18 Aug 1903
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1903
Page
1
The Assessors of Taxes levy a $1 poll tax for 1903 on every registered person eligible to vote. Tax is due from September 1 to October 8, with Sundays and holidays excluded. Collector Geo H. Peck will collect daily 9 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm. the Town Clerk may receive payments. Bristol Rhode Island, August 3, 1903.
The undersigned Collector of Taxes announces readiness to receive the tax for the year 1908. Office hours in Burnside Memorial Building are daily in August and September, excluding Sundays and holidays, from 9 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m., and from September 21 to October 1 with additional evening hours from 7 to 9.
A card informs the public that each call costs ten cents when using a limited service telephone. Cards available at the Pacnix office. Price ten cents.
The Excelsior Tennis Club hosts the Bristol County Championship at Silver Creek with events in men's singles ladies singles and men's doubles. Winners include facing county champion W J Duffy Jr and doubles contestants M W Fisher and W H Rose of Warren. Finals planned Friday and Saturday amid strong attendance.
The church outlines summer activities and fall planning led by the pastor and Sunday school board. Rally Day is set for the first Sunday in October with Bible study initiatives and a fall pulpit supply, plus Epworth League services continuing to engage members.
The launch Soot with capacity for 80 passengers departs D Wolf Inn wharf at 8 o clock on Wednesday morning August 19. It sails to Bristol Ferry to connect with the 8 54 train for Newport and witness the doubles tennis championship between the Doherty brothers and a pair from Ward Ware Wardner Collins. The Toot meets at Bristol Ferry with the Newport train at 3 p m. Fare is 25 cents.
A Shell Lake Wisconsin father recounts giving Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to his four year old son after morphine injections failed. The stomach cramps subsided in half an hour and the child slept then recovered. Advertisement notes W H Bufington as seller and identifies F L Wilkins as Shell Lake Lumber Co bookkeeper.
Aug. 16 a son to Mr. and Mrs Edward A Brown. Aug. 15 a son to Mr. and Mrs James Burke. Aug. 18 at St. Marys Frederic Vermette and Miss Julia Trepanier both of this town wed by Rev P McCabe.
In Silvia ID on August 14 Teresa Silvia infant daughter of Manuel and Mary Silvia is 1 month and 7 days old.
A promotional piece claims Hyomei can prevent and treat hay fever from home, avoiding mountain trips. It describes the pocket inhaler kit, the healing balsams, and a refund promise if the treatment fails, noting it provides a “change of climate” without stomach dosing and eases symptoms.
The treasurer of every savings institution must, in July 1903 and every fifth year, file a sworn statement with the State Auditor. It must list each depositor who has not deposited or withdrawn for 20 years or more, or whose book has not shown accrued interest, including name and last residence or post office address, and, if known, death. The notice must be published weekly for six weeks in newspapers nearest the institution. The section does not apply to deposits made in the name of living, sound minded persons. Cc. H. Manchester, Treasurer, Deceased.
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