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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1927
Page
2
Fifteen more shopping days before Christmas. The piece urges readers to prepare a list of people to remember and notes a December 20 Phoenix special edition with local merchants offering large stocks of Christmas presents.
Despite bad weather, the Class of 1928 at St Marys Parochial School held a well attended food sale in the church auditorium on Friday afternoon. Proceeds go toward graduation expenses next June. The event featured colored decorations and organized tables for Cake Candy Fruit Soda Novelty Grabs with student volunteers and class officers named. Prizes were awarded to several benefactors.
Local fire companies meet tomorrow night and a range of social events and ads fill the pages. Soccer results report Collins-Aikman junior team defeating Warren 2–0 at Bleven Field. Christmas cards from Gibson Art Cards and Suzman's shop feature seasonal gifts and costumes. Church services, charity events, meetings of the Woman's Relief Corps and YMC A, and public notices fill the community page along with notices of store sales and a winter weather note on ice and transport delays.
A skeptical father credits Vinol with turning his seven year old son from a poor eater to a healthy gains. The ad touts Vinol as a cod liver peptone iron compound that boosts appetite and energy and claims the first bottle adds pounds in both children and adults. Buffington's Pharmacy promotes the remedy.
The Laveys Casino Ballroom Orchestra promotes music for all occasions and invites inquiries through Thomas Levy at 62 Court St. The ad notes five to ten men furnished for events.
A note promotes using Cadillac Taxi Bristol for all occasions with a limousine option and highlights a contact number 676. It names Marius F Paulin as the associated person and contrasts the limousine service with standard rides.
Persons who have furnished tenements or rooms to let and those desiring to take boarders are asked to communicate by letter to Box C Phoenix Office.
Four room tenement available on Thames Street with reasonable rent. Apply D DeCristofaro at the Olympia Theatre Building.
Groom Cottage and other buildings feature a good location with reasonable rent. Annly ID DeCristofaro promotes the Olympia Theatre Bidg building as a viable rental option.
Five rooms with gas and electricity available for rent at 27 Oliver Street. Apply to Zebedee Paull at 900 Hope Street.
Two buildings in separate locations in good condition suitable for storage of household furniture or merchandise. Available for rent in whole or part of each building. Edmonds Co. contact by telephone.
Ideal location with air conveniences. Will rent reasonably for a limited time to dependable tenants. Contact A A Edmonds Co at telephone number provided.
Readable lines show a lower south apartment in the Colt Apartment building on Hope Street with contact numbers 61 Y or 19 for inquiries.
A renovated tenement on Bradford Street near Thames suitable for a mill operative. Reasonable rent. Apply at Phenix Office.
Fine 1925 Studebaker duplex phaeton convertible to a closed car in three seconds. Excellent condition throughout. Bargain price. J H Tuplin at 363 High St Bristol R I, phone 224 R.
Semi monthly Town Council session set for this evening in the Burnside Memorial building. Numerous local items from traffic to inquests and club activities are noted, including a grand jury sworn in Providence and a whist prize event at Old Fellows' Hall.
A tropical food item uses tapioca flour derived from the cassava root. The root resembles a sweet potato in size and appearance. It is grown for food in most tropical countries with malin supply coming from Java.
A major publisher estimates that nine of ten novels fail to show profit to author or publisher, highlighting a high failure rate in the book trade and the uncertain prospects for writers seeking earnings.
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