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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
4
Editors urge Bristol residents to support local businesses by spending town money at home. They emphasize speaking well of Bristol, avoiding belittlement, and adopting a get-together spirit to boost local shops and carfare savings.
A fragmentary local page reviews a Thomas Dixon novel adaptation The One Woman focusing on Frank Gordon a clergyman who abandons his wife to pursue a career ends in prison and a reuniting with his ex wife. The page lists a Saturday program featuring Paramounts A Daughter of the Wolf and Triangle’s The Unbroken Promise along with Monday’s Tom Mix Speed Maniac at a Fox release followed by stunts and romantic elements.
Charles E Desilets died suddenly from heart disease early Tuesday at his John Street home aged 72 or 73. Born in Canada he had lived in town recently and aided his son Ambrose at Belvedere Garage. He leaves brother Emory of Manville three sons Ambrose Emer and John Prov dence and three daughters Naome Taunton Delphina and Edith Taunton. Funeral from his brother’s residence in Manville and mass at St James Church Manville with relatives and friends attending.
Otis Parker Colwell died Tuesday at 9 AM at the Soldiers' Home from pneumonia after four days illness. He served in Co C Twelfth Rhode Island Infantry from 1862 to 1863. A blacksmith by trade, he was admitted March 28, 1916, from Providence and was among the oldest comrades at the home. He leaves a brother George and two daughters Mrs Christopher Webster of Providence and Mrs Georgianna Harris of Auburn. Funeral held yesterday at 2 PM from Mrs Harris's home.
The funeral of Israel Dube aged 71, who died last Saturday at his Barrington home, was held Tuesday at 9 AM from the Church of St John the Baptist in Warren. Interment followed at St John’s Cemetery, with many locals in attendance. He lived in Barrington for 16 years and left a widow, three sons Ernest J Edmund R and Charles I and three daughters, plus 12 grandchildren.
Sarah Be Blaisdell is appointed administratrix by the Probate Court of Bristol Town for the estate of Oliver H. Blaisdell Jr. She has filed bond and all creditors must file claims with the court clerk within six months from the first advertisement date.
Adolph Zukor presents Billie Burke in Sadie Love adapted from Avery Hopwood Broadway farce. A newlywed wife imagines a past romance with a twin soul and faces comedic complications with her lover's wife and a French countess before love for her husband prevails. James L. Crane supports Burke with a notable cast under director John S. Robertson.
The ad touts Hokara a safe antiseptic skin tonic and cream for marred skin promises clear complexion. It claims relief from dust pimples and rough skin with invig orated, clean results and a money back guarantee. Jar sizes vary up to 1.00 with 606c as a larger option. Sold by W H Buffington druggists.
The name Crown denotes top grade ribbons and carbon paper. Made from finest materials with strong brilliant colors, non-drying and non-fading for sharp, clean work. Sold by L. G. Cote at 314 Hope St, Bristol R. 1, phone 1114-Y.
Sealed bids to paper lower ceilings in Bristol Town Hall will be received at the Town Clerk's Office on or before noon December 16 1919. Specifications are on file at the clerk's office. The Town Council may reject all bids or accept the most advantageous bid. Envelopes marked Bids for Papering Town Halls to be sent to Town Clerk Mang 8 N W Church.
Weekly deals advertise low prices on potatoes cranberries Baldwin apples and pasta. The notice lists per peck price for potatoes per pound for sweet potatoes and per pound for cranberries and includes a note about not a seed rice and hops and malt product pricing.
The League of Women Voters invites all local women to a December 15 meeting at the Di Wolf Inn at 8 o'clock. Richard Jennings, Rhode Island State Treasurer, will discuss the Grice Doctrine and politics. A constitutional study and discussion of government ideas will follow.
Samuel C. Dimond, executor of Elizabeth N. Nichols of Bristol, announces he has accepted the position under the will admitted to probate. He has filed bond as required and provides first advertisement of his duties in the Bristol Probate Court records.
November 26 1919 probate records in Bristol index a petition by LeRoy B Coggeshall and Isabel W Farrington seeking appointment of a guardian for William H Coggeshall a resident of Bristol. Court sets December 15 1919 hearing at 10 30 AM in Bristol and orders fourteen days of notice in the Bristol Phenix.
Annie Riley administratrix presents the final account of John Riley late of Bristol deceased showing a credit from sale of real estate. The court sets January 5, 1920 at 10:30 A M in Bristol Probate Court Rooms for review and orders fourteen days public notice in the Bristol Phenix. John W. Church Probate Clerk closes the notice.
In Bristol on December 2 1919 Berthe Irwin petitions for John E Redfern of Cambridge MA to serve as guardian of Mary A Bullock of Bristol. The matter is referred to January 5 1920 at 10 30 AM in Probate Court. Notice to be published fourteen days weekly in Bristol Phenix. Citation to be served as required by law.
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