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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1915

Page

2

Citizens debate Bristol town government reform at annual meeting

Editorial notes that a five member committee was appointed to study alternate town government forms after a motion to lay the resolution on the table, criticizing narrow personal antagonism and urging taxpayers support for progress in governance. It argues criticism can drive improvement and urges backing for the committee's inquiry.

Bristol Benjamin F. Lindemuth Peter Gasper Orrin L. Bosworth Charles B Rockwell L. H. Callan Phoenix Reba Rebekah Lodge O . F Odd Fellows’ Hall Dorothy Brown Lodge Swansea Mass Minnehaha Lodge Fall River Celestia Lodge Warren Reba Lodge Dorothy Brownlodge

Post Office Hours and Express Mail Schedule

Office opens at 6 45 a m to 7 30 p m Money Order Registry and Postal Bank operate 8 00 a m to 6 00 p m Mails arrive at 7 00 10 00 2 00 2 00 4 00 6 00 7 00 p m Mails close 7 30 8 50 11 50 a m 1 50 5 50 7 15 p m Express matter due to leave Bristol by Adams Express outward 7 50 and 11 20 am 2 20 and 5 20 pm inward 8 00 10 00 am 2 00 4 00 7 00 pm

Bristol Adams Express

Bristol Town Notes and Local Events In/Outlook

Bristol residents receive updates on visitors and illness recovery. police vow no slot machines. church services and parish events fill G. A. R. Hall and town venues. sales, entertainments, and auctions announced along with road and ferry schedules to Prudence Island.

H. W. Church New York H. E. Strong William J. Gavin Racine Wis Helen North Thomas Dwyer Bristol Ladies of the Maccabees G. A G. A. R. Hall Burnside Social Club Crown Orchestra First Baptist Church Mite Society New England Nerone R Hall Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps Marion Hertha Clarke Prudence Island Prudence Burnside Lodge K of P Warren Lodge Monitor Lodge Providence Riverside Indge Ladies Aid Society of the State Street ME Church John H Potter A C. McGalton Saraphine Paull Lillian Nicholas Frederick Blaisdell Ella F Blakeslee

Town Council Delays Action on Asylum and Bonds

The council tabled Victualling license for 376 Hope Street and kept salaries for Town Sergeant Auditor Health Officer and Overseer of the Poor at last year’s levels. Bonds set for Town Treasurer 1000 Tax Collector 10000. Fidelity Guaranty Co. named as bond surety. Asylum affairs discussed with action deferred to next Wednesday evening.

Hope Street Fidelity and Guaranty Company

Upward. Make each day a critic on the last

A fragmentary line appears to reflect a motivational or aphoristic note urging steady effort and daily critique. It reads as a terse personal motto rather than a full event or narrative with identifiable people or organizations.

Barnabys Dominates Providence Clothing Trade

In Providence nearly everyone shops at Barnabys for clothing indicating the store’s strong local presence and market share.

Providence Barnabys

Tour of Inspection by Industrial Leaders Heads South

A party of directors and guests from Atlantic Coast Lumber, United Timber, and Georgetown and Western Railroad including Col Samuel P Colt and U S Senator Le Baron Colt left New York yesterday afternoon by private cars on the Pennsylvania Railroad to Georgetown South Carolina for a five day inspection tour of properties in which they are invested.

Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation United Timber Corporation Georgetown and Western Railroad Company Col Samuel P. Colt Francis Lynde Stetson James B Ford Nicholas F. Brady Lester Leland Raymond ¢S. Farr John D. Carberry M. J. Quinn R J. Clifford Frank J. Saxe Samuel Norris Walter S.ballou Henry I. Hotchkiss U. S LeBaron B Colt Rhode Island Herbert L. Satterlee J. P. Morgan & Co New York Pennsylvania Railroad Seaboard Air Line Georgetown Carolina South Carolina

Lilliputian Entertainers Planned at State Street Church

A unique show will be staged in the vestry of the State Street M E Church one week from the fete. The Adams Sisters Sm Hing and other tiny performers, 49 and 46 inches tall, tour Pennsylvania as the smallest entertainers on the American stage. They sing recite and pose in Greek statuary style with acclaimed elocution and artful delivery.

State Street M. E Ty Fete He Adams Sm Hing G Willy Present Mifflingburg Pennsylvania

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