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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1910
Page
2
Probate notices list Est. John Shepard and Est. C. R. Cushman with other estate mentions. An oard of thanks salutes Mrs. John Shepard and Mrs. Ray Arnold. Various local merchants advertise sales and wanted ads including Jones & Co Ladies' Suits Shepard Co Bridges Drag Co and River Shad piano listings with Pianos from Geo. R. Cole & Co.
Manager Demara announces policy change to vaudeville plus pictures with top acts Madam Flower the Bronze Melba Clark and Temple and Charlie Smith to perform in clean wholesome shows. Western film The Cowboy's Sweetheart will accompany four other reels with matinee and evening pricing for children and adults.
Funeral services for Frank Pinheiro were held Wednesday morning starting at 8 30 from his Washington street residence and at 9 from St Marys church where a requiem mass was sung by Rev Thomas J Gillaeu Dom Laiz Felippe Society attended in a body and escorted the body to St Marys cemetery for interment. Large attendance and many floral tributes observed.
Post office hours show mail arrival and close times with multiple daily slots. Sunday schedules set arrivals at eight in the morning and last distribution from carriers racks at the south door in the evening.
Express matter leaving Bristol via Adams Express is due outward at 7 50 1120 a m 320 and 520 p m and inward at 8 00 12 00 a m 3 00 and 7 30 p m.
The regular monthly Town Council meeting will be held next Tuesday evening. Residents express dissatisfaction with swill collection last summer and seek safer, licensed garbage collectors to protect public health.
Deafness is said to originate from inflammation of the Eustachian Tube and catarrh. The notice offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case cured without Hall's Catarrh Cure and directs readers to send for circulars from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Sale price is 76 cents. An aside promotes Hall's Pills for constipation.
Bristol records show twenty deaths in March and a wave of local notices. The column lists theatre acts, marriage intentions, store ads, fashion items, and community updates featuring New York Store, Smiths, Nesmith Shoe Co, and A P Nerone among others with names like Justin, Charles Henning, Captain William Howe Church, and Miss Maria Norris.
We thank relatives neighbors and friends for kindness during our late affliction and for the floral offerings. Special thanks to the employees of Herreshof Manufacturing Company. Mrs Ray Arnold.
In a March Bristol letter W W defends assessors duties while condemning corporate pressure and taxation disputes. He cites gas and electric company taxes, rail revenue splits between Warren and Bristol, and a Narrows house valuation dispute involving Mr Johnson. He argues for lawful assessment and warns against revenge and injustice harming business confidence.
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