Bristol Phesix Promotes Local News and Advertising Value
The PrinceNix editor urges readers to submit all news items about Bristol and personal doings. Since 1494 it has grown from weekly to semi weekly with 1000 copies per issue. Advertisers report strong returns, including a Bristol businessman noting a $50 order traced to his ad. The paper positions itself as a vital community institution.
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Bristol
PrinceNix
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Business combinations cause layoffs of sales force
The piece notes that mergers in tobacco and bicycle industries cut about 600 bicycle agents and 400 chair salesmen, questioning whether lower prices justify worker hardship. It argues layoffs to fund watered-stock dividends are troubling, contrasting public benefit with personal financial gain.
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Tobacco Combine
Bicycle Trust
Chair Trust
New England
Admiral Dewey Plans Arrival in New York Harbor
Admiral Dewey says he will be in New York harbor ready to be received on Friday September 2.
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Dewey
New York Harbor
Bristol and Vicinity News Briefs and Post Office Times
Local notices cover Bristol post office mail cutoffs for New York Providence Boston and the east, and arrivals from New York Providence Boston and the east. Community items include postmaster Martin’s Saturday start, farm and weather forecasts, park and hotel chatter, local sales at T J Connery’s, club excursions, a Bristol Warren baseball feud, a missing checks inquiry, yacht racing, and fishing industry notes with cod and lobster trends.
Proclamation for Porto Rico relief aid appeal by Rhode Island
Governor Elisha Dyer appeals Rhode Island residents to aid hurricane devastated Porto Rico. Send supplies to Col F B Jones in New York and money to the National Bank of North America New York City.
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Elisha Dyer
Porto Rico
Island
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
F.B. Jones
Army Building
Whitehall Street
New York City
National Bank of North America
Providence
Local notes from Bristol and surrounding towns
The sloop Ludeah and schooner Quisetta are in harbor with owners and crews mentioned. Socials and visits abound as Misses Camm, Hayes Doolittle, and Miss Lizzie Graham return or visit relatives. Local prices, fashions, and a Dance at G A R Hall planned for August 29 noted amid a string of town news and a typhoid case.
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Heilbron
California
Sylvester Munro
Bristol
Brooklyn
R Siegel
Joseph Bernard
Constitution Street
Meat price rise reflects west prosperity and farmer leverage
The jump in meat prices over the past week signals western prosperity as farmers and ranchers can hold animals for better prices. Wholesalers and retailers benefit by the typical doubling of raises, while poorer consumers face the burden of higher meat costs.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills Ad
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease. It states internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and offers $100 if any case fails. Includes address J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and note Hall's pills as best.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
First Congregational Service Led by Rev T Newton Owen
At the First Congregational church the 10.80 a m service featured Rev T Newton Owen returning from a two week New York state trip. The choir performed Father Guide Me by Thy Hand from Belshazzar with Butterfield arranged parts sung by Dimond Greene and the church quartet. Miss Reba Bradford of Utica sang Show Me Thy Ways O Lord at offertory, presentation praised for her fine soprano and feeling.
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T. Newton Owen
New York State
Belshazzar
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F. M. Dimond
Dora Greene
Church Quartette
Reba Bradford
Utica
N. Y
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