Dean's Kidney Pills Backed By Bristol Testimony
An old advertisement urges curing kidney troubles to prevent diabetes or Bright's disease. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as the remedy, cites Miss Jane Fanning of 276 High St Bristol RI, claims reliable kidney relief, and notes sale by all dealers at 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo NY, is listed as sole US agent and warns to remember the name Dosan's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Dean
Bristol
Jane Fanning
High St
Joan
J. H. Young & Woo
Foster-Milburo Co
Buffalo
New York
In Memoriam Mrs Ellen M Dean of Assonet Mass
Mrs Ellen M Dean who died in Assonet on Tuesday Nov 24 is mourned by Bristol friends. Born Bristol May 7 1849 she moved to Assonet aged 11 and later to Taunton with husband Vernon T Dean who died in 1900. Survived by mother Mrs Eliza Rose two sons William E Dean and Harry S Dean five grandchildren two brothers a sister and is buried at Berkeley Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen M. Dean
Assonet
Mass
Bristol
Mrs Dean
William
Eliza (Kinder) Rose
Axsonet
Mars
Vernon T.dean
Taunton
Arsonet
Dean
Devan
William E. Dean
Harry S. Dean
Washington, D C
William F
Samuel K. Rose
George Hazelton
North Middleboro
Providence
Middleboro
Berkeley
Masa. H
Catholic Total Abstinence Union Convention Held in Pawtucket
The Sth annual convention of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of the Providence diocese met at St. Josephs Hall Pawtucket. Officers were largely reelected, with James J Walsh stepping down as secretary and Michael H Kourke elected. Delegates from the town were listed in the Phoenix, and resolutions urged strict temperance, Sunday saloon closures, and removal of street bar screens. Rev. Thomas E F Callen spoke on temperance, warning liquor harms and praising abstainers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sth
Catholic
Total Abstinence Unition
Providence
St. Joseph's Hall
Pawtuncket
James J. Walsh
Michael H Kourke
Phenix
Phoenix
Thomas EF. Callen
St. Patrick’s Church
Army of
Total Abstainers
DeWitts Little Early Risers Liver Pills Sale
Nearly everybody knows DeWitts Little Early Risers are the best pills made. They are small, pleasant, sure Little Liver pills. Sold by W. H. Bailington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
W. H. Bailington
Moonshiners sweep Town Fathers in bowling clash
Last night the Moonshiners beat the Town Fathers three straight in bowling. In another match the Wonders won two strings in three from the Hank Hanks. J Lallaint set a three string total record with 321.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wonders
Hank Hanks
J. Lallaint
Owls
Zoombooruks
South Enods
la Pipsisawas
Snow Birds
Mysteries
Hustlers
Independents
Broilers
Rangers
Town Fathers U
P.R. Kenney
J. Saillant
South Ends
Hayseeds
Averages Above 80 For Nine Strings Or More
A fragment notes averages above 80 for nine strings or more. The text includes a dialogue where a son laments daily meals and a parent responds that a new doctor next week will change the diet, suggesting upcoming change.
Cure Catarrh and Prevent Consumption With Rexall Muco Tone
Bristol readers urged to try Rexall Muco Tone a catarrh remedy claimed to cure 98 percent of cases and prevent consumption by targeting the disease at its source. The Hope Drug Co promises a free trial if it fails after proper use and offers two sizes 50 cents and one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Hope Drug Co
Hope Street
District Court Acts Involving Prostitution and Disorderly Conduct
Grace Salisbury was found guilty of being a common prostitute and lewd and wanton behavior and sentenced to one year in the House of Correction. Walter Besse, arrested with her, was found guilty of being a disorderly person and also sentenced to one year. Other cases were continued or settled, including Reynolds non support, and several civil matters with continuances of one to two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
O. L. Bosworth
Grace Salisbury
House of Correction
Walter Besse
Mt. Hope Bay
Morrissey
James W Goff
Isabelle T. Reynolds
Alonzo H. Reynolds
Henry R.trodell
Charles E. Reed
Joseph Silvia
Joan J. Vera
Samuel Nassenfeld
Thomas Silvia
Everett West
Mary A. Hargraves
Portuguese Beneficial Society
Manuel Rego Mello
Newport Water Plant to Install Bristol Filtration System
The Newport water works company will install a Bristol filtration plant after reviewing options. An executive committee meeting Wednesday approved the plan, aiming to complete the system in eight to ten months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Water Works Company
Bristol
Advertised Letters for Week Ending November 28 1908
List of advertised addressees includes Antonio Barb Motta George Norris Isaac Nathanson National Products Co Mrs Mary P Francis Mrs Wm Potter Miss Rollman P Skerry Manoel de Mello Varanca Miss Mary Burke Giovannina Cammiro and a note urging improved effort to make a hit.
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Antonio Barb
Motta
George Norris
Isaac Nathanson
National Products Co
Mary P. Francis
Wm. S. Potter
Rollman
Yforeign— P. Skerry
Manoel de Mello Varanca
Mary Burke
Giovannina Cammiro
Birth of a son for James and Mrs Lee in town
In November 830 a son named George Cameron was born to Mr James Lee and his wife in this town records note the new arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
George Cameron
James Lee
Local Obituaries and Death Notices for November
Goff James I. aged 77? in town on Nov. 28. Buffum Annie Niles aged 4 years 7 months 15 days in town on Nov. 29. Douglass George Henry aged 76 years 8 months 2 days in town on Dec. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goff
James I. Goff
Buffum
Annie Niles Buffum
Douglass
George Henry Douglass
Kodol Digestive Aid Promoted For Dyspepsia Relief
Advertisement asserts dieting does not cure indigestion and promotes Kodol as a natural digestive aid. It claims Kodol digests all foods, strengthens the weak stomach, is pleasant to take, and guarantees relief. Sold by W. H. Buffington.
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W. H. Buffington
Reminiscences of Bristol from the Phenix years ago
A compact reminiscence recalling Bristol scenes from the Phenix newspaper thirty and forty years past, capturing local people, places, and events with period tone and memory-driven detail.
Religious and civic notices from Phenix issue
Nov 30 1878 notes report multiple church activities including sermons by Durfee Howard Miller Keith Lane and Moran resignation of Trinity rector Moran accepted call in Maine. Also mentions Diman US consul at Lisbon earning reward for recovering stolen funds and a new two story building on Thames street with store and tenement. Thanksgiving services held across churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Durfee
Advent
Mr. Howard
Providence
Barrow
South Christian Church
Miller
St. James Church
Woonsocket
St. Michael’s
G. L. Locke
Samuel Moran
Trinity Church
Maine
Henry Wight Diman
United States
Lisbon
Portugal
Charles W. Angell
Chisago
Pullman Palane Car Company
Richard F. Joynes
Thames Street
Vickery House
Mr. Keith
Charles Street Congregational Church
Congregational
Lane
Thanksgiving Turkeys, Land Sales, and a Local School Head
The Nat ional Rubber Co. distributed Thanksgiving turkey meals to nearly two hundred employees. Property trades include Manchester and Diman selling land to Cole and Pearse for 1350, Harding selling a dwelling to Bedell for 800, Bourn selling land to National Rubber for 660, Luther selling land to Bourn for 800, and Warner selling land to Newbold for 900. Prof. William E Jillson, former Bristol High School principal, died in Jamaica Plain at 46. B W Wood will start a singing school at the Court House next Tuesday.
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National Rubber Co
Gavsa
Nathaniel Manchester
Elizabeth A. Diman
Nathan N. Cole
John B. Pearse
Mount Jane
Usher Street
John G. Harding
Nathan O. Bedell
Warren
Town Bridge
Philip B. Bourn
National Rubber Company
Wood and
Beaurne Streets
Eleazer Luther
Wilson’s Lane
Frederic A. Warner
Robert Newbold
High
Burton Streets
William E. Jillson
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Wrentham
Brown University
Providence
Bristol
Europe
B. W. Wood
Grace Chorell
Court House
Be Loyal to Local Newspapers and DeWitt’s Salve
A quoted defense of local papers as vital to a town contrasts with skeptics. An advertisement promotes DeWitt’s Asarbolized Witch Hazel Salve as the original, claiming it treats burns, scratches, and wounds, with W H Buffington selling it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
W.h.buffington
Seed of Kindness Growable Harvest Gift?
Poem fragment extols scattering kindness as seeds that the Harvest-giver will cause to grow. It promises enrichment and constant friendship until life’s end, urging trust and generous acts.
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C. T. A. U. Convention
Brownell C. Burgess
E Mathewson
J. Edmonds
UO. Crower
J. W. Franklin
E E. Wilkipson
J. Brown
KK. McGovern
J. F. Galvin
J. W. Chareh
J. Cenrick
P R Kenney
W. McCaw
J. Saillaut
J .F.farrally
Seth Paull
P. Brady
W. R. Davis
F. M. Dimond
Saillant
W. Nelson
M. Nelle
H . Schafftee
F . Hodgdon
J B. Newman
Hf. Danbar As
P Kenney
G Hill
W Higgins
W. Cromer
Harold Newman
W. A Snow
A. Davidson
A. KR. Newman
L McCaughey
Jas. Davidson
Bickford
Hoy’s Inlair Health
Philo Hay Spec, Co
Ewark
N. J
C. W. Sparks
The
Qur Water Plant
J. H. Brown
Vinci
Hope Druc Co
Hinds
Grand Army Hall
L. F. Cohen
R. I
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Boston
E L.watson & CO
Industrial Trust Co Building
Pawtucket Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Main Street
Pawtucket
P. Skinn
Er, Jr
W.H. Buffington
J. B. Carpenter
Weybosset ST. Providence
Poultry School OF the
Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Howard Edwards
Kingston
G. W. Simmons Undertakers
Ema E. Ae
Peverigtar
Honende
Constitution Street
A. P. Smith
Cor
William and High Streets
A. W
Byfield ST
Franklin Street
S. B. Paull
Waldron-Brownell CO
Bradford Street
G M. Wilbur
M.O. A
Krista
Jimmie’s
James J. White
Collins Street
Mason
Gorner Stone
Rnell Coo
Sitkéin
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