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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
3
Boys urged to join E J Robertson for a two week YMCA camp on Providence Island July 9 to 23. Enjoy outdoor life with canvas tents, clean supervision, and healthy energy in a safe setting. Parents offered an affordable two week option at 36 for two weeks or 9 for one week.
The text extols DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as the best due to many imitators. It claims the salve is good for burns scabs chafed skin eczema tetter Cunts bruises boils and piles and notes high reliability and a sale by W.H. Buffington.
A Rhode Island town council met Tuesday with full attendance. Posts of the town hall steeple were found decayed and a costed removal was ordered. Labor Day use of the common approved for a firemen’s muster. Funds transferred for the Fourth of July committee. Crude oil trial on Ferry road authorized. cost to be reported. Various license, fireworks, road construction, and juror lists laid out. bills due by Thursday, June 28.
A reader in Warren laments near-collision incidents with autos crossing toward pedestrians on the east side of the road and accuses a wealthier motorist of deliberate danger. The letter moralizes on legal penalties, urges self defense, and cites social hypocrisy among Bristol nobility and “plutocrats.”
In a brisk pushback the King Philip Fire Co defends rapid response and volunteer service after a June 18 fire at Mr. Felgon's store. Firemen criticize employers and bystanders who hinder or question their duties, urging taxpayers to back arrangements that let volunteers respond without delay.
A Fireman comments that companies crave attention and would blow their hot air elsewhere if aware of the focus on them. The remark suggests skepticism about corporate self-importance and media scrutiny.
A Bristol reader asks the Phenix editor what became of a $100 appropriation given to two town lawyers to determine if open roads to the shore exist for public use. The writer notes no report has been filed, mentions private property signs, and urges action to allow access to the water. The reader suspects the funds remain in the treasury and calls for accountability.
Rhode Island Citizens Historical Association members invited to dedicate a Monument to the Founders of the First Baptist Church in Massachusetts. The ceremony at North Swansea John Miles Baptist Church occurs next Saturday June 23 at 2 30 p m with speakers Drs Meriam and Slood Boston and President Faunce Brown University.
Miss Lois Linwood Munro daughter of Mr and Mrs William J Munro and Edward Holden Martin son of Mrs Louise Martin were married at St Michael s church on Wednesday afternoon. Rev George L Locke D D officiated. The Ivy Guild decorated the chancel with wild daisies as relatives from Riverside Providence and Newport attended. The bride wore cream white crepe de chine, lace and a palm veil, with bouquet of roses and sweet peas. The ceremony featured Lohengrin and Mendelssohn marches, a reception followed at Stadford street. Guests included family from Riverside Providence and Newport. The couple plan to reside on Dyer Avenue Riverside after a short wedding trip.
A quiet Wednesday wedding united Ethel A. Fisher and Edgar F. Brackett at the Fisher home on Church and Thames streets. Rev. John McVay officiated as guests viewed green festoons and a palma arch. The bride wore white silk. bridesmaid Minnie E. Weldon wore pink peau de soie. The groom’s attendant was George Simpson. A reception followed, with gifts of glass, silver, and china. The couple left for a wedding trip to Boston New York and Portland and will reside after August 1. The groom works for the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad. his trunk bore party messages from Bristol to Providence.
S Pitman son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Pitman and Miss Blanche Louise Jordan daughter of Mr and Mrs Lyman Jordan both of Providence married in Grace Church Providence Wednesday at 6 pm Rev Dr Locke of this town performed the ceremony Pitman is a Bristol native and has many relatives here
Real estate transfer filed at town clerk records Frank B Silva sells to Francisco J Azevedo a lot on a Ryan plat. The document notes transfer of property interest and official filing for record in the town records.
In this town on June 20 marriages were performed by Rev George L. Locke D D. Edward Holden Martin of Riverside wed Miss Lois Linwood Munro of this town. Also on June 20 by Rev John McVay Edgar P Brackett wed Miss Ethel A Fisher. In Grace church Providence on June 20 conducted by Rev G L Locke rector Samuel Howland Pitman formerly of Bristol wed Blanche Louise Jordan daughter of Lyman F and Monie E Jordan of Providence.
Brady Mary Philip Brady aged M years and 480 days mourns from 108 State Street with a requiem high mass at St Marys church at 6am. Relatives invited. Wright Charles F Wright aged 87 buried today in Howard.
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