $365000 if returned now. His mother died last year from worry over him, and his brother Hugh Dalrymple died at his North Fast farm. Hugh, joint heir to the Arnold Dalrymple estates worth $700000, left five children who would inherit if Keith fails to claim. Kane Dispatch Philadelphia North American.
A man boasts of never seeing a woman compare watches in jewelers' windows while claiming his own is always correct. He implies men and boys frequently compare their watches, but notes he has not witnessed such behavior by women.
Annie Riley as administratrix petitions for authority to sell part or all of John Riley's Bristol land to cover debts and support obligations. The parcel lies along Gooding's Lane with specific bounds to Freeborn, Tattrie, DeWolf Howe, and others. Public notice issued for fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix with a Nov 15 hearing at 10:30 AM.
An instrument purporting to be the will of Joseph Vera Silva, late of Bristol, is presented for probate. It is referred to November 15 1915 at 10 30 A M in the Bristol Probate Court Room for consideration, with fourteen days’ notice to be published weekly in the Bristol Phoenix.
Susie E Manchester appointed administratrix of James T Manchester estate in Bristol Rhode Island by the Probate Court. Bonds filed. Creditors must file claims in the clerk’s office within six months from the first advertisement date.
Notices for executors and administrators seek bond changes and appoint ments. Emma Hoffman earns notice of claim filing due within six months. Jacob Benjamin petitions to alter bond on Emma Benjamin estate. Fidelity and Deposit requests removal of Robert Anderson as executor of Lyman Bosworth estate and appointment of Clifford Brownell. Mary Doherty estate probate notice issued with fourteen day publication. Court hearings set for November 1915 in Bristol Phenix.
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