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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1923
Page
2
Editorial notes odd bills in New Hampshire seeking eight hours sleep in 24 hours and home happiness checks while banning strike ads. Massachusetts faces a female legislator proposing many amendments to the Federal Constitution. The piece mocks legislative overreach across New England.
A Pennsylvania farmer along the Harrisburg to Baltimore line pinned a lime fence sign reading Hurrah for Volstead to protest Prohibition. Coal trains pelted it with coal but the sign survived and he collected hundreds of pounds of coal as it fell on his land.
Favorable action on two membership applications at United Brothers Lodge No 13 in Odd Fellows Hall. Miss Margaret M Mullen becomes Burton School teacher succeeding Miss Agnes Dempsey. John S Ingraham, North Cemetery superintendent, fractures left arm after a fall on ice. Knights of Columbus whist prizes awarded. Morris Brothers finish harvesting 1700 tons of ice at Reynolds pond. preparations begin for another harvest at Collins pond. Bristol Whist Club prizes awarded. L Levy’s Shoe Store advertises sales on men’s Walk Over shoes and blankets. Agricultural lecture series announced at Colt Memorial High School with topics on rearing chicks diseases of chicks housing feeding.
Telegram announces death in Windsor Ontario for Mrs William Gray sister of Mrs Alphonse Vermette. Night telegraph operator substitute L B Timmons at Franklin Street station while John Ellis vacations in Sterling Connecticut. Local residents relocate to Providence at 239 Thaser Street. Taxpayers at National India Rubber Company vote by language ballots on Guieras School site and type. American Legion Auxiliary meeting at Grand Army Hall set for 8 oclock. 1923 dues now due.
In this town on June update multiple notices record a daughter Lorraine to Mr and Mrs Rudolph E Sousa on Constitution Street and a Mary Rose Dennis age 18 wife of Manuel Dennis born February 1.
A husband and daughter remember Ellen Smith Wright on the first anniversary of her Feb 1, 1922 passing. They express deep grief, longing, and hope of reunion at the heavenly gate in a loving obituary note.
Members of the Bristol Fortnightly Club were entertained at a luncheon at the home of the president Mrs C A Johnson Tuesday afternoon at 1 oclock following the regular meeting activities in Bristol.
The annual meeting discussed re election of officers and read and received reports. Officers chosen for the ensuing year include President Mrs Charter A Johnson, Vice President Mrs Henry W Boynton, Recording Secretary Mrs Orrin L Bosworth, Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer Mrs Ward H Tingley.
Miss Mary Friedman Miss Agnes Drea Miss Helen Hayden and Miss Eileen Shea train at Rhode Island College of Education and are assigned to duty in the Valley School under Critic Teacher Miss Annie Scanlon.
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