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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1899
Page
2
Notice announces WR Douglass applying for a license for the Fown of Bristol operation. The item seeks public input or objections to the license in the local jurisdiction and outlines filing details and deadlines.
The Westerly Daily Herald, Rhode Island style, begins April 1, led by Hyrunner and Benson in New London. It prints unreadable local news and rich advertising. The piece mentions Bryan's NY dollar dinner talk, Van derbilt fortune timing, Rhode Island capitals debate, and Gen Lawton’s capture at Santa Cruz with American casualties and Filipino losses.
The Naval Reserve Torpedo Company held a Friday drill with colors quarters bayonet drill and knots. A business meeting approved attending a GAR reception and invited ex-Gluc Williams, while plans to supply escort for the event were discussed.
An advertisement claims no extra cost for pure stimulants and urges customers to seek pure wines and liquors aged for quality. It accuses dealers who blend spirits with syrups of reducing quality to lower price, asserting physicians recommend their products for purity.
A brief entry citing Dodge and Camfield located at 56 and 59 Exchange Place appears in the directory style stationery snippet.
Bristol and vicinity notes cover postal times, ads, local purchases, church and school notices, social events, weather tests, and upcoming meetings. Reports include Mrs Lawless returning from Luray Caverns, Mrs Hamill moving downtown, and Mary Tramadwall ending NY Sterne trade ties, with plans for a Bristol Trotting Park and hydraulic fire engine testing.
An old advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure by Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio. It urges readers to avoid inferior remedies and claims internal action on mucous surfaces. The copy touts testimonials, recommending Hall's Family Pills as best.
John J Mctorern and Miss Catherine Breen were joined in marriage in town by Reverend P McCabe on April 11. The brief notice notes the ceremony and the couple's names.
Nellie Martin daughter of Mrs Susan EF and the late H B Martin died April 8 aged 29 years 1 month 8 days. Funeral details not immediately available. Local residents mourn the loss of a young community member.
The Metropolitan Merrymakers appear at Bristol Opera House Friday evening with tickets on sale at C W Sparks' drug store The Seymour Record notes strong vaudeville for the act. Performers include Maude De Naire dancing soubrette, Charles Leonard the human barnyard, Crescent Trio, and the farce Model Husband by Leonard and Bell.
Promotes Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children used by a nurse at a Children's Home in New York to cure feverishness teething disorders and digestive issues. Claims over 10 000 testimonials with sample mailed worldwide. Also notes job printing services at the Phoenix office in Le Roy New York.
A father at 1.30 AM asks his daughter to locate a trunk and asks for a true friend. He praises careful attention at PHo Nix Job Printing Rooms, noting nothing is slighted and nothing is done halfway as they aim to please.
For the season or term of year ative residence of the late Mrs Horace M Barnson Hope Street with the barn there. For particulars Tagore of Herbert F. Bennett. Town Clerk's Office or Stephen W Church 33 Church Street.
The shop advertises Chloride of Lime Buy Kaller Insect Powder Hellebore Powder Guns Copperas for spring stock. It also notes a large Eastman Kodak inventory and supplies Soda from pure fruit juices. Cigar quantities and many other items are offered by Cor Hope and Bradford. Xe
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