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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1939
Page
3
A readable catalog of groceries and personal care items with prices including Najol Pie syrup of figs, California syrup, Drene Shampoos, Italian Balm, Mum, Noxema Cream, Johnson's Baby Cream and Powder, Hind's Almond Cream, Frostilla, Gold Bond Powder, Rem products, Ironized Yeast, Dean's Kidney Pills, and Espotabs with varied cent pricing.
The Bristol Gazette lineage includes George Howe naming the Bristol Phoenix after the mythic bird. The Bristol Phoenix began in 1833-34 under Bennett J. Munro with Bayley as printer, later led by C A Greene. The Eagle and Phoenix histories feature editor Jacob Dearth, Captain Golden Dearth, and local figures as the paper evolved through Bristol’s early press era.
Providence prepares for the Leo Rodak vs Joey Archibald 15 round featherweight title bout at the Rhode Island Auditorium on April 18. Nate Lewis, famed as boxing’s most storied manager, has guided champions across generations and now promotes Archibald as a potential world champion in a career spanning 35 years.
The program lists ice spectaculars The Ice Follies with stars including Joan Crawford James Stewart Lew Ayres and Lewis Stone plus a Mother Goose Parade in technicolor. Also screening Blondie with Penny Singleton Arthur Lake and Gene Lockhart and Homicide Bureau with Rita Hayworth Bruce Cabot. Four Daughters stars Priscilla Lane Jeffrey Lynn headline Yes My Darling Daughter with a cast including Roland Young Fay Bainter May Robson Genevieve Tobin and Ian Hunter.
Bristol pupils begin a ten day Easter break today and will return on April 17. St Marys Parochial School closes Tuesday and reopens April 12 with about 225 students. The public school committee meeting scheduled for Monday night is postponed to April 18.
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