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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1919
Page
2
Editorial condemns Boston police for joining a union violating oaths and triggering two days of mob violence. Seven people died as State Guardsmen fired on a mob in Scollay Square while property was protected. Mayor Peters decries police allegiance to outside bodies over public accountability.
Chancellor Karl Renner, head of the Austrian peace delegation, signed the Austrian treaty on Wednesday morning and prepared to return to Vienna. His action aims to bolster the unstable government and ease anxiety in conference circles over a possible collapse before treaty completion.
Miss Nora Sullivan returns from New York trip while John J Wilkinson the Hope Street tailor comes back from a three week vacation at Oak Bluffs. The Phoenix advertises a shoe sale by Sam the Shoeman and reports several local residents traveling or visiting relatives. The piece also notes farming losses, racing sloop Carolina trial, school events, church topics, and upcoming dances and social events in Bristol Rhode Island.
The ad asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh through blood action and constitutional strengthening. It offers One Hundred Dollars if any case fails to cure and encourages sending testimonials to F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio, with a 75 cent price from druggists.
The exceptionally large night blooming cereus at the Greek houses of Mr and Mrs William L McKee near Blithewold Ferry Hill is expected to show blossoms tonight or tomorrow if weather remains warm and dry. A smaller plant from the McKee collection will also be displayed in the Phoenix Office show window with up to 11 buds anticipated.
An advertising snippet lists low prices for potatoes 57 cents per peck and 5 cents per pound for sweet potatoes six pounds for 25 cents Tomatoes at 9? per pound and good eating apples 15 cents for two quarts. Also mentions Ben Hur quality goods and canned pork and beans five cans for 50 cents and Young American cheese 43 cents per pound. Fresh vegetables from the country advertised daily.
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