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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1908
Page
2
Local notice lists items for sale and requests including sewing and seamstress services. Also notes wanted items such as handkerchiefs handbags and a chiropodist. Readers are invited to contact in the Bradford Street area.
A 1908 local observer warns motorists and parents that roads are not playgrounds. Pedestrians must use crosswalks while drivers slow near them. between crossings cars may proceed at a reasonable speed, but both sides share responsibility for safety, as confusing signs and public behavior affect road risk.
The text criticizes traffic signs in Bristol that urge autos to slow to five miles an hour at corners with limited sight. It notes state law allows fifteen mph in towns, which would override local limits, and argues signs correctly warn but enforcement hinges on state law consistency.
A Bristol resident urges Bristol officials to fix dangerous sidewalk defects to avoid costly damage suits. He cites a gas valve box protruding six inches on Washington Street near Hops Street and notes prior notices to the electric light company and highway supervisor, which have not resulted in repairs. He argues prompt action saves money and prevents injuries. OCILIZEN, af wy
Charles Lo Hammill of Bristol was injured when his two horse truck was struck by a southbound Rhode Island Company car on Pawtucket avenue East Providence near Silver Spring. Darkness and a rebuilt road caused him to ride onto the car track. He was thrown and bruised with a scraped arm and facial cut, but no bones broken. He cannot work while under doctor care. Conductor Levin Popuis and five passengers were shaken but not seriously hurt. Hammill’s horses and the truck suffered damage.
James Farrar a 42 year old man from 340 Bradford Avenue Warren died at Rhode Island Hospital after being struck on the Consolidated railroad tracks near Warren early Saturday. He was found with severe injuries and died that evening. Farrar lived with his sister and had been out of work recently.
Yesterday Judge Munford granted a new trial in the Superior Court for Mrs Mary Clark against the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. The verdict set aside a prior award of damages after finding the plaintiff lacked mental capacity when she signed a release the day after the trolley accident between Fall River and Warren where a trolley pole struck a car window causing injuries. A previous court session awarded $54,000 in damages.
Mail delivery and collection hours are listed with multiple morning and evening time slots. Sunday slots include stamps sale from 9 to 8 30 a m and carriers racks distribution at the south door from 9 30 to 10 30 a m. Geneva office hours extend to 5 p m on weekdays with 9 8 30 to 10 30 a m Sunday hours.
Outward departures at 7:35 11:05 am 3:05 5:05 pm from X press matter. Inward arrivals at 7:45 11:45 am 2:45 6:45 pm. Times indicate Bristol bound service with multiple daily legs.
Denver resident Jonn J Smith visits Henry Magee Olives Ice Cream while town notes report the regular Town Council session, local deaths, outings, visits, business changes, and a recent court ruling. Multiple residents travel to Ocean Park, Mt Wachusetts, and Prudence Island, with social events at St Michael's chapel and the YMCA en room.
In probate court Judge Hezekiah Wardwell presided yesterday. Thomas H. Couney was named administrator of the John Allingham estate with $1200 surety from United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore. Appraisers James A. Cashill John J. Coosgrove and Andrew J. Wilcox. Inventories for Robert Newbold and Chas A. Waldron estates were approved for allowance.
Timmings, famed for the proverb see a pin pick it up, bent to seize a pin in the street and suffered a cascade of mishaps. His bat spun away, eyeglasses shattered, suspenders failed, a shirt buttonhole tore, and his new false teeth nearly came loose as Knut recovered the pin.
In this town on Aug 2 Gladys Hazel Flowers aged 7 months 22 days daughter of Roy A and Elizabeth V Flowers. In Warren Ann Phoebe Simister wife of George H Simister aged 44 years.
Vice-President Buckland says electric trains from Providence and Warren to Fall River will shift from India Street to the new tunnel in October with a five cent fare rise. Progress is satisfactory and the tunnel and approaches should finish before year end. Through trains to Fall River Warren and Bristol will benefit, though transfer at Fox Point remains inconvenient.
The writer claims the July 24 Phoenix piece about the Common caretaker was false and void. After an investigation, the writer absolves the caretaker from all blame and states the article was based on clients dictations.
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