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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1904
Page
4
Rhode Island lawmakers authorize a five member commission to oversee removal of the Bakonnet river Rhode Island Stone Bridge and construction of a new drawbridge between Tiverton and Portsmouth. The act sets budgets, contracts, oversight, and annual progress reports to the General Assembly.
An act to empower the State Board of Agriculture to appoint a state nursery inspector responsible for inspecting nurseries and stock, issuing certificates when no pests are found, and enforcing penalties for selling uninspected stock. The act details procedures for fumigation or treatment and affidavit requirements for compliance, with penalties for noncompliance.
The act requires that all nursery stock shipped into the state carry a certificate of inspection stating it is free from dangerous insects or diseases. Uncertified stock must be returned to the consignor at the consignor’s expense unless fumigation certificates meet section four standards. The state nursery inspector may enter any grounds to perform duties and will be compensated from the state board of agriculture. The act takes effect upon its approval.
Chapter 1160 establishes a reward of twenty five cents for killing wild hawks and similar birds, with proof required to town clerks or state senators who certify affidavits. The state auditor will issue payment from the treasury. An appropriation of five hundred dollars funds the act, effective upon passage.
An act appropriates two thousand five hundred dollars annually from state fire insurance tax receipts to the Rhode Island State League of Firemen as the firemen relief fund. It creates a three person board for distributing aid to injured firemen and to widows and children, with two members nonmembers, appointed by the governor and senate with consent. The act outlines bonds, annual reports, and limited incidental expenses, and provides a $200 death benefit to eligible widows or dependents. The fund's balance is returned to the general treasurer each year.
Chapter 1142 amends general laws on nuisances. It allows the owner of a dead animal to sell the carcass and the purchaser may remove it through streets to burial or disposal. The act, passed April 13 1904, clarifies disposal rights in cities and towns.
An advice column advocates Dr. Boschee's German Syrup for mothers and children to curb coughing and bronchial trouble. It claims quick relief, easing expectoration and hoarseness, with trial and large bottle prices and nationwide availability through Attall druggists.
The act takes effect immediately and repeals all acts or parts that conflict with it. It supersedes previous provisions deemed inconsistent. The measure clarifies statutory alignment and enforces the new regulatory framework without delay.
An act amends section 2 of Chapter 294 to set the annual salary of shell fisheries commissioners at five hundred dollars. It appropriates one thousand dollars to implement the act, directs the state auditor to issue payments, and states the act takes effect upon passage with repeals of inconsistent acts or parts.
Chapter 1161 amends Section 4 to grant a certificate of authority to act as an insurance broker without a fee to soldiers or sailors resident in the state who served in the army or navy during the war of the rebellion or who served the United States in wartime. Eligible veterans must show evidence of service and an honorable discharge. The act takes effect on passage and repeals conflicting acts.
Legislative update amends the public deer protection law. It tightens penalties for unlawfully taking or killing a deer before January 1, 1900, with fines from 100 to 500 dollars and a split fine to the complainant and the state. The act takes effect upon passage.
A formal attestation by Charles P Bennett, Secretary of State, affirming the truth of the foregoing documents and their status as true copies. The notice emphasizes official validation and legal authenticity of the attested records.
The Hungarian novelist Jokai wrote of a life phase and a confessed romance that corrupted his wife and muse, tracing how a harsh, scolding love of politics ruined fortunes and brought public ridicule.
A book author on South African Kaffirs notes that women generally favor polygamy and recounts social life at a king's kraal with hundreds of huts. He likens it to a college setting, imagining men among thousands of relatives and wives to convey the vivid communal joy of life in such a society.
Swallows and other migratory birds shun places slightly infected by microbes and epidemics such as cholera yellow fever and plague. They choose the healthiest districts as temporary homes. People fearing infectious diseases should avoid living where these birds shun.
Mrs. Mattie Burge of Martinsville Virginia credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with ending a decade of chronic diarrhoea after two doses relieved her child’s cholera morbus and a full bottle cured her own condition. Sold by W H Burlington.
A Washington Post note contrasts British and American habits by describing the Englishwoman who wears or flaunts a latchkey as a social symbol. It notes Britons parade key jewelry and belts while Americans often hide or place keys under mats, viewing the latchkey as a novelty rather than necessity.
While staying with Sir Francis Powell at a fishing holiday Spencer dropped his eyeglasses into a river pool. He bet he could recover the pince-nez and returned the next evening with the glasses, using a magnet on his fishing line to reel them from the water.
In St. John's during the fishery season naval fleets from France and Britain patrol the coast yet icebergs remain the danger. The masses serve as gun practice targets through the summer as ships pursue a drifting iceberg until their ammunition runs out. Icebergs drift past St. John's daily, sometimes grounding in the harbor mouth and hindering entry or exit.
The article notes the compact 3,800 square miles of land west of the Jordan and 9,840 square miles including east and west, with Palestine stretching about 150 miles north to south and 23 to 80 miles wide, highlighting the concentration of historic events in a small region.
At a London dinner Theodore Watts-Dunton recalled that painter Turner and Dr Augustus Pritchard lived together for a year in Cheyne Row. They tended a fine garden, but a stubborn gate spurred Turner to order it waked up. Augustus Stritchard reportedly cared little, saying he hoped Turner would not paint the gate.
A brief reader note suggests that kidneys and bladder are vulnerable when sick with a cold. It recommends wearing a white flannel roll about one foot wide, going twice around the waist for winter and once for summer to help protect against bladder or kidney trouble. The tip is attributed to Exchange.
A witty exchange about a bank with no money left after a small withdrawal. The implied joke rests on the bank being overdrawn due to the woman’s little withdrawal, prompting her to seek another bank.
A philosopher asks what one does when waking with a sharp toothache at night. Brooks replies with a wry comment about being grateful it isn’t galloping consumption.
Milkins asks Bilkins for thoughts on a cigar given last night. Bilkins replies he cannot think, he is trying to forget it, in a terse exchange that hints at a memory best erased.
A sharp admonition urges workers to cease complaints by taking no action. If this stance fails to persuade, nothing will change.
Charles Henning as administrator of Charles D Eddy's estate in Bristol presents his account for allowance. The court receives it and refers it to August 1, 1904 at 1080 a.m. in the Probate Court Room for consideration. Notice is ordered published for fourteen days, once weekly in the Bristol Phoenix.
The Probate Court of Bristol issues notice for the account of executor George H. Peck in the estate of Ruth A. M. Wardwell. A credit from sale of real estate is itemized and the matter is set for August 1, 1904, at 10:80 a.m. in Bristol. Notice to be published weekly for fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix.
The will of Ann Flynn late of Bristol deceased is presented for probate. A hearing is set for August 1 1904 at 1030 am in the Bristol Court Room. Notice is ordered to be published for fourteen days once a week in the Bristol Phoenix.
In Bristol on July 6 1904 Peter J Lannon administrator petitions for authority to sell the undivided land interest of Maurice Kearney to pay debts funeral expenses and family support. The court orders a fourteen day weekly notice in the Bristol Phoenix for August 1 1904 at 10 30 am. Probate Clerk Herbert F Bennett signs.
In Equity No. 6196 of the Rhode Island Supreme Court Appellate Division, Special Master John Henshaw will hold hearings at 32 Westminster Street Providence on July 26, 1904 at 2 PM to determine heirs and interests in the real estate of William C. Norris in Bristol, based on a June 23 1904 decree. Published for heirs and guardians of minors and others with potential interest.
A merchant advertises a skilled horse shoer as efficient reliable and quick asking horse owners to give him a trial to prove the claim with confidence and trust.
Commissioner announces sale by public auction on Wednesday August 3 1904 at twelve noon on the premises in Bristol County Rhode Island under a decree of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court entered July 12 1904 in equity No 6206 in the matter Viets G Peck vs Industrial Trust Company et al for partition of real estate. The parcel lies on the easterly side of Wood Street Bristol bounded by various owner and church properties and traces to deeds of Nicholas Peck deceased dated 1805 and 1808. Clerk’s notice Bristol R I July 18 1904.
W H Buffington urges readers suffering indigestion to call at once for a bottle of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. The remedy is described as a thorough digestant and tissue building tonic, endorsed by hundreds it has cured, and it digests what you eat while being pleasant and strengthening.
The New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad announces May 29 1904 service for Bristol Providence Fox Point on weekdays and Sundays. Northbound and southbound trains depart from Bristol Constitution Street and Fox Point with frequent morning and evening runs, including express options. Providence arrivals to Bristol and Bristol arrivals to Providence listed with specific times and daily patterns.
Regular Providence to Bristol service runs weekdays from Dorrance and Weybosset streets at 5 45 a m every 30 minutes to 7 15 p m then hourly to 3 15 p m Leave Bristol terminus at 5 19 a m every 30 minutes to 8 48 p m hourly to 10 49 p m 11 49 p m and 12 41 a m to Riverside car house Sundays run from Dorrance and Weybosset at 7 45 a m to 10 15 p m Bristol terminus at 6 49 a m every 30 minutes to 6 49 p m hourly to 9 49 p m 10 49 and 11 41 p m to Riverside car house Cars leave Franklin streets six minutes after terminus.
We have made at considerable expense a handsome sample badge appropriately lettered and bearing the proper society or lodge insignia for every society in Bristol. Most are reversible to serve as mourning badges. Viewable at the Phawix office, with reasonable prices quoted for any quantity. They are the most beautiful badges we ever saw.
A 19th century advertisement claims indigestion weakens the heart by stomach swelling and crowding the chest. It asserts Dyspepsia Cure digests meals, relieves indigestion and sour stomach, supports nourishment, strength, and health, and is sold by W. H. Buffington.
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