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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1910
Page
2
Local classifieds listing items for sale and notices. Includes automobile tires, steam boilers, Whaler Boiler Works, and property at 41 Woodlawn Ave. Also notes markings for S. Siegel and B. T. O. A. Potter. Warren area.
A rubber factory to be run by International Rubber U Company, chartered in Delaware, is set to begin near Bay Spring Barrington. Owned by New York capitalists, the plant will employ 159 to 200 workers in the former Annawaniscutt Mill space. It will produce rubber sheeting and related products for drug and commercial use as machinery and preparations move forward.
Vincenzo Ferrara and Miss Maria Giovanni D Ambrosio were married at St Marys Church at 9 AM. Rev John Downing officiated and celebrated the nuptial mass. The bride wore white lace over silk with a lace veil and orange blossoms, bridesmaid Jennie Romano wore white muslin with pink carnations, and best man Dominick Romano assisted. The couple will live in town. the groom runs a State Street barber shop.
Alfredo Di Lauro and Miss Rosie Bifolco, both of this town, were married at St Marys Church at 8 oclock Saturday morning. Rev Thomas J Gillan performed the ceremony and nuptial mass. The groom was attended by Frank Vona and Miss Annie Vona was bridesmaid. The newly married couple will reside in this town. The groom conducts a tailoring establishment on State street.
A vintage ad touts Allen's Lung Balsam as a fast remedy for coughing hacking rasping throat irritations. The copy notes the medicine has been sold for over 40 years and urges readers to ask their druggist.
Mails arrive at 7.00 1000 a m and again at 2.00 4.00 6.00 7.15 p m with closing at 7.40 900 11.80 a m 2.00 6 7.15 p m Sunday mails arrive 8.00 a m and close 4.50 p m Office hours Sunday 9.80 to 10.30 a m Sunday mail distributed from carriers racks at south door 9.30 to 10.30 a m
Adams Express schedules show outward departures at 7.50, 11.20 a m, 3.20, 5.20 p m and inward arrivals at 8.00, 12.00 a m, 3.00, 7.30 p m.
Fifth District Court docket cases were continued by Clerk Tonergan amid Judge Leahy's absence on a southern trip. Baptism was performed at First Baptist Church by Rev Alfred S Stowell. Community groups plan an evening at Memorial Chapel with a dialogue and music. John M Lannon bought property on Mt Hope avenue for 1510 dollars.
Miss Hammill returns from Holyoke. Chief Coggeshall recovers. land sold on Mt Hope. Miss Eliza Bullock to celebrate 100th birthday. St Michael’s remounts Henry Lee as organist. Colt Memorial high school minstrel rehearsals proceed. Rev Locke to return from Bermuda and Stockbridge trip. J Barnard French visiting Bristol Neck. orange grove lease. bids for Town Hall leasing received. town meeting set on east side sewer.
A Louisville Herald poem rails against the stereotype of a newspaper man as a fearless truth seeker. The narrator notes many people mistake the journalist for figures like Sherlock Holmes, but the line repeats that the man is simply a newspaper guy advancing stories and accountability.
Two couples wed in town ceremonies. Giovanni D Ambrosio and another partner married April 18 by Rev John F Downing. Also Bifolco and Di Lauro wed April 16 by Rev Thomas J Gillan, both couples residents of this town.
In this town on April 13 Mrs Michael Kavanaugh aged 66, on April 18 Capt William Howe Church aged 99 years 9 months 26 days. On April 17 Mrs Mary J Burrow widow of John Burrow aged 69. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. from 3 Charles street relatives and friends invited.
In Turkey the piastre is the unit of value, subdivided into 40 paras and each para into 3 aspes. With the piastre worth 4.4 cents the para is about a tenth of a cent and an aspe a little over one twenty seventh of an aoet. An American in Turkey may spend lavishly, buying around 2700 aspes at bazaar bars and counters.
A compact moral maxim attributed to Samuel Johnson urging living within means avoid debt and frivolous vanity. It emphasizes self denial and prudence to prevent misery, temptation, and regret. The quote frames poverty as an evil linked to vanity and pleasure, urging restraint.
A Boston Herald excerpt discusses Patrick Henry as a great man with thousands of followers and questions whether his appeal extends beyond orators and patriots to the general populace. The dialogue evokes the era's spirited rhetoric and public perception.
Allen's Foot-Ease powder prevents tightness and blistering and cures corns bunions swollen sweating and aching feet. Sold at druggists for 95 cents. Sample mailed free. Address A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
Catharine Kavanagh wife of Michael Kavanagh janitor of Byfield School died at her home 130 Constitution Street on Monday morning. She was born July 1 1854 in Barneysville Mass and married January 26 1879. Survived by husband son Edward M and two daughters, plus five sisters and a brother. Funeral from St Marys Church Wednesday at 9 oclock.
Intelligence reported yesterday the death of Mrs Emma Gilmore wife of Abiah Gilmore of Long Plain a suburb of New Bedford Massachusetts She had been ill for a long time Her father the late Benjamin Anthony was editor of the New Bedford Standard for many years Her brother Benjamin Anthony now edits the Standard She was a niece of Mrs Benoni R Paine of 246 Fourth street New Bedford one of Littie's Narrows summer colonists She leaves a husband and three children The funeral was held today at 1 o clock at her residence in Long Plain.
Mrs Mary J Burrow aged 59 died Sunday evening at her Charles street home after a short illness caused by a complication of diseases. Born in England to David and Alice Pinkerton she came to the United States as a young woman, lived in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and resided here eight years. She leaves four daughters and two sons including daughter Mrs Benjamin West and son John E Burrow. Funeral is at 2 pm tomorrow from her Charles street home with Rev W R Trotter of Trinity Church officiating. Burial will be at North Cemetery.
Mrs. Alexander Geisler of Summer street celebrated her birthday yesterday afternoon with friends. Guests included Mrs. O C Straight of East Providence, Mrs. Brelesford of Fall River, Mrs. Kamberger of Plainville Mass, and others. She received gifts including a damask table cloth from the club. Rooms decorated with daffodils and flags. Souvenirs given, refreshments served, guests enjoyed a general good time.
A New Haven railroad train struck a fox terrier named Toby owned by Miss Bertha Wyatt near Bradford street. The dog suffered crushed fore foot and severely cut hind leg. euthanasia with chloroform was performed at the owner’s home after being brought to Bristol Neck. A second incident on Hope street involved a dog owned by Peleg Oard struck by car 752. the driver did not stop, but the dog escaped serious injury.
A Chicago made D D D Company product offers instant relief for eczema and skin diseases at a special 25 cent trial size. The ad touts oil of wintergreen thymol glycerine and a ten year track record, urging readers to accept the 26 cent offer and visit J H Young & Co at 470 Hope Street.
Continued from fret page the obituary notes Miss Eliza Bullock born April 20 1810 will reach the century tomorrow. The next oldest in town are Wells G Peck born Feb 18 1814 and Josephus Gooding born March 17 1817. William tty Kimball who is in his 99th year died March 1.
Advertised letters list includes W R Coggeshall Thomas Kegen Henry Moerz Violet Lennon Foreign Giovanni Fazzino Angelo Cirillo for the week ending April 16.
A rhapsodic speaker praises grand and exquisite life while a blushful partner replies that she cannot refuse such beauty, highlighting a playful romantic exchange between George and a companion.
A Trost magnate frets after learning a report that American farmers are thriving, worrying that he may have overlooked something. The line hints at tension between industry leaders and agricultural success, implying possible economic shifts or overlooked opportunities.
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