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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1910
Page
3
A reader argues for a permanent tariff commission based on cost of production to guide duties. It contends that current duties exceed labor costs, benefits of protection favor insiders, and that the public deserves full, transparent disclosure of the commission’s findings to prevent manipulation of policy.
Bristol District Court heard ten speed violators from Bristol Neck and nearby towns were cited for driving over the 15 mile per hour limit in the compact part of town. Judge Lee's chauffeur was among those fined. several others pled guilty or were bound over for grand jury action. A Welsh-like mix of cases included carrying concealed weapons, resisting an officer, and a civil dispute over poultry payments. The proceedings featured multiple continuances and adjournments before a final afternoon session with a verdict for a slander case and a defense verdict in a book account suit.
A terse exchange unfolds as a neighbor questions the daughter Gladys Mae becoming a noted elocutionist. The brief dialogue hints at tensions between neighbors and aspirations.
Mrs Ramon Guiteras of New York arrives for summer in town. J P Gladding and daughter Evelyn of Boston visit Mr Gladding's father on Wood Street. Shipmate Swan of Farragut Naval Veteran Association and Maj M W Newton with Maj Samuel Taylor of Artillery Veterans in Fourth parade. Frederick W Sanford ordained priest at St Michael's Church. Bishop Potter of New York preached the sermon. Sanford was rector of a church in Athol Maas.
Three distinct shocks of earthquake were felt at 7 25 Sunday morning in Santa Rosa California. Vibrations traveled north to south and awakened residents. The Namquit Mill added new machinery. The Bristol High School graduation exercises were held in the Town Hall on June 27 with a full program including essays, orations, music and diplomas.
Doherty James A Duffy North Primary School names Theodora August Marie Bertrand Annie Callan Margherite Sanford Joseph Birmingham Leighton Billborough Minnie Gilroy New Primary School Arthur Law Ungraded School Belle Taylor Josephine Dittmer George Luther Middle District School Bertha Carey Auniengalls Ellen Tobin William Remieres Lester Beals
Drugstore ad by W H Buffington seeks fifty men and women for Dr Howard's specific a half price offer. Fifty doses at 25 cents with a money back guarantee if not quickly relieved. Claims quick cure of constipation dyspepsia headaches and liver trouble and improves digestion and appetite.
A member of this year’s class has obtained a position in Providence earning 225 dollars per week. The text promotes a commercial school whose graduates are worth 25 dollars weekly immediately after graduation. It invites sending catalogs to interested young men and women in business or shorthand studies.
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