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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1907
Page
2
The Lawn Fete at the Perry Homestead grounds is planned for Thursday afternoon and evening. If Thursday morning is stormy, the Cranston Worstad Mills whistle will announce postponement to the next fair day. If rain persists into Wednesday afternoon, the fete may shift one day. organizers explain potential delays and urge public readiness.
Construction continues on Colt Memorial High School with fireproofing changes delaying interior finishing. Steel girders and beams ordered from Pennsylvania are en route, walls and foundation already in place, with completion expected about a year away despite temporary plan modifications.
The Hristo and Warren Water Company experiments with a mechanical filter for town water purification. A water sample run through the filter appears clear and clean though traces of amber color remain. Chemical filters may leave substances in water. mechanical filters may retain some color but offer safer results if pipes are clean.
Mails arrive at Bristol post office at 7 00 10 00 12 00 2 00 4 00 6 45 7 15 p m Mails close at 8 00 8 45 11 30 a m 1 45 5 45 7 16 p m Sunday mail arrives 8 8 0 a m close 5 0 0 p m General delivery stamps sold 4 80 to 5 pm Office hours Sunday 9 30 to 10 80 am Sunday mail will be handed out from carriers racks at south door 9 80 to 10 39 a m
Outward departures from Bristol at 7 35 a m 11 05 a m 3 05 p m and 5 05 p m. Inward arrivals at 7 45 a m 11 45 a m 2 45 p m and 6 45 p m.
Mrs Lillian Martin of New York spends the summer in town. Mrs George T Shepard of Worcester visits her sister Mrs Elnathan P. Brownwell. Miss Mabel Cosgrove from Washington visits Dr and Mrs W F Daffy. William Bowler, solo cornetist, has a week at Crescent Park. Helen Stowell visits Berlin New Hampshire. Mr and Mrs Hachert Lord begin extended Canada Britain tour. Mrs Francis C Brownell of Atlanta visits her parents in Bristol Neck. Mrs Henry B Jackson returns to Marblehead. Robert Jones leaves for Newport. Bernard V Foley conducts the Herreshoff Marine band in his absence. L Gladne and son open a fish market at 43 Bradford Street. Bristol Naval Reserves rowing crew trains for Old Home Week in Providence. Sheriff Philo Y Cady serves writ on Mary Sullivan. Joseph Benjamin sues for $1000. Frank H Hammill attorney. MacDonald and Marshall return from Lake Winnipesaukee to repair a Herreshoff racer.
Miss Hose Davis and Herrman Davis of New York visit Mrs Amelia Varela at 1 Bradford street. Miss Lena Long of Dorchester visits Miss Begsie and Guasie Gablinski at Mount Hope avenue. Bristol Legion holds an open meeting at Pokavoket Hall with a whisky and literary program planned. Local church sermons, school work on Colt Memorial High School, and preparations for Y M C A events are noted amid street improvements and shop offerings at Suzmans.
Wilcox and staff will attend an open meeting of the Post Woman's Relief Corps Associate Members and invited guests Friday evening July 26. Anni Nappi died Sunday at her parents Wood street home after a year illness. Lung trouble caused death. Born in Italy she is survived by her parents and two brothers. Funeral at 8:30 at home with 9 o'clock requiem at St Mary's Church. Burial at St Mary's cemetery.
The Jerome Club defeated the Highland Club 29 to unknown in a Sunday fastball game praised for brilliant plays. 5B. W. Morris at short excelled with an errorless performance though an incident in the fifth inning delayed play for about a half hour after a runner tripped over a stump. Mugsy McGraw covered third and part of short but argued with spectators. R. Connery at second impressed, having just completed a course on “How to play baseball gracefully.” Lucien and Neary starred in battery for Jeromes. Beals and Beals led Highlands on defense. Umpires Beals and Cleaver. The Jeromes seek other state teams. address Jerome Club Bristol. Old Home Week.
A morning street fight on Court Street involved the Bansings Felsons and Browns amid Dora Brown v Jaze Brown in the District Court. Witnesses say Mrs QGlara Bassing wielded a rake. Rosa Felson suffered facial cuts while others received arm injuries. Six warrants issued for assailants. arrests expected this afternoon as the case moves to court.
A Saturday morning blaze destroyed the Hopeworth Sanitarium engine house, a wooden 80 by 12 foot building housing the engine, boiler, artesian pump, and well. Firefighters sprayed water but the structure and its contents were lost. No deaths or other buildings were damaged. cause remains unknown and insurance partly covers the loss.
A reader asks the Phoenix editor to press for better Bristol Providence telephone connections. The letter laments frequent busy signals, urges town council action, and hopes for improved service and fewer excuses from operators.
State factory inspector J Ellery Hudson cautions Rhode Island manufacturers that no child under fourteen can be employed and that those aged fourteen to sixteen must present the required age certificate before work. No official permits may override this rule.
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