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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1908
Page
2
A letter to the editor urges a nonpolitical, merit based choice for a future Town Clerk memorial portrait. The writer favors a candidate who needs the position and can perform efficiently, highlighting Thomas E. Johanson as a workman worthy of the post despite a hand handicap. The note calls voters to blend philanthropy with civic service.
Jolia O Drury asks for a secondhand cupboard or wooden case to donate to the boys club room. The item will serve as storage for games and supplies for the boys' club.
A local dealer markets Bee Lasative Cough Syrup as a safe laxative for children to ease coughs croup and whooping cough. The ad claims natural toxin expulsion and phlegm relief with a guaranteed sale by C. W. Sparks.
An advertisement promotes a Kings Dyspepsia Tablet to treat indigestion after meals and related stomach issues. It offers a two day trial free and directs readers to ask their dealer, noting C W Sparks as the seller.
The town talks of Ezra Dixon patenting a top roll saddle while Olive’s dry packed ice cream and Smith’s Banana Split attract attention at Smith's Velvet Ice Cream Parlors in Hasbrouck Block. Several locals including court clerk Arthur W. Joyvoe and students substitute at Miller Street School as illness and scheduling shift daily life. Community events span social clubs, concerts, Woodmen installation, and local fundraisers with various meetings, entertainments, and notices throughout the week.
Manuel Vera Sr and Jr and Manuel Perry received four months in Providence County jail plus costs for assaulting Joachin Aravera near his home on January 14. Details describe brutal beating with baseball bats and a boarder aiding. testimony noted head wounds and near brain injury. Defense offered no evidence in the afternoon session. bond posted. Also fined: Joseph Tradgina $5 and costs for reveling. Dennis Connelly sent to State Farm for six months on vagrancy charges.
Bristol post office schedules inbound and outbound mail with arrival times at 7 00 10 00 12 00 2 00 4 00 and 6 46 7 15 p m. Mail closes at 8 00 8 45 11 30 a m 1 45 5 45 p m 7 15 p m Sunday arrivals 8 30 a m close 5 00 p m general delivery stamps 8 40 5 00 p m Sunday pickup from carriers racks south door hours include 9 80 to 10 89 a m.
Express matter for Bristol lists outward departures at 7.85, 11.05, 3.05, and 5.05 a m and inward arrivals at 7 45, 11 45 a m, 2 45, and 6 45 p m. Earle and Prew express.
Local amateurs under H M Kelley perform Arabian Nights in Bristol with a brisk no-wait between acts. Cast includes Arthur Hummingtop, Mrs Gillibrand, and the Gutta Percha Girl, with a plot of disguises and mistaken ties ending in comic resolution.
A Phoenix reader criticizes Mr Hogan for favoritism in distributing amateur prizes at the Bristol Opera House moving pictures event. He argues the Gigilo Bros and Palumbo should win first, Cherelli Bros. for second, and Thomas Haughes for third, citing audience applause and fairness concerns.
At Masses this Sunday St Mary's parish reported the church finances for 1907. Beginning balance January 1, 1907 was 19051.45 and receipts for the year 10828.46, totaling 29879.91. Expenditures 4858.68 left January 1, 1908 balance 25026.28. Baptisms 195 marriages 37 confirmations 166. Church societies total 678 members. Three spiritual retreats held. Rev Thomas J Fitzpatrick pastor since Christmas 1904 with Rev John F Downing as assistant. Parishioners urged a new church building as current one is too small.
The 19th annual report to the Senate shows $15 568.84 received under federal aid, with 169 members as of December 31 and 717 admitted since opening. There were 28 deaths, pensions totaled $24 980.47, and disbursements reached $35 425.18. The Bristol Administration building was renovated and pavilions provided with rockers.
Mis Rebsoon Smith Crandall died in this town on January 25 at age 85. Funeral services set for Thursday January 30 at 2 30 p.m. at her residence 82 Central Street with relatives and friends invited to attend.
The frozen body of John Hardy a Providence machinist was found near Rubber Works Wharf just before noon. Medical Examiner Dr W F Williams authorized removal to undertaker George M Wilbur for examination as details remain unclear. It is uncertain whether death resulted from drowning or foul play with a later thorough postmortem planned.
Town Council met with full board present and approved Union Trust plan B for reorganizing trust funds in the name of Bristol Town Council John S M Herreshoff fund and others. President authorized to execute powers. sacred concert petition granted for February 2 at the town ball. Harbor master appointment petition laid over. settlement offer discussed in Nancy Close sidewalk injury case pending advisement.
Six Boston plasterers hired by Norcross Brothers for the Colt Memorial High School project were called off after a wage schedule dispute with the Boston Plasterer's Union. Superintendent Fagan says plastering is nearly finished with 11 men left and final work in the auditorium near. Electricians have nearly completed wiring conduits and interior work is advancing toward a June graduation deadline. A carload of iron material arrived today.
A clipped line from Article Bhan contends that seasonal labor such as Whitewash brash in summer and snow shovel in winter should ease hardship, but the speaker doubts the relief is real. The dialect echoes a broader struggle amid poverty and limited opportunities.
A Parisian woman explains bourgeois as a mentality not just a class. She argues it hardens individuals with narrow ideas and intolerance, yet props society’s balance and progress, noting contrasts among artists, rulers, and nations and citing Napoléon I, Napoléon III, Balzac, Maupassant, Zola, and countries like England and Germany.
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