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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1910
Page
4
In Galena Kansas a woman describes a lump on her side that grew like a tumor after a March fall. A Kansas doctor warned of possible surgery but Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased the condition as the lump broke and passed away. The ad touts the remedy for various female ills and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
Coming events include Oct 6 Harvest Festival at Odd Fellows Hall by Keba Lodge, Oct 6 Open meeting of Babbitt Post and related groups, Oct 8 Jolly Boys dance at G A R Hall, Oct 11 Harvest Home Festival at Trinity Church Oost, Oct 31 Hallow s en danse at G A R Hall, Nov 14-19 Bristol Country Fair and Poultry Show at G A R Hall, Oct 18 Harvest Sapper at G A R Hall by Babbitt Womans Relief Corps.
The 80th annual Harvest Home Festival at Trinity Church will be held on Tuesday evening October 11 at 7:45. The church choir and girls choir will perform. Offerings of vegetables fruits cereals flour groceries and preserves will benefit Children’s Home Aged Women St Mary’s Orphanage East Providence and St Elizabeth’s Providence. Rev Henry Bassets of the Church of the Epiphany Providence will preach the sermon.
A daughter was born Sept 28 to Mr and Mrs Jasper Bullock in this town. In St Anthony Newfoundland on Sept 25 a son to Dr and Mrs Wilfred T Grenfell. Charles Miller formerly of this town died Oct 1 at age 22 at the Long Island Motor Parkway.
The article notes that horseshoes originated with leather boots used to protect hooves in very early history, before Pliny and Aristotle. Leather boots were sometimes studded with nails but often bare, reflecting their low cost and the ability to “reboot” a horse by replacing the boot.
In a London Punch quip, a farmer asks if a gatepost is the femur of an ornithoscell da and notes it does not match the other post nobow. The exchange blends whimsy and curiosity about odd carpentry in a rural setting.
A customer complains to a waiter in a chesp restaurant for a strong cup of coffee. The waiter asks what’s wrong with the cup, joking that it couldn’t be broken with an ax.
A brief dialogue exchange discusses travels to Europe and costs. One speaker notes a husband must spend about $1,000, while the other expects to compromise on a hat costing around sixty dollars. The tone reflects domestic budgeting concerns and social expectations.
The funeral of Mrs Catherine Hayden 75, formerly of this town, from Cornelius Riley’s home on Bourn Street to St Mary’s Church was followed by interment in St Mary’s Cemetery. Ada Alice Trudell 10 more funeral held from Gooding Lane home to St Mary’s Church burial in St Mary’s Cemetery. Henry Miller 22, killed in Vanderbilt Cup crash on Long Island, arrives from Mineola for private burial. Miller’s parents formerly lived here and his mother now resides in Attleboro.
In a French newspaper tale a coup and pursuit unfold. Gretchen appears on the palace steps as crowds hail her queen of Jugendheit. Carmichael discovers Heybeck and daughter aboard a ship, confesses love, and vows steadfast loyalty as the voyage ends.
A new student asks to view his father's record, claiming his father advised him not to disgrace him as he tests how far he can go, in a brief Buffalo Express snippet.
The Probate Court convened at 10:80 before Judge Edward L. Leahy. Petitions include adopting and changing the name of Julius Enler for Alfonso and Vincenzo Ferrigno, with Oct 17 continuation. Final accounts for Caroline W. Tichiele and will annexed granted. Estate sale petitions continued nisi and to Oct 17. Annie McCarty guardian petition continued. Lionisa M Pratt inventory items sold at private sale. Annie E Tuncker executrix probate approved. bond $200 without surety.
Antone Medeiro and Manuel Travers were fined $3 with costs totaling $9 765 in district court before Judge Bosworth for gambling at 2 am Sunday in a room of the passing block. Police arrested them on complaints by women whose husbands were losing money. Both pleaded guilty. the book account case Antonio Roderick versus Manuel Pacheco was continued nisi.
A Bristol resident asks the editor whether a Bristol Fish Commissioner exists to address clamming violations along Mount Hope shores. He notes many Fall River boats at low tide with 20 or more people digging clams, and reports trespassing landowners enforcing access. The writer urges action matching the state Game Warden’s prompt response.
The Democratic Town Committee schedules three caucuses. The General caucus in Town Hall on Tuesday Oct 11 at 7 30 p m elects a Town Committee and nominates a State Senator from Bristol. The district caucuses October 14 at 7 30 p m elect reps. First District electors meet in Court House. Second District in Hasbrouck block lodge room.
Local testimonial extols Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble and back pain. The Bristol reader Julians Miller at 10 State St. credits the remedy with relief after taking a box from J H Young Co Drug Store. Sold everywhere 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
An advertisement from Hope Drug Co Bristol asserts Vinol strengthens frail people and aids the elderly and recovering patients. It features testimonials and offers a full money back guarantee if customers are not satisfied with the product’s effects.
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