Advertised Letters Week Ending June 8
Advertised letters list for week ending June 8 includes Asapa Albay Joseph Brown J H Colr Walter Heeney John F Luscomb dg Rice Jack Reynolds Manuel Pedro Raposa Mrs Robert B Metcalf Mrs J Nychoff Miss A Momon Miss Bessie Jacoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asapa Albay
Joseph Brown
J. H. Colr
Walter Heeney
John F. Luscomb
Dg. Rice
Jack Reynolds
Manuel Pedro Raposa
Robert B. Metcalf
J. Nychoff
A. Momon
Bessie Jacoy
How to reckon cows and paint
A letter compares cows and paint to choose the best. It argues 10 gallons of Devoe cover a barn for 10 years, while a rival paint lasts less and costs more per year. It lists prices: Devoe 10 gallons 1.75 each totaling 17.50, plus labor and yearly cost estimates, ending with the sale note from Jas. A. Miller a Son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hotstein
Jersey
Devoe
Costa
Change in Town Clerk H F Bennett Home Move
The rear wing of Town Clerk H F Bennett's house, left on the Colt Memorial High School lot, has sold to Lernard Riley and will be moved to Bay View avenue. A shed and the main building part are being relocated, with a new two story addition planned on the rear and a longer piazza and porch on Bradford and Central streets. The old home site will become a prominent improvement on Bradford Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Bennett
Colt Memorial High School
Lernard Riley
Bay View Avenue
Louis Kebrek
Bradford Street
Bradford and
Central Streets
J. B. Greene
Bennett
Pinealve Car bolized and Rings Dyspepsia Tablets ad
An old ad promotes Pinesalve Car bolized for insect bites sunburn cuts and inflammation with a 25 cent price sold by C W Sparks. It also touts Rings Dyspepsia Tablets after meals to ease bloating belching sour stomach indigestion and dyspepsia and improve appetite. Sold by C W Sparks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Sparks
NAPHTHA LAUNCH BURNED OFF PRUDENCE ISLAND
A 82 foot cabin launch named Iris owned by Henry B. Wright of Pawtucket burned off Prudence Island Sunday evening. Six aboard including Wright and Albert E. Wright were rescued. two explosions followed as tanks failed. The vessel valued at 2000 dollars was not insured. Fire traced to a leaking gasoline pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudence Island
Iris
Henry B. Wright
Pawtucket
John M. Howard
Arthur S. Vaughn
O. F. Stanley
Providence
Charles Sekowski
Attleboro
Albert E. Wright
Edgewood
Albert Wright
Mr. Stanley
Potter’s Cove
Fred Wallace
Wright
Stanley
D. R. Case
Pappasquash
John Shepard
Shepard
Church
Warwick Neck
Fall River
Bristol
Young People's Society Elects Officers for Year
The annual meeting of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor at First Congregational Church elected officers for the coming year. President Miss Hattie Gray, vice president Miss Annie McCaughey, recording secretary Miss Margaret E. McCaughey, corresponding secretary Miss A. L. Kinnicutt, treasurer Miss Mary Brechin, pianist Miss Eva May Cole, with committees named for Lookout, Prayer Meeting, Social, and Missionary work chaired by listed members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor
First Congregational Church
Mary Brechin
Hattie Gray
Annie McCaughey
Margaret E. McCaughey
A. L. Kinnicut
Colt Memorial High School under construction receives stone and tile
Schooner H P Hallock from New Jersey delivered 240 tons of tile arches for the Colt Memorial High School being built by Norcross Brothers Company. Steel beams from Cambria Steel Works, Johns town Pa, were delayed but shipped and due soon. A gin pole derrick will raise four fluted columns for the main entrance and the 20 ton pillars on the east trestle. Granite pillars, 20 feet high, will arrive in a couple of weeks and require stronger lifting gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Hallock
New Jersey
New
Handicap Tennis Tournament At Excelsior Club
The Excelsior Tennis club committee voted to hold a club only handicap tournament on club courts featuring men singles ladies singles and mixed doubles. Play starts Saturday June 15 with entries due at Phoenix office by Thursday June 18 at 6 pm plus 25 cents per player per event. Prizes will be awarded and players must supply their own tennis balls. Also discussed was Bristol County's sixth annual championship tournament to begin July 18 on club courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Tennis Club
Phoenix Office
Bristol County
Y M C A Bowling Tournament Advances Race for First
Last evening team No.2 captained by O. W. Cromer took three straight from team No.7 led by F. M Dimond. The win tightens the race for first place among teams No.6 2 and 10 as the schedule winds down with key matches tonight tomorrow night and potential ties depending on three string wins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Cromer
F. M Dimond
Osot Murray
W. N. Newman
F. Slade
J. Edmunds
Hodgdon
F. M. Dimond
Geo. Clark
F. ,Crockford
Seth Paull Jr
W. Higgins
J. Snow
L. Sanford
Y. BF. Farrally
IF. Hodgdon
B. D. DeWolf
W. H. Higgins
M. Cahoon
L. F. Gorham
W. A. Snow
P. Kenney
J. Cook
Asa W. Hathaway
J. Kinder
G. H. Manchester
GQ. Marshall
A. R. Newman
A. Gorham
E. F. Brackett
W. Paine
S. Munro
F. Crockford
E. Murray
R. Wells
Cy J. Edmonds
R. Bush
A. Edmonds
H. S. Smith
G. Ebbitts
Frank la Frank
Bristol Man Goes to Panama As U S Inspector
Michael Hammill of Bristol leaves for New York then sails to the Isthmus of Panama to serve as inspector of commissary for the United States Government. He will be stationed at Cristobal in the canal zone. His high exam score and a recommendation from Dr Ramon Guiteras aided his appointment. He has three Bristol sisters and a Phillipsdale brother, and he is a charter member of Mt Hope Council No 1187, R A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Hammill
New York City
Panama
Department of Labor
United States Government
Cristobal Canal Zone
New York
Hammill
Ramon Guiteras
Bristol
Mollie
Kate
Margaret
W. H. T. Hammill
Phillipsdale
Mt.Hope
Born notices and a kidney remedy ad mix in town
Birth announcements list a daughter for Mr and Mrs James F Maloy on June 9 and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Robert Jones on June 11 in this town. A Pineules kidney and bladder remedy ad promises quick relief for backache rheumatism and lumbago and offers 80 days treatment for one dollar with money back if unsatisfactory sold by O W Sparka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malloy
James F. Maloy
Jones
Robert Jones
O. W. Sparka
Firemen Honor Memorial Sunday Amid Storm Rain
Deceased firemen were honored as several Bristol fire companies gathered at the Dreadnaught Hook, Ladder and Hose hall for an address by Rev. Alfred S. Stowell. A funeral procession moved to St. Mary’s and North cemeteries with flowers placed on graves. Memorial services by St. Mary’s groups proceeded to the cemetery, but a storm halted a planned address and return procession. Hundreds faced heavy rain, drenching hats and forcing many to walk or seek shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hook, Ladder & Hose Company
Alfred S. Stowell
First Baptist Church
St. Mary’s
Temperance Hall
T. A. Society
Holy Name Society
Dom Luiz Felippe Association
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
St. Mary’s Church
John F. Downing
State Street
Hope Street
Hope
Chestnut Street
Father Fitzpatrick
North
Bristol
Prices for Italian foods and pantry staples listed
A vintage advertisement lists goods with per pound and per can prices including macaroni at 8 to 10 cents per pound, cheese, tomatoes, olives and tonno allolio, accioghe in salamosa, Italian ham, pimientos morrones and other imports priced from 15 to 50 cents, reflecting a broad Italian pantry lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salamosa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scott
Chas. H. Church
Devoes& OU. P. S
Jas. A. Miller A Son
Ifiantiraéturers
Ferpcrest Creamery
Wachusett Creamery
Ferrisburg Creamery
Boston
Chase and Sanborn’s
Cross and Blackwell
Fairbanks Canning Co
Libby
W. H. Buffington Drug Store
Headquarters For
St. Mary’s T. A. Society
T. E. Coppinger & CO
Kunze's
Dorchester Mutual
E. L. Watson & CO
Industrial Trust Co
N. N. Cole
Alvin F. Cole
Chiropodist
Mrs. Williams
Church St
G M. Wilbur
A. W. Orgelman
BTATE
Wood ST
Lew”. Fales
Washington
Dean
Fountain Streets
Providence, R, I
Malafronte Brothers
Ferro China
Poe
Martini & Rossi Vermouth
Centerba Nemplice
Chianti
Muscatel
O’wolf Inn
Bath
Randall & Randall Proprietors
M. Angell
Prest & Dixon Old Sugar House
Sepebovour
Camas
S. Goldes
William Street
Charles A. Glancy
Rhode Island Hospital
Wood Street
Cor. Congregational St
BR. I
G. W. Simmons
Emma E. Carey
Constitution Street
Dai Y. Cor. Wood & Bradford Sts
A. W. Noll, Prop
Waldron-Brownell CO
Bradford St
Barton
Buffinton
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