Bristol Officials Issue Administration Notice
Town of Bristol commissioners Gilbert T Norris Charlotte Norris Henry UI Tilley Mary E Tilley Charles E Cole publish an administration notice. Representatives H R Manchester Boston Shoe Store E G Cobleigh Boots and Shoes James Anderson involved in delivery.
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Easterbrooks
Bristol
Gilbert T Norris
Charlotte Norris
Henry UI Tilley
Mary E Tilley
Charles E Cole
Manchester
Boston
Cobleigh Boots and Shoes
James Anderson
Bristol Yacht Club Regatta Set for Memorial Day
Bristol regatta committee selects Henry W Hayes as chairman L Mattland Mincher secretary and Willian H Thurber treasurer for the May 30 event. Three regular classes plus one special twelve foot class with four cups offered by local dignitaries. Courses span harbor to Mon Tom buoy. subcommittees named. Bristol Cornet Band scheduled for concerts at the clubhouse on Memorial Day.
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Bristol Yacht Club
Henry W Hayes
L Mattland Mincher
Willian H Thurber
Joseph E Fletcher
John Richmond
Isaac F Williams
William Ho Thurber
Tom
Bristol Cornet Band
Warning Against Sidewalk Bicycle Riding
A Bristol reader urges the paper to alert youths about the dangers of riding bicycles on sidewalks after a near miss on High Street. A pedestrian was knocked down and rolled in water but rose and walked home unassisted, prompting concern for potential serious injury.
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H H Shepard
High Street
Bristol
William B. DeWolf
Union Street
DeWolf
Metacom Avenue
F. A. Easterbrooks
Hope Street
R. I
Mrs Michael Curtain Recovers After Consumption Cure
Mrs Michael Curtain of Plaimfield says a family doctor warned she was a hopeless consumption case. After trying Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption, six bottles restored her health and she now does housework. Free trial bottles offered at J H Younes & Co drug store. Also ads for sugar wafers and fresh produce at local stores.
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Michael Curtain
Plaimfield
J H Younes & Co
Pure Wines and Liquors Offer No Extra Cost Appeal
Dealers who blend spirits with syrups to cut costs claim they degrade quality. The ad insists pure goods aged well are best, noting physicians recommend Pure Stimulants for patients. It proclaims they sell absolutely pure wines and liquors at no higher price.
Bristol and Vicinity Notes and News of Local Interest
Bristol Post Office outward and inward mail hours detailed for New York west and south Providence Boston and the east. Outward closes at 9 80 a m and 6 20 p m for fur New York and 7 20 9 30 11 30 a m 3 30 and 6 20 p m for Providence Boston and the east. Inward mails from New York arrive 7 1h a m 2 20 pm. from Providence Boston and the east arrive 7 16 a m 12 20 2 20 6 20 and 7 20 p m. Distribution begins about three quarters of an hour after arrival.
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New York
Providence
Boston
Enat
Bristol items and maritime notes from local paper
The column lists multiple local happenings including a steam yacht Ballymena being painted, Dr James North leasing a summer homestead, hair cutting services by Mrs Annie Smithson, and arrivals expected for summer at Ferry Hill. It notes the steam yacht Augusta sailing to New York with John B Herreshoff aboard, a resumed engineers post for William H Walter, the Second Regiment KR M May ball, Bristol High School baseball vs Brown University Freshmen, and a classifieds push for the May market. Additional items mention the Chrysanthemum club social, new serge suits at a New York Store, confirmations at Triinity and St Michael churches, tugboats delivering coal and vent, Morris County golf club links, a DAR gift to Ninth Grade, fresh kyphosa flavors at Connery, grand juror drawings, Mr Chapelle’s brass foundry move, Captain Crapo believed drowned, and gas mains expansion in Bristol.
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Ballymena
Shade Roller Company
James North
Philadelphia
Herreshoff
Pappoosesquaw
Annie Smithson
Hope Street
William; Low
New York
Ferry Hl
Augusta
John B Herreshoff
Walliam
Common Pleas Division
Supreme Court For
Bristol County
Court House
S. E. Reynolds
Providence
Advent Christian Church
Santy
Chrysanthemum Club
K of P Hall
Savey Orchestra
McVickar
Costiitutor
Episcopal
Triinity Church
St Michael 4
Hercules
Muncy
Cera
Hoboken
N.J
Seth Paull
T W. Caldwell
Morristown
N. J
H H Cabot
Caldwell
Morris County
Daughters of the American Revolution
Washington
Delaware
Bnstol
Crapo
Hns
Cuba
Quonochontaug Beach
Bristol County Gas & Electrc Company
Union Street
High
Cook Street
High Street
Oriole Schooner Brings Oyster Shells Harborside
The schooner Oriole loaded with oyster shells was in the harbor on Wednesday. The schooner Cupid arrived Thursday morning with a cargo of cordwood from Assonet Massachusetts.
Diocesan Convention and Field Day Set for Decoration Day
The Providence Diocesan Catholic Total Abstinence Union plans its semi annual convention at Bristol on Decoration Day morning with a Mount Hope Park field day in the afternoon. Societies from across the state have entered events and national union speakers will address temperance. 3d Vice President Jefferson F Galvin of Bristol is empowered to form a committee to arrange field day details.
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Providence Diocesan Catholic Total Abstinence Union
St. Mary's T &A
Pawtucket
James J Donovan
Mount Hope Park
Bristol
Num
National Union
Jefferson F Galvin
Story of a Slave and a Remedy for Female Ills
George D Williams of Manchester Michigan recounts a slave to disease freed by Electric Bitters. He states his wife, once helpless for five years, improved after two bottles, now doing her own work. The tonic is advertised as a cure for nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headaches backache fainting and dizziness. Each bottle 60 cents, guaranteed, sold by J Wo Young & Co.
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George D Williams
Manchester
Mich
J Wo Young & Co
Bristol Choral Society Concert Sets New Musical Standard
A Bristol audience praised the first local rendering of oratorio by the Bristol Choral Society. Despite seven weeks with no rehearsal and members absent, the chorus performed with marked skill, earning high critical and public praise and encouraging plans to revive the society next fall with at least 100 active members and higher quality concerts.
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Bristol Choral Society
Bristol
Dandelion Greens Debut At Local Store
Advertising is a necessary business expense, says R V Y Zandt. Dandelion greens, the first of the season, are offered at T J Connery's.
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R. VY. Zandt
Turn of the Tide at Bristol High Opera House
The nautical drama Turn of the Tide will be staged next Thursday evening May 11 at the Bristol High School Opera House under the class of 99. The cast includes Katharine Salisbury Mabel McKeon Marie Duffy and T Smith McKeon E Wescott F Coggeshall with solos by Juliette M Fish and Bertha M Bal Four and club swinging by J P Lynch Tickets are on sale at C W Sparks and through class members.
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Opera House
Bristol High School
Katharine Salisbury
Mabel McKeon
Marie Duffy
T. Smith McKeon
E Wescott
F Coggeshall
Juliette M. Fish
Bertha M Balfour
J P Lynch
C. W. Sparks
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Bristol Phenix
Odio
Bradford St
Farrally Brothers
Eiditors and Proprietors
Bristol Post Office
Phoenix News
The
Paperr
W. Easterbroo
J.C. Pailthorp, O. W. Sparks
Rale
Wood’s Building
High St
Wheel
Pheenix Office
R H Dunbar
TJ Conners
Oj Connery
State Street
Dodge & Camfield
Butler Exchange
Thos
F. Peirce & Son
Westminster & Dorrance Sts
Providence, R. I
Bristol and Vicinity
T J Connery’s
Oriole
Cupid
Assonet
Mass
J. H. Wall & Co
Bradford Block
Dennis J. Doran
Hydraulion Fire Company
Bastol
A E Sparks
Byfield
Day Star
Franklin Streets
Hydraulion Hall
Callan
Kerry
Herreshoffs
Walker
T J. Connery
Rhode Island
Tom Wardwell
Gertrude Salisbury
Brfield Street
Mabel Salisbury
Nettie Cole
Hattie Bunn
Easterbrook
Hope and
State Streets
Munroe
T J
F. EH. Ballou Shoe
Hasbrouck Block
DeWolf Inn
Nightingale &Co
W. H Thompson
Brockton
Wilie
Sherif Cady
Soldiers’ Home
Philip H . Dillon
Church Street
Anderstrom
Total Abstinence Union
Mt. Hope Park
Pheniz
J H Wall and Co
Fine Congress
Oxford
Childre
Jas. Anderson
F Bennetst
Royal
Royal Baking Powder CO
Asbury Pepple
Robert Barclay
Quirk
State
Wood Streets
Bay View Avenue
George Schlosser
Geo H Peck
Smith Street
Shell Fisheries
Valentine Flash
Tiverton
Bristol Bay
Bristol Ferry
Geo. H Church
James Collins
Westminster Street
James
M Wright
John H Northy Toseph
Church
Philip H Wilbock
Commissioners of Shell Fisheries
Henry S.tafft
Weybosset St
Ernest
Harrington
Westminster ST ,. Providence
Renick Hamilton
West Jefferson
J H Young &Co
Bristol Neck
Edward Blake
R. H. Dunbar
Bourne Street
Wood Street
F A. Easterbrooks
R. H Dunbar
Boy's Wheel
Phenix Office
Phoenix
H. F Minsher
Soda Fountain Road
Conditio
ABBIY
Hristo Wor Frederick
Constitution Street
Thames Streets
Asterbrooks
Hope St
Oliver and
High Streets
Bristol County Gas & Electric Company
Insurance
C H. Straight
R. 1
Monro
McCormick Harvesting Machine Company
State Street Jewelry Store
Kunze
R Douglas
D. G. Waldron Cor
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