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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1920
Page
1
The performance by the Black Face Minstrels at King Philip Lodge No 11357 featured Gladys Mott and Master Robert Allen with Frank Cardozza and James Munro among performers. A large audience saw dialect songs, cornet solos, and dances, with the show repeated tonight.
The committee approved substitute teachers at 3.00 per day, halting progress on the new Elizabeth Wardwell Gulleral School, and discussed athletic funding limits. A letter from Perry Homestead owners was read, janitor salaries delayed for next meeting, and bids for coal requested. Bills totaling 9777.05 were approved for payment.
An alarm for the 23d District sent firemen to a rear shed on Bradford Street near Wood Street. The 10 by 20 foot shed stored miscellaneous articles and sparked nearby fires that were contained. Loss estimated at about 250 dollars. Firemen also battled grass fires near Juniper Hill Cemetery and on Ezra Mason's farm on Metacom Avenue. The shed owner is Morris Brothers. The cause remains unknown.
Arthur Cote reports a pocketbook with over 400 dollars missing after shopping near State street. He boarded the 11:20 electric train to Warren and later realized the loss in the Parker Mill district. A woman named Ruggerio also reports a pocketbook with 100 dollars lost last week.
Around 1 a.m. Sunday Maj. Gerald T. Hanley reported burglars at Villa Sérra just over the town line after a dog alerted. Intruders fled. no loot was taken. Earlier Saturday a man entered James Swan’s home near High and Union but departed empty handed. A store on Wilson's Lane also reported an attempted break in before dawn with the intruder frightened away.
Two parents appeared before Judge FH Hammill in the Fifth District Court for failing to send children to school. Francesco Puya and Pascale AicllD faced charges of neglect for their children ages nine and thirteen. Both pleaded not guilty and the cases were continued for one week. Bail was set at 100 dollars each.
The Excelsior Tennis Club held an evening event at the Naval Armory honoring soldiers and sailors who served in the World War. Attendees included Lieut W Frederick Williams Jr Albert H Flint Jr Robert W Nelson Lieut Henry Barton Jr and others. The Crown Orchestra provided seven pieces of music and mothers of the service members were patronesses.
Federal officers from Providence raided The Bristol Hotel and a Bradford Street saloon operated by Salva tore DeFelice last Friday. Officers inventoryed wet goods and secured liquor samples to be used in prosecutions, marking the first raid since the prohibition law took effect.
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