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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1938
Page
4
The center of the room is unsafe during a thunder storm while the chimney and fireplace attract lightning. The safest place is a building with lightning rods. Outdoors stand near a tree but not under it and avoid standing close to wire fences as they conduct electricity.
Friday and Saturday August 12 13 feature Bad Man of Brimstone with Wallace Beery Frank Morgan Maureen O'Sullivan John Beal and Jessie Ralph Sunday August 14 two features Don't pick her up and Ex pose of America's newest big time racket with Mary Carlisle Lloyd Nolan Roscoe Katuns Larry Crabbe Evelyn Brent Anthony Quinn Second feature Accidents Will Happen Tomorrow she is run over by an auto and knows it with Ronald Reagan Gloria Blondell Dick Purcell Sheila Bromley Monday Tuesday August 15 16 two features Four men and a girl in Rour Wen and the Preyer at 2th Century Fox with Loretta Young Richard Greene George Sanders David Niven C Aubrey Smith J Edward Bromberg William Henry John Carradine Alan Hale Reginald Denny Berton Churchill Barry Fitzgerald She Soved a Fireman with Dick Foran Ann Sheridan Robert Armstrong
Civil engineer Henry F. Walling surveyed Bristol in 1851 producing maps that showed wharves warehouses banks hotels and dwellings with owners names. Today only a few of these old maps survive. The article notes the Methodist Church site at Byfield School and asks about Mount Hope Academy location as part of a tour of streets and memories from 87 years ago.
A Brookings Institution study finds modern competition among large firms, aided by efficient production and broad purchasing, lowers prices for consumers and raises the goods a weekly wage can buy since 1870. It notes wage growth outpaced price gains amid shorter workweeks and broader output.
The old method of controlling poison ivy by pulling or cutting is being replaced by chemical weed killers. Calcium chlorate and sodium chlorate are effective when used as directed, with spraying offering better coverage. Caution is urged due to inflammable and nonselective effects on other vegetation.
The Green Magazine offers weekly summer reading with features by notable writers and Hollywood news. It highlights music drama and noted columnists like Mark Hellinger Walter Winchell and Louis Sobol, urging readers to ask for the Boston Sunday Advertiser.
Lost or destroyed Pass Book No. 7124 issued by Industrial Trust Co Bristol Branch in its Participation Department. Please return to bank. Payment has been stopped and application made for issue of duplicate book in manner provided by law.
In Bristol on July 16 1938 the court receives a will for Mary A Francis of Bristol for probate and sets August 15 1988 at 10 AM for hearing with notice to be published for fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix per order of Clerk John W Church.
The Probate Court of Bristol appoints Ezra W. Mason guardian of the person and estate of oe sorte van Gallup a person of full age. Bond filed as required by law. All claims against the ward must be filed with the Clerk within six months from the first advertisement. John W. Church, Clerk.
The Probate Court of Bristol Rhode Island appoints Helen Warren Herreshoff as guardian of the person and estate of minor Natalie Warren Herreshoff of Bristol and requires bond within six months from the first advertisement date.
A published statement lists unclaimed deposits at the Industrial Trust Company Bristol Branch for accounts not accessed in twenty years by June 1938. It includes names of depositors with last known addresses and notes if a death is on record, covering unclaimed savings and checking accounts with numerous Bristol and nearby entries.
A Bristol court records guardianship for minor Clara De Wolf Herreshoff. The filing seeks the guardian of the person and estate within six months. Incomplete text cites office notes and dates 8 5 12 19.
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