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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1915
Page
3
The article notes Islip Long Island houses a vast mental hospital with thousands of patients. Dr. Smith discusses the study of mental diseases and the elusive moment when patients feel something snap in their brain, a common self description among the disturbed.
A letter to the editor from the Observer criticizes Oliver street near High in Bristol for being a summer dumping ground. The writer asks the Bristol Improvement Association to address the un sightly spot described as a disgrace to the town.
An advertisement urges faithful use of Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs and colds as seasons change. It claims a reader’s testimonial about it being the best remedy tried by the family and notes prices of 50 cents and 1.00.
Bristol 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 x 6 Warren 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 Two base hits Kempf Urban Home runs Bottomley E Garvin. Struck out McElroy Parks. Bases on balls Parks 6 McElroy 6. Left on bases Bristol 9 Warren 6. Time 2 hours 10 minutes. Umpire Farrell.
Confusion over a Saturday home run by Bottomley fuels questions as Hill and Hill’s bench reactions loom. Coach Heuberger shrugs off the result while bench players and Kennedy’s Sunday soap opera are referenced amid rain and delays.
Clifton H. Merriam of Melrose Mass was elected physical director of the Bristol Y M C A at a special meeting of the board of managers held last evening. He has served as physical director at Melrose for several years and comes highly recommended. His wife is competent as an instructor and a ladies class may be organized this fall. Mr Merriam will begin duties here on Saturday.
In Providence nearly everyone buys their clothing at Barnaby's. The store remains a local staple with broad customer turnout and strong market presence across the city.
The funeral of James T Manchester, who died last Thursday at his home, 72 Constitution Street, was held Sunday at 2 p.m. Many floral tributes arrived, including gifts from St. Alban's Lodge No 6 and Mt. Hope Council No 1187 Royal Arcanum. Rev Anson B Howard officiated at the house, with St. Alban's Lodge conducting the service and issuing Masonic rites for the deceased member.
Interments held for Mr Manchester at North Cemetery with attendees from Providence Riverside and nearby towns. Relatives include McShane McCaw Harvey Liscomb and Manchester as foreman at National India Rubber Company. Also services for Mrs Hannah Milburn at Bradford Street with relatives from San Diego Providence and Newport. Mary T Doherty rites at St Marys withMelodic Mass officiants and interment at St Marys Cemetery. Julia Freitas burial at St Marys Cemetery after death at parents home Constitution Street with floral tributes.
Mrs. Thomas Meiggs of 70 Franklin Street Bristol testifies after nearly three years that two boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills relieved a family member's lumbago and nocturnal urinary troubles from a cold. Procured at H Young & Co's Drug Store, the product costs 50 cents and is sold by all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Providence Buffalo is the producer.
John E. Thompson, longtime Warren resident and New York summer settler, died suddenly at his Warren homestead aged 75. He collapsed at table from heart disease. his sister Miss Araline Thompson witnessed the fall. He was a Brown University valedictorian and kin of Rev Charles Thompson. his brother William P. Thompson died in the same house a month earlier.
Edna King daughter of Mr and Mrs Antonio King died Saturday morning at about 1 o clock at the family home 176 Thames street corner of John street typhoid fever caused the death She was 3 years and 3 months old The funeral was held Sunday afternoon from the parental house Interment followed at St Mary's cemetery/Late 19th or early 20th century notice style
Comrade Azel W Taft died in the hospital of the Soldiers' Home around 5 pm Saturday. He was admitted from Wickford about a year ago and served in the U S Navy during the Civil War. He is survived by a son and daughter. The body was taken to Wickford yesterday for burial.
Charles S Greenwell found guilty of assaulting his wife Fannie G Greenwell and fined 15 dollars plus costs after pleading not guilty. An appeal was filed with bail set at 200 dollars with William F Smith as surety. Joseph Perry also charged with assault on an elderly woman Isabel Lewis was fined 15 dollars and costs with appeal and 200 dollar bail. Other matters included probation relief for Dominick Di Merra v Luigi Sciavona and continuances in Luigi Malafronte v Luigi Vallone and Quatruopolo v Espinosa.
More than 100 guests from Providence Pawtucket Barrington Warren and the local town attended a barn dance at the D'Wolf Inn last Friday. The ballroom featured corn stalks hay and rustic decor while ice cream booths offered cones. Virginia reels quadrilles and other dances were played by the Colonial orchestra under Miss Julia Drury and a social committee.
The Woonasquatucket Camp Fire Girls of North Providence accompanied by Arthur L. Lake visited the Soldiers' Home on Saturday. They traveled from Providence to Warren and then to the Home, delivering tobacco pipes and gifts and providing entertainment. Mr Lake spoke on behalf of the camp before returning to Warren where the girls were hosted at supper.
Manager Dillon features a packed schedule with serials and dramas including The Goddess episode The Key to Yesterday and Under the Crescent The Cage of the Golden Ears. Lubin serials The Diamond from the Sky and Italy at War with Austria precede comedies and two part dramas starring John Ince Ben Wilson and Dorothy Phillips.
Rubber plants in the state operate at full time or more with strong orders for military supplies. Footwear output reaches 40,000 pairs daily and Narragansett Rubber expands capacity with new shoe departments and heating upgrades. 500 workers earn about 4500 dollars weekly.
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