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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1916

Page

2

Local Builders and Block Names List At Wood Street Area

A compiled note lists builders and property blocks including Briggs Wood Darling Northup Bros Quirk and Foster on High Street and Wood Street area near Hasbrouck and rope Street with related street addresses and names for development planning.

H. M. Darling Northup Bros Richard C. Quirk Place & Foster High Street Y. M. GA Hasbrouck Block Wood Street

Town Council retains four special officers after city strike

An editorial error claimed four new Bristol policemen were appointed. Instead the town kept four special officers on night duty while shifting two regular officers to day, with plans for a special town meeting on December 4 to vote on a permanent police force increase and related items including signaling boxes, debt payment, and extra fire hose for the new truck.

Providence City of Boston

Call for disarming foreign born citizens in Bristol

The editor argues that foreigners should not carry concealed weapons and urges strict enforcement of the law for public safety. The piece claims that a peaceful, unarmed Bristol is safer and calls for all residents to disarm themselves to prevent murder and violence.

Bristol

Rhode Island Charity Conference Speakers Set for Providence

Bristol residents urged to attend the Rhode Island State Conference of Charities and Corrections to be held next Tuesday and Wednesday at the ROI Medical Society library in Providence. Wednesday features a lineup of celebrated speakers discussing topics of public welfare and corrections.

Bristol Rhode Island State Conference of Charities and Corrections ROI Medical Society Oon Providence

Prison Reform Lecture Series Highlighted by Sing Sing Warden

George W Kirchwey LL D warden of Sing Sing will discuss Social Aspects of Prison Reform at an evening event. Dr Frank Wood E Williams of Boston will speak on Mental Disease its Treatment and Prevention as a major speaker Tuesday. The group previously held sessions in Bristol at Hotel Belvedere. A Mexican German merchant murder hypothesis links to anti American sentiment amid a distant election reflection.

George W. Kirchwey LL. D Sing Sing Frankwood .E. Williams Boston Bristol Belvedere

Bristol Post Office Hours and Mail Schedule

Bristol post office hours are from 6.45 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Money Order Registry and Postal Bank sections run 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Mails arrive at 7.00 8.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 7.00 a.m. and close at 7.30 8.50 11.50 a.m. 1.50 5.50 7.15 p.m. Sunday mails arrive 8.00 a.m. and close 4.50 p.m.

Bristol

Adams Express Bristol Departures and Arrivals

The schedule lists outward departures at 7 30, 11 20 a m, 2 20 and 3 20 p m and inward arrivals at 8 00, 10 00 a m and 2 00, 4 00 and 7 00 p m.

Bristol Adams Express

Comrade Edward B Taylor Buried in East Greenwich

The body of Comrade Edward B Taylor who died at the Soldiers Home was taken to East Greenwich for burial. Special police officers from the Sherman Detective Agency who served during the recent strike left for Boston Tuesday evening.

Edward B Taylor East Greenwich Sherman Detective Agency Boston New York Young People’s Christian Endeavor Society First Congregational Church Memorial Chapel Margaret McCaughey Elmer Martin Guy Pemaquid Point Martin DeWitt FE Bourn Street Maine Phiillis Farrally State Street Edward I Kunz Harry I Young Henry L Teller Esquire Knight Burnside Lodge Knights Pythias Jamestown Lodge New Harbor

Mrs Meltons Letter Advises Vinci For Worn Out Mothers

Jackson Mississippi reader Mrs J N Marron describes relief after using Vinci tonic. She is a mother of five who did housework sew and cook and feels repaid by regained health energy. The Hope Drug Co Bristol is cited as the source.

Jackson Miss Vinci J. N. Marron Jackson, Hope Drug CO Bristol

Rhode Island Hospital Patient Clears gall stone operation

Robert H. Peterson underwent a successful gall stones operation at 9 o clock yesterday performed by Doctors Ellensworth and Ferguson. He passed a comfortable night and was reported in comfortable condition at the hospital this morning.

Robert H. Peterson Rhode Island Ellensworth Ferguson

Deutschland Leaves New London for Bremen Submarine

The Deutschland, a German submarine, arrived in New London on November 1 and departed the State Pier at 1 30 this morning. It was towed by two tugs and sailed through the Race between Block Island and Montauk Point at 2 30, with reports indicating the submarine may have submerged after passing the three mile limit.

New London Bremen State Pier Block Island Montauk Point Simuit

Jury panel named for Providence Superior Court session

The petit jurors selected for the Providence Superior Court session begin Monday November 27 are Wallis E Howe Alfred Carey and Owen Traynor. Elia Altoonian a Syrian detainee in town was found guilty of drunkenness and fined 2 dollars with costs totaling 8 dollars 50 cents in Warren Fifth District Court yesterday.

Providence Wallis E. “Howe Alfred Carey Owen Traynor Elia Altoonian Fifth District Warren

Peculiar superstitions and air purity measures noted

The report describes folk practices in Holland where garlic salt bread and steak are placed in a cradle to ward off harm from a newborn. It also notes a German electric plant enforcing pure air by filter screens to keep dust from machinery.

Holland

What He Really Thinks About Stories From The Nursery

A reflection on how a man presents a tale heard in childhood and how listeners perceive his sincerity. The piece probes the boundary between personal experience and storytelling craft, suggesting memory shapes narration and truth may bend with recollection.

Real Estate Transfers Reported by Town Clerk

Edward E. Bunn as commissioner transfers three lots of land to Bessie Pardee McKee on the east side of Forty Road. Takeph DeRosa sells to Jose Abréau Jr a lot of land on the south side of Washington Street.

Edward E. Bunn Mréz Bessie Pardee McKee Phi Land Ferty *Rodd Takeph DeRosa Jose Abréau, Jr Washington Street

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Bristol Phoenix Bristol County Hope Street E. I Phonix Phenix News Stands Wn. F. Briggs Wood WDEX W & B RR Jones Ensenstadt Sapine E. Pierce MT. Doherty Constitution Town Meeting Town of Bristol Town of Editorial Chihuahua Mexico A.M. P.M News of Leah Young St. Elizabeth’s Social Club Columbia Hall H. F. Bennett Sons of Veterans R. I. Boy Scouts G. A. R. Hall Question Club Bristol Mothers’ Club Colt Memorial High School Annie Selley C.h.merriam William Street Little Mothers’ League Byfield School F. E. Suzman Richard Melrose Joseph Caffet Rhode Island Bay North Providence Mary EF Manchester Hope Private Hospital Edgar Smith Porter, Gifford Matthews Cranston Worsted Moses Moore Moore O R Siegel St Mary's Hall B V M Society Annie Sisson Trinity Church Cornelius Bolen Thomas Dwyer Percy Dakin Church Street Justice of the Peace Philip Brady Bolen Suzman W H Bell Congregational Sunday School D W Caggeshall Salas W H Colwell F Mo Dimond Colwell Dimond Vera Stockard R M. B Hydraulion Hose Company Pythian Sisters S of V R I National Guard Reba Rebekah Lodge Robert McGee United Brothers Lodge Walliam J Fish Bristol Train of Artillery M A Cheesman Charles Sherman Maine Woods California Dodge & Lamfield Co Exchange Place Providence, R. I Y.M.G.A J. F. Gilroy Abe Hope and Constitution Streets Hotel Belvedere Western Union Gorham’s Express Young's Drug Store Aetna Protection B. W. Wall Bristol, E. L Constitution Street John Farria Charles St Sunnyside Farm Thomas Mahoney Maine Baldwins and Greenings Peck W S. Durant Huestis Garage Howe Street K. H. Dewolf Burton Street Phoenix Office Sabine Westminster Street Cor Mathewson Grace Church New England Olneyville Square South Main The Pure Food Store Eastern Park H. J. Heinz Charles A. Johnson
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