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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1907
Page
2
Compact index listing miscellaneous items such as Wanted Lost Money Thrown Away Excursions to To Rent For Sale To Rent B Old Home Week for Sun Dial Watch Fob Crescent Park 30yden Heights compensation and listings for Jacob Molasky Salesmen. Reads like a historical classifieds page with scattered entries and names.
Rev Thomas J Fitzpatrick received a surprise visit from his Bible class at the parochial residence. John Head spoke for the group presenting an enlarged photograph. Father Fitzpatrick expressed heartfelt thanks. The evening featured vocal and piano solos, readings, and a pianola program, followed by refreshments. The Bible class list included John Head Alfred Dubuc Sadie Callan Bertha Crowley Annie August Marie Lavander Kathrine McElvogue Josephine Tobin Catherine Levere Anna Hughes Mary Ryan Mary Morrissey Belle Murphy Bessie Tobin Annie Kavanaugh Annie Farley and Miss Mary M Ryan of Valley Falls was present. The occasion was long remembered by all.
Thousands suffer daily from kidney and bladder troubles and warrant prompt check. DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills advertised as best remedy for backache weak kidneys and bladder inflammation. One week treatment offered for 25 cents by W H Buffington.
Bristol and vicinity notes summarize local items from the Bristol Post Office schedules. Mails arrive at 7 00, 10 00, 12 00, 2 00, 4 00, 6 45, and 7 15 p m with several closing times listed, and Sunday delivery details include arrivals at 8 30 a m and close at 5 00 p m. General delivery window notes and Sunday hours are provided with stamps and pick up at the south door carriers’ racks.
Schedule shows outward departures at 7 35 1105 and 8 05 5 05 in the evening from Bristol with inward arrivals at 7 45 1145 and 2 45 6 45 p m. The system lists four outward and four inward times for daily service.
Misses Pitman of Franklin street depart for a week in Franklin Mass. Mr and Mrs George A Baltonur return from their wedding trip and will live on Wood street. A US Army recruiting station opens on State street near Bristol Hotel led by George Creighton. Various local visits, trips, and community notices follow, including church events, fishing tales, and upcoming baseball plans for Bristol.
Boyden Heights attracts numerous organizations for annual outings. Shore Dinner tops appeal, with Maguire's Savoy Orchestra at the Dance Hall and the Palm Garden offering breezy waterfront refreshments. This year groups include Merchant's Association Pawtucket July 26, Swartz Lodge Oddfellows July 27, and Iron Russell Employees July 27.
A cruising trip departs Sunday morning on the Four Brothers launch owned by the Quirk Brothers for a three week voyage to New York Coney Island and the Hudson River. The party includes Richard C Quirk Everett L Church Charles H Bickford and Charles C Duaffy. They depart at 10 o clock with several friends sailing to New port to stay overnight then onward to New York.
Wednesday Byron F. Howard, steward of the Rhode Island Yacht Club's Prudence Island summer station, nearly severed his left hand while cutting kindling for a plambake. Six stitches were needed. He was taken to Providence in a launch after temporary dressings and treated by Dr. Robert C. Hale on Broad street.
The Bristol Train of Artillery voted to attend camp for a week, leaving Sunday at 8 o'clock on the Newport and Providence railway ferryboat for Bristol Ferry. They will camp in Portsmouth about a mile from Bristol Ferry, then on Aug 2 travel to Providence for the Old Home Week military parade, accompanied by a band meeting at Fox Point station.
An old-fashioned remedy advertised as non opiate, Kennedy's Laxative Dough Syrup claims to ease constipation by gently moving the bowels. It features honey and tar flavor, tastes like maple syrup, and is marketed as appealing to children, sold by W. H. Buffington.
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