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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1907
Page
2
John the Shoeman announces a Fall Sale at Barnaby. liquor sales and a wanted notice appear alongside a probate court record for Robert J. McKay and an estate filed by Est. D. Stevens with Helen Howard listed in association.
A Bristol reader laments grave desecration at the east burial lot following salary hikes for police and force-wide protests. He targets vandals as ghouls and harpies, urges swift punishment, and recalls ancestral Bristol philanthropists, contrasting past maritime bravado with present submission to fear of job loss.
Mt Hope Council No 1187 RA last evening hosted Grand Regent Cheney and grand officers who installed a partial slate of officers including Regent Benjamin M MacDougall, vice Regent W Fred Williams, secretary George Manchester, warden HH Shepard, and collector George A Arnold. Speeches followed by Grand Deputy Albert Burroughs, Grand Secretary John S Kellogg, and Grand Lecturer John H Howell.
Bristol Post Office notes detail mail arrival and closing times for various sessions. It lists Sunday mail arrival and closing, general delivery hours, and car riers’ racks pickup at the south door with specified morning and evening windows.
Outward trains depart 7 35, 11 05 a m 3 05 and 5 05 p m. Return services arrive 7 45, 11 45 a m 2 45 and 6 45 p m.
Bristol town notes report travels to Canada and Jamestown Exposition, a Bristol High School dance, church confirmations, police union talks, and a town sinking fund meeting. Local residents include Mr. and Mrs. Martelly, Miss Hope Miller, Miss Irene Gertrude Olive, and George Seyer.
A warning against catarrh ointments containing mercury urges using only prescription medicines from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo is described as mercury free and taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. The ad emphasizes authenticity and offers testimonials and a price for Hall's family pills.
Bradford residents report their fire alarm signal travels four miles on calm days or northerly winds to the U S Naval Coating station at Bradford. Walter Kerr, son of Mr and Mrs Michael Kerr, has worked as a watchman at the Bradford coaling station for two years. The alarm was clearly heard minutes before 8 am Wednesday. The cruiser Tennessee is coaling nearby with the Nero discharging coal. Tennessee will take 1550 tons and head to Hampton Roads for orders. The Tennessee is a modern ship with a crew of over 800.
Weather permitting Bristol arrives to trim the local team in a rubber game after last Saturday's unsatisfactory showing. Danny Costigan's lineup is strong, with Howland Tucker Herrmann Perkins Fiske Van Almkirk Guinan Duffy Saillant and others. Sunday the Bristols finish the season at Anthony, having drawn strong demand from Valley teams all year.
The Congregational club held its annual meeting in the chapel on a Wednesday afternoon with large attendance. Elected officers include President Miss Mabel Gardner, Secretary Miss Grace O Paull, Treasurer Mrs T Newton Owen, and board of managers Mrs Nathaniel Usher Mrs Charles F Dimond Mrs Henry Remington Mrs Elisha Hibbert and Miss Anna W Fitch.
A daughter was born in Volt In this town on October 8 to Mr and Mrs LeBaron O Volt.
Sevez Gladue in this town on Oct 2 by Rev John F Downing features George Sevez of Fall River Mass and Miss Matilda Gladue of this town Silvia in this town on Oct 2 Frank O Silvia aged 17 Esther Cole Darland in Chicago NL Oct 1 daughter of late Charles and Eliza Lather Carr in Providence Oct 1 Martha A widow of Franklin Carr Faulkner in Providence 7 Hoyle street Oct 8 Mary A wife of John K Faulkner formerly of this town
Wednesday evening the monthly meetings of Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co No 1 and King Philip Steam Fire Engine Co met to finalize Brockton Fair muster plans and winter entertainments. A membership application was considered and a committee of Coggeshall, Ashton, Galvin, Smith, Anderson, Stewart, West was named. They voted to attend Bristol Train of Artillery fair next Wednesday and Narragansett Fire Company fair in Warren on Oct 12.
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