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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1907
Page
3
Local resident John Riha of Vining Illinois praises DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills for about a year of use. He claims high satisfaction and reports others, about a dozen, also benefited. Sold by W. H. Baffington.
On a Tuesday evening Miss Veronica Brown hosted a party on State Street for her cousin Miss Margaret Hatch of Boston who is her quiet. The Boston Normal School graduate, class of 07, attended with vocal and piano solos and graphophone selections. Guests enjoyed instrumental numbers by Hatch and Tobin siblings, Foley and Hughes vocalists, a Dreaming duet by Foley and McHugh, and a reading by Catherine Levere. Luncheon was served by two Japanese insiders in native costume.
An essay depicts a man racing from dawn to dusk for sustenance and status, chasing three meals and a bed, and fearing laziness. He works through youth to wear a silk hat in later life, only to discover exploitation by his own plans and the wreckage of health and kinship.
The notice lists September events including a dance at Portuguese Hall for Portuguesa Church on Sept 14, a field day and clambake by Bristol aerie No 953 on Sept 1 at Fox Hill, and clambakes by Bristol Council Knights of Columbus on Sept 8 plus a Hall Room Boys event. Also Sept 5 hosts the St Andrew's School Out-of-Doors Festival at Barrington. The piece closes with a reflection on distant friends and the vastness they create.
A local advertisement touts Kennedy's Laxative Syrup as superior to competing cough cures. It claims gentle bowel action clears coughs and colds, relieves throat inflammation, and soothes irritation, with sales by W. H. Burlington.
The National India Rubber Co wires department is rapidly rising under Hartwell and Kingston of Providence. The two story, 450 foot long brick structure should be ready to occupy by January first. It will employ about 500 more workers, fueling housing demand as tenements are scarce and cottages would rent quickly per a local real estate man.
J. W. Bishop and Co. of Providence holds the contract to replace Blithawold for Commodore William L. McKee at Ferry Hill. The new residence, 200 by 56 feet and 214 feet high, rises with field stone first story, cement-finished upper walls, and stone center gable. It features 12 foot wings, numerous dormers, and a slate roof. Architect Killam and Hopkins of Boston design, with completion aimed for May 1, 1908. E O Googins oversees construction.
The Norcross Brothers' Company, contractor for Colt Memorial High School, advance construction with all three fire proof floors nearly finished and roof timbers largely in place. Copper coppersmiths expected to finish in about two weeks before green roof tiles are laid.
Work on Col Samuel P Uonolt is moving, contractor William A Doran in charge. The two story L shaped brick structure on Central and Wardwell streets includes a 40 by 28 foot lower floor for autos, a 16 by 30 foot machine shop, and a second floor for Col Colt's chauffeur and family. Features include white enamel brick interiors, Georgia pine ceilings, granolythic floors, electric lighting and steam heat. Completion expected in about a month.
The piece celebrates town pride in its schools and the support given to students. It asserts every graduate leaves with well wishes from the community and thanks the Christian-minded citizens who fostered bearing and upright character.
Rev Alfred Stowell, long in the White Mountains, plans to return tomorrow and will lead the First Baptist Church pulpit Sunday. He recently guided a four person party including his daughter Helen over the ranges. They climbed Mt Madison reaching the Madison Hut, then proceeded to Mt Washington, finishing 16 miles along the carriage road to the Glen.
Baseball action looms as Auburns Bristols Advents and Jeromes prepare for Labor Day and Saturday games. Howland Aspinwall and a host of six footers headline the heavy Advents lineup. Local squads boast improving form and seek large crowds for Monday and upcoming matches.
St Marys T A S travels to Palace Gardens Sunday to face Eastern Coal Company. St Marys has beaten the coal handlers twice this season but Providence favors the stronger Philadelphia style and the coal team may hold firm. Manager Hughes plans to bring the Y M C A team of Fall River to labor day morning games.
An spirited sewer commission meeting in Hope Street last evening featured Capt. Robert N. Tarner arguing against deep sewers and suggesting fewer man holes and sand catchers. Contractors presented cost figures. debate centered on staying within the $8,000 appropriation as rock delays risked overruns.
Peter Riley a milk dealer in the eastern town was badly hurt yesterday morning when his milk wagon toppled at John and Hops streets. He suffered a knee cut and a brush burn after being thrown as the horse ran toward Thames. He was helped home by James Tobin and treated by Dr. O R Siegel. The horse later ran away again injuring a worker named Campbell with no broken bones reported.
A Saturday Evening Post tale centers on John B. Herreshoff and a Bristol party. The blind yacht builder touches a 1710 New York cabinet and privately notes its anachronistic circular saws, hinting at a hidden secret. Mrs B remains unnamed as the anecdote unfolds with wit and restraint.
Auctioneer Michael Kerr will sell at public auction on Thursday September 10 at 3 p m at 666 Wood St Bristol by virtue of a mortgage deed dated March 4 1907 recorded in Town of Bristol Rhode Island. The mortgage is in default and the items listed include a cook range sewing machine iron beds with springs bureaus chairs tables stands and kitchen utensils. The mortgagee reserves the right to bid during the sale or any adjournment.
We the undersigned milk dealers of the Town of Bristol Rhode Island give notice that on and after September 1 1907 and until further notice the price of milk will be 7 cents per quart at retail and 6 cents per quart at wholesale. Signatories include James M Gooding H DeW Alen Frank Innicutt Stephen T Church C H Church J Canghey Richard Corcoran Peter Reily AG Fales John Usher Jr J H Bailey Jr Wilt my al Geo 8 Pea nee Ezra cons am Iro mas a RCo Logs Pray T pers Wardwell pn el O Shea Manuel Silva F M Barney AG Long Ferry Wm B McCangher Frank Terra Wm F Smith Coggeshall Wm H West Peter E Gilroy Joseph B Hone O Coggeshall Spencer Rounds J Tradell.
Public auction to be held Wednesday September 18 1907 at 2:00 PM on the premises for seven acres of woodland in New Meadow Neck Barrington Rhode Island. Property tied to mortgage of Robert Ide dated October 22 1902 with lands bounded by Costello Bowen heirs Sweatland road. Sale ordered by holder of the mortgage with notice.
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