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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1903
Page
3
Emulsion promotes flesh and strength for consumes and wasting diseases. Women gain sustenance and vitality from the tonic. Children receive nourishment for growth of flesh bone and blood. Free sample offered. Scott & Bowne, chemists in New York, advertise pricing for 500, and 1.00, through druggists.
Coming events list May 14 at Grand Army Hall for the Reliance Social Club. July 27 hosts a Bristol Y M C A and U S National Lawn Tennis Association state championship tournament. August 17 features the Second Annual Excelsior Lawn Tennis Club Bristol county championship under the U S National Lawn Tennis Association.
An old advertisement promises a one day cold cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Money back if it fails. signature of E. W. Grove appears on each box. Price set at 25 cents.
The Town Council appointed Edward Anthony as chairman and L Maitland Minsher as secretary with Frank C. Childs as treasurer to organize the Fourth of July celebration. Subcommittees cover music hacks bells orator reader of the Declaration clergyman fireworks badges salute baseball. Minsher named chief marshal for the third time as plans promise one of the biggest locally with Clarke's Providence Band and Banda Napoli already engaged and out of town troops possible. Miss Mary P. Rounds to read the Declaration.
J A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama suffered a severe piles case with 24 tumors and multiple hospitalizations. Bucklen's Arnica Salve reportedly halted inflammation and cured him, with claims it conquers aches and pains. Sold by J H Young & Co. Druggist.
St Marys T A Society votes to stage a strawberry festival and entertainment in Temperance Hall on May 19 and 20 with strawberries and cream ice cream cake and lemonade. An entertainment committee leads, with a sub committee named. Delegates elected to the Diocesan C U convention with alternates and society representatives named. Flowers to be placed on graves May 24 at Bristol Warren and Bristol Neck cemeteries.
Rhode Island Drug Company touts Mi O Na as a remedy for indigestion urging customers to try it with a 60 cent deposit and money back guarantee. A Bristol sales spike follows sample distribution and clerks report brisk selling amid praise from customers and a bold guarantee. Also notes Old Brick School House prints offered 16 cents, postpaid.
The Bristol Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at Memorial Hall to plan grave decorations for Memorial Day. Miss Alice Gardner read a sketch of Mrs Clarissa Smith, and Mrs Rockwell spoke on Valley Forge. Mrs Ostrander recounted Lexington commemorations and the launching of the battleship Chattanooga, plus a stereopticon lecture. A Declaration of Independence framed with colonial arms was hung in the hall.
Dr T G Merritt of No Mehoopany Pa reports a dramatic patient recovery from violent stomach related hemorrhages after using Electric Bitters claiming improvement from the first dose and no attacks in 14 months. The tonic is advertised for dyspepsia indigestion constipation and kidney troubles at 50 cents through J H Young & Co. The piece also notes a joke in a Philadelphia contemporary about the dictionary entry question leading to see pop.
An advertisement claims Scott's Emulsion revives automatic vital activities when slowdowns erode flesh and strength, promising renewed energy and vigor through its nourishing emulsion formula.
A court order in a partition by sale suit for a large Bristol County estate notes notice to numerous heirs and interested parties in various states. The decree directs publication in Providence Daily Journal and Bristol Phoenix and delivery by registered mail, with a deadline for answer by April 1, 1903.
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