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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1916
Page
2
A Phenix letter urges Bristol to form a Board of Trade to showcase its advantages for industry and residence. The writer notes Bristol’s harbor and transportation stay strong and calls on local business leaders to unite, promote growth, and boost the town.
The editor urges Bristol citizens to support the Bristol Improvement Association now in its fourth year with over one hundred members. The group, originally a business men’s club, works quietly to improve the town, foster a strong community spirit, and address local problems for a cleaner, more beautiful and residential town.
Drafts bring neuralgia stiffness and rheumatism symptoms. Sloan's Liniment is advertised to stimulate circulation and ease pain, with relief from neuralgia neuritis and sore muscles after one or two applications. Priced 25 cents at druggists.
Bristol records indicate oyster season closing on Friday. A north-easterly goose flight was seen over town late Saturday. Parish clubs plan meetings on March 30 and May 9 at G A R Hall for fundraisers. Deeds transfer land in Bristol Highlands to T Everett Starratt and wife and then to Arthur P and Martha Dunbar. Several local social and fraternal events noted with council and veteran organization mentions.
Local items report Canton's Merton A. Cheesman elected captain of Canton Sowamset I Q O F Providence, Bristol High School schedule talks, and weather easing snow. Also noted are a marriage intention, a hospital operation, a new three tenement project, a church mission in St Elizabeth's, and corporate leadership changes. Fraternal Eagles install four candidates and plan a national flag, while a whist club supper yields prizes. Western Union changes, a jail transfer, DAR tag day for Belgium relief, a Providence minstrel show for Jewish relief, and Y M C A women’s group activities close the collection.
Women leagues will meet at the YMCA on Wednesday at 4 15 PM to organize a tournament that will run for several weeks.
Watch child for worms. Worms sap strength, bloat stool, cause fretfulness. At first signs give one half to one lozenge. Paralyzes and removes worms, improves digestion and health. Continue until all signs gone. 25c at your druggist.
Community events calendar lists Brown University Sock and Buskin theater troupe performing Arms and the Man at Colt High School Auditorium on April 11. Easter Sale and entertainment at First Baptist Church on April 12 under Mite Society. cantata at State Street M E Church on April 23. Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company annual fair at G R Hall on May 6 13 20. First grand May hall benefit for building fund hosted by Young Men's Hebrew Association at G R Hall on May 9.
Local automobile registrations last week show entries including Henry Dio of Bristol with a Buick 25 hp touring car, Jeffrey Lajeunesse of Warren with a Ford hp runabout, Samuel P. Colt of Bristol with a Ford 22 hp delivery and passenger, John F. Marshall of Barrington with a Ford 22 hp runabout, and Joseph W. Lewis of Barrington with an Overland 27 hp coupe.
In this notice Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio is advertised as the only constitutional cure for catarrh claiming to cure by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. The firm offers one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and urges readers to send for circulars and testimonials.
For sale six volumes on Napoleon and the French Revolution plus three volumes by Ade. Priced to move. Apply Phoenix Office.
Upright grand piano offered for sale by Gibbs Piano Co at 71 73 Main St Springfield MA. Buyer pays remaining balance of 275.50 on a 400 piano. Includes reference to local dairy producer and governor related ad copy.
Nationals challenge the Colt High School basketball club for a winner take all game on the YMCA floor. Two prior games ended 1-1, with two High School players refusing to participate. National manager George Balfour seeks a rubber match to settle which club is superior.
A devotional piece from The Living Church honors Belgium with prayers and homage. It speaks of Belgium's martyred nation, bearing a cross rather than conquest, and finds spiritual glory in suffering. The poem frames Belgium as a beacon like Bethlehem’s star, inviting worship and gifts of praise.
The passage asserts there is no federal facility in the continental U S for leprosy care, notes plague to be rodent borne, malaria spread by specific mosquitoes, home screening aids prevention, and that typhoid spreads via fingers flies and food. It argues Pellagram prevention through diet and that towels spread trachoma. It claims children from sanitary homes excel academically versus those from dirty premises.
Farmer Hornbeak reads a village paper noting a $200 reward for the man who shot Constable Hunch. His wife exclaims against paying for violence, suggesting the reward goes too far.
The Penn State Froth notes a student’s room lacking common items like September Morn, Snappy Stories, House Rules, and ashtrays, while holding copies of Literary Digest. The exchange questions the student’s status as a student based on these observations.
The second Social Bowling League meeting at YMCA opened with Gas Blowers taking two of three from P O and Real Things beating Pin Ticklers. Totals show Gas Blowers 1228, P O 1177, Real Things 1172, Pin Ticklers 1197. Schedule runs March 24 to April 28 with several Gas Blowers matchups.
A fragmentary OCR item shows scattered figures such as 40¢ 25¢ 0c dc 10¢ 5c and 226 with unclear context. The readable bits suggest a price code list or ad snippet from a local page, but concrete items or entities are not identifiable.
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