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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1910
Page
5
A Kansas City Star note explains color blindness as a recruitment hurdle for the U S Marines. Officers say color blind applicants often misidentify yarn colors in a box test, typically selecting red when green is asked and vice versa. They also observe most color blind individuals have brown eyes, with rare cases of different eye colors.
For dyspepsia and indigestion the Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets are sold at the Rexall Store Hope Drug Co 297 Hope Street in three sizes 25 cents 60 cents and 1 dollar. They soothe irritable weak stomach strengthen digestive organs relieve nausea and indigestion promote nutrition and a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
In a Wednesday match the Hayseeds and Mootshivers tied, Mootshivers taking two strings and the total. Kimnicots set a single string record with 140. The Twenty-threes won two strings and the overall total from the Sonth. Ends Tuesday evening with disputed scores and remaining results.
From the Phenix of November 20 1886: St Albio’s Lodge No 6 A F and A M hosts Capt Joseph S Thompson on Hope Street for a social collation after monthly duties. Bicyclists from Providence rode in, making trips in 1 hour 15 minutes to Warren and 30 minutes to Bristol, drawing notice. Fall term closed with exams. J A Estee principal, Miss Lena Thurston and Miss Ava Close honored for high scholarship in Byfield building.
The Phoenix issues reports construction starting Wednesday on Bradford Street near Hope for an Odd Fellows lodge hall. Rev George L Locke is slated to become rector of Trinity Church in Columbus Ohio. A Hose truck for Steamer No 1 arrived on the 22d ult and Rev I G Jones departed the town after closing his pastorate at South Christian Church.
Dr H W Boynton, once thinking of leaving Skowhegan to New Bedford, will remain in Bristol. Paul Pilkey of this town fished at Point Judith on Wednesday and caught an eel four feet seven inches long, eighteen inches around, alive nearly 80 pounds, dressed 18 pounds 6 ounces.
The supreme court interprets the law to require annual license votes on November 8. Rhode Island’s license system earns praise for observance and results. Observers cite the moral and practical effects in Fall River Worcester New Bedford and Westerly as support for continuing current policy.
The speaker laments a personal system as the source of trouble claiming their ex blamed a melancholy figure. Dyspepsia troubles persist, affecting half of their time, shaping the overall misery discussion.
A desperate young man on the Walnut Street bridge is approached by a well dressed stranger who promises him $47 for a dollar, then takes him to a side street room to purchase worthless shoes. The scene suggests a scam aimed at exploiting poverty and gullibility.
A Brown Wren builds elaborate trap like nests in Central America. It selects a small tree and forms a six foot long platform with a dome nest of thorny walls and a crooked tunnel fenced with thorn barriers. The owner blocks the gateway to protect its young.
A Bristol advertises Dr Howard's specific for constipation and dyspepsia at 25 cents for sixty doses. W. H. Buffington offers half-price trial, claiming guaranteed relief or money back. Popular among New York hotels, the remedy comes in tiny granules easy to carry in a pocket or purse.
Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes cites carrots as a wound cure from Fredericksburg era. A carrot plug kept a wound open at Bigelow’s treatment, with a carrot used as healing agent. A later medical authority praises carrots as a supper vegetable aiding nerve tone, vigor, and restorative effect.
A New York Sun report quotes milliners who refuse to handle peacock trimming due to superstition and fear of bad luck. Several say customers insist on feathers, then lash out when denied, while many peers share the same reluctance to use peacock plumage.
The Kansas City Star recalls penknives as tools once used to sharpen goose quill pens, with nib replacements shaping writing history. The small penknife gave way to clasp and jackknives as desks evolved from quills to modern pens, reflecting shifting desk tools and language.
A London Standard tale recalls John Carter of John Carter & Son, ivory manufacturers, who awoke from a dream with a solution for a near perfect billiard ball making machine. He rushed to his study, sketched the final knife design, and claimed the dream supplied the missing piece after years of effort.
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