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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1910
Page
2
A viewpoint contrasts today’s living costs with a grocer’s 1866 price book from East Greenwich. It cites high postwar prices for flour, sugar, salt, soap, lard, tea, ham, beef, and more, alongside lower wages and longer hours, noting no tariff blame and a large outstanding balance owed to the grocer. The piece questions past remedies offered by spall binders and political candidates.
The piece questions why Col. Roose velt is deemed dangerous, arguing he lacks gold-vampire support, favors truth over intrigue, defies party hacks, and seeks justice for both Capital and Labor, standing with the people and resisting private gain. It frames the charge as a test of whether Roosevelt is dangerous for these principled stances.
Election returns from this state and various parts of the country will be received tonight and posted in the window of the Phoenix office for public viewing.
In district court Judge O L Bosworth fined Thomas Cassidy Victor Qorries Louch Corrien and Frank Anderson 32 and costs for drunkenness. Charles Luther was sentenced to the State farm for six months for vagrancy. The civil case Gaetano Espinosa vs Alterio Federico was heard, judgment set aside, and continued to Thursday. The case F O T Geisler vs Ostharioe O'Brien was continued one week.
Sunday mail arrival listed at 8.00 a m with closing at 4.60 p m. Weekday mails show multiple arrivals at 7.00 10.00 a m and 2.00 6.00 7.15 p m with closings at 7.40 9.00 11.80 a m 2.00 6.00 7.15 p m. Sunday office hours 9.80 to 10.80 a m and mails distributed from carriers racks at south door 9.30 to 12.80 a m.
Adams Express lists Bristol schedule with outward departures at Panapeeae and 1120 am 320 pm and 520 pm. Inward arrivals at 8 am 12 noon 3 pm and 6 30 pm.
Charles A Barbour sold land at Mount Hope to James W Goffefux. Miss Marguerite G Morris of Ferry Hill left for a Boston visit. A harvest supper was held at Michael's Church chapel. Rev Henry Wilds Smith preached at First Congregational.
Ill and recovering, Howard R. Newman sits up as New York visitor William M. Fischer stays with his uncle Rev. W. R. Trotter. Snow flurries brief and melted. Woodlawn avenue sewer work to continue, L. H. Callan plans early opening. Also covered are baseball notes, highway progress on Franklin street, Epworth League meeting results, Linden Place closure, a Hebrew wedding, and various civic notices.
In a light exchange a woman asks to view false hair while the clerk quizzes the color choice for her friend. The clerk’s confident response hints at familiarity with the shop’s goods and customers.
An irate wife criticizes her husband while he responds with a mixture of thanks and relief. The fragment hints at a domestic dispute or strained marriage dialogue without further context or details.
A pithy remark questions why many rich fools exist if money can vanish with a fool. It implies peer avoidance of folly while mocking the link between wealth and wisdom in social circles.
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