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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1910
Page
2
Editorial argues corporations reflect stockholders interests and urges Bristol voters to evaluate the Town Council and School Committee before re election. It invites readers to share named communications on town officials, stressing the need for reasoned, fact based judgments over personal sentiment.
A local note urges E. D. Kunz the optician to display a new optometry certificate alongside Sharon and other spectacles in his window. The writer predicts a surge in demand for eyeglasses before election day as voters prepare to mark ballots without invalidating them.
Coming events list a Thursday evening dance at the G A R Hall on March 17 with committee members H Springer W Manchester and J McMahon.
Mails arrive at 7.00 10.00 a m 2.00 4.00 6.00 7.16 pm Mail closes at 7.40 9.00 11.80 am 2.00 6.00 7.15 pm Sunday mails arrive 8.09 am close 4.60 pm Office hours Sunday 9.80 to 10.80 am Sunday mail will be given out from carriers racks at south door 9.80 to 10.80 pm
The timetable lists outward departures at 7.50 a m and 11 20 a m 8 20 p m 5 20 p m and inward arrivals at 8 00 a m 12 00 a m 3 00 p m and 7 30 p m by the Earle and Prew express to Bristol.
Mrs Margaret Ann Johnson wife of Sergeant Thomas E Johnson died Sunday evening at 6 15 at her home on the corner of State and High streets after illness from grip neuralgia heart complications and double pneumonia She was 40 years old born in this town and had lived here most of her life She leaves a 20 month old daughter Margaret husband and parents and siblings Funeral from her home at 8 30 am tomorrow with Mass at St Marys Church Interment in St Marys Cemetery
The Knights of King Arthur, a Congregational youth group formed in Riverside, held its 17th anniversary Friday in Memorial Chapel. About 75 boys and young men from Providence and town attended, with Miss Gertrude B. Church giving the welcome. The program featured prayers, readings, multiple addresses by Rev. A. E. Roraback, Rev. Whitman, Rev. Krom, musical solos by Isaac Munro and Willie Gale, and a sleight of hand act by William Williston followed by a collation. Visitors departed on the 10:30 Consolidated train.
Washington's birthday is celebrated with Old Glory flying over public buildings, banks, and homes. Schools and the Rogers Free Library are closed, the post office closes 11 to 5. A 12 o'clock salute by the Bristol Train of Artillery rings bells, and matinee events run at 2.30 and 4 with stereopticon views and music. The day ends with the Bristol Train of Artillery ball at Artillery Armory.
Probate Court allowed Clara M Masaw guardian to sell minors Louis O Hasterbrooks and Susan Hasterbrooks real estate with a 2000 bond. Wards’ interests in Warren Vernon street Bristol Highlands and Belphemare lots set minimum sale prices. Mary L Wilcox executrix of Solomon Wilcox Jr’s estate bonded 2500 without surety. Appraisers named. Estate of Louies L Lawless allowed. Inventory on Sarah E Warner estate allowed.
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