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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1929

Page

4

Obituary of Edmund J Delehanty of Fall River Mass

Edmund J Delehanty died Friday at his home in Fall River following a brief illness. He was long associated with Mt Hope Park and maintained a summer residence near Mt Hope Bay. He leaves his wife Katherine O Neill Delehanty three daughters two sisters a brother and four sons. Funeral services were held at Holy Name Church.

Edmund J. Delehanty Fall River Mass Mt. Hope Park Mt Hope Bay Highland Avenue Holy Name Church Katherine O'Neill Delehanty Sarah Mariel Edna Ellen Dixon Watertown Patrick Sullivan Martin H Delehanty John Everett Elmer Haly Cross College Irving Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Funeral Services Held for Angus McVarish at Constitution Street

Funeral services for Angus McVarish were held yesterday afternoon at his home 121 Constitution Street with Rev James J Goodacre of the First Congregational Church officiating. Interment followed in North Cemetery. bearers included Dannl G Coggeshall George A Richardson Leonard P Sanford and Fred F Hodgdon. McVarish aged about 73, died Friday evening after a long illness. He was born in Paton Nova Scotia and is survived by his wife Mary McVarish. He previously worked as a heat builder at the Herreshott Miz Co plant and was injured in a fall at work some time ago.

Angus McVarish Constitution Street James J Goodacre First Congregational Church North Dannl G Coggeshall George A Richardson Leonard P Sanford Fred F Hodgdon North Cemetery MecVarish

Miss Emma M Munroe Dies After Illness at Home

Emma M Munroe aged about 70 died at her Franklin Street residence last evening around 8 o clock after a period of poor health following an operation months ago. She was born December 12 1855 in Bristol and attended public and private schools. She was greatly interested in p ils and was a member for many years.

Mass Janing Mas Munroe Dalladites Cate Sanford Benton Mars Tillinghast Munroe Franklin Street Severa Bristol

Bristol woman active in church groups to be laid to rest

A Bristol resident active in St. Michael's Church and the Bristol Choral Society and a member of the Bristol Chapter DAR will be buried Thursday. Her funeral from the late home will proceed to North Cemetery for interment.

St. Michael’s Church Bristol Choral Society Bristol Daughters of the American Revolution North Cemetery

Dr Mary Esther Harlan Dies in Providence

Dr Mary Esther Harlan widow of Dr Allison Wright Harlan former resident of this town died in Providence yesterday at about 63. She was born in Mystic Connecticut, daughter of Julius Clark and Mary Esther Gallup, graduate of Boston Dental College in 1893. She practiced dentistry on Boylston Street Boston from 1893 to 1901 and later lived in Mt Vernon No Yo. She leaves a brother Julius and sister Dr Jennie H Gallup. Funeral tomorrow with interment Kensico Cemetery Mt Vernon.

Mary Esther Harlan Allison Wright Harlan Providence Julius Clark Mary Esther (Harvey) Gallup Mystic Conn Boston Dental College Boylston Street Boston Mt Vernon No Yo Julius Jennie H Gallup Kensico Cemetery Mt Vernon Noy

Community Events Schedule From Local Clubs

Readable listings show varied events at Holmes House and Pepita Pastime Theatre with church and school group sponsorships. Includes card party on Thursday April 7, theatre performances by Columbus Players and Teachers Vacation group and multiple cabaret style shows and concerts through April.

Old Buddha Images Found Near Blouseng India

Ancient Buddha figures discovered near Blouseng in India are believed to be centuries old and of exceptional artistic quality. Authorities note the government will offer no reward for the finding of these artifacts.

Anegert Blouseng India

Daughters of Union Veterans visit Soldiers Home for Easter

Seventy five Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War visited the Soldiers Home Sunday afternoon. Commandant Mrs Susan M Sheple welcomed them as Easter eggs and gifts were distributed. Rev Lincoln Bean addressed the group with remarks by GAR leaders and Daughters of Union Veterans officers.

Veterans of Soldiers A. Lincoln Bean Barrington Soldiers Home Daughters of Union Veterans of the Susan M Sheple Soldiers Home Committee Woman's Relief Corps Ao Lincoln Bean Barrington Congregational Church William Dunham Charles A Lewis GAR Gertrude Houghtaing Daughters of Union Veterans Helen Place Susan Mo Sheple Henry LL Sweenes John J Coughran

Freckles Explain How Sun Affects Their Appearance

The text discusses freckles as seasonal and sun influenced. It notes freckles arise from increased local deposits of pigment granules in the epidermis and dermis, though the sun’s rays may not be the sole cause.

Crewed Ocean Highway Plan Fails in Fictional Narrative

Fragmentary OCR reads as a stylized account of a failed project to blast barriers and connect the Atlantic and Pacific via a mythic ocean highway. It mentions August Shott and Panmure nat with unclear terms and locations.

Panmure Atlantic Pacific

Lion of Lucerne Memorial Faces Revolution and Loyalty

In Lucerne a rockcarved Lion memorial honors the Swiss Guard who died protecting Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette during the 1789 Paris uprising. The statue shows a wounded lion with a shield bearing Bourbon fleurs de lis, beside a reflecting pool in a tribute to fidelity beyond borders.

Ue Tuileries Paris Detroit News Lucerne Switzerland Louis XVI Marie Antoinette Clit Louis

Cake as a Symbol at Life’s Milestones Through History

The article notes cake’s long held symbolic role from birth to death in big events. It cites Helen Buchler of the New York Herald Tribune Magazine and sketches historic Yorkshire obsequies with sweetened cakes and hot ale or wine, lemon peel indicating mortality, and biscuit favors wrapped in coffin and skull imagery sealed with black wax.

Helen Buchler New York Hercald Tribune Iden Times Yorkshire

Eurastometer Gauges Human Power In Horsepower

The eurastometer, a device using a bicycle transmission and geared cylinder, tests human strength in horsepower. A subject maintains a set rpm while a weight brake increases resistance until revolutions fall below a standard, with horsepower read from a scale.

Washington Star

Wood Used in Golf Clubs Through History

The article explains golf club construction with woods for drivers and brassies, irons for heads, and wooden shafts. It notes a shift from beech and beech-n heads to American white hickory and split hickory shafts, detailing wood types like ash and greenheart as older materials.

Simmon

Open Range Practices in Methena Ranching

Article notes open range methods dominate old fashion cattle operations in Methena. It highlights large grazing tracts, seasonal cattle movement onto forest lands, and the shift by some ranchers toward alternate pasture use during early spring months.

Methena National Forest

Curious Garlic Use Described In Agricultural Note

A historical agricultural note describes extracting garlic juice for a plant treatment. The process involves pressing tan omeeri616 and boiling the juice at a low temperature, then repeated pressing and boiling to yield a final extract for use on crops.

Vosthorp Aablestve Perten Latinas Tnt

Fourth Estate Origins as Army Reference Across History

An explainer notes Carlyle credits Edmund Burke with coining the phrase Fourth Estate but editor Frank Vizetelly argues it predates him, tracing it to Lord Falkland in Tudor times. It describes a 17th century episode where officers sought civilian control, framing the army as a fourth estate alongside church and state.

Carlyle Edmund Burke Frank A. Vizetelly Lord Falkland Richard England Lords and Commons Detroit News

Moments of uncalled-for anxiety in Balfour golf tale

The Boston Globe recounts a story about Earl Balfour when he was prime minister. He faced Sunday golf hosting tension as spectators appeared and asked who the mysterious clock-suited man was, noting he could not play golf.

Earl Balfour Boston Globe

Old St George the Martyr Church in London Narrative

The parish church of St George the Martyr in London draws visitors for its Dickens connection. Historically the bell tolled for fires and alarms, and crypt burials linked malefactors from King's Bench prison. Richard Banks allegedly revived after a 1610 supposed death before a second execution. The current church dates to 1734 on the original site's footprint.

St George the Martyr London Charles Dickens King's Bench Prison St. George’s Crypt Richard Banks St George’s

Lawyer Confounded by Witness Name on Stand

In a courtroom a lawyer failed to catch a witness name after multiple asks. The witness spelled it aloud as O dou ble t i double you e double o double d, provoking laughter. The lawyer then took the witness aside and learned the name was Ott iwell Woodd.

Ottiwell Woodd

The Smile You See Is Not What It Seems

A Tystyette Journal item describes a girl who cultivates a constant bright smile as her facade. It notes her face stays fixed in cheerfulness all day, while hinting that a loss of that sunlit grin could cause her expression to crack.

Tstyette Journal Courter

Gates at White House removed from public access

The Office of Public Buildings and Grounds states that gates on Pennsylvania Avenue at Jackson Place were installed during Grant's administration between 1870 and 1874 to close a public thoroughfare on land originally the White House grounds. The gates were removed as they had served their purpose and obstructed traffic.

Office of Public Buildings and Grounds White House Pennsylvania Avenue Jackson Place State, War and Navy Grants Administration White Hose Trafic

Dying Partner Reveals robbery and betrayal

A man by his dying business partner's bed recounts a confession of a £50,000 robbery ten years earlier. The partner had sold the invention blueprints and stolen letters used in a divorce case, but the dying man reveals he had poisoned the partner.

Ietole

The Kiss in History and Legends Across Ages

A compact survey notes how kisses influenced ancient wars and royal intrigues with Cleopatra and Antony, cites customs of Athens and biblical scenes. It mentions modern anti kissing movements, Soviet health bans, and mistletoe sales, ending with biblical imagery of Jacob and Rachel at the well.

Athens Antony Cleopatra Russia Soviet Commissioner of Health Jacob Rachel

Enormous 5000-year-old Greenland whale found in Sweden

Workmen digging a ditch near the coast at Kistinge close to Halmstad uncover a massive Greenland whale skeleton. A thirteen foot long jaw bone was dug up and initially thought part of a ship hull. Archeologists date the whale to the end of the Ice Age around 5000 years ago.

Greenland Kistinge Halmstad Sweden Kansas City Star

The Car Is First Many an old shoe now is half-goled

A brief item notes a car in need of new tires referenced by a playful line about an old shoe. The Cincinnati Enquirer caption hints at wear and replacement of worn parts.

Cincinnati Enquirer

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Angus McVarnish Emma M. Munroe Holmes House St Michaels Brotherhood Pepita Pastime Theatre Altar Secuty of Our Lady of Cornes Vesocation Oor Colt High Sobol Apouite Fiesda Seven Keys Columbus Borett Kearnes Cya Pinel Grurter Buddha Rasaage Spea Union Veterans Cientists Socony New England Standard Oil Company OF WEAF Associated Radio SOC Moto Yam Socony Touring Service Broadway New York City Road Informatic Balfour Old London White House Gates Freeborn R. Cole Edward F. Kearns Constitution St Pearl St Hope Street Browning-King, Tailors Lanzire’s Express Frank Lanzire G. M. Wilbur Lad Bristol District Nursing Association Robert J. McKay G. W. Simmons William Street E. W. Weaver High Street Augustus P. Duffy W. W. Franklin & Co Wood Street Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co Eo Watson Co, Inc Weybosset Street William A. Doran Bay View Ave Charles M. Connery Undertaker Burton Se
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