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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1931
Page
3
A columnist argues for innovative motor age rules, proposing that driving speed match a person’s age and suggesting region based driving licenses. He warns of dangers from gasoline engines and calls for evolving laws to curb accidents and fatalities.
Ferrycliffe Farm turkeys earned top ribbons at New York City and Boston poultry events this winter. At Madison Square Garden show January 14 to 18 they placed 3rd and 7th in pullets, 9th in young cockerels, and 10th in old toms among national entries. In Boston early this month they won first and second in old toms, first in hens, and multiple top spots in young toms and pullets, with Glen E Smith receiving praise for the Bristol stock raised by Dr and Mrs Halsey De Wolf.
State Board of Public Roads votes to take land in Bristol and Warren Rhode Island for Metacom Avenue and related highway portions. Description and plat No 308 recorded July 1930 note center line, boundary points, and rights of way along Spring Street and the railroad corridor.
A критique of Greenwich Village traces its shift from bohemian clusters to commercial art colonies. It recalls past avant garde figures, vanished attic salons, and the lingering mood of risk, while noting new bars of tourism and a sober, gawking presence in Harlem cellars.
A young haberdashery clerk earns money tying bow ties for wealthy bachelors who ride to events for $2 a visit. The narrator recalls a theater encounter with a dandy who hides vanity behind a crafted pose and bits of backstage chatter. Other notes mention Hemingway, Robert Rhode, Lillian Leitzel, the Unie car, and Will Hays at 465 Fifth Avenue.
Rhode Island State Board of Public Roads announces a land taking in Warren to enlarge Metacom Avenue and related rights of way. The description references Plat No 325, the center line of Metacom Avenue, and boundaries involving Amelia Olech, Mary R. Sippen, Emma O. B. Wightman, and the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Recording occurred October 15, 1930.
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