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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1906
Page
2
Local notices list items including Mrs Douglass parlor sale and photo display, J McCarthy wanted bar 117 Warren, Mrs M J Dunbar notice, A Reynolds card, Mrs Anderson thanks, plus F M Diamonds store market Bradford Street entries.
E F Sibley launches a new weekly paper to Warren called The Bristol County Item The first issue appeared last Thursday with a salutatory stating the paper will cover northern Bristol County towns and nearby areas across the state line The Item aims to bring local news to many homes and serve the reader community.
The document itemizes salaries and expenses for the executive mansion era, listing the president’s salary at 250000, travel 25000, secretary 5000, other executive staff 61000, contingent 20000, maintenance and care of the White House and grounds to 35000, repairs, fuel and greenhouse costs, security staff and services, plus naval yachts Mayflower at 150000 and Sylph at 25000, totaling 172000.
Last evening about 8:80 o clock a young man named Hughes stole blankets and a comforter from Max Makowsky on State Street toward Thames Street. He struggled with the proprietor, struck him in the face, and escaped with the blankets while the owner recovered the other item. Police were notified but Hughes had not been found by noon and may have left town.
A patent medicine claim promises a guaranteed cure for piles including itching bleeding and blind piles. The ad states a refund of money if the treatment fails to cure within six to fourteen days and lists a price of 60 cents.
Bristol Post Office schedules and hours. Mails arrive and close times listed for weekdays and Sunday. General delivery window hours and stamp sale times noted. Sunday mail distribution from carriers at south door 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Schedule lists outward departures at 7.35 and 11.05 a m and 8.05 and 5.05 p m. Inward arrivals occur at 7.45 and 11.45 a m and 2.45 and 6.45 p m.
Miss Carrie Warren hosts Miss Juliet Coggeshall in Usher Place while Miss Flora Rapano attends drawing and painting at RISD. Various dances, concerts, and temple observances fill a busy week with engagements, theater, and social gatherings in Providence and Barrington.
A list of advertised letters includes O F Dickinson A Murtagh Bernard Phillips E Albert Roberta Harry Strause Paul Scott William T Ross Prizio Angelo Mrs Wm Crafts Mrs Marion Gregory Mrs H O Freeman Miss Aurelia Banks Miss Margaret Bradley Miss Frances W Carrier Miss Anna Walsh Miss A Smith Miss Lulu Esper.
The date Tuesday Oct 16 was chosen for the corner stone ceremony at Colt memorial High School with invitations to be issued tomorrow. Also report of local residents and events including Lyle Horton’s return, fundraising offers by M W Sohoen, property rumors involving Col 8 P Colt, a town committee caucus, Elizabeth Reynolds’ illness, a large group from Bristol at a lobster bake, and travel home from Prudence Island amid rough seas.
About 80 friends gathered Friday evening at Mrs Patrick McGovern's Bradford street home for a birthday surprise. Music and readings entertained guests as Miss Catherine Murphy performed humorous readings. A collation followed with Miss Lizzie O'Donnell serving chocolate and Miss Jenny Morris helping with the desserts. Mrs McGovern received a chafing dish as a gift while Miss May Cleaver delivered the presentation speech.
A letter recounts two scams: a man fed hens half meal half sawdust and found eggs hatched woodpeckers, and another bought half substitute paint, paying for 20 gallons and 20 days’ wages though only 10. He overpaid $12.50 for paint and $80 in wages, receiving a poor job. Signed F W Devoe & Co with Bristol dealer note.
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