Advertising Copy Deadlines Not Later Than 4 PM
Advertisers are notified that all copy for changes or communications of length must be handed in by 4 o'clock each Monday and Thursday afternoon. Insertion cannot be guaranteed after that hour.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1903
Page
2
Advertisers are notified that all copy for changes or communications of length must be handed in by 4 o'clock each Monday and Thursday afternoon. Insertion cannot be guaranteed after that hour.
The Belvedere administration notices list estates including Margaret Pitman Ruth A Munro Benjamin Smith and Mary FE Holmes with special rates for estate matters and notices to heirs George H Peck indicates acknowledgment of claims or actions in probate proceedings.
The Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts reports a start to the new year with attendance about twenty percent higher than last year. Freshmen number twenty two, many from Rhode Island high schools, with most last year’s students returning and agricultural students rising. New superintendent J Weston Hutchins arrives planning demonstrations and cooperative work with the Board of Agriculture. A separate note promotes Devoe paint and a paint ad references cost savings and a painting example by N Avery of Delhi NY.
Bristol notes detail mail schedules at the post office, local visits and business updates, ship movements, athletic and civic events, religious observances, and town transactions. It mentions Miss Katherine A Hamill in St John, mackerel prices, the sloop Weetamoe and the Marvis schooner, church rallies, and property transfers.
Ex members of the Cadet company meet tonight at 7 30 to discuss reorganization. The first regular meeting of the womens auxiliary is Oct 8 at 3 pm. The 15th annual conference of Massachusetts and Rhode Island auxiliaries is Oct 6 to 8 in North Adams with special railroad rates. The association's annual meeting is Oct 5 at 8 pm to present reports and future plans. Tennis tournaments and boys classes start soon with open entries and schedule details.
Lincoln J Carter's melodrama comes to the Bristol Opera House next Thursday evening October 1 for one night. The play runs with a twenty year gap between acts and features a dramatic railway scene with a realistic engine approaching footlights. Lavey's Imperial orchestra of seven pieces provides the music and a variety of clever specialties give breaks from the plot.
The Bristol Train of Artillery met last evening as the battery squad drilled for the Old Guard fair exhibition in New York on Oct 9. About twenty five active members will attend, with around fifteen veterans. Col. A W Barrett coordinates the trip and the repair committee plans extensive armory work including a ladies room, new quarter master and non coms rooms. Barrett received an invitation to the Old Guards banquet for the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of London on Oct 7.
A meeting of the Bristol High School Alumni Association elected officers including President William L. Manchester and Vice President Miss Mary E. Spooner. Recording secretary was Miss Cora Hill and corresponding secretary Miss A. B. Manchester. Treasurer was Col Joseph B. Burgess. An executive committee to arrange a reunion was appointed: Seth Paull Jr, F. L. Waldron, Robert F. Munro, Miss Louise P. Chadwick, Miss John H. Gorham. The panel will report at a meeting on October 1 at 8 o'clock in the High School rooms.
In a brief marketplace interchange a seller with a four legged animal query is teased by a bidder of a different product. The buyer interrupts work to request specifics while noting a prior ad for Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets. The scene highlights brisk sales banter and humorous misunderstanding.
A large gray cat with a bushy tail and a lame fore foot is missing from Dr H M Howes place on Ferry Hill. A suitable reward is offered upon return.
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