Promising Business Outlook for Bristol This Summer
Outlook: business should improve this year with new church and post office work, street improvements, sewer laying, and factory activity at National India Rubber Co. Col Colt to reopen his mansion. Bristol to grow, prosper, and stay a good friend to its people and industries.
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Bristol
New Catholic
Cohurch
Wood Street
Colt Memorial Hgh School
Franklin Street
Thames
National India Rubber Co
Col. Colt
National India Rubber Company
Nolmost
Correction on prize exam judge at Colt School
Letter to the editor clarifies that the writer only prepared questions and administered the exams. Correcting a Phoenix mis impression, the superintendent and writer did not review papers or decide prize winners, as Principal Williams and the High School teachers handled corrections and selections.
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the Phoenix
Phoenix
the Colt School
Williams
Perey Davis Painkiller for bee stings and bites
The painkiller relieves pain and inflammation from bee stings and insect bites. It soothes itching from mosquito bites and is sold in 5c 25c and 50c bottles.
Clothing Store Robbed on State Street Overnight
Max Makowsky’s clothing store on State Street was burglarized Friday night through a skylight transom. A leather dress suitcase and a cheaper one were stolen along with two to three dozen Ingersoll watches, silk handkerchiefs, ties, arm bands, suspenders, shirts, trousers, and shoes. Neighbors reported sightings of two young men after midnight and earlier attempted entries at nearby stores. The thieves exited via the front door, leaving a No. 5 and No. 9 shoe behind. The dog on the roof alerted once or twice during the night. Police investigated based on these accounts.
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Max Makow
State Street
Town Council Votes Street Closures and Rail Delays for July 4
Town Council met Friday with full attendance and approved closing Hope street to vehicles from 9 to 12 p m on July 4 for Col Colt’s Linden Place fireworks. Town Clerk Cogge ordered to request trains stop at State street 10 to 12 am and Suburban Rail at Thames and Franklin 10 to 12 am. Franklin street paving and brick work near Constitution railroad tracks approved. Orrin L Bosworth granted concrete frontage at 652 654 Hope street under standard conditions. Telephone wires on Court street to be reconsidered at July meeting.
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Hope Street
State
Bradford
Linden Place
Hops Street
John M. Cogge
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
State Street
Suburban Railroad Company
Thames and
Franklin Streets
Callan
Franklin Street
Constitution
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Orrin L. Bosworth
Court Street
Profence Telephone Company
Miss Amy Lee Hayes Obituary in Bristol Society
Miss Amy Lee Hayes died suddenly shortly after midnight at her brother's home on Union Street. She was in her fifth year and had been ill for about a year, spending part of last winter in the south for health. Born in Providence, she was daughter of the late Wingate and Abby M Bowler Hayes. Survived by two brothers Attorney Henry W Hayes and Attorney Frederic Hayes, and a sister Mrs J Winthrop DeWolf. another sister Mrs Joseph E Fletcher had died. Funeral at St Michael's Church Thursday at 10 30. She was a communicant and active in charitable work. Wide circle of friends mourn.
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Amy Lee Hayes
Bristol
Ce Ae
Ry W. Hayes
Union Street
South
Miss Hayes
Providence
Wingate
Abby M. (Bowler) Hayes
Henry W. Hayes
Frederica Hayes
Uchancery
J. Winthrop DeWolf
Joseph E. Fletcher
St. Michael’s Church
Peleg R Dunbar 61 Dies in Providence Residence
Peleg R Dunbar former resident of this town died Saturday at 558 Potter Avenue Providence age 61 He was overseer of Elmwood Mills Providence for years Ill with heart disease Born in Newport son of the late Mr and Mrs Robert R Dunbar Resided here years Owned a farm at Barrington later farmed in Rehoboth About 15 years ago moved back to Providence Leaves a widow formerly Miss Mary Childs of Warren five children a brother Richard H Dunbar Interment at South Cemetery Warren Funeral held at his Providence residence.
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Peleg K. Dunbar
Potter Avenue
Providence
Elmwood Mills
Newport
Robert R. Dunbar
Barrington
Rehoboth
Mary Childs
Warren
Richard H. Dunbar
South Cemetery
Bristol Picks Best Pitcher in Years for Team
Base Ball Notes praise Carter as the best Bristol pitcher in years and compare him to Reilly for speed and pace. Next Saturday Bristol hosts Maxwell-Brisco Company of Providence in a strong attraction, with Carter on the mound. Also urged is the July 4 game against Cambridge A A Club. A directors meeting is set for this evening at Secretary Witherell’s home at 8.
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Carter
Bristol
Reilly
Ginger
Maxwell-Brisco Company
Providence
Cambridge A. A
Cambridge
Mass
Witherell
Fifty for half price Dr Howard's constipation cure
W H Buffington, a druggist, seeks fifty men and women for a half price offer on Dr Howard's celebrated constipation and dyspepsia remedy. Ninety doses? (text unclear) 25 cents for a fifty cent package. Money-back guarantee if not quickly relieved. Includes claim of safety and digestive benefits.
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W. H. Buffington
Dr. Howard
How He Moved Up by a Short Course
A reader recalls a friend who, after taking bookkeeping and shorthand at Rogers and Allen's School, advanced to a fine office position while the reader remains in the same grunt work and pay. The prompt highlights the value of quick professional training.
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Rogers and Allen’s School
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