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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1904
Page
2
The district court dealt leniently with youths who disrupted Salvation Army meetings on High street. The incident, described as cowardly fun by locals, sparked calls for stronger protection for the Army and broader action against the hoodlum element in Bristol.
A box from Fall River to Providence contains a detailed miniature of the Soldiers Home buildings and grounds. Crafted by Sergeant William B Thurber, a Providence native and Civil War veteran, the 10 by 12 foot display shows administration and hospital buildings, pavilions, grounds, and even telephone poles and wires. Thurber, once a resident painter there, spent months perfecting colors and scale for the St Louis exposition.
A Rochester customer writes Benjamin Moore & Co praising their Pure House Color as the best paint on the market after repainting nine years later with the same product. He notes neighbors using lead and oil fared worse and mentions local sale by F T Remieres in Bristol.
Mails arrive at 7 00 a m and 10 00 a m with closing at 2 00 and 4 00 p m. Sunday arrivals at 8 30 am and closing at 5 00 pm. General delivery stamps sold 4 80 to 5 pm. Sunday hours 9 30 to 10 30 am. Express matter from Earle and Prew shows outward at 7 45 and 11 00 am and 3 00 and 5 00 pm, with returns 7 45 and 1 55 am and 2 55 and 6 30 pm.
The regular monthly meetings of the fire companies will be held tomorrow evening. A sale of household goods is planned for Thursday April 7th from 1 to 6 pm at Wood and Richmond streets. Various local notices cover travel, society events, baptisms, illnesses, and community announcements.
The Probate Court session presided by Judge Reynolds continued the appointment of Sarah E Munro as administratrix of William Henry Munro’s estate. Isaac L Darling and Augustus T Baker estates granted administrators with bonds. William Hunt and Martha A Hunt estates also granted administrators with bonds. A guardian for adult Loring Colgpeshall was requested. George A Peckham’s will proved, Mary L Peckham approved executrix.
An advertising claim asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and catarrh. It promises cure with Hall's Catarrh Cure, offering 100 dollars for any case not cured, and directs readers to send for free circulars from Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
A list of new titles arrives on Wednesday April six at Rogers Free Library. Notable works include Henry Ward Beecher Hoar The Man Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Riis Present-day Egypt Fiske Fat of the Land Berenson Venetian Painters of the Renaissance and Doyle Sign of the Four.
Next Saturday afternoon weather permitting the High School team will face St Marys T A Society on the common. Lineups suggest Newman behind the plate Munro on the mound Leahy or Easterbrooks at first Balfour at second Herrmann at short Wardwell at third Gorham Nelson and Newbold in the outfield. For St Marys Levere catching Lewis or Murphy on the mound Harrington at first Kerr at second Hughes at short Fay at third Mack in left Connery center Duffy right field. On Saturday June 4 Warren High meets Bristol High at Bristol.
A Lineville Alabama customer with a six month severe cough was cured by one and a half bottles of Chamberlains Cough Remedy after purchasing two bottles from Haynes Parker Co. The product is sold by W H Buffington. The dealer reports perfect satisfaction with the remedy and trade.
The Old Soldier Curtis advertises restarting doorstep sales of Celebrated E. R. L. Vanilla Lemon and Flavoring Extracts. Arrangements with Frank Remieres and milliner Mrs. L. M. Bilsborough place stock in their stores for new access.
Notice from Robert Black offering a ten dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone stealing flowers from graves at Juniper Hill Cemetery. A five dollar reward is offered for the names of those seen taking flowers on Easter Sunday.
A brief notice in Phoenix seeks two furnished sleeping rooms and access to a kitchen. The contact is listed as B., Phoenix Office.
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