Peck reelected commander of Babbitt Post G A R
George H Peck is unanimously re elected as Commander of Babbitt Post No 15 G A R for another year. His seven years of service have kept the post united and productive with a growing associate membership and an active Woman's Relief Corps. The Phoenix notes his faithful leadership and hopes he will continue as commander as long as the post exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Peck
Babbitt
Woman’s Relief Corps
Peck
Kent
Women’s Relief Corps
Phoenix
Pack
Tennis Club Officers Elected for 1908 Excelsior
The Excelsior Tennis Club announces its 1908 officers: President Rev W R Trotter, vice president J I K Farrally, secretary W M Fischer, treasurer A R B Perry, executive committee chairman O V Perry, and members W E Howe J L Cozgeshall H H Shenard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Tennis Club
W. R Trotter
J. I. K Farrally
W. M. Fischer
A. R B. Perry
O. V. Perry
W. E Howe
J. L. Cozgeshall
H. H. Shenard
Piles Cure Offered in Tube by Sparks Company
An advertisement promotes Man Zan as a ready to apply treatment for all forms of piles. The product is sold in a nozzle tube by CO. W. Sparks with a price of 50 cents and a guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CO. W. Sparks
We Sell Linen With Positive Guarantee
We offer a full money back guarantee if the product fails to satisfy. We appeal to those who are sick and need strength to try it with this understanding. Hope Drug Co, Bristol, R I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope Drug CO
Bristol
R.I
Aunt Betsy’s Soap Box Prank Returns Joke
A witty exchange ends with Aunt Betsy returning a shaving soap gift. The mild lute man and a commanding woman debate an ideal present for Betsy. Two days later she sends back the box with a note claiming she is too old to be a bearded lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy
John
Not Superstitious Couple Wins Marriage License
A young Camden New Jersey soldier Harry Edwin Cheeseman Jr. and Lillian Lyman Gray of Rockland Maine secured a marriage license on Friday December 18 at the Town Clerk’s office and were married at St Michael’s rectory by Rev George L Locke at 6 pm The couple avoided reporters by requesting privacy and their union was completed with happiness and discretion in the town records
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Harry Edwin Cheeseman Jr
Camden
N. J
Brooklyn
Fort Adams
Newport
Harry O
Mary Ann (Seddings) Cheeseman
George L. Locke
Palace of Sweets opens in Providence with Palm Room
Hoyler's long stood for purity and flavor as 232 Westminster Street hosts a new Palace of Sweets store. The Providence location features a palm room serving ice cream and sodas, with branded chocolates and confections from the Havier line and an invitation to visit this latest enterprise.
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Hoyler's
Providence
Westminister Street
Palace of Sweets
Tetese PR. Ag
Havier
New Year Jokes and Calendar Oddities Highlighted
A reader complains about a jokey item in the Phenix and shares curious calendar quirks. This year has fifty three Sundays and the next such alignment will not recur for over a century, while next year promises many license applications as the New Year bells toll.
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The
Phenix
Rheumatism Cripples Baldwinsville Farmer Says Urico Cures
Frank Howe of Baldwinsville New York describes two years of costly doctor treatment for rheumatism with crutches and pain. He credits Smith's Urico prescription, used daily, for rapid relief and a lasting cure after six bottles. He recommends Urico to others and notes free trials offered by the manufacturer. Urico is also sold in Bristol by J. H. Young & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Howe
van Buren
Doctora
Apels
Smith
Baldwinsville
Smith Drug Co
Smith Bldg
Syracuse
N. Y
Bristol
J. H. Young & Co
Bowling outcomes in Y M C A tournament report
Friday evening the Neveraweats won three straight strings against the Highlanders. The Hayseeds won two out of three from the Highlanders with scores not specified.
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Highlanders
Bowling Match at Casino Ends in Three Straight Wins
A YMCA team defeated the Casino squad on Casino alleys by three straight games. The YMCA posted a large total of 18385 with Nelson 115 DeWolf 109 and Golden 110 leading individual scores. A curious animal tale follows about a clever striped squirrel that leaped onto a man’s trousers and then up a tree during the standoff with his two cats.
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Nelson
DeWolf
Golden
New York State
Pinesalvé Carbolized Poultice And Bees Laxative Syrup
Pine salve acts as a poultice drawing out inflammation and poison, antiseptic and healing for chapped hands lips and burns. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup treats coughs colds croup and whooping cough, marketed as prompt relief for croup, a gentle laxative, and a guaranteed simple remedy sold by O W Sparks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Sparks
O. W. Sparka
Mortgagee's Sale of Bristol Hotel Furniture and Stock
Public auction to sell all furniture and stock at the Bristol Hotel premises 240 State Street Bristol Rhode Island on December 19 1907 at noon. Property owned by Ferguson and Maguire copartners under a 1907 mortgage deed recorded in Bristol Town Records. Tim Hurley notices bid rights at sale and any adjournment.
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State Street
Bristol
Bristol Hotel
Fe On
Maguire
Copartners
Timothy Hurley
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Phantx
Tennis Club
M. W. Schoen
Cor
Hope and Constitution Sts
Urico
T. R. Bush
W. N. Newman
O. Bickford
D. Sullivan
Capt. R Wells
J. Robertson
J. Potter
J. Baffam
T. Byrnes
J. Davidson
Neversweats
South Ends
Pinticklers
Owls
O. Hill
J. ¥. Farrally
R. Bell
H. Newman
J. Sallaint
B. D. de’ Wolf Ce
R. Bush
A. Davidson
W. T. O' Donnell Ee
L. H. Ostian
R. Wells
G. Ebbitts
O. LeClair
J. W. Best
S. O. Dimond
F. Slade
B. MacDougall
Ewman Bye
Mee
P. Kenney
W. H. Higgins
W. McCaw
O. H. Bickford
G. Clark
J. Mathewson
R. Murray
O. Osterberg
A. Edmunds Es
Clark
H. Ward
F. Crockford
L. F. Gorham
M. Cahoon
H. Munro
W. Manchester
Casino
C.w.sparks
Seat Se
Eastman
Kodaks
Huyler’s
Appolo’s
Bell Mead Sweets Daggett’s
Sparrow’s
Dancing
G. A. R. Hall
Doyle & Bunn
Baker’s Tea Store
South Main Street
R. 1
Formosa
Fosse’s Primier
Foss
Fenway’s
Xmas
Yankee Consul
Sterling Castle
Rogers & Gallet Perfumes
Heliotrope Vera
Hurnut
Eaton Hurlbut
Fangy Highland Lines
Congress
Hope Street
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