A regular feature looking back at what was being printed more than 100 years ago in the Bristol Daily Courier. This week’s entry comes from the February 12, 1920 edition of the newspaper.
Restaurant Man Has Difficulties
The proprietor of a Mill Street cafe had a rather difficult time endeavoring to get out of town yesterday.
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Not only did the elements hinder his leaving this vicinity, but the arm of the law reached him and he was halted at Cornwells enroute to Philadelphia by the attachment of a Bristol mechanic who had is constable halt the transit of the restaurant man’s goods before he had made settlement for work which the mechanic had done.
Mr. Fry, proprietor of the Fry Oyster Saloon, 406 Mill Street, yesterday loaded into a big motor van all of his possessions and prepared to vacate the cafe which he purchased from Edgar A. Jeffries about a year ago. l
He succeeded in getting the truck outside of the borough limits and was on the road to Philadelphia when Constable Bromley caught up with him at Cornwells and attached the contents of the truck.
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Back to Bristol came the truck and the furniture and Mr. Fry. He remained here until after certain bills, which, it is alleged, Mr. Fry owed to John Smoyer, the plumber, were paid.
Then Fry proceeded with his truck, but this time in a different direction, taking Trenton as his point of destination.
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As the truck proceeded up Radcliffe Street, the steering gear broke in front of the Bristol Trust Company. This was repaired and when Walnut Street was reached an axle broke. The truck remained there overnight and today.
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