Town meeting reform urged to trim Bristol spending
The Bristol editorial urges taxpayers to require preapproved warrant items to prevent late additions at town meetings. It proposes listing resolutions to curb small appropriations and boost economy. It also notes the sudden death of Hon Daniel L Granger of Rhode Island and Washington with funeral plans in Providence.
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Bristol
Massachusetts
Daniel L. D Granger
Washington
Rhode Island
Congress
Granger
St John’s Church
Providence
Incipient Fires at Two City Homes
Sunday afternoon a slight fire at 29 Burnside street the home of George William Diman started from sparks from a chimney. Firemen used ladders and two hand extinguishers to douse the blaze. shingles on the east roof were only scorched. A second minor flame was put out at Marmaduke Mason’s Franklin street residence by Hydraulion Engine Company members.
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Burnside Street
George William Diman
Herreshott Manufacturing Q Company
Marmaduke Mason
Franklin Street
Hydraulion Engine Company
Kodol Digestive Aid Claims Natural Stomach Juices Aid
Indigestion or dyspepsia described as the stomach's inability to digest foods. Kodol is pitched as a blend of natural digestive juices from a healthy stomach, claiming to digest food in a normal way. Pleasant to take and sold by W. H. Buffington.
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W. H. Buffington
Bristol Post Office Hours and Mail Schedule
Bristol posts office hours and daily mail arrivals and closings. Regular mails run from 7.00 a.m. to 7.15 p.m. with several closing times. Sunday mails arrive at 8.30 a.m. and close at 5.00 p.m. General delivery stamps sold 4.80 to 5 p.m. Sunday open 9.80 to 10.80 a.m. Carriers' racks at the south door dispense Sunday mail 9.30 to 10.80 a.m.
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South Door
Express schedule for Earle and Prew to Bristol
In the record of the Earle and Prew express service the outward departures are listed as 7.50, 11.20 a.m., 8.20 and 8.20 p.m. and the inward arrivals as 8.00 a.m., 12.00 a.m., 3.00 and 7.00 p.m. to Bristol.
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Bristol
Earle & Prew
Mrs Charles B Rockwell Bridge Next Friday at Home
Mrs Charles B Rockwell hosts a small bridge event next Friday at her Hope Street home. The Phoenix editor remains home recovering from grip. Jury selections named Albert F Almy and Samuel Kinder to serve in Providence Superior Court on Tuesday, Heb 23.
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Charles
B. Rockwell
Hope Street
the Phoenix
Albert F. Almy
Samuel Kinder
Providence
John F. Downing
Holy Name Society
W. I. Ward
State
Churoh
Samuel W. Churoh
Pappasquash
Letter From C. C. C. Fire Hose Co Boston 1909
Chief Engineer Coggeshall reports on a Bristol Bristol Phoenix clipping claiming Hodgkinson offered cheaper hose. He states Hodgkinson visited their Bristol office, sought Bristol bids, and claimed Bristol contact. Byrnes defends bidding and independence, refuting Hodgkinson's assertions and touting dual supplier guarantees.
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Boston
Mass
Coggeshall
Fire Department
Bristol
Bristol Phoenix
Hodgkinson
Bastaon
Vas Hodgkinson
If Lincoln Had Been Raised by Modern Experts
An Universalist leader muses on how Lincoln might have been shaped by contemporary schooling and childrearing, imagining sterilized milk, disinfected garments, kindergarten, crafts, nature study, and a college path ending in a bank clerks job. He notes we cannot know what might have been, and expresses gratitude that Lincoln’s upbringing remained with Nancy Hanks and God.
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Mars
Juno
Lincoln
Nancy Hanks
God
Birthday Anniversary for Harry LeClair Sr’s Family Host
Friday evening Mr and Mrs Eugene LeClair Sr celebrated the first anniversary of their son Harry L at their Constitution Street home. The event featured a birthday cake cutting, whist, piano music and a salad supper with guests including Mr and Mrs Fellows, Jr LeClair, Recman Gladding McVunn Davidson Giblin Harold Davidson of this town and others.
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Eugene LeClair
Harry L
Constitution Street
Harry
Fellows
Eugene LeClair, Jr
Recman
Gladding
McVunn
Providence
Geo. Davidson
Boston
Giblin
Harold
Iola Reid
Fall River
Krosdé
Carrie Gillon
Lena Morris
William Gooding
Harold Blease
Nonie Cashin
Davidson
Town
Doan's Kidney Pills Relieve Back and Kidney Pain
Mrs Harriet Meiggs of Bristol testifies that her husband suffered for years from lumbago cold-related back pain and kidney secretion trouble. After trying various remedies he found lasting relief with Doan's Kidney Pills from J H Young & Co. price 60 cents, Moyter Milburn Co. Buffalo as US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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Oan
Harriet Meiggs
Franklin St
Bristol RL
Dean
J H.young & Co
Doan
Moyter-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Time and Heartache in a Poetic Plea to Time
A lyrical fragment pleads with time to mend a broken heart and restore vows and trust. The speaker laments lost youth and asks time to rebuild a brave, true heart, to awaken enduring stories of battles won and faith restored, ending with a hint of a persona called THE LITTLE MADAM.
Baseball Meeting Elects 1909 Board in St Mary's Rooms
A baseball meeting in St Marys T A S rooms elected Cornelius Gallagher chair, William Connery secretary, Newbold Conley and Jefferson F Galvin as board directors for 1909, with James P Mahoney named manager and Gallagher assistant manager.
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St. Mary’s
Cornelius Gallagher
William
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