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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1907
Page
2
A short index entry notes a sealed package advertising section at Normal School. The fragment lists an item titled Sa and references an advertisements index. No further details or dates are present in the readable text.
A Friday column reports rumors that dogs without collars paid leaders were rewarded if captured. Police deny pay offers to boys, noting no local ordinance exists. Investigations suggest some youths removed collars, but no one profited. owners may swear warrants to pursue offenders.
Mothers praise Kennedy's Laxative Syrup containing honey and tar as the original laxative cough syrup. Children like the taste while it claims to relieve croup by prompting bowel movement. It complies with the National Pure Food and Drug Law and is sold by W H Buftington.
Mails arrive and close times listed for Bristol and Sunday m ail service with express departure windows. Entries note show events at Hamill's Dry Goods, school term start, lodge installations, and theater offerings in Bristol Opera House along with local social club events and a New Year gift presentation to Edward E Wilkinson. Medical inspectors report pupils healthy with vaccination orders at several districts.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney Co declares firm will pay one dollar for each incurable case of catarrh. Sworn December 6 1888 before W Gleason Notary. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally claims to act on blood and mucous membranes. Poses testimonials. Sold by all druggists 75 cents. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Miss Marguerite Levere improves after serious illness at her High street home. Twelve new statues arrived for Col. S. P. Colt's Poppasquash estate will be erected next spring. Lodge officers to be installed January 8. Various lodge events and club notes follow, including Y M C A plans and school building upgrades at Colt Memorial High School.
Newly elected officers of Reba Rebekah Degree Lodge No 12 were installed by District Deputy Mrs Lois Linwood Martin and grand officers. The event included a program of music and speeches, with visitors from Providence Warren and Riverside, and a collation afterward. A nearby ad promotes Kodol for Indigestion sold by W H Buffington.
Weekly notice lists upcoming events in Bristol and surroundings. Dances, theatrical performances, and charity benefits headline the schedule at G A K Hall Bristol Opera House Grand Army Hall and Artillery Hall. Highlights include Our Boy s at Bristol Opera House for Y M C A benefit and the Eighth Annual Fair by King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co. No 1. Also The Village Belle A White Mountain Boy Broken Bonds and other plays slated with dates January through April.
An old advertisement touts DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a safe reliable liver cleansing tonic. The pills are described as widely known and recommended by W. H. Buffington for improving complexion and tone.
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