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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1904

Page

2

Advertising rules and a scandal in local notices

Notice to advertisers sets strict copy deadlines of 4 PM on Mondays and Thursdays. The piece discusses a Memorial Day program criticized for saloon ads, exposing outside agents profiting from local donations. It urges caution to Bristol merchants and cites a Worcester incident of racial discrimination at Hotel Pleasant. The column ends promoting Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, sold by W H Battlington.

Xeo. H Peck Babbitt Post Moving Pictures Entertainment Bristol Chamberlain W H Battiington Sarah E. Johnston Fox Hill Charles H West Nat. Herreshotf Clark W F Dnoffy Stanhope Newport Warren Staples Coal Co Eva May Cole F.mijimond Philomena A. Morale Ben Davis Russett T J Connery State Street J. Norman Anderson Brown & Sharpe Providence New York Ragsell Church Constitution Street Harris G. A. R. Hall Matitee Bennettt Babbitt Peat

Advertised Letters for Week Ending May 21

The list shows names awaiting pickup: Miss Mary B Walliams, J Etla Grey, Mr E A Porter, Mr Joseph Frates, Mr Agent, Publishers of City Directory, Antonio Tacheco Sobl. Likely post office notices indicating letters held for these individuals.

Mary B Walliams J Etla Grey E. A Porter Joseph Frates City Directory Antonio Tacheco

Bristol Post Office Hours and Local Notices

Bristol news item lists post office hours for arrival and closing times, Sunday schedule, express mail depart/arrive times, and general delivery windows. Includes land sales on Fox Hill, local guardianship cases, memorial day plans, automotive purchases, and civic announcements from Bristol.

South Door

One Hundred Dollars Reward for Catarrh Cure Offer

An advertisement claims a $100 reward for a cure for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall’s Family Pills. It lists West & Truax as Toledo wholesale druggists and names W. Walters, Marvin as druggists. It asserts testimonials are free and that the cure acts internally on blood and mucous surfaces.

Jicheney Con Fron Toledo Sr Cheney West & Truax O WaLpinae Iva & Marvin Wwotasale Oledo O. Hall Hall

Dainty Artistic Novel Happiness Defined

A concise statement defines happiness as a constant occupation with a desirable object and a continual sense of progress toward attainment, framing fulfillment as ongoing pursuit rather than final completion.

Benefit from Chamberlain Pain Balm for rheumatism

Mrs Anna Hagelgans of Tuckahoe New Jersey touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm as the best family liniment for rheumatism and lumbago claiming rapid relief for a sprained back and high recommendations from others, with sale by W H Baffington.

Chamberlain Anna Hagelgans Tuckahoe N. J W. H. Baffington

Multiple classifieds advertise home services and sales

Widespread small ads seek a first class laundress with sunny yard and good wages. Also listings for exotic balm, waist and skirt repairs, a girl or middle aged woman for housework, a furnished eight room cottage for rent, home made bakery orders, a gas engine and boating sundries supplier, and several house lots for sale by Wardwell Lumber Co. Local addresses include Bristol Post Office, 15½ High Street, Hope Street, Union Street Providence, Weybosset Street, and 494 James Street.

Fope Street Bristol Post Office

Grocery Price Listing From An Old Advert

The page lists various pantry items and canned goods with old style prices. Items include Gold Medal Flour Mason Lard coffee beans apples evaporated milk corned beef roast beef ox tongue string beans peas and pineapple with prices ranging from fractions of a dollar to around two dollars per unit.

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