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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1904

Page

3

Seven Barks Promoted By Doctors And Locals

Advertisements trumpet Seven Barks as a cure for numerous ailments from indigestion to biliousness with testimonies from Dr Gauswein and Dr Talmon Snoddy and Mrs Emma Pinet praising relief after years of headaches and digestive trouble. Separate Bristol event notes cover a joint oyster supper for the Bristol Artillery and Veterans, with plans for a Washington Ball on Feb 22 and a 64th birthday oyster supper.

Gauswein Talmon Snoddy Midway Tenn Emma Pinet Lewis Street Haverhills Mass Saya A. J. Jasmin Hope Street Bristol R. I

Combined Choirs Sing At St Michaels Bristol Service

A large audience attended the joint concert of Christ Church Providence and St Michael's Bristol last night at St Michael's church. The 30 voice chorus performed largely as advertised with solos by Miss Lillian Wilson and others. Rev George L Locke directed with assistances from Rev Willam R Trotter and Rev Frederick E Buck. The camel choirs will join at Christchurch Providence this evening.

St. Michael's Church Christ ‘Church Providence St. Michael’s Church Bristol the Phoenix Lillian Wilson Nan McUarty Benj. R. Wilson

Pleasant purgative promised by Chamberlains tablets

An advertisement urges trying Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as a pleasant purgative. It notes they are easy to take with no nausea or griping and lists W H Bufflogton as the seller.

Chamberlain W.H Bufflogton

Be Quick Against Croup Says Remedy Opens Aid

Be Quick. Not a minute should be lost when a child shows symptoms of croup. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given as soon as hoarseness appears will prevent the attack. It never fails, and is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by W. H. Baffington.

W. H. Baffington

Bridge Whist Score Cards For Sale In Phoenix Office

Bridge whist score cards printed for sale at the Phoenix office praised as admirable by users. They come in pads with a values table printed on the back.

Phoenix

Telephone Connection Creates Bargains For Weekend

Local ad touts deeper Friday and Saturday discounts with bulk items like Vanilla Creams at 25 cents for 8 pounds and various crackers. Also lists dog bread and assorted bar offerings under a single bold sale call.

Methodist Church Notes Marks Debt Liquidation and New Work

Resolutions thank members and friends for four thousand dollars paid to liquidate church indebtedness. Bristol November 19 1904. Plans announced for The Kings Heralds for boys and continued praise for Ladies Aid Society. Pastor and daughter visit Boston University Lasell. Service times listed and public invited.

W. Lenoir Hood Bristol R. L Kings M Heralds Epworth League Miss Luther Ladies’ Aid Society Remeires Elenoir Caroline Boston Boston University Lasell Seminary

Accident to Freight Train Delays Traffic at Bristol Highlands

An overheated journal caused a coal car axle to break on the wild cat freight south of Bristol Highlands about 11 pm. Conductor Gore and Engineer Vine stopped the train before derailment. the broken axle scraped the track, delaying travel nearly an hour. Passengers were moved around the damaged car while repairs were made and additional trains served the line until normal service resumed after 8 am.

Consolidated Railroad Bristol Highlands Gore Vine Providence Bristol

Team No 2 Triumph Over Team No 3 In Three-Set Match

Team No 2 led by Elisha Hibbert defeated Team No 3 skippered by John W. Best in a three string Tuesday evening contest with two wins to one.

Elisha Hibbert John W. Best Hibbert C B. Rockwell Skinner P. Church Gorham J. W. Best L. F. Gorham W. Pearse C. Dimond A. B. Newman John Best Roll

Barbour Couple Celebrates Fifty Years of Marriage

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A Barbour observed their golden wedding anniversary at 198 High street with about 400 guests from Providence Boston and beyond. G A R post members and university figures sent tokens while a silver tea service and oak buffet were gifted. The pair, both 72, married on Thanksgiving evening at the Providence parsonage and remain active in Bristol community life.

Charles A. Barbour High Street Providence Boston Fall River Newport New Bedford Woonsocket Taunton Attleboro Ashton Cumberland Edgewood Swansea Warren Bristol Henry O. Luther Massachusetts California Illinois Minnesota J. R. Jewett University of Chicago Osterer Olive Mr. Easton First Universalist Church Chestnut Street R. L Co. F. Tenth R. I. Infantry Fort Ripley Barbour M. Elizabeth Mbaffington Benjamin and Martha Buffington

A Quaint Proclamation From Dorchester Mayor

A historical proclamation from Dorchester's mayor recalls a royal visit by George III and Queen Charlotte to Weymouth. The notice bans dust and debris in streets and orders wheelbarrows cabbage stalks potatoes and minerals swept from public ways, with penalties without bail or military aid.

George III England Weymouth Dorchester

Haumbises Indians Shrink Heads For Tourists

The Haumbises Indians of northern Peru near Ecuador’s southern border have a secret method to reduce human heads to one third their size while preserving features. Heads are prepared by removing skull and frontal bone, molding with clay, and steaming for days, then shrunken heads are sold to tourists for about $1.50.

Peru Ecuador

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Endorsed by Families

J L Tucker of Centre Alabama and Mrs Samuel Gage of North Bush New York testify to DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as the best household remedy for piles cuts and burns and a fever sore that doctors could not cure. They claim it cures without scarring and recommend keeping it on hand. Sold by W H Bullington.

Dnewitt J.l.tucker Centre Ala Samuel Gage North Bush

Mourning for Rev Patrick McCabe Catholic Pastor Died in Norfolk

A tribute notes Rev Patrick McCabe beloved pastor of St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church of this town who died in Norfolk after two weeks away seeking rest. His death ends fourteen years of ministry and leaves both Catholic and Protestant communities mourning yet grateful for his kindness, guidance, and public spirit.

Bristol Patrick McCabe St. Mary’s Norfolk Father McCabe South

The Certaldo Town Folly and Bold Italian Gallantry

Maurice Hewlett writes of Certaldo, birthplace of Boccaccio, describing the handsome women with green eyes and dusky skins. He notes bold public kissing by a baker and a festive street procession where lovers and neighbors tolerate risqué gallantry and dancing through the crowd.

Maurice Hewlett Certaldo Boccaccio Italy

Bath houses at Europe health resorts attract visitors

The bath houses at Europe’s famed health resorts present imposing facades and inviting entrances. Inside, long corridors separate women and men into numerous cell-like rooms with tubs, couches, and thermometers, while a masseur and doctor coordinate timed immersion and rubbing sessions before the patient leaves refreshed.

Europe Everybody’s Magazine

Language of Music as a Transcendent Art Form

The passage argues that chamber music, like great symphonic music, speaks a transcendental language that rivals astronomy or advanced mathematics in its impact. It evokes ineffable images, with each listener forming unique mental pictures, and resists forcing a single interpretation on others.

Session to Convene for Common Pleas Docket in Bristol

The December session of the Common Pleas Division of the Supreme Court will convene next Monday morning in Bristol. It lists indltments for assault with weapon, breaking and entering, carnal knowledge, larceny and arson, plus continued civil dockets and multiple criminal appeals involving numerous parties and towns.

Posse Bristol John L. Shepard Bristol Phoenix Herbert F. Bennett Common Pleas Division The Supreme Court State of R. L Wladysla Kameski State of R. I Charles R. Wood Joseph Kelly Michele Blogia State of KR. L Charles M. Callahan George Liscomby State of R. Ll Frank E. Miller Robert Walsh Gaston Coran Louis Perreault Clara Bassing Frank Ennis Mary Oliveiia Alfred Bergeran Thomas Simitster John Simmons Daniel W. Grady Wajisch Pysz Elizabeth Golesky Joseph Go Albert H. Flint Elmer K Watson Providence Construction Co Joseph A Simard Elzeer J. Sailliant Thomas Sbrachen Samuel H. Stephens Henry Walsh Anawanscott Mills M Grace Rich Mudge Joseph P Wylie R I K. R. Co Israel Dube Ezra Dixon Caroline W Thiele Charles J. Christie William Fred Walsh RKL Albert H Stanwood Thomas H. Connolly Ruth A. M. Wardwell Emma Guilette Joseph Beauchaine

Rector Praises Chamberlain Cough Remedy After Easter Cure

Rector EB A Langfeldt of St Luke's Ashburnham Ontario testifies to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy curing his cold and cough before Easter. He preached three times Easter Day after taking three doses from a sample bottle delivered by the Chamberlain Medicine Co. Remedy sold locally by W H Buffington.

Ashburnham Ontario Chamberlain Ashburnham, Ont EB. A. Langfeldt St. Luke’s Church Chamberlain Medicine Co W. H Buffington

Corosing Events Y M C A Star Course Schedule

December 6 Tuesday The Royal Entertainers CG Paul Smith and Willard Gorton at the Y M C A Star course. January 25 Wednesday Maro the Magician in the Opera House Y M C A Star course. February 14 Saturday Colonial Orchestral Club with Misa Mabel Fowler reader at the Y M C A Star course.

Royal Entertainers Paul Smith Willard Gorton

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Bristol Artillery Veteran Association Artillery Messrs Barrett Straight Usher Montross Bullock J. B. Burgess Pierce Moffitt Gladding Col Washington Burges Usner Meiggs Mary Etta Finley William H. Finley John A. Brownell Portsmouth Rhode Island Probate Probate Court Town OF George H. Peck Joseph J.sexton Bristol Phatnix Frobats Cipek Bradford St P. Beauregard A. W. Orgelman Vaccaro Bros. Studio Mandolin Custar Franklin Street Waldron-Brownell CO Bradford Street Mrs. Williams Wes Easterbrook S. B. Paull Bristol Public D. G. Leeb Hasbrouck Frankforts York State Escoe---Son New Orleans Vermont Florida Baldwin Green Methodist Episcopal Church Notes Y. MW. Co. A Reba Lodge Reba Rebekah Noble Grand Nellie McOsw Mary R. Fish Annie M. Faulkner H. Emily Bullock Helen Munro Committee On Odd Fellows’ Home N. G Annie M. Ashton Lucinda B. Buffington Guince Rebekah Lodge Porstmouth Coelestial Rebekah Lodge Wampanoag United Brothers Lodge W. H. Baftingtone Riether Agnes K. Shepard N. Y R. R Co Elizabeth Scanlon Patrick Scanlon Francisak Remniszewski Kostanina Remiszswaki Charles W. Greene Excator Charles L. Heltzen Alexander J. Heon Adelard Farlardeau Fanny A. Lloyd James Redfern ST Luke's
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