Persevering Bristol Arts and old newspaper quirks
A Bristol Phoenix letter critiques misprints and praises the Bristol Artillery, recalls long-ago ship news, and celebrates the aging newspaper’s role in chronicling local history and events from Victoria to the Mexican War. It notes the pride of the Bristol Train of Artillery and muses on aging media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
England
Martin van Buren
United States
Long Island Sound
Harrison
Tyler
Polk
Alto
Cherubusco
Phoenix
Corinthian
Tahiti
Roger Witham
Honolulu
Gov
Fenner
Cape St Lucas
New Orleans
London
Morro Castle
Havana
Perry Winckle
High School Honors Honor Roll List For Last Term
Colt Memorial High School releases the honor list for term ending March 25. Students across classes of 1936 1937 and 1938 achieve 85 to 90 percent averages with numerous names highlighted for academic distinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colt Memorial High School
Civil Service Exams Open For Electrician At Newport Station
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for electrician and electrician cable splicer at the US Naval Torpedo Station Newport Rhode Island. Applicants must have four years apprenticeship or equivalent experience plus two years as cable splicer and demonstrate overhead and underground cable work. Age limits 20 to 47, with military preference. Applications due by April 10 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
US Naval Torpedo Station
Newport
Rhode Island
Electrican
Sdpreinsesti Electrican
Spheers Thes
Secretary Board of Civil Service Examiners
Pawtucket
Providence
Westerl
Woonsocket
Attleboro
Fall River
New Bedford
Taunton
Massachusetts
First Civil Service District
US Post Office
Boston
Drives for currency inflation and farm debts rise
The article argues that inflation benefits farmers in the short term by higher prices and lower per unit costs, but debts mount as inflation persists. It notes farms delay investment and labor input, leading to expanding debts and eventual distress as prices continue to climb and more borrowing occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Spahr
National Committee On Monetary Policy
National Advisory Council
American Liberty League
Inflation and Debt Loom in Postwar Economic Woes
The text warns that after 1920 inflation will end in price collapse and widespread distress. It argues that wartime credit inflation caused farmer hardships and misalignments, predicting liquidation, falling prices, and renewed suffering as currency functions recede.
Illinois Politicians Push WPA Jobs in St Louis Park Project
St Louis reports allege WPA allocations of 131 514 million used to hire political payrollers on a park project led by Emmett Gruthn. Gauffin and three others from the park district receive elevated wages, raising concerns over political influence in WPA staffing. WPA administrator Fred G Austin says rules barred political recommendations but enforcement was lax as a concession to political groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
St Louis Post-Dispatch
Works Progress Administration
Freast St. Louis
Emmett Gruthn
New Dent
St Louis
Gauffin
WIA
Park District
Fred G Austin
The
Post-Dispatch
Austin
Congress
Seeing Double in 1928 and 1936 Joe Robinson Quips
The piece notes Senator Joe Robinson praising a leading figure in Wichita during the 1928 Hoover Smith campaign and later quipping in a 1936 radio speech about Al Smith having two versions. It suggests the possibility of two Al Smiths and two Joe Robinsons in political discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Robinson
Wichita
Kan
Uncle Joe
Smith
Joe
al Smiths
Joe Robinsons
Taxpayer’s Luck and the New Deal Slot Machine
A taxpayer claims he put S60 into a New Deal slot machine over three years and received only a Roosevelt 1932 platform and a fortune card. The card reads Your government is approaching a balanced budget.
Bristol High Realty Transfers Include Numerous Lots and Buildings
A sequence of land transfers lists buyers and sellers across Bristol and nearby towns. Names include Amelia Costa Ferreira guardianship to John Andrade, Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company to Francois L. deWolf, and Langdon to Norman Herreshoff, detailing lots with buildings on Hope, Bradford, Reid, and Franklin streets and other parcels with improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bie
Sisi Caine
Cwere
John W. Chugh
Alicia
Hopton Middleton
Stne Blackstone
Gana National Bank
John G. Paliler
Hope Street
Alexina Martelly
Henry Martelly
John A. Ruggieri
Mary Ruggieri
Bradford Street
Alphonse Riccio
Bethina Riccio
Beachmont Manor
Duncan Langdon
Lois S. B Langdon
Providence
Norman Herreshoff
Bristol
Ferry Road
Rose Costa Ferreira
Edward Costa Ferreira
Esther Costa Ferreira
Mary Costa Ferreira
John Andrade
Reid and
Franklin Streets
Maria Ferreira Costa
Et Als
Tilhan
Greene
Harold F Greene
Summer Street
Francesca Capon le Vecchio
Bay View Heights Property Transfer Noted
Fannie P Nussenfeld transfers seven lots with all buildings and improvements at Bay View Heights to Mariano C Medeiros and others. The deed references multiple parcel details and a formal conveyance to the named recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay View Heights
Fannie P Nussenfeld
Mariano C
Medeiros
Beechnuts Crown Y Basketball Champs in Tight Final
The Beechnuts defeated the Peanuts 39 to 34 to win the Y Nut League title at the Y gym on Wednesday night. Beechnuts led 19 18 at halftime with Mirranda and Carraturo prominent for the victors while Securo and Travers starred for the Peanuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peanuts
Beechnuts
Mirranda
Cak’ Carraturo
Pip” Securo
John Travers
J Brown
Margot
Carraturo
del Piana
Arruda Ie
Agutar I
Silvia
Travers
Pax, Marshall
E Rishe
T McGrath
School Honor Roll and Grade Seven to Eight Attendance
A long list shows attendance honor roll for grades seven and eight with names like Alice Alves, Lois Brownell, Cosmo Castigliego, Edna Atkinson, Mary Paiva, Julia Puya, and many others. The piece also notes the fall term roll call and the boys and girls who have earned honors this year. The article includes reader questions about literature and history with answers promised next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TSE
Fen Ely
Pasquale Codola
Gelo Massa
John Partington
John Stone
Wilhelmina
Victoria
Aditi Leahy
Jane M¢cKenna
Mary Rego
Mary” Saritulli
Loretta” Byrnes
Doris Martelly
Alexander Goulart
Irene Gabral
Edna Atkinson
Mary Bilbano
Emilia Buccio
Edith Charette
Mabel Belanger
Anna Cavallaro
Mary Paiva
Antonetta Palma
Nicholas Mancieri
Angelina Alfano
Minnie Perry
Mary C. DuPont
Mildred Littlefield
Jean Malafronte
Julia Puya
Eleanor Soldano
Lydia Viera
Lydia Garista
Shirley Heibecker
Rose Securo
Marian Sicignano
Clara George
Annie Iasillo
Hilario Moniz
William Anderton
Natale Candelmo
Andrew del Toro
John Roderick
Gabriele Saviano
Mary Aiello
Mary Medeiros
Drusalina Orefice
Antonio Asciola
Antonio Cabral
Maria DiGeorgio
Margaret McCann
Alice Alves
Nancy Bosworth
Lois Brownell
Bella Silvia
Elaine Smith
Vincent Vaccaro
Louise Correia
Angelina Terra
Dolphin Martin
Mary Burns
Phoebe Goulart
Clara Harmon
Alexander Anderton
Attilio Topazio
Leonard Marino
Mary Santos
Rose Duigati
Richard Bisbano
Anna Chirico
Theresa Mello
Mary Pinello
Louise Ruggiero
Arthur Cabral
William Pinch
Irene Cordeiro
Albertina Silva
Clara del Toro
Anna Santull
Dominic Coppolina
Michael Ruggiero
Daniel Vargas
Samyg] Turillo
Alice Texeiria
Rose Bot
John Quintal
Joseph Costa
William Sylvia
Carmela Palma
Arthur Vanasse
Frank Catallano
Rose Chiri60
Josephine Guisto
Alfred’ Rego
Gabriel Costa
Dante Pansa
Alphone Proto
Angelo D’errica
Nicholas Scavallti
Joseph Quintal
Marion Chionchio
Lena Ruggeiri
Two Features and Stars Highlight PASTIME Lineup
The week opens with Warner Bros comedy Mass Pacific Fleet starring Joan Blondell Glenda Farrell Hugh Herbert Allen Jenkins Warren Hull Eddie Acuff and Marie Wilson. Also featured is an Exclusive Story with Franchot Tone Madge Evans Steuart Erwin Joseph Calleia about a policy racket and Paul Muni in The Story of Louis Pasteur with Josephine Hutchinson Anita Louise Donald Woods Fritz Leiber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Glenda
Allen
Hugh
Uncle Sam
Warner Bros
Joan Blondell
Glenda Farrell
Hugh Herbert Allen Jenkins
Warren Hull
Eddie Acuff
Marie Wilson
Underworld
Franchot Tone
Madge Evans
Steuart Erwin
Joseph Calleia
Paul Muni
Louis Pasteur
Josephine Hutchinson
Anita Louise
Donald Woods
Fritz Leiber
Also Mentioned on This Page
Esha Ay
Hyer
Perry Winkle
Bristol Phoenix
Bristol Grenadiers
St. Michael's Church
Caesar Walker
Kate
Katilléry
France
Germany
Bristol Artillery
Hilda Jamies
Esther Perkins
Alan Hibbert
Robert Tourig
Mary Castro Rose Parmisano
Fred Lopes
Marjorie Magee
Ruth Ruggier
Ida Sousa
Irene Sylvia
Ruth Tattrt
Sally Church
Isabel Bento
James Conley
Irene Gallo
Herman Kemph
Virginia Mariano Elmina Marino Irving Murray
Ruth Sanford
Charles Scott
Mary Velleca
Dora Berwick
Emma Bonvicia
Marguerite Bottomley
Dorothy Bruno
Catherine Candelmo
Martha DiMezza
Arlene Fiske
Betty Hambrick
Louise Lasello
Eunice Marshman
Edward Mighori
Carolyn Miranda
Edith Morra
Madeline Neiderer
Joseph Pine
Helen Pinhero
Olympia Proto
Rose Tufarola
Peter Alfano
William Angevine
Josephine Bruno
Frances Capone
Fred Fiske
Eldora’ Gablinske
Helen Raposa
Phoebe Teixiera
Henry Trudell
Elsie Weaver
Joseph Borges
Jucy Cassano
Jeanette Charette
Marguerite de Rocha
Frances Dolan
Arnold Irver
Leah Eisenstadt
Carmellina Formisano
Elsie Gilroy
Ruth Hazeldine
Rhoda Hobson
Anthony Lasello
Arthur Manchester
Theresa Marino
Janette McCaw
Robert McGann
Robert Newbold
Andres Newman
Arthur Nunes
Antoinette Rucci
Shirley Smith
Michael Turillo
Henry Brelsford
Ious Codoja
Bridget D’errico
Ida DiCianni
Mary Ferreira
Bernard Grabert
Victoria Mansi
Dorothy ‘Morris
Barbara Newman
Israel Ostofsky
William Owen
Attilio Pansa
Catherine Puya
Louis Romano
Mary 4 Silva
Vincent Tortora
Christine Hyoung
United States Civil Service Examinations
Illinois
Falowine
Bok
Spenihsy
Vany
le Aes Cher
California
Nellie
Connecticut
West
Nellie MacKnight
Ann Leahy
Bronte Sisters
Japan
Lidbergh
New York
Paris
Peary
North Pole
Barkis
Robin Hood
Gordon R. Brown
High Street
Telephone Conn
Federal Housing
Federal Building
Frank M. Dimond
Church Street
R. I
Webb Oil Co., Inc
E. A. Skinner
Hope St
HOTEL
Marlton
West 8Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Washington Square
W. Batfielif
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