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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1903
Page
5
Crand offers muslin underwear in assorted styles and trims. Items include Good Cotton cluster tucks at 31c, 48c, 59c and 69c. Hamburg ruffles. Empire make at 75c. Fruit of Loom pieces. tucked yoke gowns and trimmed suits from $1.50. Large variety, plain and cluster tucks, all sizes available for viewing.
North Kingstown defeats Bristol High 18 to 16 in a well contested game called five minutes early to catch the 8:31 train. Key scorers include Ryan Ward Wardwell and Munroe for North Kingstown and R Munro J Wardwell for Bristol.
The school committee held its regular monthly meeting with six members present. The supply committee arranged for the purchase of 20 tons of bituminous coal from Wardwell Lumber Co and its action was approved. The clerk reported school funds expended at 18 978 72. The superintendent and principals reports were read along with music supervisor Maxwell. A committee was formed to choose a report cover design from pupil submissions.
Fall River games with the Naval Reserve and Newport Naval Reserves series are arranged. Bristols face In dependents of Providence in the Y M C A gym Thursday. Tonight’s Y M C A tournament features Rusty Five versus High School Too Lates versus Easy Marks. Brown University game in Providence tomorrow cancelled due to illness and injuries. a rescheduled date will be set later.
John H. Batley Jr. directs a Flag Day program at the Opera House Thursday afternoon. The lineup includes songs such as The Star Spangled Banner The American Flag and My Country Tis of Thee recitations Abraham Lincoln John Burns of Gettysburg The Blue and the Gray and The National Banner plus the address Long The Battle Cry of Freedom and Our Flag by students from various grades. A drug advertisement for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets ends the page.
The article lists multiple funeral services held for Annie R Dillon Philip F Dillon and several others. It notes the attendance at services conducted by Rev G L Locke and Rev T Newton Owen. Interments were at North cemetery and Juniper Hill cemetery with varied bearers and floral tributes from local officials veterans and family.
A 1902 record lists Bristol Rhode Island residents married in Swansea Massachusetts. Entries include Charles W. Smith and Agnes L. Care by Justice Henry O Wood on Feb 18, Fred O Garvin and Emily Burrow by the same official on July 30, Charles Albert Palmer and Abby M Coggeshall by Rev C B Watken on Nov 19, William H Dickerson and Louise Montross by Rev William J Reynolds on Dec 19, and Charles Thomas of New York with Violet Cael, Bristol RI, by Justice Henry O Wood on Dec 27.
One side pale and sallow the other fresh and rosy. Health departs and returns by Dr King’s New Life Pills. They gently arouse lazy organs, aid digestion, and prevent constipation. Try them at J H Young & Co Druggists for 26 cents.
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