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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
2
A letter from a reader known as A''1D argues long term bonds for a new Town Hall seem costly but notes interest accrues slowly. The piece explains simple and compound interest, rents and other income, and compares bonds to paying cash, suggesting an Opera House could offset costs if Bristol builds a first class venue.
Local notices list Bristol Post Office mail arrival times and closing hours for weekdays and Sunday. Geneva stamp sale window 430 to 500 pm. Office hours Sunday 930 to 1080 am. Sunday mail distributed from carriers racks at south door 930 to 1030 am.
Outward departures at 7 35 a m 11 05 a m 8 05 and 5 05 p m. Inward arrivals at 7 45 a m 11 45 a m 2 45 and 6 45 p m. The note lists hours for the 18st day.
Bert R Dunbar and Fred Alger visited the Chelsea ruins Sunday. Mrs Linda Wilbour stays at the Hotel Belvedere and plans to summer in town. May baskets raised about 380 dollars at Rockwell Hall social. women’s auxiliary and Babbitt corps announce visits. Dr Wirship to speak to Bristol teachers. funeral notices for John J Christie and burial at North cemetery. county clergy services hosts next week. North Burial Ground commissioners reorganize and schedule monthly meetings.
Miss Helen F Cronin of Providence visits Miss Mary Cuddy on State Street. Next Sunday at the First Congregational church sixtyone candidates unite with the church. Town Council to meet tonight to select jurors for the Superior Court. 89th anniversary of Odd Fellows marked by Miss Juliette M Fish singing solos at Providence Church of the Mediator. Real estate transfers list Tobin to Connery on State Street and Connery to Connery estate on State Street. The paper notes a correction to a pennant attribution and promotes Smiths Velvet Ice Cream with Hasbrouck Blook. The Scenic Theatre show is highlighted and Josiah F Peckham buys a building to move for a garage on Court Street.
Bristol Aerie 958 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles met at 10 G A s Hall with President John McElvogue presiding. Two new members admitted. sick benefits paid and a $100 death benefit reported. Communications mentioned a New England Eagles field day in Fall River and plans to travel there. A fourth annual ball at Grand Army HallTomorrow night features Christie's Union Orchestra and a 26 piece dance program.
Public spirited citizens are urged to study leading candidates. The Y M C A reading room lists magazines and newspapers from 9 to 10 a m for men of town, members or not, including Scientific American Leslie's Weekly Saturday Evening Post and other titles.
Advertised letters for the week ending April 25 1908 in Bristol include R. L Arthur Swift Charles I Brown Mrs Wallace Mrs Elisha Howard Mra Alfred Onase Antonio de Mid eiros Oarreiro Soosima Sapunte Giovanniar Simbolo Ferri Giovanni Marin Izabel Mideiros.
Highway surveyor Captain Callan has overseen repairs on Congregational and Bourn streets, Maino and Pearse avenues, plus new sidewalks and concrete walks on Wood Street and at key blocks. He plans asphalt cross walks at State and Frankie streets and discusses elevated railroad tracks on High Street and Thames Street with civil engineers.
Two simple assault cases were heard before Judge O L Bosworth. John H Brown lost to John J Bowen with $10 plus costs and Bowen was found guilty in a countercharge, receiving three months in Providence County jail and costs. Brown appealed. his grandfather Henry Brown became $500 surety. Other cases Pasquale Palumbo Angello and Joseph Chirello faced larceny charges and were continued. Cheetham vs Bullock, and Romano vs Bristol County Gas and Electric were also continued.
New Books available Wednesday April 29 include Abdubon and his Journals 1908 volume The Hidden Shensi by Nichols Electricity in daily life Principles of money Laughlin and more titles such as Meas ure of the Road Barr A Mind that Found Itself Beers and Asto r Perodi. 1799 Cin eaus of A. S. 1799 Heads of Families in three states plus Printers and Printing Prov 1762 to 1907 Memoirs of Elizabeth Fry 2 volumes.
State Engineer Rodman and Secretary Lanyon with Col Callan inspected Bristol Neck highway. They approved macadam over a settled sewer trench between John P Reynolds residence and Chestnut Street and allowed immediate work between Chestnut Street and Thames and Hope Streets near Town Bridge. North of Chestnut Street to Half Way Hill will wait until next spring to let the sewer trench settle.
The Bristol Auto Company has opened a repaired shop on Hope Street near the town bridge in the former Peck and Black grain dealers store. Electric lights a telephone and a gas engine power a lathe in the machine shop for repairs. Managers L Barber and G A Cone come well recommended as skilled automobile mechanics and operators. They are agents for Northern Cars and rent a car by day or hour with a careful chauffeur.
Letter to W H Buffington from Devoe & Co asserts their paint covers more per gallon with a pay if not. Jas A Maller & Son are sellers. An ad promotes Rings Little Liver Pills for biliousness and sick headaches claiming they cleanse the system and clear the skin. Sold by O W Sparks.
An advertisement for Bees Laxative Cough Syrup promises a guaranteed remedy for coughs colds croup whooping cough and bronchial trouble. It states the syrup is pleasant to take and especially recommended for children and is sold by O W Sparks.
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