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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1907
Page
2
The writer urges Civil War veterans to join in Memorial Day ceremonies. He laments many veterans neglect the duties, notes 25 veterans outside the Grand Army should attend, and urges elbow to elbow participation as taps approach.
The Editor of the Pheme writes about a funeral procession for Capt John Springer being disrupted by a speeding automobile that forced its way between the first two carriages as they proceeded to North cemetery. The act is described as reckless and inexcusably lacking in courtesy, with a call for severe handling of the offender.
Coming events list social and club activities from June 4 to June 17. Rabber Social at First Baptist. June 4 rummage sale at Bradford High streets corner. Home for Aged Women annual meeting on Franklin Street. G A R Hall dance by 07 club. June 12 whist party by Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps. June 17 piano recital by Miss Salisbury and pupils at G A R Hall.
Bristol post office hours show mail arrivals and closures including 7.00, 10.00, 12.00, 2.00, 4.00, 7.15 pm departure windows 8.00, 8.45, 11.80 am, 1.45, 5.45, 7.16 pm. Sunday arrivals 8.30 am and close 6.00 pm. General delivery stamps sales 4.30–5.00 pm. Sunday hours 9.30–10.30 am. Sunday mailout at carriers racks south door 9.30–10.39 am. Express by Earle & Prew lists outward 7.35 and 11.05 am, 3.05 and 5.05 pm. inward 7.45 and 11.45 am, 2.45 and 6.45 pm.
Town Council meets tonight and fire companies gather tomorrow evening. Eleven cases of imported statues for Col. P. Colt's Pappasquash estate arrived yesterday via the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. A whist party is set for Wednesday evening at the G. A. R. hall, with Babbitt Relief supplies.
In a neighboring city a woman alone in her home heard a burglar at the kitchen window. She armed with a revolver fired through the door, frightening him away, then fainted. Upon revival she said she feared the intruder was after her gas stove.
Pineules for the kidneys strengthen these organs and assist in drawing poison from the blood. Try them for rheumatism kidney bladder trouble lumbago and tired worn out feeling. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Sold by O. W. Sparks. Mandan Pile Remedy comes put up in a collapsible tube with a nozzle. It relieves at once blind bleeding itching or protruding piles. Guaranteed. Price 5.00. Get it today. Sold by C. W.
Ernest E. Meiggs and family express heartfelt thanks to relatives and friends for sympathy acts of kindness and tributes after their bereavement especially to the employees of the Hose room of the N.1 R. Co.
A humorous exchange shows a shopman guessing a collar size for a husband as thirteen and a half inches. The lady expresses relief, and the shopman quips that wives who buy the collars for their husbands are typically about that size.
Advertisement notes Pinesalve Carbolized relieves bites and stings sunburn and burns. It acts as a poultice drawing out inflammation. Offered for 25 cents and sold by O. W. Sparks.
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