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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1906
Page
3
In Mexico a skilled sneak thief uses a bamboo pole with a fish hook to snag valuables through ground to ceiling bars. He casts from outside the window when occupants are elsewhere, lifting items from dressers, tables, beds and chairs. There are reports of thefts even when residents are undressing.
Italian Feast Day celebrations opened Saturday with parades from Columbia Hall through Wood Street to the Common, featuring the Eagle Band concert and a shrine display at Luigi Maffronte’s yard. Sunday included a Mass at St Patrick's and a Muscente Band concert, with a 2100 final score in a DeWolf Inn vs St. Mary's T.A. Society game and large turnouts by three thousand attendees plus two special trains from Bristol.
Women describe chronic back strain with repeated phrases of a back breaking feeling. They endure aches in the small of the back and low side pains with bearing-down discomfort, nervousness, and loss of ambition to work or act.
A Miss Maude Morris testimony claims back strain signals female organ and kidney issues. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is praised as the remedy, with the speaker noting relief from monthly pain, improved sleep and appetite after two months of use. The account lists Miss Maude Morris and the Seces Aid and Mission Society in Atlanta Georgia as context.
The Excelsior Tennis Tournament concluded with new champions in men s singles and men s doubles Saturday. William M Fischer defeated Byron D DeWolf Jr 6 2 6 0 6 3 to win the singles, while the Fischer brothers lost the doubles final to DeWolf Jr and R W Nelson in a tight five set match 6 2 2 6 7 5 4 6 4 6.
Intimations note how a Victorian Australia parliament scene arose when a labor member mocked a legal colleague with a phrase about being called to the bar. The heated exchange ended with both lawmakers withdrawing and offering apologies after insults such as you tea drinking, skunk.
Historic accounts describe aurora borealis as a dire omen seen by ancient peoples. Old battle descriptions mention the red northern lights warning of catastrophe. The Clan-Mac-Noist annals record a purple aurora lighting the northern skies in 688 A. D. on the eve of a notable event.
The fragment notes Tribestat naming Leinster and Munster and remarks it is unnecessary to mention the omen of a great slaughter that soon followed.
A reflective excerpt on French society noting broad acceptance of personal fortune. The speaker praises straightforward acknowledgment of one’s place and bread, arguing it reflects the better part of religion and manliness.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt shows a boastful social quarrel where a beauty snubs a parvenu with the remark What! Wed such a parvenu and the mentor counters that Fre has millions and the union need not endure after marriage.
A humorous exchange reveals Mrs Nuwed firing a cook for incompetence after the cook failed to prepare sweetbreads for tea. The dialogue showcases domestic tensions and light banter over household duties.
Opening of the National Cigar Stands at Hope drug store in Bristol marks the first local test of a union of 2,000 cigar stands under the National Cigar Stands Company emblem. The stand showcases price reductions by buying direct from factories, eliminating middlemen, and delivering cigars producer to smoker, offering 8 for 25 to 6 for 10 and up to imported Havanas at lower costs.
Friday noon Thomas Gregory of National India Rubber Company carpenters' shop was using a circular saw when a knot struck the blade and whipped his left hand against steel, lacerating badly. He received care from Dr. A. M. Merriman and was later taken to Rhode Island Hospital where the left hand was amputated. Others suffered serious cuts and may be crippled.
An old advertisement promotes a cold cure claiming one day relief with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund the money if it fails. The product bears E. W. Grove's signature on each box and is priced at 25 cents.
William Henry Howgate died Friday at 7 20 p m at his Wardwell street home from cirrhosis after years of poor health. Born March 7 1857 he lived in this town most of his life working as a weaver at Namquit Cotton Mill and later in India Rubber before entering the stable business with James R West. He served as a carrier for SHV Line to Hartford railroad and was a charter member of Burnside lodge K P. He is survived by sister Annie H West. Funeral held at his Wardwell home with services by Rev W K H Trotter. interment at North Cemetery amid floral tributes from Burnside lodge and the station employes.
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