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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1919
Page
3
Soldier Joe P writes home about WWI experiences near Flirey Essey and Schesprey, Siegfried line duties, and a calm Armistice morning. He details marching through Alsace Lorraine, Luxemburg, Trier and Koblenz, meeting welcoming locals, and ending at Brohl before awaiting orders to return home. He notes teaching banking in an Army school to stay sharp and avoid drills.
In Fifth District Court Judge F A Hammill continued nisi the cases of Richard W Jennings State Treasurer versus Benjamin Brothers and Charles A Walsh and Edward L Leahy receivers of Morris Brothers versus Luigi Malafronte. A Juvenile Court session followed with seven boys charged with truancy placed under truant officer Philip Brady. The officer will organize a round-up to compel parental school attendance.
The Rhode Island State Board of Public Roads invites sealed proposals to furnish and apply 485000 gallons of asphaltic oil or refined tar to macadam sections. Bids due by noon April 16 1919 at the State House Providence. Separate divisions allow multiple bids with $200 certified check. contracts on forms provided.
Bristol lyceum ticket holders await Mark Sullivan's Thursday evening talk in the Colt High School Auditorium. Sullivan, famed Washington correspondent and Collier's Weekly editor, has long tracked national politics and will share insights from a decade monitoring the nation’s political life.
A roundup announces William S. Hart stars in Breed of Men about land swindles in Arizona with a sheriff motif filmed partly in Chicago. Also Betty Compson, George Larkin in The Terror of the Range and a Mack Sennett comedy. Dorothy Dalton stars in The Kaiser's Shadow with Houdini in The Master Mystery. Fatty Arbuckle features in A Reckless Romeo, with Tom Mix in Fame and Fortune plus a sheriff driven town plot.
Journalists and educators invited to England and France for a special wartime study report the Peace Conference and will interpret the event from the platform in Bristol on Thursday evening. Mr Sullivan promises to impart more knowledge than listeners possess on current events. seats remain at W M Connery's store for 75 cents each including tax.
Andrew S. Rounds aged 74 died at 7.15 AM at the home of son Hiram A. Rounds 996 Hopestreet after a two week illness from influenza and pneumonia. He was born July 13 1844 in Warren son of Spencer and Margaret Rounds. A carpenter and contractor for 30 years he held posts in Rhodesland and Crown Commanderies and served as deacon and Sunday school superintendent. Survived by son Hiram two grandchildren a brother Spencer and sister Mrs Thomas Brown. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 PM from 996 Hopestreet with interment at North Cemetery.
Frank Roccio died this morning at 1 30 o clock at the home of John Sylvia 116 Bay View avenue after a long illness with a complication of diseases He was 73 years old and had lived in this country 19 years He worked on the Wardwell farm Metacom avenue and belonged to two Portuguese societies He is survived by two brothers and two sisters in Portugal The funeral will be Thursday at 9 am at St Elizabeths Church with burial in St Marys Cemetery
Arrangements are underway for the annual Colt Memorial High School publication The Green and White. Meetings last week elected officers: Miss Charlotte A. Young faculty adviser. George Cooke editor in chief. Joseph Kelley associate editor. Miss Margaret Murphy exchange and note editor. Abner Bailey athletic editor. James L. Ice business manager. James Sullivan assistant business manager. Miss Gwendolen Hodedon literary editor. Miss Anna Coggeshall Miss Olive Coggeshall Miss Virginia August circula tion editors. George Stuart circulation manager. Fred Palmer assistant circulation manager. John Walsh rumm editor. Miss Annie Coggeshall.
On Thursday evening April 10 the Bristol Mothers' Club hosts an entertainment in Colt Memorial High School auditorium. The program features living pictures from famous paintings and patriotic posters, plus vocal and instrumental selections by local musicians. Tickets are from the committee, members, or Miss Hamill's store.
The report lists a break in at Geor H McClure on Bradford street where a suit and two overcoats were stolen between 1 and 3 pm last Friday. A neighbor saw a man leaving with clothing and police say no further clues exist. Additional break ins included Hiram Burlingham on Metacom avenue and Mary Mederios on Thames street with a wine house intruder seen lighting matches.
Billie Burke stars in Eve's Daughter at Pastime with support from Thomas Meighan. The Alicia Ramsay play follows Irene Simpson Bates a willful heiress who resists her restrictive father. On his death she inherits and squanders it in a single spree while the lawyer who loves her saves her from elopement.
Adjutant General Charles W. Abbott accompanied by Col Alvin A Barker inspected the 13th company at the Armory on Friday evening. The sanitary unit led by Lieut Alfred M Merriman was found in satisfactory condition. Drills under Capt Stephen W Bourn covered close and extended orders guard mount and guard duty. Abbott called the work splendid and very pleasing.
Tomorrow evening the second in the series of Lenten services with congregational singing will be held. The congregation is urged to attend in large numbers bringing hymnals with music if possible. Thursday afternoon at 4 30 there will be the Lenten service of evening prayer with brief address.
A Bristol resident from 10 Bourne Street endorses Deans Kidney Pills for backache and related kidney ailments. He recounts sustained relief after three years of use, noting prompt action during attacks and reliable daily dosage from Buffington's Pharmacy with a 60 cent price. Foster Milburn Co. promotes the product in Buffalo New York.
A review mentions Roscoe Arbuckle in A Reckless Romeo with a lifted chin and birdlike head toss that charmed crowds. Pauline Frederick stars in A Daughter of the Old South, slated to screen next Saturday.
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