Presidential nominating plans and naval cruise announced
The 1908 campaign setup includes Republican and Democrat conventions in Chicago in June and Denver in July with Denver offering 100000 for the venue. Roosevelt declines a third term, Taft and others are named as potential nominees. A vast naval cruise of 58 ships, reviewed by Roosevelt, charts a 185 day voyage around South America to California. The fleet, worth about 100 million dollars, carries 850 sailors and 1,000 men, consumes coal costing about 1.2 million dollars, and covers 13772 miles. King’s Little Liver Pills are advertised for liver and skin care.
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Chicago
Denver
National Committee
Rhode Island
Roosevelt
Taft
Chartelyon
Foraker
Ohio
Knox
Pennsylvania
Cannon
Hughes
New York
Admiral Bvans
Pacific
President Roosvelt
Horseshoe Shoals
Fortress Monroe
South America
California
Far East
Bristol Post Office Hours and Mail Schedule
Mails arrive at 7 00, 10 00, 12 00, 2 00, 4 00, 6 46, 7 15 p m. Mails close at 8 00, 8 45, 11 80 a m, 1 45, 5 46, 7 16 p m. Sunday mails arrive 8 30 a m and close 5 00 p m. General delivery window 4 30 to 5 p m for stamps. Office hours Sunday 9 80 to 10 80 a m. Sunday mail from carriers racks at south door 9 30 to 10 30 a m. Earle and Prew express outward 7 85 and 11 05 a m, 3 05 and 5 05 p m. Inward 7 45 and 11 45 a m, 2 45 and 6 45 p m.
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South Door
Bristol
Earle & Prew
Christmas gifts and town notices mix of shopping and events
Readable items include slipper ads at New York Store and A P Nerone, a Mount Hope Royal Arcanum meeting to elect officers, fire pumps on the government ferry Wave tested, Woonsocket Poultry show prizewinners Stuart and Magee, church sermons, holiday sales at Namquit Worsted Mills, Huyler candies, altered telephone book calls by number, and various local notices on schools, charity, and upcoming Christmas events.
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Mount Hope
Matilda Martin Obituary Notes Five Children Survive
Mrs Matilda Martin died last evening about 8 30 at her daughter Mrs Joseph Bernard residence corner Hope and Oliver streets from old age complications She had lived here six years previously Worcester Mass husband deceased Survived by five children two daughters Mrs Joseph Bernard Mrs John Martin and three sons Charles H Martin New York City Louis N Martin Philadelphia Henry Martin Worcester Funeral Thursday at 8 30 from her daughter's home and 9 at St Mary's Church Interment St Mary's Cemetery
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Matilda Martin
Joseph Bernard
Hope
Oliver Streets
Martin
Worcester
Mass
John Martin
Charles H. Martin
New York City
Louis N. Martin
Philadelphia
Henry Martin
Joseph Barnard
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Factory to shut two weeks at National India Rubber Co
The National India Rubber Company factory closed Saturday night for two weeks, threatening about 1500 workers with unemployment. Production will resume on Dec 40. Weather has reduced rubber footwear supply, increasing demand. The firm expects many insulated wire orders to keep that department active and also has orders for bose and druggist sunrics.
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National India Rubber Company
Uce
Bose
Druggiste
Sunrics
Pine Nules Offered For Pain and Stiffness Relief
An advertisement promises relief from back ache stiffness and rheumatism with an 80 day treatment for 100 dollars. A single nightly dose is claimed to prove merit and customers are urged to buy from O. W. Sparks.
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O. W. Sparks
Christmas Cloth for Those in Need
A reader suggests giving away some of our excess cloth as a Christmas present to someone in need, turning generosity into a practical gesture during the holiday season.
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A. P. Nerone
Basket Ball Tonight in North Attleboro League Clash
Tonight the North Attleboro Young Men's Offfistian League hosts Attleboro at home aiming to rebound from a season loss to Bristol. Bristol fielded Balfour Duffy Wardwell Herrmann McCaughey Manchester Simister in the lineup as the visitors seek victory on Attleboro’s floor.
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North Attleboro
Attleboro
Bristol
Balfour
Duffy
Wardwell
Herrmann
McCaughey
Manchester
Simister
Advertised Letters for Bristol Week Ending December 14 1907
Advertised letters for the Bristol Rhode Island post week ending December 14 1907 include R G A Lyon Jr BE O Smith B E Shepard Theodore K Gibbs Mrs Eliza W Howard Mrs N Bramball Jennie Shannon Mabel Care Manoel da Rego Silva Manoel da Arango Bento Rapozo Borges Guilherme Benevides Jose de Souza Freitas Maria Jesus Cordeira.
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Bristol
Morning fatigue hints at heavy bedclothes
A brief note suggests that tired feelings on waking may stem from using too heavy bed-clothes.
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Bristol Phishax
Bristol County
Hope Street
R. 1
Farrally Brothers Proprietors
F. Farrally
Kristol
Your
Phoenix
Promptiyv
Hoenix
the Phoenix
H. H. Congdon
Briggs
Wood's
High St
J. Fish & Co
Y. M
O. A. Johnson Hope Drug Co
Huayler’s Hope Drug Co
C. W. Sparks
Dodge & Camfield
Exchange Place
Providence
R. I
Thos.f.peirce & Son
Dorrance and Westminster Corner
Providence.r.i
Bristol and Vicinity
Bristol Post Office
Sunday Mails
G. H. Butler
State Street
M. E
John McVay
East Hartford
Conn
F. M. Dimond
Grace J. Allan
Oliver Building
Marjorie Leah
Colamp
Mattie Paull
Edith Maxfield
Reaynolds
League
Deaconess
Huyler
O. W. Sparka
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Constitution Street
Boyd
Perth Amboy
Staples Coal Company
Olive
Main Street
Warren
Alfred
Stowell
Samuel
Robert J. Newbold
Mt. Hope Park
Edward J Delehaoty
Fall River
A. P. Neaune
Earle & Prews’ Express
First Congregational Sunday School
The
St. Mary’s T. A. Society
Temperance
Woodstreet
Charles E. Rogers
Middle District
Bristol Neak
Colt High School
Bristol Opera House
Smith’s
Hasbrouck Block
Sarah Church Hart
Lincoln Avenue
William R. Trotter
Trinity Church
Frederick Blaisdell
A. Tallman
A. L. LeLola
Frank T. Remeires
North Cemetery
Cheeseman—Gray
G. L. Locke
Harry Edwin Cheeseman,Jr
Fort Adams
Eatin Lyman Gray
Rockland
High Street
Congregational Street
Joseph Milone
Nitio
OUA
Namauit Worsted Mills
Phcentx
Nys
Carner Hope & Oliver
B.C. Wardwell
Fox Hill
Eugene Leclair
8&R
Churchouse
K. I
K.K. H. Dewolf
Burton Street
Herreshoff Mfq. CO
Florida
Indian River
Malaga
BIG
Baldwin
Candy Department
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