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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
2
An editorial urges a large turnout for next Monday’s town meeting to discuss paying quarantine bills for infantile paralysis and police protection during a strike. It supports installing police signal and fire alert boxes, purchasing new fire hose, and expanding the permanent police force to ensure daytime coverage and rapid response to emergencies.
In a driving rain at Andrew's field Brown's football team fell to Colgate 28 to 0. Colgate scored a touchdown and a goal in each of four periods securing the win and the likely championship.
Bristol Post Office opens from 6 45 a m to 7 30 p m with Money Order Registry and Postal Bank departments from 8 00 a m to 6 00 p m. Mails arrive at 7 00 8 00 2 00 4 00 6 00 7 00 p m and close at 7 30 8 50 11 50 a m 1 50 5 50 7 15 p m. Sunday mails arrive 8 00 a m and close 4 50 p m.
Outward departures from Bristol are 7 50 a m 11 20 a m 2 20 p m and 5 20 p m Inward arrivals are 8 00 a m 10 00 a m and 2 00 4 00 and 7 00 p m
Bristol society notes detail visits by Walter Talbot and A Russell Newman families to New York and Philadelphia. D A R chapter marks 25th anniversary luncheon at Belvedere. Church events include Thanksgiving gatherings and a First Congregational service on Sunday. Local crime mentions dogs killing poultry on Pappoosesquaw. Knights of Columbus confer first degree. Foresters dance success. Namquit Worsted Company and other plants close temporarily for holidays. Social clubs host meetings with prize winners and upcoming debates at Storary’s Holy Name Society. A Christmas fair by Cercle Lafayette opens with a parade and decorated booths. closing night slated for Saturday.
In a November town overview fifteen deaths are noted. Elections for Babbitt Post No. 15 G A R officers occur this evening. Marriage intentions filed include George Abernandez with Beatrice Masonotti and Richard Drysdale with Annie Gladding Bowler. Court duties list James Finley John Leahy and Frank Goff as petit jurors for the Providence Superior Court starting December 11. Community events cover Scout activities, church sermons, a Dutch Club luncheon, and local drills by Bristol Artillery. The town also reports football injury to Daniel W Coggeshall and finger injury to Anna Thiele, with subsequent medical care.
Reuben S Dunn resigns after four and a half years as a designer at Namaquit Worsted Company Bristol Rhode Island to become superintendent of a mill in Greenville Rhode Island under the same management. He plans to move his family soon and was elected Grand Knight of Bristol Council No 379 Knights of Columbus. He was in Greenville today and his exact start date could not be learned.
In this town on November 29 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Frank Bruno and on November 30 a son was born to Mr and Mrs Roger Orefice. The births were announced in the local records indicating family additions.
Nov 29 to Nov 30 ceremonies conducted by Rev Thomas J Gillan in this town. The records list couples McCarthy Lufkin, Gladue Quintal, Savino Caponi, and Castnolli Castnotti with brides and grooms all from this town.
An old advertisement from Shreveport Louisiana features a patient B. Marshall praising Vinol for curing years of stomach trouble and weak nerves. The copy promises Vinol to tone tired nerves and restore strength, attributed to Hope Drug Co. Bristol.
The Industrial Trust Company announced a 10 percent salary bonus for officers and employees, effective December 1, 1916, payable monthly for one year. The measure was approved Tuesday by the board on Col H. Martin Brown’s recommendation, covering about 175 workers across the home office and branches in Bristol, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Westerly, Pascoag and Wickford.
New and enlarged editions join the shelves including Bartlett's Familiar Translations Diplomatist's Wife in Mexico O'Shaughnessy England's Effort Ward and Standard Cyclopaedia of Horticulture Bailey Vol V Boston Cooking School Cook Book Farmer Songs of Home Songs of Summer Child Rhymes Farm Rhymes Love Lyrics five volumes Riley The Syrian Christ Rehbany The Great Valley Masters Pleasures of an Absentee Landlord and other Essays Crothers My Home on the Field of Honor Huard Mr Britling Sees It Through Wells When a Man's a Man Wright Buying a Horse Howells Helen Hardy Romance of a Christmas Carol Wiggin Rudder Watts Blue Bonnet Keeps House Jacobs Georgiana of the Rainbow Johnston Elizabeth Fry Richards Key to Betsy's Heart Ives Haviland Hicks Senior Elderdice Hunters of the Hills Altsheler Israel Putnam Hasbrouck Book of Electricity Collins Book of Magic Collins Coeurs Tendres Foley Voyage un tour de mon Jardin Karr Le Mouron Rouge Orcezy Leituras do Serao Cordeiro Crime do Padre Amare Queiroz O Cidade e as Serras Queiroz found new volumes of periodicals.
Coming events include the First Grand Fair of Cercle Lafayette in Artillery Hall on State Street November 29 and 30 plus December 2. A postponed dance, district meetings, Christmas sales, and New Year dances are scheduled through January with a major Poultry Association exhibition December 12–14 and the Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company fair opening January 27.
Mrs Annie Bowler widow of John Bowler dies in her first year in this town on November 28. Also Grabert In This Town death notice dated November 30 for Jacob F Grabert. Nelson In This Town November 20 Arthur son of Frank and Deltine Nelson aged 3 months.
A lively program Wednesday at Taft B School featured Thanksgiving songs and recitations. Students including Florence West, Consuelo Brown, Louis Dunn, Marion Garcia, and Tirzah Walker performed pieces like Gifts of the Year and Snow while others recited about harvest time and making others thankful.
Miss Alfratta M Whittemore of 201 High Street Byfield Street fractured her left collar bone yesterday afternoon after slipping and falling at her home. The fracture was reduced by Dragen Merriman with assistance from Dr R S Church.
A comic fragment shows a aunt asking William if he started well at Harvard. William replies he had a slight cold, prompting humor about early missteps and campus culture.
A handsome man symbolizes natural scenery admired by many yet barred from influencing practical business decisions. The piece contrasts aesthetic value with utilitarian demands, highlighting limits on artful interference in progress.
Classified notices list a plan for sale of a house and two lots at 14 Fox Hill Avenue Bristol, plus several rental offers including steam heated furnished rooms from 150 dollars and a ten room cottage. Also items: lost gentleman's kid glove reward, a Ford-Tourin car for sale, a hound missing with reward, and a store for sale on Metacom avenue Glenwood. Listings mention Box references and Phoenix Office.
A five room tenement at 3 Howe Street will be ready November 16. Applicants should address MRS. K. K. H. DeWOLF at 11 Burton Street by letter.
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