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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1909
Page
2
Representative F. H. Hammill presented an act in the House Wednesday to create a cancer law for Bristol. Referred to the Judiciary Committee, Hammill’s membership suggests favorable reception and a long-needed act for the town may pass.
Abdul Hamid II, deposed ruler of the Ottoman Empire, has been moved under guard to Saloniki to live as a political prisoner in a modest villa. His brother is proclaimed Mehmed V as the new sultan, with the United States recognizing the new government. Turko-Armenian violence continues in Adana and Hadjin, with mass killings of Christians and danger to missionaries and European property.
To the Editor of the Phoenix, a reader asks why Consolidated and Suburban road cars depart and arrive in unison. They urge investigation to improve half hourly service, compare Warren's three trains per hour to Providence with their town's single train, and echo a saying about advertising and profit.
Bristol post office lists mail arrival times at 7.00 10.00 9.15 a. m. and 2.00 4.00 6.00 7.15 p. m. Mail closes 7.40 11.80 a. m. 2.00 7.15 p. m. Sunday mail arrives 8.00 a. m. closes 4.50 p. m. Office hours Sunday 9.80 to 10.80 p. m. Sunday mail distributed from carriers racks at south door 9.80 to 10.80 a. m.
Outward trains leave at 7.50, 11.20 a.m., 8.20, 8.20 p.m. Arrivals occur at 8.00, 12.00 a.m., 3.00, 7.00 p.m. The schedule lists two outward and two inward daily times.
Tomorrow afternoon Warren hosts a marathon with almost sixty contestants anticipated. Community events include a Children’s Home phonograph program hosted by EH D Kunz, and local notices on school, militia, and civic activities shaping a busy midweek scene.
Claim states deafness cannot be cured by local applications and hinges on constitutional remedies. Attributed to inflammation of the Eustachian tube with catarrh as the common cause, promising one hundred dollars for any deafness from catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. circulars offered.
Mrs Maria Ellis Bowler Lindsey aged in Bristol born September 8 1880 died Tuesday at 5 pm at sister Mrs Oliver Hazard Perry home in Bayville after six weeks illness. Survivors include eight children Edwin F Lindsey Christian Herrmann Frank T Kinnicutt Annie W Virrell and grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 pm at daughter Mrs Krank Kin nicutt home 968 Hope Street with interment in North Cemetery.
Albert Poli of this town returned from Providence wiser and poorer by 115 dollars after two men posing as friends offered to pay him 25 dollars to show them around. Poli entrusted 115 to one man and the pair vanished after a brief stop on Mathewson street. He notified a policeman and warned that the con men may target other ventures in Rhode Island.
A quiet ceremony united Councilman Joseph Ellery Simmons and Miss Avernia Eliza Veinot last evening at the Simmons homestead on Ferry road. Rev George L Locke officiated. Only intimate friends attended. Mrs Simmons formerly of Halifax Nova Scotia and Salvation Army officer now resides here with her husband and their circle of friends wish them happiness.
The U S Rubber Co shows stronger orders over the past two months with January and February lagging. By May 1, orders are likely above 1907 levels. the 5 percent pre May order discount will be withdrawn. Boot and shoe plants run at 50 to 76 percent capacity. tire firms remain busy. stocks on hand normal.
In a Boston trans script, Miss Porkenlard-Well and her father travel through Europe. He warns her to avoid cheap lords and to wait for a king in reduced circumstances, urging caution in romance and alliances.
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