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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1903

Page

4

Basketball Schedule Up To Feb 19 List By Waldron

Corrected list of games arranged by Manager Waldron through February includes Brockton High at Bristol February 19 Thursday. Brockton YMCA at Brockton February 21 Saturday. Boston Y M C A at Bristol February 28 Saturday. Newport YMCA at Newport March 7 Saturday. Newport YMCA at Bristol March 12 Thursday. Dean Academy at Franklin March 14 Saturday.

Waldron Brockton High School Bristol Brockton Mass Y.M C A Boston Y . C Newport Y. M. C. A Newport Newport Y. M.ca Dean Academy Franklin

Bucklen’s Amica Salve Cures Runaway Injury

A runaway incident nearly cost J B. Orner of Franklin Grove his life, leaving a severe ulcer for four years that resisted all medical help until Bucklen’s Amica Salve. The ad promises relief for burns, bruises, eruptions, and piles, selling for 25c at J H. Young & Co. Drug Store.

J B. Orner Franklin Grove Bucklen J H. Young & Co

Reverend Kelley to Lead Advent Christian Services

Rev. John M. Kelley, chaplain of Maine I. O. T., will conduct services at Advent Christian church this evening and Sunday afternoon.

John M. Kelley Maine I. O . T Advent Christian Church

Coming Events In Local Social Calendar

A sequence of upcoming social events listed with dates and venues across local halls and associations. Highlights include gatherings at Artillery Armory Columbia Hall Opera House G A R Hall M E church Grand Army Hall Hasbrouck block and Bristol Train of Artillery. Events cover dances balls & a fife and drum band fair.

Artillery Armory Columbia Hall Centennial Opera House Handy The Robert Emmet Literary Society Grand Army Hall Washington Bristol Train of Artillery Second Regiment Armory Hasbrouck Block St. Mary's

Four Tombstones Mark Wives and Worth in Old Long Island Cemetery

In a Long Island burial ground four graves honor successive wives of a local resident. The first bears a modest headstone while the second rises two feet taller. The third surpasses the first two in style and size, and the fourth earns a granite shaft, turning memorials into a financial barometer of the husband’s fortunes. A humorous quip about dress follows the anecdote.

Long Island

Guardian of Estella Mason Sought in Bristol Court

In Bristol on February 10 1903 Ezra Mason petitions to be appointed guardian of Estella L Mason an incapacitated resident of Bristol The court refers the petition to March 2 1902 at 10 a m in the Probate Court Room Bristol and orders fourteen days notice in the Bristol Phoenix.

Bristol Estella L. Mason Ezra Mason Herbert F. Bennett Robate Ezra Wilbur Mason Mirror Bristol Phoenix Rorate Court Alice Lawless Alice C Lawless Tol Henry W. Peck Theodore F. Fullinghast Henry Peck Town of Henry Goff Leonard G. Simmons Frederick A. Easterbrooks Stephen W. Church Elizabeth C. Thompson Elizabeth C Thompson Delfina Marchell Frank Francis Wilson's Lane Jarzinade Nornha Wilson’s Lane Chas. W. Rogers Jérome B. Greene Sane Deltina Marchell Manuel E. Silvia Marchell Sire Franklin Street Coggeshall Franklin Wood Street R. I Jerome B. Greene Sai Marchell Chag W. Rogers Herbert Bennett

Character in the Hart hat reads the wearer

An observer explains how hat fit and position reveal personality and temperament. A snug square hat signals a orderly, conventional person. oversized ideas appear with loose clothes. backs-tilted hats show easygoing candor. side-tilted hats imply sportiness but folly. small hats hint at conceit and craft.

Ike

Basaseachic Falls in Mexico Stands as World’s Highest

A Mexican waterfall named Basaseachic near the Sierra Madre, about 190 miles west of Chihuahua, rises to 6500 feet above sea level and plunges 978 feet, likely making it the highest waterfall in the world.

Mexico Chihuahua Sierra Madre Mountains

A Mighty Serious Thing in a Death Notice Clash

A witty exchange from the Chicago Post notes a reader upset by a death notice printed about him. The quip turns on irony as the survivor jokes that his continued life makes the notice inappropriate, while the other replies it was not their fault.

Chicago Post

How They Do It in The Joneses Era Grocery Wars

A pithy urban clash over status and retail power. A grocer boasts that his store bears the heavy burden of keeping up with a gossipy, impres­sive social scene. The piece hints at the cost of aspiration and the gaze of neighbors.

Joneses New York Times

Pie Question Sparks Cryptic Service Encounter

A Chicago Tribune snippet presents a humorous exchange as a regular asks if the pie is real pumpkin. The austere waiter softly deflects, calling it the punkest pie they have, hinting at playful banter in a dining scene.

William Chicago Tribune

Wig Would You Rather Be Born Lucky or Rich

A brief exchange jokes that being born rich negates the need for luck. The quip implies wealth reduces the reliance on luck for success.

Blood Wine Claims Miraculous Cures From Blood Work

A promotional piece touts Blood Wine as a magical medicine that cures chronic illnesses by acting on the blood. It recounts Wm. S. Bowie of Charlestown Mass and Ex-Senator Hanson praising the remedy, noting hospital use and broad physician approval. The article frames blood health as key to recovery and lifetime well being.

Bowie Charlestown Mass Trents Hanson Massachusetts Lowell

Free blood examination offer from expert bacteriologist

If you want your blood examined by an expert bacteriologist you can have it done free of charge. Almost all diseases reveal themselves in the blood and a powerful microscope shows the germs and mites like an open book. Never before was such an opportunity offered. Also note that "Blood Wine" costs fifty cents a bottle.

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