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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1917
Page
2
A cordial note from the Meigs family expresses gratitude for the sympathy and support received after the passing of S. C. Meigs. They thank friends neighbors and organizations for kindness cards flowers and visits during their bereavement.
A rumor claims hundreds of wounded American soldiers are brought to a Southern camp with only two nurses, supposedly cousins of Col L H Callan. Col Callan and Miss Callan at Fort Riley deny the tale and explain 76,000 soldiers are stationed there with 1600 in hospitals, well cared for with plenty of supplies and staff.
Explains the War Savings Plan offering 4 percent interest via War Savings and Thrift Stamps. Describes purchase methods at post offices banks and authorized agencies and notes Thrift Stamps cost 25 cents and help accumulate funds toward a War Savings Stamp.
Bristol Council No 379 Knights of Columbus to meet tomorrow evening. Jewelry offers and Xmas gifts from Kunz Jewelers. Local Navy relatives note good health and moves to New York. Bristol supports Loyalty Fund with $431.33 from tag day. Phoenix newspaper offers postage paid home delivery for service members. Rhode Island Poultry Association awards given to local residents including Batley Jr. at Infantry Hall Providence. Wee Wee Poultry Yards win prizes in Buff Orpington class.
Local ads promote Christmas slippers and shoes from A P Nerone and New York Store with prices. The community notes report Russell S. Kenney enlisting in the Naval Reserve as a machinist mate first class, and a Burnside Lodge honor roll with officers elected for the year. A fund-raising Italian relief effort total of 1032 dollars was sent to aid Italian sufferers, and a train accident in Warren injures Franklin W. Sutcliffe’s relative. Officers for Rebekah Degree Lodge No 12 are elected, with installation planned in January.
The Halifax disaster row shows 128 dead 1920 missing 6000 injured and 25000 homeless as three blizzards threaten rescue efforts. A relief train of nearly 100 doctors and nurses left Providence for Halifax with Dr John Morrissey Dr J Halsey DeWolf and nurses Margaret and Annie McCaughey aboard. Mrs Simmons from Bristol travels to the stricken city seeking news of her brother Lawrence Vernot as reports on arrival are incomplete.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that his firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Sworn in Toledo on December 6, 1886 before Notary A. W Gleason. Also notes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
The Bristol area honors Bertram W Wall secretary of the School Committee and prominent Odd Fellow as he leaves for Fort Slocum New York en route to an engineers division in Jacksonville Florida. A banquet at the Hotel Belvedere with 30 guests celebrated his decision and included gifts a safety razor and an unbreakable doll. The menu and cheers reflected strong community support and a patriotic mood as Wall pledged to uphold Bristol's honored history.
Classified items include room and board on car line Bristol neck with bath and electric lights and inquiries to Phoenix Office. Clerk wanted listed. Ford Touring Car for sale cheap via Box C Phoenix Office. Cows for sale from Gov Bradford Farm B French pron.
Colt Farm manager F A Crabb took two Berkshire sons to the International Live Stock Exhibition in Chicago last week. One son Duchess won the Grand Championship and first prize, her seventh grand championship of the season. Colt Farm leads in championships and first prizes among farms for cattle or hogs.
Four hundred Rhode Island men from the fourth and final first draft increment will be sent to Fort Adams on December 19, with a possible earlier departure but not later than December 24. The shift aims to fill vacancies in Coast Artillery as ordered by Provost Marshal General Crowder, due to an emergency call increasing the National Army draft to replace personnel moved from Coast Artillery posts. All but 182 men in the state quota will enter Coast Artillery immediately, rather than going to Camp Devens for the engineering division.
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