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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1906
Page
2
Friday, Sept. 14, 1906 notice urges all residents to support repay of the local Y M C A debt. Contributions may be sent to Mr. Rockwell or the Phenix office. Every man, woman, and child is asked to give what they can as every penny counts.
In Fall River on the Golf club grounds the ladies tournament began with Miss Martha S. Rockwell defeating Miss Chace 6-0 6-4 and Miss Harley beating Miss B Eddy 6-1 6-1. Miss Tryon of Providence toppled Miss Pelton 6-1 6-1. Katherine Tucker beat Ballard 6-0 6-1 and Mollie Hamill defeated Borden 6-1 6-0.
The Bristol post office lists daily mail arrival hours including 7.00, 10.00, 8.00 a.m., 12.00 m., 2.00, 4.00, 5.45, 7.15 p.m. and closing hours at 8.00, 8.45, 11.80 a.m., 1.45, 5.45, 7.15 p.m. Sunday mail arrives 8.80 a.m. and closes 6.00 p.m. General stamps window 4.80–5 p.m. Sunday hours 9.80–10.80 a.m.
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner that F. J. Cheney & Co will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The oath, dated December 6, 1886, before notary A. W. Gleason, Toledo Ohio. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally with testimonials and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Dr. O R Siegel reports new typhoid case Miss Mildred MacDonald daughter of Charles H and Mrs MacDonald of Burton street. Sister Lavinia MacDonald improving. Rev Thomas J Fitzpatrick pastor of St Marys church remains seriously ill with high fever. Rev John F Downing assistant pastor at St Marys hospital with typhoid improving. Other local patients also improving.
An open meeting of Babbitt Post No 15 G A R was held last evening in G A R Hall with over 100 attendees. Members of the Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps and post associates joined the event. The program featured Bowler on cornet, a Blanche West piano solo, a chorus medley, an address by John Butterworth of Warren, taps, and an address by Tom Robinson who piloted the vessel that ferried General Burnside on the Roanoke in 1862. A social hour and collation followed.
In this town on September 18 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Albert Minard.
In this town on September 11 Reverend Charles Edwards joined Alexander Smith of Newport with Cora Belle of this town. On September 14 he joined Frank A Rounds with Helen E Harvey, both of this town.
In this town on September 12 Mrs Mary M Shepard wife of Allen P Shepard aged 62 years 1 month 16 days. In Hanover on September 13 James A Garland of Prudence Island aged 85 years 10 months 19 days. Both obituaries list surviving relatives and burial details to follow.
An old public notice extols cleansing the body and pores, urging regular baths for better fellowship and civic life. It recommends occasional use of a laxative to clear the system, praising DéWitt's Little Early Risers as pleasant and non irritating, sold by W. H. Buffington.
An Irishman and a Jew argue which nationality has more saints. They settle by counting saints, pulling hairs for each saint. The Jew takes one from the Irishman, the Irishman one from the Jew, then the Jew gains the advantage with several hairs. The Irishman retaliates, shouting Ancient Order of Hibernians, bad cess to ye, I win.
When two strong men come to blows it is not a pleasing sight yet the map who gets the worst of it will use DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve and feel better quickly. Sold by W H Buffington.
Mrs Butler widow of the late Dr Butler and her daughter Miss O Butler depart Ferry Hill for New York on a Fall River steamer. Tomorrow she and her son Rev John Butler will sail a North German Lloyd liner for Naples, with plans to tour Italy Egypt and India for the Indian Jubilee in December marking missions 60th anniversary. They expect to return to the United States in early 1907.
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