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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
3
Bristol Rhode Island town officials weigh state aid to battle elm beetle and tobacco moth pests. No action taken due to lack of funds. auditors, licenses, and court expenses debated. Highway superintendent reports on 1908-1910 street work and tight budget for repairs, street cleaning, and snow season needs.
Instructions touting Kodol for summer stomach issues and Kennedy's Laxative Dough Syrup for children, with claims of relief from sour stomach belching gas bloating dyspepsia and indigestion. Sold by W H Buffington.
A warning ad claims kidney disease leads to heart failure pneumonia and death. It promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder issues and offers a free sample bottle and booklet by mail from Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
The Highway Department presents an appropriation of 7060.00 with 1475.00 allocated to outlying districts. Expenditures include 875.00 by the superintendent during February and March, totaling 42150.00 in known disbursements.
A new hunting cabin launch named the Alces was launched from George F. Moore’s shop at Wood and Valley streets for Newport captain Frank J. Logler. The 24 ft 7 in long craft features a 6 hp Hartford engine, oak and cedar construction, oak interior with mahogany trim, brass fittings, and a square stern with a sharp bow for easy water entry, akin to the Heatrice.
The Herreshoff Marine Band gives a concert tomorrow from 8 to 11 PM on the Hotel Belvedere balcony. The program includes Col Goddard Reeves American Overture War Songs of the Boys in Blue Greenwood Light Cavalry Blue Danube and more. Also featured are vocal pieces and a medley overture with a humorous poster line about stars unseen.
Arrangements for Rhode Island to attend the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Toledo and the Rhode Island Firemen's League muster in Albion are announced. Reports cover deaths including Maj. Charles Curtis MacConnell and Katharine Prescott Wormeley, accidents in Providence and Woonsocket, a Sheridan statue in Washington, lightning strikes on three Rhode Island churches, and planned naval militia maneuvers with Submarines.
The United States Rubber Company and Nation al India Rubber Company factories have not received notices of a planned two week shutdown. Woonsocket and Millville mills closed two to three weeks but resumed this week. Superintendent Cnshman and other officials say no shutdown is planned and business is expected to improve soon.
Manuel Silva Roderiques died yesterday morning at 5 Easterbrooke Avenue after a brief illness from gangrene of the lungs induced by asthma. Born in the Azores, he lived about 25 years in this country and in town most of his life. He was a member or officer of the Divino Espirito Sancta Society, A. B. A. M. of Providence, P. U. 8 A. of Fall River, and the St. Antonio Society of Taunton. Survived by his wife, the funeral will be from his home tomorrow at 8:30 to St Marys Church for a high mass, interment in St Marys Cemetery.
Frederick Gablinski a German resident died at his home 42 Mount Hope avenue of heart disease He was 57 and survived by his wife and seven children along with four sisters in Boston The funeral is set for Sunday at 2 PM.
Mrs Delia Martin Intelligence reported the death of her sister Mrs Delia Martino in Salt Lake City Utah on Monday. Martino had lived there with her sister Miss Annie Lannon for four years for health. Born in the town to James and Ann Lannon she was 84. She leaves husband Terry Martin of Providence, sister Mary Lannon Sylvester of this town, sister Annie Lannon, and brother James Lannon of Providence.
A fragment recalls a carriage scene with a bite of dialogue about saving the rice and a scornful comment about the miserly bridegroom. The lines hint at comic tension or a domestic moment without full context.
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