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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1926
Page
2
Editorial urges a rise of local leadership to curb rising state and municipal taxes. It blames graft and easy spending, warns of heavy burdens on taxpayers, and argues for tighter national economy and reduced public outlays before further measures drain finances.
Washington dispatches report the House passed a bill authorizing Rhode Island to construct a bridge linking the town and Portsmouth and sent the act to the Senate for consideration.
An advertisement states a wife fears eating due to stomach trouble but after taking Adlerika she can eat. It claims the product removes gas and old waste from intestines, alleviates a full bloated feeling, and provides relief from obstinate constipation. Hope Drug Co advertises.
The Ladies Aid Society of State Street Methodist met at Mrs. Remieres home. Hope Circle hosted a chicken salad supper and sale at the G A R Hall. Anna Rich of Brooklyn visits her parents on DeWolf Avenue. Rev Charles W Martin will attend the Southern New England Conference in Connecticut. Nellie L Donahue teaches at Byfield school and vacations in Manchester. The Woman’s Home Missionary Society plans a Thursday 3 pm meeting at Mrs Blatsdell’s home. Peter Collins of Boston, Knights of Columbus, to speak on What We Need in America Today at the Roopf¢ Home on State Street. Local correspondent DeWitt Bolster recovering from influenza. James Ro Purcella returns home from Easter visit to New Haven. Weemans Propane Missionary Secrets prepares a shipment barrel at Mrs Hobbs’ High Street. Bristol County clergy to meet. supper served at 6 and lecture to follow. Plewellyn Conklin reports a stolen touring car on High Street. later recovered near Bay View Avenue. Prof H Vo Marsh lectures on orchard care at Denhance fire station under extension service. Mite Society of First Baptist meets at Mrs Henry Buffum’s home. Miss Margaret Kallion visits from Philadelphia. Mrs Edward Crown of Cambridge spoke on Experiences in China at St Michael’s Holmes House. Members of Ladies Benevolent Societies of St Mark’s Warren and Trinity Church attend the Warren gathering.
Public notice outlines advertising submission times for Monday or Thursday and states price changes cannot take effect until Thursday afternoon. The notice governs all advertisements and emphasizes timing for accepted postings.
Mrs Alex Gensler of 29 Summer Street reports their son Alexander Iett yesterday joined the Taent Commander Richard Bord Ardu Expedition from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The party will sail on the steamship Chanter to Kings Bay Spitzbergen with a possible reshuffle to a southerly base if needed, then by air from Kings Bay toward the pole via Tromso Norway. Backers include John D. Rockefeller Jr Vincent Astor Thomas F. Ryan and Ford.
Battery B 243rd CAC Ring held a successful Easter Monday Ball last evening in the State Armory at Church street foot. Music by Billy Chitf s Band accompanied a well decorated drill shed with balloons and streamers adding to the festive scene.
The condemned Chapman was hanged at Aetherafeld Prison in the early hours after Governor Trumbull denied further reprieve. Gerald Pman, a convicted robber and murderer, faced the death sentence despite last minute appeals from state and federal courts. Rev. Michael B. Barry claimed the body for burial in Hartford County.
In Providence at Homeopathic Hospital on April 2 a son John Russell to Mr and Mrs Russell S Kenney and grandson to Mr and Mrs Willard S Kenney of Providence. In this town on April 4 a son to Mr and Mrs Anthony Thomas.
Sudden deaths and funeral notices list multiple individuals with ages and family relations. Entries include Manuel Barbosa deFreitas four years old, John deFreitas 47, Nathaniel Greene Herreshoff Jr. 38, Dor othy McGovern infant, Patrick McGovern 68, Ida Leffrers Perry wife of Wal ham S Perry, and Gil McKesson of New York. Services are announced for early April in Bristol, Providence, and New York City locations.
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