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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1909
Page
2
Editorial notes the Town Fathers pursue detailed, responsible governance and maintain harmony. Col Callan’s reappointment as Highway Surveyor is viewed as merit based, not political reward, signaling confidence in his capabilities and urging continued performance.
About a dozen boys led by Physical Director E P Roberts walked to Warren and back then to Mt Hope with Harold Fish as master of ceremonies. They returned for a 9 80 baseball game on the Common and an afternoon bowling tournament finale followed by an indoor baseball game and a hare and hound chase in the town’s eastern part.
A legal view in the text states it is wrong to have multiple wives at once under American law, while common sense deems it not only wrong but foolish. The remark contrasts formal legality with pragmatic social judgment.
Outward departures at 7.50 and 11.20 a m, 3.20 and 5.20 p m. Inward arrivals at 8.00, 12.00 a m, 3.00 and 7.00 p m. Earle and Prew express services show daily timetable locations and times.
Mails arrive at 7.00 10.00 a m 2.00 4.00 6.00 7.15 p m Close at 7.40 9.00 11.30 a m 2.00 6.00 7.15 p m Sunday arrivals at 8.00 a m, close 4.50 p m Office hours Sunday 9 30 to 10 80 p m Sunday mail distributed from carriers racks at south door 9.80 to 10.80 a m ID
Miss May F Garvin of Boston is the guest of Miss Minnie McKevitt. New York Store advertises Walk Over shoes. G A R Hall hosts a May 19 dance. Transfer records show Arselia M Babbitt selling lot 5 Green Lane to Nazaire Matmies. E P Roberts leaves for Easter with parents in Brooklyn. BF E Suzman offers spring suits hats and neckwear. Comrade Edwin Perry dies at Soldiers Home, funeral in Pawtucket. Mrs S P Colt returns from the south to Anchorage prior to sailing. Bristol Woman's Exchange closes during Mrs A M Merriman’s funeral. Holy Thursday mass at St Mary’s Church. Daughters of the American Revolution meet April 12 in Warren. Rifle shooting contest Bristol Train of Artillery vs First Division R L N B. result 222-206. Easter visitors include A A Young, J W Salisbury, C B Rockwell Jr, H Peckham, Miss Helen Connery, Miss Kathleen Christie, Miss Viola Brown.
Miss Elizabeth F. McKevitt and Miss Margaret O'Brien of Warren visit Bristol. Crossett shoes advertised. GERMAN CLOTHING CO. bids for leasing town hall. New York Store listings on waists and Easter wear. Local health, real estate, theatre, trips, and firehouse meeting notes cover residents, accidents, charity events, and upcoming sports and social activities in Bristol during 1909.
Reba Rebekah Lodge plans a Friday April 15 visit to Hiawatha Rebekah Lodge in Fall River. United Brothers Lodge No 18 will visit Pilgrim Lodge No 19 in Providence on Friday April 16. United Brothers Lodge and Reba Rebekah Lodge will attend church on Sunday April 25 with Rev John McVay delivering the address. Monday April 26 marks the 90th anniversary of Odd Fellowship in America, celebrated jointly at Odd Fellows Hall with a musical and literal program by committees.
St Andrew's Club met Tuesday in St Michael's Church chapel and elected officers including President George S Pailthorpe and Secretary Pardon R Kenney. The treasurer reported income of 74.81 and expenditures of 58.82, leaving 16.49 in the treasury.
In Providence on April 6 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Roy Beals. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Gladding of this town.
Bristol in Inter-State league releases its 28 game schedule from May 1 to Sept 28. Opening game May 8 at Manville, with dates in Hebronville Attleboro Glenlyon St George Warren and Crescents. Local club seeks April 11 and 24 open dates. contact James Mahoney Bristol.
An old advertisement proclaims deafness from inflammation of the Eustachian tube can be cured only by constitutional remedies. It asserts nine of ten cases arise from catarrh and offers $100 for any deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, urging readers to request free circulars.
Star Theatre plans a big Friday and Saturday master attraction curated by Demara featuring over 100 Howard of Boston subjects. The lead feature A Mountaineer's Revenge promises Western life thrills with climaxes. Also on bill The Girl at the Mill Joel's Wedding Polka on The Brain Sweden Wonderful Fluid Instalment Collector An Impersonator's Jokes. George Graham sings In the Days of 49. Monday matinees end, new Wednesday and Saturday 2.15 pm shows with 5 and 10 cent prices.
A financier who once stacked dollars high and built near the sky now finds himself broke. After chasing wealth by piling money and investing in property, he abandons urban schemes and returns to farming, taking up raising chickens.
A young Iowa doctor proposes that placing the ankle between the foot and knee can keep the calf away from corn. The idea suggests a practical alignment technique to prevent irritation during field work.
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