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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1904
Page
3
When you want a pleasant physic try Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver tablets. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. For sale by W. H. Bartington.
The 217th annual meeting convened Tuesday evening in the chapel with Rev. T. Newton Owen presiding. Readings and reports were approved including clerk, treasurer, and Sunday school superintendent. Re-elected: Stephen W. Church as clerk, P. Skinner Jr as treasurer, Chandler H. Coggeshall as Sunday school superintendent. Trustees William Manchester, S. W. Church, Henry R. Cooke. Five flower committee members named: Miss Gertrude Hasbrouck, Mrs. Annie Owen, Miss Ida Herrmann, Miss Hattie Gray, Miss Miriam Skinner.
University High School edged Bristol High School 11 to 10 after a late Bristol rally faded. Keech Owen Flint Leary lent early offense for University while Wardwell Gorham Nelson Newman Herrmann and Easterbrooks produced Bristol highlights. Time 1:45 with umpire Welch.
Greeny Sunday afternoon, men and women invited as Brown University male quartet performs. This may be the last service of the season and many are urged to attend. Prizes awarded to A Johnston, Frank M Diamond, E Hibbert, and F Gorham for recent bowling tournaments.
Readers with a habit of kicking may send short communications to the editor on proper subjects. The offering invites concise remarks from those who feel compelled to kick despite ongoing practice.
A Bristol reader urges officials to clear debris from the north end of High Street near the Paull estate. He suggests a four section system with Friday night cleanup and Saturday morning collection, plus a public dumping site. He objects to Memorial Day Firemen Muster, arguing Memorial Day honors Civil War veterans and should be observed by Sunday.
The piece urges readers to support local commerce and producers, especially home merchants and printers, and to buy cash, avoid credit, and patronize their town. It emphasizes keeping wealth and goods within the community to promote prosperity and teach these values to future generations.
The Sunday school choir and orchestra rehearsed Tuesday and will start work in the school on Sunday. The church seeks to help homes raise happiness through proper training and conduct of the young. Parents and guardians are urged to cooperate. Primary department work by the Sunday school board shows good promise. Elevating children around teachers should improve order and comfort. Sunday morning Gospel theme is Preeminence. Evening topic is The Heart of the Nation. Evening service at 7:30. The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church met this week in Los Angeles with about 800 delegates. Key decisions will be reported in the press Specially in the daily published by order of the General Conference.
A Pattens Mills New York farmer, bent with rheumatism, used Chamberlains Pain Balm on a stranger's advice and soon walked in straight, paying for another bottle. W. H. Buffington sells the product.
Mrs G E Fenner of Marion Indiana reports severe cough and weight loss, claiming One Minute Cough Gore cured her cough strengthened her lungs and restored her weight from 92 to 148 pounds after trying many remedies, with W L Buffington selling it.
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