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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1906
Page
4
A prominent druggist says Scott's Emulsion saves life and aids growth at all ages. The ad claims the product nourishes where ordinary food fails, offers a free sample, and notes the Jacobs form on each bottle wrapper. Scott & Bowne, chemists, advertise 50c and 1 shipping to druggists.
Public auction conducted Wednesday December 6 1906 at noon in Bristol Rhode Island. Mortgage deed dated December 24 1900 from John Trump secured by two land lots with buildings and improvements on Perry Street and Lyne Lane. Brown detailed plat Whitford Lot 17 through 18. bid rights and gangway easements described. sale conducted by Beria Baker attorney for the mortgagee.
A Bristol reader recalls the lost wind mill near Union Street and Thames Street, once a playhouse for local youths. He details access paths, a two wheel dray, and a 1850s fire set by three boys using newspapers from the mill basement, described as likely spontaneous combustion.
Last night team 7 captained by H M Dimond swept three strings from team 9 led by R F Murray, placing 7 in a tie for first. Top performances included T Brightman with 10 high single, Oscar Kunze with 297 across eight strings, and team 1266 top overall.
An unprecedented spectacle tops the Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition near Norfolk in 1907 with a grand military display. An entire U S division will host foreign troops, plus London and Boston artillery units, and 300 Tennessee Confederate veterans in gray, amid thirty acres dubbed Lice's Parade and a varied musical program.
A visitor asks about a distinguished prisoner while the warden notes he is No. 1147 and keeps apart from others. The warden adds that the trial cost the state $200,000, illustrating the high cost of the case.
A terse remark by a tactless person about the old business prompts the octogenarian Auber to agree that life is sad yet he quips that no better method has been found to prolong existence. The exchange blends wit with aging and music in a single anecdote.
A dialogue features One of Them complaining that picture factories flood the market with cheap doubs and that the public is uneducated. Frank Friend agrees. Old Quiverful accuses someone of trying to take their daughter, while Young Goslow reassures openness to warnings if anything about her needs attention.
Three years ago retail druggists formed The United Drug Company to reform proprietary medicines. Members aimed to publish exact formulas, supply remedies at actual cost plus a small profit, and reduce advertising and overhead. Rexall remedies are tested and chosen for merit, with low prices due to lack of separate advertising and large manufacturing costs.
George L. Howe, oldest son of Mr and Mrs Wallis E Howe, is mildly ill with scarlet fever. He attends Miss Baches private school where upper rooms were fumigated. Mary Cady, daughter of Sheriff Philo V Cady, is also mildly ill. Valley building schools, closed for fumigation Friday, reopened yesterday.
The Town of Bristol announces liquor license applications to sell intoxicating and malt liquors at the Bristol Hotel Timothy Hurley 24 State Street Stephen F Warren 18 State Street Wikena McDonough 688 and 640 Thames Street The Town Council will meet in Council Chamber Wednesday November 28 1906 at 8 p m for hearings on these applications Cornil Clerk Herbert F Bennett 11 18 20 27
The Town Clerk’s Office dated Nov 20 1906 notes an application by W B Lockwood for a license to sell intoxicating liquors at retail at Hotel Belvedere Hopest The Town Council will meet in the Council Chamber on Tuesday Dec 4 1908 at eight oclock PM to hear persons desiring to oppose or support granting the license notice signed Council Clerk Herbert F Bennett.
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