Going Forward By Looking Back From Bristol Phoenix
A reflective piece recalling Bristol's past half century, its seafaring townscape, famed privateers Yankee and McDonough, and the close knit families like Goree. The author contrasts old harbor wealth with present growth, notes street name changes, and recounts boyhood rivalries between Bristol clams and Warren mussels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alps
Narragansett Bay
Bristol
Goree
John Casco
Prime Clark
Prime
Lemuel C Richmond
Sara
Bristol Smith
Jack Howland
New England
England
Yankee
McDonough
Long Wharf
Babbitt
DeWolfs
Jacob Babbitt
John Smith
Robert Rogers
Nicholas Peck
Morice
Great West
Weath
Terra
West
Leaven
Hetle
State
Pump Lane
Goose Lane
Gorce Lane
Mount Lane
Church Lane
Talby’s Corner
Gooseland Payne
Ibert. Pole
Woonsocket Team Rallies to Beat U S Rubber Workers
Woonsocket St Michael quintet trailed 45 145 at halftime but surged after the break to defeat U S Rubber Products 27 25 in Bristol factory hall. Ge nk o Kociuumb and Wecal starred for the winners while Salzano Mello Ferretera and Gaglio led the losers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homesters
St. Michael Quintet
Woonsocket
U.S. Rubber Products
Bristol
Jimmy Sulivan
Rubber Company
Gencko Kociuumb
Wecal
St Michael
Salzano Mello
Ferretera
Gaglio
Tte Pew Contese
Rapbers
Battery
Carlo Bisbano
ST Michafi
Barvlick
Hardink
Weeal
Gentcko
Prosysza
Rye
Koduba
Ferriéra
Mello
Thompson
Gagha
LeClerc
LeMaire
Bruno
Mansi
Levy
Moura
Cornera
Bishano Reg Mederios
Ly Petal
Mike Time
Pasquarelli
Bristol Post Office Mail Schedule Summary
The Bristol post office lists daily outgoing mails at 7 15 and 9 45 am 5 40 and 7 15 pm with Saturday omissions and Sunday 4 50 pm and holiday 5 40 pm January 1 and February 22. Incoming mails arrive at 6 20 7 10 am 2 05 5 05 6 55 pm with Saturday train omitted and holiday 8 05 am July 1 and February 22.
Funeral for Miss Cooke Held at Local Church
Funeral services for Miss Eleanor Cooke will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 30 at the First Congregational Church for the Providence native who died Sunday at 64 Church Street after a long illness. Rev Herbert Grady will officiate with burial in North Cemetery. She was 84, daughter of the late Henry and Mary Miller Cooke, came to Bristol in youth, attended local schools, and leaves several cousins. She belonged to the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puneril
Tleanor Cooke
Church Street
Herbert
Grady
First Congregation
North
Providence
Miss Cooke
Henry
Marry (Miller) Cooke
Bristol
First Congregational Church
Mortgagee's Sale of Bristol Property Auction Notice
John B. Carpenter Inc. will auction land and buildings in Bristol Rhode Island on Thursday February 13 1936 at 11 A M. under a 1917 mortgage from Raffaele Formisano to Wilfred H Munro et al. The sale includes two parcels described with Bradford Street High Street and easements to satisfy mortgage terms and taxes, with bidders acting for holders of the mortgage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Carpenter
Bristol
Alfred Luther
John N Miller
Bradford Street
High Street
John RH Munro
Hiram Luther
Samuel Coggeshall
Abby H. Munro
John
Goggeshall
Mary C. Coggeshall
Albert M. Finfmore
Frank L. Miller
Lydia B. Miller
Raffaele
Walter L. Munro
Annette G. Munro
Dana C
Hinckley, Allan, Tihreinghast A , & Ory F
Hp Holdars
Ex Libris II Nautical books and ship legends reviewed
A column surveys four sea books of interest. Shipmasters of Cape Cod profiles Cape Cod captains including Josiah Richardson. The China Clippers and The Cutty Sark recount fame of clippers and tea trade. Capstan Bars collects sea chanties and checkerboard crews with amusing tales. notes on Captain David Bone and related anecdotes feature lively verse and a library aboard The Tuscana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod
Henry Rittridge
Barnstable
Cape
Josiah Richardson
Basil Lubbock
China Clippers
John Wilts
London
Aes
Q&l
Suez Canal
Nustraba
England
David Bone
Capt Bone
Sai
Far East
Bone
Coolies
Wtee
New York
Joseph Conrad
America
Capt
Muirhead Bone
Empire State Building
William McFee
Blindness to Taste and Smell A Common Affliction
The article notes widespread inability to taste or smell and compares it to historic limits of science. It explains that some compounds taste bitter to some and not at all to others, while odors like lemon verbena vary in perception. It suggests future aid may come from micro scales and odor amplifiers.
Television Progress Through History and Nipkow’s Role
This article argues television has long roots and slow progress similar to radio. It highlights Paul Nipkow of Berlin who in 1884 invented the scanning disk, the core concept behind many modern TV systems, and notes limited American developments until recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Nipkow
Bing
Berlin
United States
Nipkow
Tota Wis
Currency Note from General Gordon Sold at Auction
A currency note issued and signed by General Gordon during the Khartun siege in 1884 was sold at Lotidos for 7.50 dollars. The auction highlighted historical items from the colonial era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Gordon
Khartun
Lotidos
Rediscovered Egyptian Tomb Yields Silver Crowns and Jewels
Archeologists uncover relics in a tomb dating to ancient Egypt, including three silver crowns studded with jewels as part of the royal treasure. The find highlights craftsmanship and royal regalia from a civilization spanning centuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
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The
Bristol Phoenix
Carmine C. Carvaturo
Phoenix
Post Office
By Louis A. Durgin
Paris
Rennes
Franchot Tone
Som
Cornel & the University of Rennes
France
Ae ‘UN
Oseph
Wiley Padan
Leo
MGM
Canada
Sweden
Mexico
Alistrua
Denmark
Hungary
Ireland
Germany
Australia
Pan
Evan
ORD Tamgde Bsc Pradenns
ST RY
Erwin
New York, N. J
Porber
Burns
Robert Burns
Newman Bros
Newman’s
S. S. Pierce Co
Pierce Edenvale
S. S. Pierce Foods
Newman's
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