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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1909
Page
4
Nature makes the cures after all. Now and then she gets into a tight place. Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with hypo phosphites strengthens nerves feeds famished tissues and makes rich blood. For sale by all druggists Bend 19c paper name. Scott & Power 409 Pearl St New York.
Washington correspondent David S. Barry recounts Bristol native Robert N Turner known as Captain. Turner’s wartime tale centers on the 1864 capture of the schooner Pocahontas off Charleston and a later letter to Secretary of the Navy seeking records. He cites Navy logs and asks for Dahlgren reports and cargo division details.
A humorous rural note lists ideas to print news on cloth or cornstalks and jokes about weather reports by Ezra Harkins. It mentions Elder Hudnutt proposing orphan aid at the meeting house and Deacon Stubbs urging three cheers. The item notes local characters Hi Huggins frog leg act plans and a deceased fireman Old Man Sperry who read the paper for years.
The author argues for robust reading and math skills plus practical vocational training for all, urging earlier apprenticeships at 14 and critiquing overprotection of youth. He cites German methods and naval examples, questioning equality of natural gifts and urging rational methods to develop manliness and self reliance.
Edgar Chambless of New York proposes Roadtown a connected housing system with rapid transit links to metropolitan systems. A noiseless monorail moving sidewalk and mechanical parcel delivery would serve a continuous house providing water power heat and telecommunications. Edison patents would cut costs enabling country living at city apartment rents.
Novembers bring several births in this town. A son to Russell Griswold in New York City. Ethel Barrymore Cols., and grandson of Col. and Mrs. Samuel P. Colt of this town. Nov. 26 a son to Mr and Mrs Andréa Valpa of this town. Nov. 27 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Gennaro Tartoro. Nov. 28 a son to Mr and Mrs Giuseppe Di Ponta. Nov. 29 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Napoleon Nessier. Nov. 29 a son to Mr and Mrs Gaetano Marino. Nov. 29 a daughter to Mr and Mrs Joseph J. Freitas.
Married couples include John S Gablinski to Agnes M Cornell on November 29 and Peter Di Palma to Issa bella Gillispie on November 28, both officiated by Rev. George L. Locke. George P Fish, age 71, also noted in town obituaries.
A Scottish village inn scene shows the landlord busy with a harness repair while chatting with the blacksmith. A farmer demands a bottle of whisky misidentifying the request as a horse delay. The men joke about deafness and past unpaid bottles, ending with a close reflection from Pearson's Weekly.
A Chicago News humorous exchange rails at a concert mix up as characters misidentify a composer. Mr Newrich notes the orchestra will perform a Doorknob piece while Mrs Oldstock Corrects with Handel. The skit satirizes audience and critic rapport.
A terse dialogue unfolds as a man declares his wish to marry, while the father resists, insisting the daughter cannot be his wife. The exchange centers on consent, social limits, and a bold claim of romantic intent.
Public auction to witnes s a mortgage sale of a Bristol Rhode Island lot on Church Street. Lyndon L Anderstrom pledged land to William Williams in 1892. default for over ten days. Sale guided by the mortgagee Orrin L Bosworth with bidding kept open at sale or postponement.
Will be sold at public auction on December 22 19(9) at 12 30 P M on the southerly side of Church Street Bristol Rhode Island by William Williams mortgagee. Property described as a lot with buildings bounded by Church Street and adjacent land, recorded mortgage from Lyndon L Anderstrom dated January 10 1893, default in payment for over ten days. Orrin L Bosworth attorney for the mortgagee Bristol Rhode Island November 30 199.
A vintage ad touts Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for indigestion and dyspepsia, promising a refund if unsatisfied. It highlights pep sin as restoring digestive power, lists prices 25 50 and 1.00, and notes Bristol exclusivity at Hope Street store Hope Drug Co.
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