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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1920
Page
2
The New Haven Palladium quoted a Jefferson County New York letter describing severe distress in 1842. Farmers faced low produce value while costs rose with pork at 2.50 per hundredweight and oats at 14 cents per bushel. Credit and barter dominated, merchants warned freight advances without cash, and local prices showed broad hardship.
The daylight saving measure shifting operation from last Sunday in April to last Sunday in October passed the House on Wednesday by a large margin and moves to the Senate. A Bristol Bay bridge study under a favorable Senate committee recommendation was slated for a finance panel review and calendar placement. The House also approved concurrent resolution allowing Bristol Armory use by the Dorie Club of St Alban’s and the Masons Lodge.
In Attleboro Massachusetts John Arnold Pardey and Vera Ballou Whitney wed by Rev Charles H Pennoyer. Later Thomas Smith Jr and Freda May Straight also married in Attleboro by Rev Francis Fullum.
Obituaries in Barrington and Dixon list Antone Borge age 30 of Dixon Riverside died in April James Dixon formerly of the town aged 65 Seymour in Barrington April Juliette TL wife of Manuel Fo Seymour dies in her 72nd year in April
An advertisement argues catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. It claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine uses blood acting tonics and purifiers, developed by a leading physician, with testimonials available and nationwide drugstore distribution at 75 cents.
A Bristol area column lists shoe store ads from New York Store and L Levy's, local visits by Thomas Burke and Rebecca Dixon, a dog show judge from Providence, a naval armory fundraiser, and plans for green stamps. It also notes James Dixon’s death in Riverside and railroad expansion plans by the New Haven Railroad with 40 freight locomotives to meet July August delivery.
Mrs Harriet Petty widow of Jon KF Petty is seriously ill at 93 Cook Street. The School Committee meeting is set for next Monday evening. J A Janson on State Street buys the south block and V C Greene moves near Bradsford Street. William Connery suffered a nosebleed, was moved to Rhode Island Hospital for a blood transfusion from his daughter Helen Euphrasia, and is reported to be improving afterward.
April 9 a grand ball at the Naval Armory honors Soldiers and Sailors of Excelsior Club. April 12 and 13 minstrelsy at Pas Time Theatre under King Philip Lodge. April 13 a Providence Musical Club dance at G A R Hall. April 15 the First Grand Firemen’s Ball at the Naval Armory by King Philip Fire Company. April 16 a Colt Memorial High School dance by the Class of 1920.
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