Town Meeting Debates Town Hall Repair or Rebuild
W W suggests the Bristol Town Meeting wisely weighed options for repairing the old hall versus building anew. He warns against costly installments, cites indebtedness and taxation risks, and proposes a five district town council system with multiple polling places and a veto power for district chairmen, arguing a Town Hall may be profitable only if properly managed.
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Bristol
Operan
Europe
America
New York
Brooklyn
New York City
United States
Coover Institute
Madison Square Garden
Congress
Union
W. W
Bristol Probate Petitions Sale of Minors Real Estate
In the May 4 1908 probate proceeding in Bristol the guardians of Harold A Easterbrooks Louis C Easterbrooks and Susan Easterbrooks petition to sell their minors interests in a Bristol land tract and nineteen additional lots on Kirke River area to pay debts and fund better investments. The court set June 1 1908 for consideration and ordered fourteen days of public notice in the Bristol Phoenix. John M Coggshall Probate Clerk.
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Henry M. Gibson
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Warren
Bristol
Eugene B. Patton
Kirkemuit
William Henry Church
Metacom Ave
Bristol Phoenix
John M. Coggeshall
Neighbor questions husband as a prophet
A neighbor asks what the husband is doing now and a busy woman says he is simply predicting what will happen next in the election. The neighbor asks if he is a prophet, but the woman rejects the idea, calling the husband a dead loss to the family.
Where is the biblical land of Ophir located
Dr. Karl Peters argues at a Berlin meeting that Ophir lies between the Zambezi and Limpopo in Africa and cites shafts of ancient gold mines and Phoenician ruins. He claims Mashonaland coins date to Solomon’s era and that Africa exported the Ivory and stones of biblical Ophir. Critics cite Genesis and Arabia FElix theories.
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Land of Ophir
Karl Peters
Berlin
Zambezi
Limpopo
Peters
Mashonaland
Solomon
Africa
Ophir
South Arabia
Ezekiel
Sofala
India
Professor Hommel
Arabia Felix
To Catch the Train. A physician’s dawn claim debated
A Louisville Courier Journal item notes a physician labeling early rising as an error, while another viewpoint calls it a necessity. The brief quotes differing opinions on becoming punctual for trains and daily routines.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Truth Brings New Sense, Liebig Quote Cited
A compact quotation notes that receiving a new truth adds a new sense, attributed to Liebig. The line emphasizes how knowledge expands perception and understanding when new ideas arrive.
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Liebig
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy for Women’s Ills Ad
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound is praised as a standard remedy for women’s ailments. Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Mo shares her twelve year struggle with female illnesses and eleven doctors, saying the product and Mrs Pinkham’s advice restored health and strength after following guidance.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Muff
N.C. St. Louisiana
Mrs. Pinkham
Muff
Estate of Caroline W. Thiele probate report issued
April 20 1908 in Bristol probate court the commissioners report on creditors claims in the estate of Caroline W Thiele, the report is received and referred to May 18 1908 at 10 30 am in the probate court room for consideration and notice is ordered published for fourteen days once a week in the Bristol Phoenix.
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Bristol
Caroline W. Thiele
Probate Court
John M. Coggeshall
Memorial Hall
J. W. Franklin
W. W. Williams
H. Straight
R.J
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