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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1927
Page
2
A 1926 report by the Motor Vehicle Department of the State Board of Public Roads links 73 injuries and one death to backing motor vehicles. It cites drivers assuming clear spaces, backing without checks, and colliding with pedestrians or other cars. It urges vigilance, slower reverse travel, and caution from all highway users.
Bristol area residents report trips to Lynn Massachusetts Oak Bluffs and New Haven with visits to Beach Terrace and Niagara Falls. A midsummer Silk Underwear sale at Blue Bird Shop and a Corset Sale are advertised. Industrial manager Edward Currier Jr recovers from gall bladder surgery in Providence while his wife accompanies him on a northern Vermont trip. A Hydrauhon engine freighting test on the Church street wharf concludes successfully. Mrs Hugh Breen and Miss Betty Breen return from Massachusetts and New York visits. Six children attend the I N Jennings family anniversary in New Haven with four generations present.
A roundup of visitors relatives and local group activities includes Bristol Avenue Fraternal Order of Eagles gathering plans Bristol events General Nathaniel Greene Memorial Society meeting and Rhode Island Historical Society rooms elections. Socials at home on Munroe Avenue a fifth birthday party and a midsummer corset sale at Blue Bird Shop are noted along with firefighting station repairs and a dog violation warrant.
Mrs Ida Belle Bailey wife of Otis M Bailey of 180 Wood Street died Tuesday night at Hope Private Hospital Providence after a serious operation on June 30. Born May 16 1880 in this town she was a daughter of Helen Louise and the late Frank K Pearce. She leaves her husband two sons Otis M Jr and Marshall Alden Bailey a daughter Dora Beatrice Bailey and a brother Frank C Pearce. Funeral at 2 this afternoon at 180 Wood Street conducted by Harold W Baker pastor First Baptist Church. Burial at North Cemetery with bearers Walter F Mac Gann Samuel To Smith Jr Fred Cleaver Edmund Deb Kennedys. Floral tributes from Waldron Company First Baptist Church Hydraulion Engine Hose Company.
On Thursday afternoon the 36th annual clam bake under Riche Muit Grange takes place in Warren with supper and sale at St Michael's Chapel under the Ivy Guild. On Wednesday evening Bristol Yacht Club hosts a bridge dance with Excelsior Tennis Club sponsorship at their house.
Advertisement for a six room cottage in a compact town area with electric lights and cement cellar. Features include two lavatories, toilet, and floor. Price listed as $4000 with $500 down and the balance on monthly payments. Apply by letter to Rox A Pheerix Of Ace.
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