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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
4
Last evening the Hank Hanks defeated the Hayseeds two games to one in the YMCA bowling tournament. The Lookouts finished their final match of the tournament last Friday evening, earning two strings in three from the N. S. A. teams. Lookouts.
A young man faces two opposite hurdles in marriage plans. He must first pop the question and then question the pop, revealing a playful paradox about proposing and the social customs surrounding engagement.
A Bristol Rhode Island firm offers a positive guarantee for Vino promising a full refund of all money paid if the product fails to satisfy. The notice invites those who are sick and need strength to try it with this understanding from Hope Drug Co.
Publication notice credits Curtis Publishing Company and author Robert W. Chambers for the 1906 work Fighting Chance. Copyright information indicates legal protection and ownership details.
Leila visits the Fells as Plank plans to press ahead with business and a social intrigue unfolds at the cliff house. Sylvia and Siward edge toward a dangerous, hopeful future while Quarrier and Kemp Ferrall loom in the background. The scene ends with a charged exchange and a vow to fight for love amidst looming threats.
ManZan File Remedy priced at 50 is guaranteed ready for use. One application promises relief to any form of Files. Soothes and heals. Sold by O. W. Sparks.
Yesterday morning the Fifth District Court met before Judge A L Bosworth. Gustave Johnson of Warren faced a disorderly conduct charge and was placed on two weeks probation after explaining drinking began after learning of a four week prior arrest. Civil actions: Joseph Benjamin vs Carabotta Philadelphia for trespass and ejectment favored the plaintiff. Callan vs LeClair and West vs LeClair were continued two weeks with a bill of particulars requested.
Superior Court opened for the May term at 10 o'clock with Judge Mumford presiding. Forty-one jurors were empanelled, Iran Whittier of Cranston elected foreman. The lead case is Mary Clark versus New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company for 20000 dollars damages after a Fall River to Warren car ride on January 4, 1907, when a passenger was struck by broken glass, injuring her face and eyes and causing a nervous shock. Witnesses were examined and trial expected to occupy much of the day.
An advertisable notice touts a free at home treatment offer by Dr Jeane of 84 Temple Place Boston Mass for nervous and chronic diseases. It claims quick cures through letter correspondence detailing symptoms and causes with no cost and no travel. It misnames Dr Greene and his Nervura remedy as a successor claim.
An advertisement promotes Bees Laxative Cough Syrup as a guaranteed remedy for coughs croup whooping cough hoarseness and bronchial trouble. It emphasizes ease of taking for children and a gentle laxative effect to expel phlegm. Sold by O W Sparks.
Last Thursday evening about 15 friends surprised Lewis H. Church at his Hope Street home for his 69th birthday. The gathering included piano music and refreshments of ice cream and cake. Mr Church has worked for Edward O Panis grocer at Hope and Franklin for years. he is the son of Capt William Howe Church who will be eight on the 23rd of next month.
In 1784 London witnessed Vincent Lunardi’s ascent from Moorfields with over 100000 spectators. Crowds blocked streets as the balloon drifted toward Ware Hertfordshire causing fear and amazement. a woman died of fright and Lunardi’s flight sparked wild theories of sorcery.
Statistics from shirt and collar makers show New York men have smaller necks than out of town brothers. Boston and Chicago lead in big sizes for orders, with many shops in Manhattan needing special calls for sizes above sixteen and a half. Elsewhere it is common to sell up to size eighteem. Eastern and western men are described as more bull necked than New York men.
A Petersburg Tennessee man claims dried elderberry leaves from a green elderberry bush placed in a pillow and slept upon for about three months will cure severe asthma. He notes a peculiar pleasing odor after drying and cites several personal successes, reported by the Nashville Tennessee paper.
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