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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
4
Kidney trouble claims cure from Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root with a free sample offer. The ad markets Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder issues and promises a free book and sample bottle by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
Donatello, a Greek fruit dealer in Boston, has built a small fortune selling fruit while writing the advertisements for his stand. A recent sample reads American and Foreign Fruits Noted For Their Durability. Youth's Companion.
A collection of quips and lines on race losses fortune and folly. It includes a remark about losing heavily at the races and a counter about winning today. The Washington Star quote about a fool and his money appears alongside a line from Aeschylus mentioning preferring ignorance to wisdom and foreboding.
The 1907 act sets probate court fees for petitions, inventories, and related actions at 7.00 plus a 0.1 percent estate tax capped at 200 dollars, with reduced fees for estates under 300 dollars. It divides fees between the probate court and clerk and adds recording charges, effective upon passage.
Chapter 1466 creates the Metropolitan Park Commissioners for Providence Plantations. It details ex officio members, appointment of officers, powers to acquire land, maintain open spaces, regulate reservations, and oversee funding via trust, city transfers, and state finances with annual reports and court oversight. Also outlines assessments among cities, and governance for open-space care.
The act sets July to September each year as Old Home Week to honor returning state residents and guests. Cities and towns may appropriate funds for observances, with the calendar week beginning the first Sunday of July as the observance period. The act takes effect upon passage with certification by the Secretary of State.
At Fort Pitt, Pa in 1867, two twenty inch guns for the monitor Puritan were proposed to be named Satan and Lucifer by Captain W. C. Wise. A Pittsburg pastor protested as "unseemly" and "impious." Wise argued foreign practice uses names like Jupiter and Vulcan to convey power. Clergymen witnessed the christening of Beelzebub, but religious sentiments blocked the naming. Army and Navy
Mrs. Chatters questions a statement about the minister's vacation and the reply clarifies that he had no vacation at all. The exchange underscores tensions within the household and clergy during the period.
The piece cites Thomas Jefferson on not repenting of eating too little and advises sparing meals in hot weather. It recommends using Kodol For Indigestion and Dyspepsia to aid digestion, marketed by W. H. Buffington as a stomach tester.
Freet June 15 timetable fragment lists a day schedule with scattered digits and phrases. Readable items note times and routes for Bristol morning company service, though many details are incomplete. The fragment suggests a transit timetable update or schedule notice.
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