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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1907
Page
2
Providence Old Home Week has grown from a local event into a Rhode Island wide affair. The Providence Executive Committee yielded to public demand and made the celebration a state function inviting each town to form its own committees. The plan broadens participation across all towns while preserving the original festive spirit and common welfare goals.
Concert program on Thursday July 18 features Col O Keefe selections Intermezzo Cherry Waltzes Wilhemina Cornet solo Medley Overture Strains from Sterns Caprice Birds and the Brook March Light Cavalry Indian Characteristic Red Wing Waltz And a Little Child Shall Lead Then Two Step Louisiana Finale Star Spangled Banner Robert Jones Leader. Also notes headaches and constipation relief with Dades Little Liver Pills and Bees Laxative Conah Syrup sold by C W Sparks.
Post office hours listed for Bristol and vicinity include mail arrivals at 7:00, 10:00, 12:00, 2:00, 4:45, 7:15 p m. Closings at 8:00, 8:45, 11:80 a m, 1:45, 5:45, 7:16 p m. Sunday mail arrives 8:30 a m with closing at 5:00 p m. General delivery available for stamps 4:80 to 5 p m. Sunday hours 9:80 to 10:30 a m. Sunday mail distributed from carriers racks at south door 9:30 to 10:30 a m.
Earle and Prew announce Express matter 18 times for Bristol. Outward times are 7 85 a m 11 05 a m 3 05 p m and 6 05 p m. Inward times are 7 45 a m 11 45 a m 2 45 p m and 6 45 p m.
A Bristol area column reports visits and returns of residents and visitors from Boston Melrose and Providence. It notes dances and concerts at the D Wolf Inn and Portuguese hall, a lawn party hosted by the Ladies Aid Society, ship and boat activity, theft and police cases, and upcoming public events including a lawn fete at the Perry homestead with a country store and rummage sale solicitation.
If you suffer from bloating belching sour stomach indigestion or dyspepsia take a Rings Dyspepsia Tablet after each meal and overcome the disagreeable trouble. It will improve the appetite and aid digestion. Sold by C. W. Sparks. Hundreds of people yearly go through painful operations needlessly because they never tried Man Zan Pile Remedy. It is put up to apply where the trouble lies and relieves pain and inflammation for any form of piles. Price 60 pts. Sold
A July Fourth birthday party organized by Mrs Wright at Church House Parlor draws Providence guests including Mrs Gilmore and Miss Stone. Table treats, fireworks, and toasts honor M M Stone known as Marjorie from Brown University with a nine year memory of a ninth birthday party.
Entries close July 9 at 10 a.m. for the Excelsior Tennis Club championship events in the week of July 15. A lawn party is set for July 18 from 4 to 7 p.m. on Church Street lawn, hosted by Mrs Remieres under the Ladies Aid Society of the State Street M E Church.
In this town on July 14 a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. William Ourley.
A Bristol report states 40 year old Annis Sayles was found guilty of being a Wanton person after a District Court session at 8 80 oclock yesterday morning. Judge Bosworth sentenced her to six months at the House for Correction. She was captured on a sail boat docked near the Steamboat wharf and Staples Coal Company wharf. Officer Goff arrested her following allegations she came to Bristol seeking work, drank with several men, and awoke aboard the vessel in a compromising condition as men nearby faced questions about avoiding arrest.
Howard Newman Greene of this town will wed Maude Cranston Bowden daughter of Barrington Police Chief Samuel Bowden tomorrow at 5 at the bride’s home Barrington. The ceremony by Rev H M Chapin will be informal with immediate relatives only. Afterward the couple will travel to Boston then live at 18831 Narragansett Boulevard Edgewood. Greene works for Earle & Prout Express Co Providence.
Margaret O'Brien, wife of Redmond O'Brien, died in Warren on July 14 at age 78. The obituary notes her long marriage and local ties.
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