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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1904
Page
2
Property notice seeks contractors for boarding accommodations managed by Mrs Walker in the state. Details unreadable. offers limited context for bid or scope. Proceed with caution due to OCR gaps. no explicit dates or contact data present in the readable text.
In a letter to the Hero Fund Commission Andrew Carnegie outlines a fund to aid those injured saving lives. The plan provides financial support to maintain dependents, fund exceptional education, and grant sums as deemed appropriate. Recipients must use funds responsibly and remain respectable citizens.
Details of the last week’s powder explosion on the battleship Missouri that killed 32 officers and men will be thoroughly sifted to find the cause. Investigators think the tragedy arose mainly from rivalries among gunners racing to score the most hits in target practice.
A local anecdote extols actual trial over hearsay for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It notes a man who skeptically tries the remedy during a cholera morbus attack and experiences rapid relief, promising lifelong remembrance. Sold by W. H Buffington.
The incident left four charges on the handling room floor as the explosion occurred. The responsible men are dead, while Chief Gunner Mate Monson saved the Missouri by entering the magazine and closing the door. He is to marry in Newport, and his life becomes town legend. The Hearst boom wanes in Massachusetts and New Jersey as a newspaperman plans new papers in Indianapolis and St. Louis to tell the tale. Bryan questions Parker candidacy, and Wall Street remains perilous, with a grim joke about temptation and reputation in the market.
Harry Hower Bogert of Point Pleasant writes to the Phenix recalling a 30 year old incident near Mr Edward Anthony’s premises. He and two companions fired at a fish hawk, wounded its wing, treated it with mud, released it, and later learned Anthony had witnessed the event. He notes others involved may still be alive and ends with hope the hawk will continue to visit.
St Marys T A S organizers announce schedules and lineups for two teams the Independents led by Francis and Pride of the Society led by Hammill. They seek challenges against other small state teams as John Murphy joins as pitcher and Maher organizes a junior squad. A meeting among Maher Francis Hughes and Hammill occurred to arrange matches for the coming season.
A newspaper editor jokes about inflammatory rheumatism and hot air remedies. He notes a home treatment and remarks the office atmosphere would spoil the remedy, while his assistant Mr Bradley stays home testing a claim that life’s worth hinges on the liver.
Mails arrive at Bristol at set times with close times listed. Local society notes include a Portuguese dance in Columbia hall, illness recovery of Mrs E C Bache, Isaac Gorham chosen reader for the Declaration on Fourth of July, and several visits and residencies. Also reported are church events, school sports cancellations, a G A R Hall benefit supper netting about 125 dollars, a Jap speaker at Open House on Far East issues, a Corda Fales Cole birthday party with prizes, music, dancing and gifts, plus multiple deed transfers on local property.
An advertisement claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure, stating deafness arises from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube and that most cases come from catarrh, urging readers to send for free circulars from F. J. Omene y & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
Construction work continues with stone curbing being reset before Staples Coal Co on Thames street and a high picket fence planned on the ward between Wardwell Lumber Co and the Brad ford street area. Also notes store closure, funerals, sermons, sailing trials, and a gas range promotion.
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