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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1908
Page
2
The piece claims six million Americans are coke fiends and laws against sale fail. It proposes licensing a limited number of stores to sell cocaine legally, generating revenue while keeping sale controlled, and asks how many would vote to license the drug.
The piece notes Senator Platts retirement and Secretary of State Root as a potential successor. It argues Root would face trust-busting distrust as a senator due to past corporate ties with the State Trust Company and street railway looting associations. It also covers President Elect Latt's tariff stance favoring honest revision and strong protection for American industries amid sectional pressures.
William J Bryant in his Commoner editorial praises eventual triumph of his cause after the late campaign. He closes with two stanzas from The Battlefield, imagining another hand wielding the sword and waving the standard, and trumpets sounding triumph from beyond the grave.
The Bristol post office lists mail arrivals at 7.00, 10.00, 12.00, 2.00, 4.00, 6.46, and 7.15 p m with closings at 8.00, 8:45, 11:80 a m, 1.45, 5.45, and 7:16 p m Sunday arrivals at 8.30 a m and closing 5.00 p m. General delivery stamps sold 4.80 to 5 p m. Sunday hours 9.80 to 10.80 am. Cars carryout 9.80 to 10.80 am. Express matter for Saree routes at 50 and 11.20 a m and 3.20 and 5.20 p m. inward 8. sno and 12.00 a m, 3.00 and 7.00 p m.
Advertisements and notices recall summer visitors Mrs G F Moora and daughter Eileen return home from St John New Brunswick. Womans Relief Corps met inviting two candidates for membership and one application. Wardwell Lumber offers railroad ticket sales, receipts for rent available at Phoenix office, and various blank receipts. Train schedule updates for Sagamore and Newport connections. Mikado opera night routing via Rhode Island Company to Providence. Sprinkle Allen's Foot Ease advertised as a shoe comfort product with local sale claims.
A string of community items from Warren includes Reba Lodge hosting a rummage sale on Tuesday Nov 24 at the Wood and State streets corner store formerly J J Christie. Other notes report Olive the Ice Cream Man contact, hospital and illness updates, a soda fountain promotion, bowling prize winners, a G A R hall bean supper, church pastoral changes, a fatal substation accident in Massachusetts, and a fire engine company serenade plus a wedding presentation at the Durant home.
Sunday the Bristol and Warren Water Works shut off water all day to replace pipes on Bristol Neck Walf Way Hill and near the Lown line in Warren. Yesterday workers completed painting on the new stand pipe at Half Way Hill.
A historic advertisement for Rexall Orderlies touts a guaranteed cure for constipation with regular use, promising refunds if unsatisfied. It highlights a tasteless odorless tablet, child and elderly friendly, and claims no habit formation, with package sizes 36 for 25c and 12 for 10c, from The Hope Drug Co. Hope Street.
The Bristol Opera House drew one of the town’s largest audiences for moving pictures with a Saturday evening show and a large matinee for children. Miss Julia Walsh performed illustrated songs, and a new balcony-operated machine by William H. Smith offered an improved view. Manager Larnoh thanked patrons and pledged continued best pictures and songs each Saturday afternoon and evening all season.
A Kingston North Carolina Baptist elder, Henry Cunningham, testifies Vinol from cod liver extract with iron and wine restored his strength after indigestion and debility. The ad claims Vinol strengthens digestion, increases appetite, builds red blood, and helps chronic coughs colds and bronchitis, offering a money back guarantee.
A Bristol resident claims Doan's Kidney Pills cured long standing kidney and bladder issues after unsuccessful plasters and a prior operation. She reports renewed rest and energy after three boxes and notes her father in Harrisville also benefited. Sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY. Remember the name Doan's.
In a terse Exchange item Briggins is described as inconsistent. The remark notes that the longer he stays out at night the stronger his urge to sing Home Sweet Home becomes. The brief exchange highlights a quip about personal habits and mood.
The phrase evokes life as a fragile, radiant bubble that rises serenely until vulnerability appears. It suggests a lyrical meditation on beauty, transience, and the risk embedded in existence.
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