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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Mar 23, 1915

Page

2

Bristol Notice Board Details Local Listings

An aggregative notice shows items including Est W Franklin Co Pure Food Store C A Johnson Adams Sisters M E Church Wanted Phenix Office For Sale 1027 Hope Street Mortgagee's Sale A A Baker For Sale Phoenix Office Dog Licenses Town of Bristol Flour J F Gilroy listing various local entities and actions.

W. Franklin & Co C. A. Johnson Adams Sisters M. E. Church Phenix Office Phoenix Hope Street Bristol J. F. Gilroy

Editorial critique targets town government at large

The letter argues against relying on the financial town meeting. It cites dominance by fluent speakers, snap judgments, and wasted time on minor issues. It recalls past costly decisions such as Oliver Stool and a union street road, noting lack of accountability and absent cost estimates.

the Phoenix Financial Town Meeting Oliver Union Street Ay View Avenue

Critique of Town Meeting Appropriations Process

The passage condemns annual town meetings for enabling self serving control of funds. It notes easy manipulation by interested factions and easy obstruction of favored allocations. It argues the system often fails as a business like and sane financial mechanism despite arguments of necessity.

Financial Town Meeting

Bristol Post Office Hours and Express Schedules

The Bristol post office opens at 6 45 a m and closes at 7 30 p m with Money Order Registry and Postal Bank from 8 00 a m to 6 00 p m. Mail arrivals listed at 7 00 10 00 a m 2 00 4 00 6 00 7 00 and close at 7 30 8 50 11 50 a m 1 50 5 50 7 15. Sunday mail arrives 8 00 a m and closes 4 50 p m. Express outward departures at 7 50 11 20 a m 2 20 5 20 p m. inward at 8 00 10 00 a m 2 00 4 00 7 00 p m.

Bristol Post Office

Pastime theatre screens Passion Play for St Elizabeths Church

Local note recounts a packed Pastime theatre benefit for St Elizabeths church showing the Passion Play last evening. The Ivy Guild Sewing Circle meeting at Mrs W G Hanson Bay View avenue was postponed one week. Community notices include local sales and events across Bristol area.

St. Elizabeth’s Church Ivy Guild Sewing Circle W. G. Hanson Bay View Avenue Newark James J. Connery Agt Church St Red Cross New York F. M Dimond Patrick Malone Franklin Street W F. Duffy Bristol Council Knights of Columbus G. A R. Hall Lafayette Orchestra

Health Promotes Happiness with Dr King’s New Life Pill

An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pill as a nightly remedy to keep bowels open and prevent sickness. It claims improved digestion appetite and daytime well being after a single dose.

Dr. King

Local brief items span shops priests and ship news

Richard Connery starts night patrol. SUZMAN'S promotes Easter shoe sale. Alice MacDonald ill with diphtheria at Franklin Street home. Trinity church Lenten services updated with Bishop Perry visit planned for March 30. Deeds transfer across Oliver Street recorded. Y M C A season closer and basketball two part event noted. Burnside lodge Pythians visit Riverside for degree work. Conshohocken move noted for Fred Garvin. Alonzo Hoyt Reynolds returns from U S Navy service aboard the Tacoma.

Richard Connery Night Force New York F. M. Dimond Alice MacDonald Charles A. MacDonald Franklin Street John Luce Vineyardhaven Mass Sylvester Munro Catherine Street Suzman Frank Appleton Trinity Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island Trinity Church C. A. Johnson John A. Gardner Church of the Holy Nativity Tiverton Mr. Gardner St. Michael’s P. Nerone All Stars of Fall River Y.M C. A Co. F of Norfolk Burnside Lodge Knights of Pythias Riverside Riverside Lodge State Street M E Fred Garvin National India Rubber Company Conshohocken Penn Lee Tire & Rubber Company Helen E Connery Elizabeth L'F Colwell M. Dimond Alonzo Hoyt Reynolds US Navy Esterday Tacoma Portsmouth N. H) Navy Yard

Last Motion Picture Service for Boys in Rockwell Hall

The boys held their final Sunday motion picture service in Rockwell Hall YM CA with General Secretary in charge. Interest grew since October with attendance rising from 34 to 15. future periodical pre services are planned and full details will be announced later.

Rockwell Hall YM. CA

Imported Percheron Horses Arrive for Colt Farm Breeding

Three large Percheron horses arrived this morning in an Adams Express car for Col. S. P. Colt’s farm at Poppasquash. They came from Glen Falls New York’s Adirondack farm and are guarded by two caretakers. The group includes a stallion and two mares, each about 1800 pounds. All mares are black, the stallion black with a gray mix. Colt farms will breed Percherons for farm use.

Adams Express Col. S. P. Colt Poppasquash Glen Falls N. Y Colt

Sweet Powders for Chil dren Bring Quick Relief

An old advertisement claims Mother Gray's Sweet Powders cure colds in 24 hours and ease feverishness headache stomach troubles teething disorders and destroy worms. Available from druggists 26 cents. Sample mailed free at Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y.

Mother Gray Sam Smple Allen S Olmsted LeRoy, N. Y

Deafness Cure Claim Promoted by Constitutional Remedies

Advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It blames catarrh and inflammation of the Eustachian tube for deafness, promising $1000 for any case cured by its method and inviting readers to request circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.

Hal Gore F. J Cheney & CO Toledo Ohio Gc. Nake Hall Pitts

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