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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1917
Page
2
Classified notice page lists sale items and requests including flowers real estate and various goods under a public notice segment dated Friday May 25 1917 with multiple listings from local merchants and residents.
Editorial urges Bristol to fund only essential Fourth of July expenses. It calls for a frugal, community driven celebration that prioritizes patriotism and town spirit over lavish costs, criticizing past money driven displays and urging a new modest approach.
In a column today readers are urged to donate for surgical dressings for Red Cross workers. The appeal cites a Red Cross statement that newspapers are used as improvised dressings on French battlefields, risking infection.
Local notes list a postponed meeting at Odd Fellows Hall for Wampanoag Encampment No 9 with reference to shoe sales at Butler's and Hope Drug Company. Other items mention a fishing trip for Col Samuel P Colt, district events, school activities, and community notices in Rhode Island area.
Samuel J. Smith a longtime town chauffeur and Herreshoff machine department worker has enlisted in the U S Naval Coast Defense Corps in Providence after passing medicals and swearing in as a first class machinist. He expects active service soon.
This year we offer an exceptional selection of potted plants at the Greenhouses on 122 Mt Hope Avenue. Due to plant scarcity no cut flowers for bouquets this year, but tied varieties are available. Visit at once for best selection.
The Senator and Mrs. LeBaron B. Colt will return from Washington early next week with Miss Helen J. Gross who has been their guest for weeks. Best Pure Lord priced at 25c per lb at A and P Tea Co. News notes include the funeral of Beatrice Weir Perry and a professor’s return from Constantinople.
A mix of sale offers and job notices. Top items include rubber and buggy sales at set prices, furnished rooms for rent, a lawn mower sharpening service, and help wanted for a man, a girl for general housework, and a printer’s apprentice. Also cattle for sale and plants for sale. Local addresses and phone numbers included for inquiries.
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