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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
4
A servant insists on calling again while the collector asserts the client Mr Skinner is too ill to speak. The collector interrupts, claiming control of the conversation and promising to handle all communication today.
WN Y N H and Hartford Railroad electric car service begins June 15 198 with weekday operations. Schedule details appear in local notices.
Newport and Providence Railway Company publishes timetable in effect May 16 19u8. Details cover schedule of trains between Newport and Providence with days and times for departures and arrivals. The timetable reflects network operations and intermediate stops common to the era.
Railway timetable update valid Sunday December 29 with new Bristol Warren and Bristol line weekday and weekend departures from City Hall Providence 5 45 AM to 6 45 PM hourly then limited late evening runs to Riverside and Jar House. Weekend service starts 7 45 AM from City Hall with hourly until 10 15 PM and additional 11 15 PM and 12 15 AM trips to Riverside Car Elones.
In a Kentucky circuit court, Daniel Cross admitted gambling for small stakes. Judge W W Jones quipped to raise the penalty, then Daniel replied he would not raise and would call the judge instead. The exchange underscores the fine for gaming and a humorous courtroom moment.
A compact note traces book prices before printing. It cites Sicking Alfred paying in kind for a cosmography book, Walter of Winchester’s 1174 purchase of Bede and St Austin texts for barley and a silver-embroidered pall, a 1400 Paris sale of Roman de la Rose for 40 crowns, and noblewoman counts in Anjou paying with livestock and grain for Homilies. It also notes Louis XI borrowing Rhasis’s works in 1471 with plate pledged and a nobleman as surety.
A negro pastor preaches against sins including stealing melons, while a devout attendee snaps fingers in disjointed humor. The worshiper tries to claim boredom but jokes he only wants his overcoat.
In town Zone 29, Edward Henry William Welch wed Phaebe Alice Frances Greene by Rev W R R. Also in New York City on July 2, Henry Dabney Archer, formerly of this town, married Mrs Laura Howard of New York by Rev Percy Grant.
In this town on July 1 Eliza Whitney Howe widow of Rt Rev DeWolf Howe Bishop of Central Pennsylvania died in her 83rd year. Also in this town on July 1 James Mater aged 20 is reported dead.
Three probate notices from Bristol dated July 3 1908 announce first and final account drawings for Annie C Munro estate with July 20 reference, Carmine Vaccaro estate final account with sale of real estate reference, and Robert Newbold estate administrator request with July 6 reference. Notices call for fourteen days weekly publication in the Bristol Phoenix and list probate clerk John M Coggeshall.
The roll lists students across BYFIELD OLIVER WALLEY and other districts with perfect attendance and honors. Names include Lucy Farr Imma M Flowers Harriet Kirk Emily Manch ester Anna Pearse Elizabeth Peterson Florence Potter Mary Reynolds Schuyler Kirk Augusta Eisenberg Albert Flint Mildred MacDonald Hazel Gardiner Henry Eisenberg Eleanor Bes sing Clarence Herreshott Veronica Brown Hannah Murphy Ruth Robb and many others across seventh to first grades with notes on perfect attendance and scholarship.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports a Japanese construction scene where mortar is prepared in a street pile and formed into six pound balls. A worker on the ground tosses them to a helper on a ladder, who passes them to a roof worker, in a display that appears playful to onlookers.
The first aim of the modern playwright is to please women in the audience. The second aim is for the female characters in the play. If a play wins favor with women it tends to be a success as men attend to accompany or escort.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer line features a character asked why they avoid marriage and respond that marrying would be fatal to their literary work as they admit writing love stories.
A terse Manchester Union line frames domestic tension around meals and marriage, suggesting conflict at home may sour breakfast and hint at broader marital strain.
An advertisement highlights DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills sold by W. H. Buffington and promotes Kodol For Dyspepsia and Indigestion as a reliable stomach remedy. It emphasizes digestion as key to health and urges prompt use of trusted products.
A historical account extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly effective for women's health. It cites millions of letters from women claiming cures, notes it saves some from surgery, and explains the product uses roots and herbs without drugs to restore feminine health.
The estate of William A. Boyd of Bristol presents an instrument claimed to be his last will for probate. The court received the document and set July 20, 1908 at 10:30 a.m. in the Probate Court room for its consideration. Notice is ordered to be published weekly for fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix.
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