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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
4
The Star Theatre listing for this evening features Nance O'Neil in The Witch a five act drama. Tom Moore and Anna Nilsson star in Who's Guilty plus Saturday serial The Yellow Menace. Other photo plays and comedies are shown.
A compact report notes a sequence of events in New York described as ongoing struggles, highlighting persistent challenges and resilient responses across sectors amid shifting pressures and daily routines.
Rev Wallace C Gallup of Manton was unanimously called to lead the pulpit at the First Baptist Church in a special meeting Tuesday evening. The 25 year old Brown University graduate has preached here already this summer and previously served as pastor in Manton since ordination a year ago in Providence.
The Bristol Town Council acting as a Board of Canvassers will meet September 20 1916 at 7 PM in Memorial Building to canvass voter lists for the Republican Caucus on September 22 1916. Town Clerk R L Coggshall announces session details.
The Probate Court of Bristol presents Bridget O Connor last Will and Testament for probate. A hearing is set for October 2 1916 at 10 30 AM in the Probate Court Room Bristol. Notice to be published weekly for fourteen days in the Bristol Phenix. Johnsee Probate Clerk.
Pale faces and lean bodies mark malnourishment in growing kids. The ad urges Scott's Emulsion as concentrated nutrition to enrich blood and transform weakness into strength, claiming it builds sturdy, healthy children with no alcohol.
Saturday evening at the Pastime Theatre the powerful dramatic actor Edmund Breese appears in The Weakness of Strength a five act Metro production of love ambition and regenerations. He plays a man who loves power and trades for it the love and sympathy of others including the woman he loves. He discovers his mistake when sick and alone. Other up to date photo plays will be shown. Doors open at 7 o clock.
The Town Clerk announces Bruno Brothers 157 Bradford Street filed for a tavern license. Bristol Council meets September 25, 1916 at Memorial Building at 7 PM to hear objections or support. Auctioneers Henry W. Cooke Company listed with Joseph W. Lewis and Harry L. Bates.
Public auction will occur September 16 1916 at the Bristol premises described in a June 22 1916 Rhode Island Superior Court decree in equity case 3475 H Emily Coggeshall et al versus Martha S Bunn et al. The sale includes multiple parcels on the Bristol Bristol Ferry road with details of bounds and prior deeds. The two main tracts will be offered as one parcel at 12:30 PM and the remaining three tracts as another parcel at 12:00 PM. Commissioner Edward E. Bunn and attorney John Henshaw oversee the sale.
Assessors announce a poll tax of 1.00 for the year 1916 on all registered voters and noncitizen males 21 and over residing in Bristol for six months prior to May 23 1916. Taxes due September 1 to October 2 1916. collector will collect daily except Sundays holidays and Saturday afternoons with office hours 9 AM to 12 noon and 2 to 6 PM. Town Clerk authorized to receive taxes Bristol R I August 25 1916.
The Normal School opens Monday September 11 at 9 a m with entrance exams September 6 and 7 at 9 30 a m. All candidates must be high school graduates and pass entrance tests. Four courses are offered including a general teaching program, kindergarten primary, a one year course for experienced teachers, and a course for college graduates. For details contact Principal John L Alger or Secretary Walter Beranger.
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