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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1932
Page
4
Blondie McClune and Lottie Callahan clash in a rough hallway brawl as Gert Slatterly enters with groceries. Blondie battles back while mother Maa McClune tends to the torn dress amid a chaotic scene with a crying baby and a noisy tenement.
Frances Marion discusses a new MGM production featuring Marion Davies in a suspenseful thrill ride. She outlines the film’s brisk pacing and dramatic set pieces that showcase Davies in a leading role.
In a worn tenement, Lottie clashes with Gert over a fight sparked by a clash of rivals. Blondie, Ma, and Pete observe as Lotties actions ripple through the Callahan flat, revealing family tensions and unsettled loyalties amid daily struggle and small stabs of humor.
This column relays community chatter from Bristol including reader tidbits on paper availability in New York Times Square, local gossip about Jim Connery's broken lifetime guaranteed Chevy axle, social events, and a rapid-fire roundup of townsfolk’s comings and goings with humorous asides and casual reflections on nightlife and neighbors.
The article argues breast feeding boosts infant survival in the first year, warns bottle feeding risks, and advises regular pediatrician visits. It stresses weight gain as a health measure, proper cow milk modification by doctors, pasteurization limits, cooling storage, daily formula preparation, and safe handling for emergencies.
This sixth in a 12 article health in the Home series asks about the baby's most critical period the best guides to the baby's health and how milk should be kept after delivery at home. The seventh will cover Food for the Family and Diet for Young Children.
Funeral services were held at St Michael’s Church for John Hyme Tucker who died Saturday after a two month illness. Burial was at Swan Point Cemetery Providence. Tucker, born July 9 1850 in Philadelphia, had a long life in Rhode Island including Bristol Warwick and Bristol Town Team baseball, NYN, and service in the General Assembly. He retired from the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company after nearly 40 years in administrative roles.
George Clowes a long time resident of the town died yesterday afternoon at his home 45 Union Street aged 71. He was born in Quebec on September 30 1862 to the late Robert and Ann Crawford Clowes. He moved from Amherst Massachusetts to Bristol and worked as a cabinet maker for Herreshoff Mfg Co for over 15 years prior to retirement. He is survived by his wife Emily Robers Clowes two sons Lloyd R. Clowes of Allentown PA and George Stetson Clowes of New York City a daughter Elizabeth Clowes of Freeport L I two sisters Mrs Sarah Wunderbaldinger and Mrs Ann Sleight and a brother S H.
Dr George E Sherman died at his home 168 Harvard Street Cambridge Massachusetts on Friday August 26 He was in his 58th year a native of Bristol and sang in Trinity Church choir as a boy Funeral services were held at Christ Church Cambridge and a private committal at Cambridge Cemetery He was cousin of Clinton T Sherman manager of the Industrial Trust Company of this town He is survived by his wife and two daughters.
Found documents from the University of Michigan library reveal George Washington in 1784 identified Detroit as a key waterway link for lake trade to the Atlantic. He proposed networks to connect the Great Lakes with eastern cities and calculated distances to Albany Montreal Philadelphia and Richmond.
A picturesque pet burial ground near Murphy NC hosts marble and granite stones for local animals. Over forty years residents inter owls cats monkeys dogs squirrels parrots bantams and a peacock. Many graves show paired mounds hinting at the bond of inseparable companions.
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