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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
2
Governor Aram J. Pothier orders a statewide mourning period from sunrise on Aug 27 1909 until after the funeral. Public business at the State Capitol suspended national and state flags at half staff and Capitol building draped in mourning for 30 days after the funeral.
The twenty fourth annual convention of the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew will be held in Providence October 18 17 1909. It is expected to draw 1500 to 2000 delegates with leaders from Rhode Island and other regions attending public meetings and deliberations. The Rhode Island chapters secured the invitation with support from the Bishop and prominent laymen. The gathering aims to spark religious and spiritual awakening across the diocese.
Bristol post office hours list mail arrival times at 7.00 10.00 a m 2.00 4.00 6.00 7.15 p m and closing at 7.40 9.00 11.80 a m 2.00 6.00 7.15 p m Sunday mail arrives 8.00 p m closes 4.50 p m. Sunday hours 9.80 to 10.30 a m. mail from carriers racks at south door 9.80 to 10.30 p m.
Outward trains depart 7.50 a m 11 20 a m 3 20 p m 5 20 p m. Inward trains arrive 8.00 a m 12.00 a m 3.00 p m 6.30 p m.
Miss Beenie Weber heads to Arlington for a short visit. Several residents visit Worcester and Springfield relatives. Miss Ella Blakeslee trips to Woodstock Conn for vacation. Hattie and Ina Warren vacation at Mt. Wachusett Mass. A 50 foot flag staff rises at Benjamin Church Home for Aged Men. Dr L E Burr from Kingston NY returns home after visiting Brown's. Russell's chocolates offered in various forms. Regular Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps meetings resume with annual inspection Sept 10. Land sale recorded at Beach Terrace to Frederick O Connor. Christian Herrmann returns from New Orleans with yacht engine work. Receipts on house rent ads and blank receipts sold at Phoenix office. 1909 tax books printed and available at Town Clerk. Epworth League clam bake at State Street Church. Calander Club returns from Island Park with bean supper. Funeral attended for Miss Mary W Mason in Warren. Grand Lodge Field Day of Rhode Island United Order of the Golden Cross set for tomorrow at East Providence Odd Fellows Home with orchestra and races.
Readers learn Hall's Catarrh Cure purports to cure catarrh by constitutional treatment. The ad claims the remedy works on blood and mucous surfaces, offers $100 for any counterexample, and directs readers to F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio with price details and accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Town society notes feature visits from Miss Winifred O Mara Providence to Miss Elizabeth, lists of summer callers from Boston, Lenox and Fall River, typhoid cases at nearby facilities, and local events including bridge parties, church services, a court house repaint, planned outings to Rhode Island grounds, and a DA B pilgrimage. Also mentions real estate transfers, millinery theft arrest, and family travels.
Miss Marie O Reilly of Providence is the guest of Miss Mary Caddy on State street for a few days.
A minstrel show titled An Evening at the Plantation will be staged at Barrington Town Hall on September 1 and 2 to support St Andrew's School endowment. Harry O Patterson will be interlocutor with six endmen Bones-Maus S Wheelwright John Foey Fredrick S Peck Vambos-Arthur F Shepard Donald Jackson Raymond Vickery and soloists Jack Young Warren D Kent Clarence Steere Fred Elsbree.
The undersigned express sincere thanks for the many floral tributes and kindness shown to them in their late bereavement.
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