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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
4
The N L A team won two in three against the Hayseeds. Steam Rollers defeated the South Ends two in three. Snow Birds swept the Pinticklers three straight. The first string was decided by a single pin. The scores are listed.
DeWitt's Little Early Higers pills are advertised as safe and gentle. A solo by W H Briffington claims the product helps with back pains urinary bladder and kidney troubles. The Mother Gray Co offers Australian Leaf as a regulator with free sample packages from LeRoy New York.
The author extols the Grasse region and the ascent to Gattieres, praising the Gorge du Loup and villages above the Var. He highlights terraced hillsides, orange groves, and a profusion of perfumed plants, especially peonies, cistroses, myrtle, thyme, and pittosporum. A Nostalgic tour notes a proposed beauty contest and the scent landscape of the Riviera.
A disease is described as prevalent and dangerous, linking kidney trouble to heart disease, pneumonia, and apoplexy. The ad promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney, liver, and bladder issues, claiming quick relief and urging readers to mail for a free sample and book.
George Troop Easterbrooks died Wednesday at 4 30 PM at 174 Wood Street after two years of ill health Brights disease caused death He was born December 19 1835 aged 72 years 5 months 8 days A native of the town he served in the Civil War aboard the Princeton and later spent 28 years with the National India Rubber Company He is survived by son Frank N Easterbrooks and two brothers Simeon and Philip His wife Mary Gladding died about 15 years ago The funeral will be Sunday at 2 PM from his Wood Street home with Rev Dr Locke at St Michael's church officiating Interment at North Cemetery He was a respected citizen and good neighbor remembered fondly by relatives and friends
Naval Veteran Association met in the Hotel Belvedere sun parlor to form a Bristol Naval Reserve Veteran Association. Forty six ex members attended. Asa Hathaway elected chairman and W R Javis secretary. A committee of three to draft a constitution was named. later extended to five with Dr Williams and H V Mayo added. A Fourth of July parade participation was favored. Lieut Prest of the active company invited ex members and ladies to a social at the Armory. a resolution asked Prest to reconsider resigning from the active company.
A Philadelphia Record excerpt features a dialogue where a rich man laments losing years to wealth, and a physician explains that wealth statistically buys life. The discussion notes rich babies survive longer, while poverty increases illness and preventable deaths, resulting in about a twenty-five year gap between rich and poor if two children are born today.
The term parson derives from Latin per sona meaning two persons, linking the parson to persona ecclesiae as the church's representative. Blackstone notes the parson acts as a body corporate to protect church rights, while the phrase parse a sentence traces to asking pars quid partem orationis.
Endorsed by Mrs Williams of Gardiner Maine and Mrs Sperling of Chicago as curing female troubles without operation. Claims thirty years of use, relief from displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors and other symptoms. Mrs Pinkham invites letters for advice from sick women at Lynn Mass.
May 1 and May 14 1908 notices in Bristol Probate Court announce requests to appoint Annie Christie as administratrix de bonis non for Margaret Christie and John J Christie estates. Hearings set for June 1 at 10 30 a m with fourteen days of publication in the Bristol Phoenix. John M Coggeshall probate clerk.
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