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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1917

Page

2

Patriotic Tournament At Excelsior Courts Tennis Progress

Matches continue in the patriotic tournament with proceeds to Red Cross for the 19th Company fund. Players contribute at least 10c per match or default. entries for doubles events urged. Six men's doubles and three pairs in both women's doubles and mixed doubles have entered. several results listed including Wallis Howe past Boynton 6 2 6 1 and Barton over Tirrell 6 1 6 4.

Excelsior The Red Cross Phoenix

In Advance of His Time

A brief exchange shows a judge scolding a person about an overdue car, highlighting urgency and impatience. The exchange captures a moment of tension over promised delivery and expectation.

Bristol Vicinity Notes Highlights From Local Council and Visitors

The semi monthly Town Council session is set for tomorrow evening. Local residents report frequent visitors and vacations, including families from Brooklyn Cambridge Detroit and Conshohocken. The rubber factory West Barrington expands plant and new machinery is installed to meet rising demand. Society attendees traveled to Narragansett Pier for the Broadway Ball benefiting the Navy Comforts League of Rhode Island.

James Struthers Blackstone Mass First Baptist Church Frank J. Bruno Child Brooklyn Annie O'Mara Cambridge Edith Hurley Detroit Mich Catherine O’mara Hope Street Suzman Mary A. Flynn Rock Street Fred Larence Third Street Kazy Lake Adirondacks N. Y Harry Dimond Greenwood Martha B. Dimond New Bedford Providence Frog Hollow Gun Club Edward Ryan Jack Flynn Leo Sylvia Anthony Velleca Santa State Street M.fe Samuel Irwin East Greenwich Academy Frank B Wilson Conshohocken Penn Wilson James T Phelps Franklin Street National India Rubber Company Lee Tire & Rubber Company Narragansett Pier Navy Comforts League of Rhode Island P. Colt Gladstone Andrew Weeks Anthony Maus S. Wheelwright John W. Bicknell Countess Morom J. A. Macey Montreal Colburn Darling Earl Miller Davis G Arnold James G. Damon Eugene Jackson

Catarrhal Deafness Claims Cure by Constitutional Remedy

An old medical advertisement argues catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local apps but only by a constitutional remedy. It explains inflammation of the Eustachian tube causes rumbling and deafness if untreated, and promises Hall's Catarrh Cure works through the blood with a $100 reward for any untreatable case. Circulars free from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.

Hall Ll Drugegists Cheney & Coo Toledo

Bristol Notes and Local Appointments and Visits

Local residents, visitors, and job changes fill Bristol items. Vern L Rice and Miss André King return from travels. Misses Bot tomley and Marguerite Lee also back from vacations. The Kirke Grange clambakes are set for Thursday. coast patrol boats and quahangs stir Bay activity. Nationwide rubber and factory operations resume. Navy reserve members head toward France. telephone operators take a two week break. a Bristol veteran, Cyrus A Jackson, sails to join the war effort.

Vern L. Rice Maine André King A. J. King, & Co Kirkemuit Grange Warren Margaret Sarah Bottomley Portland Max Makowsky Old Seeherd St. Ae Burnside Social Club Joseph Gasner Hartford Conn Yon E. Suzman Marguerite F. Lee Ralph Kinder Philadelphia Elizabeth R. Church R. S. Church T. Clarke Brown Newport Elizabeth Cole Providence Telephone Company Ella May Gray Intervale Ruth Hanson Cyrus A. Jackson C M South Boston Bristol Boston France Dorfbolt Bristol Naval Reserve Mr. Jackson

Fifth District Court Docket and Card Playing Case

No criminal cases were before Judge F H Hammill in the Fifth District Court yesterday. Civil docket dispositions include Benjamin Brothers' Company vs Arthur X Sousa continued two weeks Everett West vs Eugene LeClair Jr defaulted Walters Simpson Company vs George Poulos continued one week. One man arrested by Patrolman Henry Serbst for playing cards on Sunday did not appear. counsel requested a one week continuation.

F H Hammill Fifth District Court Benjamin Brothers' Company Arthur X. Sousa Everett West Eugene LeClair, Jr Walter Simpson Company George Poulos Henry Serbst

Children’s Tin Box Fund Seeks Wider Support Across U S

Bristol Rhode Island founded Children’s Tin Box Fund expands to eighteen states with about seventeen hundred boxes. It supports relief through 3 cent meals for Belgian and French children and now extends to allied war zone needs. Volunteers place boxes, collect funds, and forward monthly sums to aid suffering children.

Bristol Belgium France Tin Box Fund United States Commission For Relief Children’s Fin Box Fund Children’s Tin Box Fund R. I The Children of America’s Army of Relief Boston Bishop Perry Beechmay Locke New York Newport R. 1 Children of America’s Fund Phoenix Boston Transcript New York Times Wallis F. Howe Alice de Wolf F C. Larned

Swordfish Harpoon Relic Shown In Phoenix Window Exhibit

A sensational find describes a 317 pound swordfish harpooned off the New England coast. The relic includes a spearhead with an 8 inch blade and a preserved rope, found amid centuries old fishing lore and methods. Local vessels once used bowsprit platforms to cast barbed harpoons.

John North Atlantic United States Newport Block Island Phoenix Fall River

Bristol Auxiliary Sends Supplies to Providence

The Bristol Auxiliary dispatched funds and finished items including 2852 articles with 1712 surgical dressings to Providence. They shipped 18 dozen buck towels 12 sweaters 6 mufflers 5 pairs of socks and 2 pairs of mitts to the 19th Company.

Bristol Providence

Boy Scouts Return From Camp Yangoo With Strong Showing

Members of the First Bristol Troop returned from Camp Yangoo after a two week stay. An important meeting is set for this evening at 7 30 pm where all members must attend and new Boy Scouts of America equipment will be distributed.

Bristol Camp Yangoo Boy Scouts of America

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