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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1899
Page
4
A Three Oaks Indiana manufacturer with hundreds of workers offers to fund the village treasury with annual liquor licenses if saloons close and the town becomes dry. The council sends the plan to a special election, and the temperance measure wins decisively. The plant stays put as the saloons close and the promised funds flow to public coffers.
The Weather Bureau reports very warm conditions with frequent showers and thunderstorms last week. Mean temperature reached 70 plus. rainfall was heavy everywhere, Vermont and Maine seeing daily showers. Crops improved with abundant rains easing past drought, hay and pasture gains noted, some hail damage locally. Chamberlains Cough Remedy cited in ad.
Articles of incorporation filed in Secretary of State office list Samuel P Colt Daniel R Case William T Wardwell J Howard Manchester of Bristol and Herbert Mc Howe of Philadelphia as incorporators. Capital stock set at 1.6 million dollars. De Wolf Inn deed transferred by William Thompson Brockton to the Bristol Real Estate Company. Officers elected Col S Po Colt president Jo Howard Manchester secretary and WoTC treasurer. No new opening this year due to lateness. caretaker to run property in winter with plans for a first class hotel next season to attract summer visitors and transient guests.
An advertisement touts skin eruption cures with Arnica Salve for a wide range of conditions and claims guaranteed results at 25 cents a box from J H Young & Co. Druggists. The piece shifts to a courtroom dialogue about a marriage proposal and a violent incident, noting a suspect’s background and a judge weighing motives and legitimacy of accusations amid unrelated snippets.
Mr JFE Lilly of Hannibal recalls a near death from typhoid fever that worsened into pneumonia. He credits Dr King's New Discovery with rapid relief and full recovery after using the medicine. J H Young & Co. offers regular bottles at 40 cents and 81 with free trial bottles and a guarantee.
The Board of Managers of the Childrens Home acknowledges July donations including berries, clams, milk, sugar, clothing, greens, and a China tea set. Donors include Miss WP Wardwell, Mr Benj Munroe, Mrs Greene, Mrs S S Drury, Mrs Hi Ho Shepard, Mr John Lake, Mrs Rosa Neumann, and others. A $10 gift from MYW Howe and ending notes list a July 4 birth, a July 1 or 1th birth in Murrey town.
James Tillinghast, executor of Ellen M Pers late of Bristol, announces acceptance of trust after probate. Bond filed as required. Creditors must present claims within six months from first advertisement in the notice. Probate Court procedures apply.
Lloyd Aspinwall son of the late Lloyd and Harriette Prescott Aspinwall died Monday July 16 in New York City at age thirty seven. He leaves surviving family and friends to mourn his loss. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
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