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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1899

Page

2

Ice cream war and tax gripes across Rhode Island towns

A roomful of notices from 1899 discuss Pascoag ice cream price wars prompting young men to pursue more than one girl, Bristol wals four quarts, and tax assessors in Wickford and surrounding towns facing universal grumbling. The piece defends assessors as town council picks, noting errors are possible and urging patience with taxes and local governance.

Pascoag The Herald Olneyville Times Brother Sibley Bristol Wickford Herbert F Bennest

Will of W H Church Denied in Probate Court

In Bristol County yesterday morning the probate court refused the will of William Henry Church and appointed an administrator. Testimony from Dr Keene and Dr McCaw of the State Institution for the Insane argued Church was unsound when the will was made. Judge Reynolds disallowed the bill, noting Church’s large estate and the doctors’ testimony. Church’s second wife, Dr McCaw, is described as the daughter of Church’s first wife.

Willian Henry Church Keene Dr McCaw State T Institution For the Insane Church Reynolds Bristol County

Flectria Batters Promised To Restore Health At Jow Gardner Ad

Victims suffer stomach liver and kidney troubles with loss of appetite backache nervousness and tired run-down feeling. Jow Gardner Idaville endorses Flectria Batters as a remedy for men run down and indifferent to life. A local drug store advertises recent stock with a guarantee.

Jow Gardner Idaville Jd HE Young A Co

Bristol News Briefs From Mail To Marriage Plans

Bristol and vicinity notes cover outward and inward mail times for New York Providence Boston and local street work. Sunday sermons and visits by residents frame a busy week with a sloop yacht arriving from New London a child’s death funeral and a gutter bridge cleaning. Excursions traffic at Crescent Park and Mount Hope Park plus police and bicycle notices mix with shop ads and school committee repairs at Burton and Byfield buildings.

Hall's Catarrh Cure advertised as universal remedy

An 19th century advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure a constitutional cure for catarrh, claiming to act on blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease’s foundation and strengthen the body. It offers $100 for any case it fails to cure, invites testimonials, and notes availability from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, with Hall's Pills branded as best.

Hall F. J. Cheney & CO Toledo P!lls

End of the Controversy Controverted 2 vols 1854 Oxford catalog

Listing of historical theological works and library entries. Tracts for the Times by Oxford members BPM Hopkins John H second edition. Directorium Anglicanum by Fred Geo Lee 1865. Hardwick History of the Christian Church Middle Age 1877. Library catalog notation 14944-14947.

the Times University of Oxford Bopkins John H N.Y Directorium Anglicanum Fred Geo Lee London Hardwick Charles

Hand Amputation Feared After Calendar Machine Accident

James Cummings, a factory worker at National India Rubber Company, had his left hand crushed in a calendar machine around 10 30 this morning. Four fingers may require amputation. He is unmarried, about 23, dressed wounds by Dr Williams then moved to Providence Hospital on the 11 50 train.

James Cummings National India Rubber Company Mr. Cummings Williams Providence

Snakes and a Short Name for a Sneaky Car

A quirky dialogue centers on recognizing an auto vehicle and the humor in its unusually long model name. The exchange notes the car vanishing quickly, prompting a lighthearted remark about a shorter nickname.

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