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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1907
Page
3
A letter to the editor decries the Bristol town meeting vote against funding medical inspectors for public schools. The writer argues inspection improves health and scholastic outcomes, urges expanding to vision and hearing checks, and questions why health measures become a political issue threatening children's welfare.
The Warren annual financial town meeting was held Saturday with electors voting nearly unanimously to raise salaries for the town treasurer tax collector overseer of the poor and police officers The town clerk Charles B Mason will now receive 300 annually rather than fees Col S P Colt sent a communication on the water question which was referred to a joint committee for future action.
Patrick Smith died in Newport from pneumonia last Thursday at age 38. His body was brought here for burial Saturday after funeral services at St. Mary's church where Rev. Charles A. Edwards celebrated a mass of requiem. He was laid in the receiving tomb at St. Mary's cemetery. the deceased had resided here about 15 years ago.
The newly elected town council was sworn in by Town Clerk Herbert F Bennett with members Frank H Hammill Charles Cummings Dr Russell B Obardh Winthrop G Thurston and Joseph E Simmons. Hammill elected after a two candidate vote and received a bouquet from former president James W Franklin.
A complimentary banquet was hosted at the Hotel Belvedere Saturday night for retiring Town Council members. Fifteen guests dined with Judge Hammill, new council president, at the head table. Old members Simmitns and Thayer attended or were absent. Arthur Joyce of Barrington served as District Court clerk guest.
April 1 Monday Easter Ball Bristol Council No 379 K of C G A R Hall April 2 Tuesday rummage sale Bristol Commandery No 231 A O G CO April 9 Tuesday Minstrel show St Marys T A Society Bristol Opera House April 15 Monday recital by Miss Mary B Pierce G A R Hall April 16 Tuesday The Honor of a Cowboy Bristol Opera House Lyceum Dramatic club April 17 Wednesday subscription dance Arthur S Bann John T Doyle G A R Hall April 25 Thursday Third Annual Ball Bristol serie F O E Grand Army Hall
In district court Judge Bosworth found Jack Wright guilty on vagrancy charges based on police testimony of nightly barn sleeping and prowling near Bristol Neck. Wright, described as recently from Cranston, will serve twelve months in the House of Correction after witnesses' testimony on his condition and behavior.
The Pro and Con Club staged an evening program tomorrow featuring singing by F. M. Dimond and Joseph Kinder with Prof. Tilley’s orchestra. The debate asks if socialism is a menace to the country with Rowland Goddard and H. S. Smith for the affirmative against James B. Brown and Morris W. Schoen for the negative. The event is free and open to all, with both sexes invited.
The narrator guides a tour of Edinburgh, detailing the Half Moon Battery, Moat, gates, and Argyle Battery within the Castle, recalling historic sieges, kings, and legends. They recount Malcolm Canmore and Queen Margaret, the Crown Jewels, Mary Queen of Scots rooms, and prison memories, ending with the Parliament Hall and notable historic gatherings.
A letter to John H. Potter discusses paint costs per gallon about five dollars and compares Devoe brands with varying gallons per coat. It emphasizes that the strongest paint wears longest and uses the fewest gallons, ending with a note from DeVore & Co and a P.S. claiming Jas A Miller & Son sold only paint.
Public auction set for March 29 1907 at 1 p.m. in Bristol Providence County Superior Court decree in Equity No 497 Charles Spooner et al versus George Bourne et al orders partition of a twelve acre tract on the Main Road Bristol Warren Malt House Lane and river Reynolds lands with a dwelling house. Terms at sale. Bristol March 11 1907.
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