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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1909
Page
2
An editorial argues civilized communities require fresh air pure milk and clean streets. Bristol lacks in street cleanliness despite highway efforts. residents shamefully dispose waste in gutters. Calls for public pride and better waste disposal education to protect health and decency.
Readers are urged to advertise found items under the heading Found rather than Lost to maximize recovery. The paper notes recovered money is rare but bracelets and watches are frequently returned with a reward offered. An elderly Bristol lady valued her keepsake bracelet and a gentleman’s gold watch is also missing with rewards for return.
Mails arrive at 7.00 10.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 7.15 p m Mail closes at 7.40 9.00 11.30 a m 2.00 6.00 7.15 p m Sunday mail arrives 8.00 a m closes 4.50 p m Office hours Sunday 9 80 to 10 80 a m Sunday mail distributed at south door 9 30 to 10 30 a m
Outward times 7.50, 11.20 a.m., 3.20, 5.20 p.m. Inward times 8.11, 12.00 a.m., 3.00 and 8 p.m. by Earle and Prew express. Schedule lists specific hours for outward and inward services to Bristol.
The article notes the corner stone ceremony occurred three years earlier on Oct 16 1906. It also lists various local items from Bristol including court proceedings postponed by Fifth District Court Judge O L Bosworth, church services, and community notices about scouts and public events.
An old advert promises Allen's Lung Balsam will check a cough quickly and permanently. It claims availability at all druggists, urging immediate use to prevent serious illness.
The YMCA bowling tournament opened last evening with the Moonshiners defeating the Twenty-threes, as Brownell starred with a 127 single and 318 in three strings. The Moonshiners won all three matches, forcing the Twenty-threes to struggle.
The semi monthly Probate Court session led by Judge Hezekiah O Ward approved the guardian account for Gertrude E Church guardian of Sarah Elizabeth LeDieu. It also allowed inventories for Thomas W D Brown and Mary W Mason estates and allowed petitions to appoint William H Thayer as administrator of Lucy B Thayer estate and Thomas O Donnell as administrator of Mary A O Donnell estate with bonds. The order for distribution of Sarah A Murray estate and the private sale of Joseph Benjamin's personal estate were approved.
The passage presents aphorisms about money selfishness family pride and trouble, with no identifiable people organizations places dates or events to frame as a news item or card.
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