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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1926
Page
3
Fragmentary notice lists St Michael’s services with Holy Communion at 12:00 pm, church school at 12:00, morning address at 10:30. Evening prayer appears with unspecified time.
On the second Sunday in Advent the schedule lists 7:00 a.m. Holy Communion 9:30 a.m. Matins 10:00 a.m. Church School and 10:45 a.m. Sung Mass with sermon Rev Everett B Ellis of New Bedford officiating.
Friday 7 30 pm service and Sunday 10 30 am worship with sermon Who Shall Direct My Path Prosperity. Sunday 7 30 pm praise and sermon First Things First. After morning service meeting of the Standing Committee and Church School assembles at noon.
Parish notices list prayer meeting Friday at 7 30 and choir practice at 8 30. Sunday services begin 10 30 a m with preaching at 12 00. Sunday School and Epworth League at 3 00 p m with preaching.
Morning service at 10 30. Sermons by Harold Buket of Newton Theological Seminary. Church school at 11 45. Evening service omitted.
Rev Thomas Armstrong of Pawtucket will officiate all services at Church of the Nazarene on Court Street near Hope. Morning service at 10 45 with sermon, Sunday School at 12.00 noon, Young People's meeting at 6.00 p m, missionary meeting at 7.00 p m conducted by Rev H Kauftman recently from Palestine Jerusalem.
Industrial plants with AI time records report the highest tardiness in December while March shows the least lateness of the year. The pattern highlights monthly shifts in employee punctuality across automated time-tracking systems.
The record notes Vasco da Gama’s 1498 first Indian port visit to Calicut in Madras area on the Indian Ocean. It states the port was later destroyed by Tippu Sahib in 1789 and ceded to Britain in 1792.
Monthly meetings of four volunteer fire companies discussed new members and membership applications. Nominating committees and officers elections were planned, with banquets set for January and Turkey dinners scheduled by Defiance Hydraulion Dreanaught and other companies. Committees formed to revise by laws and arrange events.
An estimate suggests it would take six months to walk all streets of New York City at a normal pace for eight hours daily. The five boroughs total over 4,000 miles of paved and unpaved streets with Brooklyn and Queens each at about 1,305 miles and Manhattan just under MX miles.
At Verdun the French defense prepared a bayonet charge when a German shell exploded. The blast buried the French unit, leaving only the tops of their bayonets visible above the mud.
Insurance statistician Dr. Louis I. Dublin and Frank Lynch challenge the belief that broad chests equal better health. They cite studies at Johns Hopkins suggesting narrow chests may correlate with longer life and unexpectedly larger lung capacity in some individuals.
A Kansas Atchison Zoo story describes a buck deer sharing its shelter with six chickens and a yellow alley cat. At night the deer rests while the cat and chickens soak warmth from the deer. Feeding time shows the deer allowing chickens to pick grain from its face as the cat bathes. A prior goose died from the deer's anxious exercise.
The wind causes tall steel framed buildings to bend rather than sway as base pressures give way to higher forces at altitude. Modern design calculates unit pressure increasing with height, moving beyond uniform street level assumptions.
Tamotsu Abane, head of the Japanese civil aviation school, outlines a world air tour to observe commercial routes. He aims to visit major European capitals and air centers by regular services, then cross the Atlantic to cover North America from New York to San Francisco.
The furrier describes sea otters as scarce and exceptionally keen smelling. He notes otters can detect smoke from five miles at sea and can track fish by scent underwater, a fact he finds remarkable though uncertain how proven.
In San Francisco authorities unload 1000 cases of seized Scotch liquor from the schooner Coal Harbor. Officials report rats swarmed the deck for each case, the hold alive with starving rodents after months of being anchored off Yerba Buena Island. The rats survived by gnawing corks from bottles of whisky rye and champagne.
George F Goe aged about 70 died at 8 45 pm after a stomach ailment worsened since Thanksgiving He lived at 625 Grape Street Vineland born in 1855 in Nema Chi and came to Vineland fifty years ago He was a carpenter builder served as building inspector and on the Vineland borough council He was a member of Vineland Lodge F and A M Eureka Chapter Tri Angle Council Child Fittings and the Carpenters Union He leaves a widow and two children Millard Ko Gane and Marguerita a sister Mrs Matter Judd in Jupiter Florida Funeral services were held at 2 30 pm from Trout Church with interment at Siloam Cemetery
Jorge TooSisson a longtime High Street grocer died Wednesday night at his Wood Street home after a three month illness. He came to Bristol 39 years ago and was a son of the late Abner Jones and Armettlizabeth Lassen. Survived by wife, six grandchildren, and children Waitham Sisson of Bristol James of Providence George Poot of East Providence and Annie Sisson a Colt Memorial High School teacher. Funeral 9:30 from Wood Street home with a solemn high mass at St Marys Church.
Mrs Isabella Maddox widow of William Maddox died Tuesday night at Rhode Island Hospital after a six months illness. Born in Glasgow Scotland on July 21 1858 she was daughter of the late William and Mary Black. Survived by two sons Albert Providence and William this town and three daughters Mrs Franklin Adams Miss Agnes Maddox this town and Mrs Maynard F Gladding Newport. Funeral held at 2 pm today at her State street home Rev Francis Johnshaw officiated burial at North Cemetery. Floral tributes came from Waldron Company First Baptist Church Berean Class Elmwood Avenue Church Providence.
Daniel A Rische aged 45 died Wednesday at his home on Bradford Street after a three day illness. Born in Sunbury Pennsylvania, he lived in this town 35 years and worked in the cutting department of the National India Rubber Company. A Spanish American War veteran, he leaves three children Oscar Margaret and Gladys, his mother, two brothers Oscar of Lancaster and Elmer of Flushing L I, and he belonged to Dreadnaught Hook Ladder and Hose Company Bristol Aerie No 953 Fraternal Order of Eagles. Funeral service conducted by Rev James J Goodacre at First Congregational Church. interment Dexter Street Cemetery Portsmouth Row. Floral tributes from Bristol Aerie Eagles Dreadnaught and Class of 1928. ]]>
William Henry Bovay aged 57 died after a three days illness in Pulaski New York where he had lived recently He is survived by his wife of 74 Church Street and five children Walter in the US Naval Station Newport Norman E and Miss Ethel E
The body arrived this morning for funeral services to be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs Bovay on Church Street. Burial will follow at North Cemetery. Survivors include Mrs George H. Bush of this town Mrs Albert F Hug of New York two sisters Mrs Miranda Durgy and Mrs Charles Babcock of Pulaski and a brother Alexander of Ogdensburg New York.
Mrs Margaret McArdle, wife of Thomas McArdle, died yesterday at her sister’s home on Borden Avenue after a long illness. Born in Ireland 74 years ago, she lived in this town many years and was a member of St Mary’s Church. She leaves a sister in Ireland besides her husband and sister here. The funeral is set for 8:30 a.m. tomorrow from her sister’s home, with a requiem mass at 9:00 a.m. at St Mary’s Church.
Jose Madetro as Mello died last night at his home on 360 Wood Street after illness. Born in the Azores 70 years ago he lived in the town for many years. Survived by his wife two daughters and a son. Funeral from his home at 8:30 am followed by a 9:00 am requiem mass at St Elizabeth's Church. Burial at St Marys Cemetery.
A daughter was born to Mr Cavallare and Mrs Cavallare in town on December 2. The news notes the new arrival as a family welcome.
Died 2 pe Bovay William Henry Bovay formerly of this town age 57 funeral Saturday Dec 4 at 2 pm 74 Church street relatives invited Maddox Isabella Maddox Rhode Island Hospital aged 68 McArdle Margaret Waite Daniel Rische George T Sisson ages 74 45 58 70 68 57 58 45 74 70 68 57 58 74 45 68 57 58 74 68 57 58 74 45 68 57 58 70 74 45 68 57 58 74 45 68 57 58 74 45 68 57 58 74 45
In loving remembrance of Pecky Jordon Stuart Holmes who entered into the sunlight on December 4 1924 The poem speaks of living on with loved ones and divinity It declares there is no death and that the departed still share breath with the living
A historical description defines lightning as a massive electric spark between a charged cloud and the earth. It notes atmospheric resistance to current flow and explains the white, fast path seen as a bolt of lightning.
An ancient legend tells of a fort about 25 miles from New Orleans named Chef Menteur. The Choc taws prized truth but a chief who lied was exiled to a peninsula projecting into Lake Pontchartrain, giving the land the French name Chef Menteur meaning Lytog Chief.
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