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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
2
The July third editorial urges restraint in Fourth of July celebrations. It cites misused sky rockets Roman candles and careless handling of cartridge pistols harming bystanders and stresses strict enforcement of the blank cartridge pistol ban.
Monday evening at 8 o clock a formal wedding united Miss Phoebe Alice Frances Greene and Edward Henry William Welch at the Weston home on Bristol Neck. Rev. William R. Trotter officiated with only immediate relatives present. bride wore white muslin over silk and carried a white sweetpea bouquet. A wedding breakfast and reception followed. the couple will reside on Bristol Neck for the summer.
Henry Darby Archer of New York and Lasra Howard of New York were married yesterday at the Church of the Ascension by Rev Percy Grant. The ceremony was informal with few relatives present and a wedding breakfast at the Holland House. After a brief honeymoon the couple will live in the metropolis. Also notes DeWittas Witch Hazel Salve touted for quick healing and piles with local retailer W H Baffington.
Bristol post office hours and mail times sparse notes on local shops events and residents. Reports mention Fourth of July wear footwear sales lectures Shakespearean recitals golf club meeting residents visiting town and police cases including a medical aid for a paralytic man and a fraudulent magazine subscription warning.
Advertisement claims catarrh is incurable by local applications and must be treated internally. It touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as prescribed by leading physicians, a combination of tonics and blood purifiers that purports to affect mucous surfaces, with testimonials offered free. It also promotes Dr. Cheney & Co. and Tak er's Family Pills for constipation.
At monthly fire company meetings plans were made for the Fourth. Hydrantions accepted one membership applicant and one candidate voted in. Decorations committee reported progress on parade tire apparatus. Defiance Hose voted to accept 21 new uniforms for members, consisting of red shirts and blue trousers.
Mother Gray a New York nurse announces Australian Leaf a pleasant herb remedy for female weaknesses backache kidney bladder urinary troubles. It is sold by Atal Druggists or by mail 50 cents. Sample package offered free address The Mother Gray Co LeRoy NY.
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