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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1916
Page
2
An editorial from Bristol prefectures calls on local Boy Scouts to organize a snow shoveling drive to clear sidewalks and boost civic pride. The piece argues residents should maintain walkways, despite unclear ownership, and that visitors judge a town by its streets and yards.
As town meeting nears, residents are urged to submit ideas for Bristol's improvement. The Phenix will publish readable letters, identifying authors or keeping names anonymous as Vox Populi or Pro Bono Publico, with no payment offered.
The Bristol post office opens from 6 45 a m to 7 30 p m with Money Order Registry and Postal Bank departments open 8 00 a m to 6 00 p m. Mails arrive at 7 00 10 00 12 m 2 00 4 00 6 00 7 00 p m and close 7 30 8 50 11 50 a m 1 50 5 50 7 15 p m Sunday mails arrive 8 00 a m and close 4 50 p m.
Outward services depart at 7.50, 11.20 a.m., 2.20, 5.20 p.m. Inward services arrive at 8.00, 10.00 a.m., and 2.00, 4.00, 7.00 p.m. Adams Express lines run to and from Bristol with these daily times.
Ill Bristol residents improve at home on State and Bay View. events include a rum mage sale at St Mary’s School Hall, a Bristol Train of Artillery medals presentation rescheduled to Feb 21, and a bustling calendar of clubs, lodge meetings, dances, and charity whists across Bristol with fire, police, and civic updates. The week closes with births and obituaries including Bessie May Thomas arrival and Ezra A Fisher’s passing.
Rev. Dr. George L. Locke departed Monday for a two week stint in Jaffrey. He travels with granddaughter Miss Eliza Howe and Miss Alice DeWolf. Fred Williams Jr. and George Locke Howe of Harvard University are also spending the week at Jaffrey.
Public notice lists uneclaimed letters dated February 5 1916 including men Andrea Arruda John K Carey Frank Silvia and women Marguerite Littlefield Buftum Emilien Demaraes Mrs Mary Doherty Mrs Henry Mott Nellie Parmenter Mrs Raffalo Vallare Francesco Florenzano Manuel Machado Furtado Domenico Nicholella Herbert Town with two others.
Weekly ad lists Gold Medal Flour 1 2 barrel at four dollars, condensed milk per can, sauerkraut 3 pounds at four cents each, cranberries per quart at five cents, cider by the quart bottle at five cents, Florida pennies per dozen at twenty three, tangerines per dozen twenty cents, grapefruit three for forty six cents, mixed nuts per pound ten cents, large white turnips per peck, sausage meat per pound.
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