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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1917
Page
3
A fragment reflects on how language shapes thinking and understanding, noting how people with color blindness and limited vocabulary may misinterpret realities. It argues that language carries meanings tied to culture and history, and wrong associations can enslave comprehension across generations.
A Chronicle excerpt describes elder farmers using a strange set of numerals to count sheep. They drove sheep through a wall to notch a tally every fifteen, calling the method boomfit. The chant and nicknames linked to the digits appear as rural lore.
A Bristol Warren campaign promotes Butter Krust Bread with Old Mill Coffee Blue Jay Tea and vote coupons. Extra 100 vote coupons appear under wrappers and bonus votes reward dealers and shoppers in Fall River brokered promotions run by Dion's Bakery. Dr Lyon's Tooth Cream drive promises 1000 votes per carton and extended two week bonuses as merchants push sales and voters mobilize.
Police report details James Golden fatally shooting his father Nicholas Golden after a feud over family matters. He stated years of unpaid work and sleeplessness led to an irrational outbreak. Golden pleaded guilty and is held without bail for a Fifth District Court hearing. New library books listed include titles on war, philosophy, travel, and fiction.
Boston born son of James and Barbara Golden, he lived in Bristol for 25 years. He ran a barber shop, the Bristol Hotel, and later thrived in real estate, serving on the Democratic Town Committee. Survived by wife Emily and six children, funeral held at 8:30 am from 41 Congregational Street to St. Mary’s Church with interment at St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Morning service at 10 30 with the sermon Our Defence. Sunday School at 12 B Y P U at 6 15. Evening service at 76 with Counting the Cost. Prayer praise and testimony meeting at 7 30.
John F Brides and Miss Bridget Elizabeth Maguire of Warren were married at St Marys Church Warren on Tuesday at 8 am. Rev Edward J Colgan performed nuptial mass. A reception followed at the brides North Ngain street home. The couple will reside here after a wedding trip. Mr Brides works in the cutting department at National India Rubber Company factory.
Word has come that S Hyde Cabot son of H H Cabot of this town has received an appointment as Captain and will train at American ice Washington. Capt Cabot was appointed Second Lieutenant after training at the Presidio San Francisco. George Lyon who married a chapter of Mrs Kee years ago has received an appointment as Captain and will go to Fort Myers Virginia.
Louis Pacheco, a young employee at the Nar ragansett Rubber Company factory, suffered a lacerated wound to the right eyelid yesterday afternoon around 1 45 o clock when struck by a wire drum. Dr. O R Siegel attended him.
Listed are names of individuals with undelivered mail in Bristol Rhode Island including Sinai Beausoleil E L Duncan Mrs A M Cale Francisco Alfano Antonio Corrira Borges Heitor Rangel de Carvalho Mollie Donovan Maria da Gloria Jacintha da Trindade Peireira Eugenio Vinciguerra Michele Satorio and D G Coggeshall P M.
In this town on August 17 a son and a daughter were born to Mr and Mrs Antonio Nunes and to Mr and Mrs Gaetano Prota respectively.
Bride and Brides wedding announced in this town and Warren on Aug. 14 by Rev. Colgan. Charles Alves aged 20 wed in town on Aug. 15. Mary A Lewis widow of William A Lewis died at North Rehoboth in her 89th year on Aug. 15. Nicholas J Golden died at Rhode Island Hospital Providence at age 52 on Aug. 14. Anna Velleca wife of Nicola s Velleca died at St Josephs Hospital annex Hillsgrove aged 24 on Aug. 15.
In tropical shallow waters rock boring and wood boring shellfish rank as major natural destroyers. Even vessels moored in harbor face risk as these molluscs bore through teak or oak and through hard clays and concrete breakwaters.
The article notes Osnabruck as a venerable Prussian town. Charlemagne designated it capital of a bishopric in the late eighth century, a status held for over a millennium. The sea was suppressed in 1803 with the last bishop, Frederick, duke of York. In 1858 the city again became a Roman Catholic bishop’s seat.
The piece contrasts two types of men: those who make big moves and big mistakes and those whose talents lie buried in sluggishness. It suggests the latter avoid temptation and struggle, sitting in judgment on active, adventurous lives filled with both deeds of right and wrong.
India remains a storehouse for precious stones as it exports over £1,500,000 in jewels annually. Diamonds rubies sapphires tourmaline and chalcedony are mined across provinces with central provinces dominant in diamond production. Ruby mining in Upper Burma and Kashmir sapphires have long mined but diminishing after centuries. One 15 carat ruby fetched $125,000.
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