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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1926
Page
4
A dated reflection notes that a person should not abandon a certain outcome for an uncertain one. It emphasizes prudent caution and the value of reliability in decision making.
Local scout program features daily patrol hikes test passes and many scouts expected to appear before Boards of Awards for second and first class badges next week. Troops plan meetings tonight and tomorrow morning with patrols arranging vacation plans and a Court of Honor to review merit badges Monday at 7:30.
Judge Frank H Hammill presided at the Fifth District Court yesterday. Agent James H Smith of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals charged Joseph Sousa with cruelty to a dog. Sousa pleaded not guilty and the case was continued one week with a $200 bond. Smith also charged Manuel Borges with cruelty to a dog. case continued to June 10. Almeida & Correa vs Manuel Morris on a book account was unanswered and continued one week. Reed House Furnishing Co. vs Raffaele Crocula on a book account continued three months.
April events include Peter Collins of Boston speaking on What We Need in America Today on Tuesday evening April 13. A YMCA supper and Harvard chat take place Thursday April 15. Friday April 16 features a Charleston Steppers contest at Grand Army Hall. A musical entertainment is planned Tuesday April 20 at First Baptist Church vestry.
A scanned index lists florists, shoe stores, druggists, tobacco sellers, photo studios, and various service businesses. It includes addresses on Hope Street State Street Wood Street and Thames Street with phone numbers and notes on offerings from flowers to tailoring and radio sets. The piece reflects a bustling early 20th century commerce scene with multiple small firms and advertisements.
An OCR fragment lists several Franklin Street enterprises including Altomobile Repairing at Franklin Street with Simmons Heauregard owners offering auto services and batteries. Also mentioned are Witherfell Poward Contractors and Builders on Woodlawn Ave, and druggists Buffingtons Pharmacy on Hope Street.
Frederick Middleton proprietor advertises taxi service at Franklin Street Garage with after hours number 59-R. Seven passenger Buick available for all occasions. Also trucking and delivery services from Tru dell John C at 14 Second St with hay wood and coke and land for building purposes.
Richard Stockton of New Jersey, signer of the Declaration, was imprisoned by loyalists during the Revolution and later exchanged. His library was burned, Morven estate ruined, and fortunes diminished. Stockton became a judge and Continental Congress member, signing the Declaration in 1776.
Fire of unknown origin, likely from an overheated stove, destroyed the residence of Frank Alost at 223 Wood Street Sunday night. Firemen arrived at 10:45 p.m. but could not save the property as flames spread. Alost, his wife, and four children were away when the alarm sounded. Neighbors attempted entry but were driven back by smoke. Loss includes furniture and cobbler tools, with damage estimated at 3000 dollars and 15 covered by insurance.
A miscellaneous shower was given by Miss Tena Braz at Columbia Hall on Wood Street for Miss Mary Fernandes who will marry Anthons Nunes in May. Nearly ninety young women from Providence, Warren, and this town attended as rose petals drifted in and gifts of cut glass, china, and silver were presented. The Reposa Orchestra provided music and Miss Rose Santos led a Charleston exhibition with vocal solos by Miss Dela Reposa and Miss Lydia Leite. Refreshments were served.
The text traces standard units from ancient times noting the Egyptian five symbol and Apis, the role of 12 as a base in the dozen, and the Babylonian sexagesimal system with 60 as a base. It explains why 60 remains key in time divisions of 60 minutes and 60 seconds.
In Western Australia desert areas contain water holes carved in solid rock often carafe shaped with a narrow neck and large cavity. A special dry by day night well fills with water at night when a rock plate expands and contracts creating an air and water filled trench system. The study notes a horizontal pit and a gneiss layer that splits the trench from the main rock mass.
The Bristol District Nursing Association lists totals for care activities in the month including 33 furnished convalescent care cases 189 general visits 1605 home visits 4 prenatal visits 2 and 48 babies attended by clinics. Metropolitan cases show 29 visits 5 clinics. OB clinics report 1 patient examined and 457 babies visited by State Child Welfare.
The Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine awarded Jefferson Davis a Doctor of Laws in 1858. The is noted as one of the college's highest honors alongside William Pitt Fessenden. The piece questions whether the honor reflected politics or Davis' national service and position.
The United States Golf Association notes the earliest authentic record of a U S golf club appears in the Georgia Gazette on September 22 1796 for the Savannah Golf Club in Savannah Georgia. The club celebrated its anniversary at Merchants and Planters coffee house with golf played by a regularly organized club before 1796 continuing about thirty years, then a hiatus around 1850. A bronze tablet in the current clubhouse proclaims Savannah as the birthplace of golf in America.
In 1919 South London fox terrier Bobs attacked a police officer after being pulled from a dog fight. Clerkenwell magistrate sentenced him to death as a ferocious animal but the National Canine Animal Defense League hired famed barrister Sir Henry Curtis Bennett. Petitions gathered 20,000 signatures for clemency, and the conviction was set aside with Bobs released.
Plumbing repairs that promise good as new results with rapid safe work. Satisfying service and fair prices described as rapid and dependable.
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