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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1909
Page
2
An editorial denounces the contempt for newcomers labeled as carpet baggers, arguing birthplace should not define worth. It urges welcoming reputable residents who choose Bristol as their home to help grow the town, resisting birth-based exclusion and civic cliques.
A witty remark questions a man’s intellect by labeling his actions as merely changing his mind when he selects a different necktie. The quip implies vanity over reasoning, framing wardrobe choices as a measure of intelligence.
The notice lists daily mail closing and Sunday mail times, with arrivals and office hours. It details mail close times at 7.40 and 1.30 am to 7.14 pm, Sunday mail operations from 9.80 to 10.20 am, and distribution from carriers’ racks at the south door.
Travel notice lists outward departures at 7.50, 11.20, 3.20 and 5.20 p m and inward arrivals at 8.00, 12.00 a m, 3.00 and 8.0 p m.
Thomas Gayton of Bristol Neck suffered a stroke last week. Various society events, travel, sales, and local notices appear, including fishing trip reports, lodge visits, a charity whist, and a court fine for William Keefe and Edward Milson in Warren District Court.
Miss Viola Brown leaves for Kingston visiting friends while William Maxfield recovers at home from illness and Dr. Liscomb heads to a hunting trip. Mrs Kinnicatt visits Frank Kinnicatt. new overcoats arrive. Sermons begin at State Street M E Church. Infant dies. a successful bean supper. seven Bristol Train of Artillery members dropped for nonattendance. Marriage intentions filed for four couples. Football may be postponed. Bristol & Warren Water Works restricts pumping. Foresters meet. one candidate initiated. Rumor on liquor license circulated. council urged to investigate. Albert Perry opens new shoe repair shop in G A R block with electric sewing. Fox takes buff Laghorn cockerel. plans to enter it in Country Fair.
The Women’s Auxiliary of the Y M C A met in the library at 4 pm to review annual reports and approve records. The tea room will be discontinued next year due to low patronage, with 220 earned in summer 1908 but less than a third this year. The group approved a 200 donation to the local Y M C A and elected new officers and a board of managers.
A series of quick lines features Stella and Bella about piano accompaniment, a teacher's earth statement, Tommy counting, a tramp asking for food, and an angler's hunger. The montage-like phrases read like dated theater or street scene chatter with unnamed speakers and a closing remark from bubs.
Chief Patriarch William M. Gorham welcomed Grand Patriarch Fred W. Falsom and other dignitaries including Daniel Bardick Joseph Metcalf Ralph Mayo William J. Munro Walter McKay John Best. Guests from Macsasoit Encampment No 8 Warren Providence Fall River attended. Burdick exemplified unwritten work. A chicken supper followed.
A child named Golden was born in this town on November 9 to Mr. and Mrs. William J. Golden.
Lyndon L Anderstrom aged 49 years 5 months 1 days funeral Sunday at 12 15 o'clock at the First Baptist Church relatives and friends invited to attend in this town November 11 obituary notice style and period voice
Coming Events announce a November schedule: a Defender Olah dance at Grand Army Hall on the 18th, a whist party by Reba Lodge in Oda Fellows Hall on the 19th, and a Thanksgiving Week County Fair at the G A R Hall hosted by Burnside Social Clubs and Edgehill Temple Pythian Sisters.
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