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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1931
Page
3
Rev H D Graetz returns from vacation and Holy Communion is celebrated Sunday Sept 6. Morning service at 1030. Rev LeRoy V Perry will preach. Sunday School resumes next Sunday after summer closure with classes for youth and adults taught by capable teachers for unaffiliated members.
Rotary Club members their wives and guests enjoyed a Ladies Night at the Bristol Yacht Club. Varsity Whist dominated the evening with 16 rounds. R I State players won the pennants and prizes. Winners included Mrs Alfred M Merriman Mrs Arthur M McCaw Mr Alexander Bazilevitch and Mr A L Johnson. Booby prizes of rattles went to several attendees. Committee members were F Reginald Dimond Frank A Rounds and Algernon L Johnston.
Fragmentary Toledo Blade citation criticizes careless gardeners who pick wildflowers and discard them, contrasting neglect with genuine care for nature. No further readable details available.
A scientist notes Bermuda’s land area now about 20 square miles, historically near 300 square miles, reflecting substantial shrinkage of the island group over time.
The great bustard is described as the largest European bird, exceeding a yard in length with a wingspan around eight feet from tip to tip.
The Paramount Theatre Providence screens Dreiser’s American Tragedy led by Phillips Holmes Sylvia Sidney and Irving Pichel with Lucille La Verne. The film stars Clyde Griffiths and Roberta Alden in a stark drama of passion and downfall. Also on the program are Vanishing Legion Trackless Trail and Man Eater with Paramount News and a comedy.
Benjamin R. C Low urged Bristol Rotary Club to reject fear and pursue simplicity and steady footing amid market jitters. He cited stock fears, rumors against banks, and worldwide nervousness as dangerous, urging a return to normalcy and prudent living. Sergeant Thomas A Dwyer of Detroit then demonstrated fingerprint work to the club.
Lucien Blocher of this town was recommitted to Bristol County Jail in default of 1000 bail by Justice Philip Brady. His trial was set for Monday. John Francis of Metacom Avenue heard a note in his cellar and found Blocher preparing to leave with sausages. Francis held him at gunpoint until Officer John McMahon arrived to arrest Blocher.
Remains of a Lake dwelling from the Ginelie period were discovered on the bed of a Scottish loch that has partly dried up. The site shows fortifications built against invaders as the loch receded.
Sixty large tree ferns were presented at a Chelsea flower show in England. Many specimens were ten feet tall and considered very old, some estimated to be two hundred years in age.
Fragmentary OCR reads a maritime verse about principle and night closing in. It mentions a mariner and a figure named Adam Werlerer, with unclear surrounding context and no concrete events or dates.
Fragmentary note reflects a misfortune theme with a vague reference to Christian Pope and a collection titled Various Subjects. No clear event names dates or places emerge. The readable text hints at literary or satirical content without full context.
Farrell pitched a smart game for Hotel Nine as they built a 5 to 1 lead by the sixth inning. Conway opened with a triple and Milton homered over the left field trees for a two run shot. Sevigny and Farrell added key hits while Sousa and Lemaire contributed two hits apiece in a six hit effort. Druggists scored late but could not overcome the early advantage as darkness halted play.
Error D'Ambrosia 1 hits Farrell 6 Martynick 10. Stolen base Greenwood. Farrell 2, Sousa Sevigny two base hits. Farrell Conway three base hits. Babe Milton home run. Stevens to Sousa to Gladue double play. Farrell 9 strikeouts Martynick 8. Walks off Martynick 1. Green wood hit by pitch Farrell. First base on error LaFazia. Left on bases Colonial Hotel 3 LaFazia Drugs 2. Time 1h 39m Umpire Henry Devron attendance 4800.
Rev Charles H Leonard of Church of the Redeemer Chelsea Mass began the June Sunday as Rose Sunday or Children’s day. By 1857 the church formalized the second Sunday in June as Children’s Sunday. It is now observed by churches worldwide.
The Portuguese colony of Macao sits on an island at the southwest mouth of the Canton river off Kwangtung province China. It covers about 11 square miles and has a population near 80 000. It lies just across a narrow channel from the British colony of Hongkong.
The Latin god of love Cupid derives from cupido meaning passion and cupio meaning desire. Depictions with bow and arrow trace to the Fourth century B C when sculptors Praxiteles and Lysippus portrayed him thus in statues.
Lofty Americas highest peak Aconcagua lies on the Chile Argentina border at about 23 080 feet above sea level making it the highest point on the American continent McKinley in Alaska rises 22 834 feet above sea level as the highest point under United States jurisdiction
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