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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1915
Page
2
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Mrs Clara A Whedon widow of Charles H Whedon died Tuesday at 5 AM at 93 High Street after a period of illness Brights disease caused death She was 70 born in town daughter of Elisha and Martha Franklin last of her immediate family Surviving relatives include James W Franklin former Council President and National India Rubber Company official his sister Mrs John H Usher Jr and Frank Goff Funeral held yesterday at 2 30 PM from her High Street home Rev George L Locke officiated with Wo mans Relief Corps ritual Bearers were James W Franklin Jean Usher Jr Frank Goff and rank FE Spencer Burial at North Cemetery
Comrade Henry T Cole died at the Soldiers Home in town yesterday at 3 30 am after long illness aged 78. He served three years in Civil War with Company D First Rhode Island Cavalry and was admitted from Providence on September 20 1897. He leaves a daughter Mrs Sanford of Providence. Funeral service will be held tomorrow at 11 am from Mortuary Chapel North Cemetery.
Dominic Palumbo two years old son of Bernardo Palumbo died Wednesday morning at his father's Bay View avenue home. The funeral was held yesterday at St Mary's Cemetery. Mr Palumbo's wife died a short time ago.
Twenty seven deaths were reported in Bristol during March amid church services on Good Friday. Local officials note changes at the Town Asylum with Walter R Wrightington leaving for Taunton and Philip Manchester taking duties. A fire alarm, minor chimney fire, and various social events including lodge meetings, Easter preparations, and a baseball team election filled the week.
Rebel Johnson former Brown University violinist and Bristol favorite will perform a violin recital and present the motion picture "From the Manger to the Cross" about Jesus of Nazareth. Johnson now works as a violin soloist in New York and teaches at the East Side Music Settlement.
The stream moves fastest at a depth one fifth of the way below the surface and its average speed equals the current two fifths of the depth above the bottom. This describes a velocity gradient with depth in a flowing stream.
A quip notes that only one in a thousand women can read a telegram with no emotion, akin to opening a can of corn. The remark links composure to female restraint and wit.
Fred Garvin left Saturday on a Fall River steamer to New York and then to Conshohocken Pennsylvania to start as a clerk in the Lee Rubber Tire Company. A farewell with red lights and bonfires marked the voyage at the ferry.
Evangelists R. H. Whitman and Rev. A. J. Myers conduct revival services at the Pentecostal church tonight at 7 30 and Sunday at 10 30 am 3 and 7 pm with out of town workers assisting. A cordial invitation is extended to all to attend.
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