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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1903

Page

2

Bristol Souvenir to feature grand Christmas edition

A Bristol circular drive seeks homeowner cooperation for a large Christmas Souvenir edition to showcase residences public buildings and main streets with engravings and a cover. Advance orders urged as the edition aims for wide circulation. Also reports Reliance leading Shamrock III by eight seconds in an America’s Cup race off Sandy Hook and promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a quick cure with sale by W H Buffington.

Bristol Bastol Ladies'Home Journal Reliance Shamrock III Sandy Hook Shamrock W H.buffington

Bristol Notes And News Of Local Interest

Bristol Post Office schedules dominate this local column with mail arrival and close times, general delivery, and stamp sales. Community notes cover visits, trips, church events, court cases, real estate transfers, ship arrivals, a clambake, barber and gas range ads, and upcoming social and religious activities in Bristol and nearby towns.

Beware of mercury ointments for catarrh

Caution against catarrh remedies containing mercury warns they destroy smell and disrupt the system. Hall's Catarrh Core from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio claims no mercury and acts internally on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free. Sold by druggists at 76 cents per bottle. Hall's Family Pills also advertised.

Hall F J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio F. J Cheder & Co

Man Detained After Stranger at Pappoosesquaw Near Crossing

Saturday morning Edward T Nichols, head of North Point farm at Pappoosesquaw, turned over a man who gave the name Gideon England to police. The stranger, said to be from Fall River, Mass, had wandered the area days and narrowly avoided a train near the crossing. He claimed to have escaped from an inebriate asylum in Foxboro and was taken to Fall River authorities. The man’s mind was affected and had been attracting local attention around the crossing.

Edward T Nichols North Point Pappoosesquaw Col S.P Colt Gideon England Pappoosesquaw Crossing Fall River Foxboro Mass

Drinking fountain unveiled on High street in memory of Theodora Colt

A granite fountain stands about four feet high on High street before the courthouse. Erected by Col. S. P. Colt in memory of his mother Mrs. Theodora De W. Colt, it features a horse basin and an east side human water tap. The inscription reads And Let Him That is Athirst Come In loving memory of Theodora De W. Colt. Cornelius Harrington cut the fountain at Warren and plumbers were installing the water piping.

High Street Court House Col. S. P. Colt Theodora de W. Colt Athirst Cornelius Harrington Warren

Advertised Letters Week Ending August Twenty Second

A list of advertised letters for the week ending Aug 22 includes M Glassman Henry Gingras Herbert B Danielson John Ennis W L Hart Joseph Kelley P Pratt Odilon Ouellet John Macer Manuel Menders Manuel Menders F Sigmund C B Farrar Winnie Howard Elizabeth Hunter Mrs John Lamontagne A lady notes with her doctor she never bid you goodbye without relief.

M. Glassman Henry Gingras Herbert B. Danielson John Ennis W. L. Hart Joseph Kelley P. Pratt M. Odilon Ouellet John Macer Manuel Menders F. Sigmund C. B. Farrar Winnie Howard Elizabeth Hunter John Lamontagne

Hubs Granted More Spokes Than the Hubby

A brief remark notes that hubs typically granted more spokes than the hubby, implying a common gendered distribution in domestic or social roles. The line suggests a comparative observation about partnership dynamics without detailing events or names.

Woman Defies Dealers in Girard Paint Trial

FE. W. Devoe & Co. recounts a letter to E. G. Easterbrooks praising Mrs. E. R. Bowman, a Girard druggist, for selling Devoe lead and zinc paint after local dealers refused. She widens demand, proving cheap paint can be costly long term as customers note paint goes farther and satisfaction rises.

Girard Devoe E. R. Bowman Bart Young E H John Haona Bowman W. Devoe & Co. P. S S. C. Easterbrooks

Lost silver hunting case watch with fob and locket

A silver hunting case watch with a black silk fob and a gold locket went missing Friday afternoon between Milk and Burton streets. Finder should return it to 17 Milk Street.

Milk Burton’ Streets Milk Street

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