The Fiddler's Bill
The piece contends many people stall on opportunities and now seek to redeem lost time. It labels some as fools dense and mediocre and argues the present must repay the past by paying the fiddler as life’s balance.
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1920
Page
3
Pocket Thief Alarm Sparks Portable Security Device
A compact thief alarm invented in Europe fits in a vest pocket and detonates a cartridge when any item placed above it is moved, offering a portable anticrime sensor for valuables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Optimistic Thought on Busy Life Paths
A brief reflection contrasts busy daily walks with the idea that there is no room for a fardy man. The piece emphasizes brisk tempo, practical mindset, and forward motion in ordinary life.
Who Owns the Railroads in America
The Columbia Record notes railroads have over a million stockholders including insurers banks and charitable institutions, with managers in a few hands. It warns that employee takeover would confiscate mass savings and hurt the broader public, while denying a Bolshevik scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wall Street
Columbia
S. C
Wood alcohol deaths spark editorial on prohibition dangers
Editorials from the New York Evening Sun condemn prohibition-era wood alcohol deaths as murders driven by greed and illicit whiskey substitutes. They argue the poison shows law not as culprit but as catalyst for greed, urging conscience over lawbreaking and noting poison can cause blindness or death beyond reported cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evening Sun
Shakespeare
Solomon
Probate Court Admits Little fielde Will in Regular Session
Judge Leahy presided as the Probate Court admitted the will of Mrs. Susan S. Little fielde and set a $1500 bond for executor Clinton T. Sherman. The session also handled guardian accounts, estate administrations, and petitions for adoptions with continuances to February and January 19 as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Leahy
Susan S. Littlefielde
Clinton
T. Sherman
William M. Mackenzie
Elizabeth I. Chace
J. William Wood
Annie Riley
Ward
John Riley
Frederick A. Dreyer
Amelia A. Dreyer
Charles W. Kuntze
Samuel C. Dimond
Allen G Wright
Charles F. Dimond
John H. Wall
Elizabeth Peckham
Benjamin Peckham
Josiah F Peckham, Jr
Harold C. Peckham
Hannah A. Coggeshall
William H Coggeshall
John E. Redfern
Mary A. Bullock
Industrial Trust Company
Marcy A. Wood
Wallfrid Jacobson
Scout Troops Drill and Anniversary Planned
The First and Second Boy Scout Troops drill at 7 30 pm. A seventh anniversary celebration for the First Troop is set for Thursday January 15 in the Scout Building with a reception for World War I veterans. Bristol scouts received merit badges at a Providence Court of Honor including Safety First P L Manning Sparks McGrath Fish. Patrol Leaders Club meets Friday at 7 30 with important business. all members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol Scouts
Thomas McGrath
George Fish
Patrol Leaders Club
North Ends Sweep Stars In Bowling League
North Ends won two of three strings against the Stars last night. Scores were led by high marks from North Ends bowlers as the team extended its lead in the YMCA league standings.
Miracle Play The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ
St Michael's Chapel hosted two performances of the Miracle Play The Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ with a new scene The Procession of the Prophets directed by Miss Mary Drury The cast includes Archangel Michael George L Howe Mary Mildred MacDonald Elizabeth Ivy Wennerstrand Joseph Lawrence Edwards Gabriel Mildred Keating Herald Angel Lillian Church Kaspar Wallis E Howe Jr Melchior Sylvester Munro Balthasar George Newman Shepherds Herbert Newman Allen Newman Walter Wennerstrand George Brown Prophet Jeremiah Wallis E Howe Micah Wendell R Davis Zecheriah J M Jones Isaiah W Fred Williams Ezekiel Francis C de Wolf Prophetess Maria D Norris Chorus of Angels Eva Newman Behet MacDougall Katherine Swan Catherine Drury Virginia Drury Gertrude Grice Florence McKay Macs Bameanor Kesatice PERENOT A Marion Jones Trene Servant Frances Merriman Dorothy Seymour Norma Matthewson Cock reeve Ralph Church OX wo ceeeeee 5 aceS4 Charles Newman ASS .oecccaccncees Richmond Gorham Lamb Leonard Sanford Crow esses Lawrence Ashton Torch Bearers Royden Wardwell May Metcalf Edith Winward Henry Bedinger Victoria Giorgio Henry Schafft Carrie Marz Mildred Newman Hazel Erickson Frieda Card Ethel Moore Stanley McKay Madeline Cox King s Attendants Henry Newman Thomas Giorgio Lewis Evans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St~Michael’s
Our Lord
Jesus Christ
St. Michael’s
Mary Drury
Archangel Michael
George L. Howe
Mary
Mildred MacDonald
Elizabeth
Ivy Wennerstrand Joseph
Lawrence Edwards Gabriel
Mildred Keating Herald Angel
Lillian Church Kaspar
Wallis E. Howe, Jr
Melchior
Sylvester Munroe Balthasar
George Newman
Shepherds
Herbert Newman
Allen Newman
Walter Wennerstrand
George Brown
Prophet Jeremiah
Wallis E. Howe
Micah
Wendell R. Davis Zecheriah
J. M. Jones
Isaiah
Fred Williams
Ezekiel
Francis C. de Wolf
Maria D. Norris
Chorus of Angels
Eva Newman
Behet MacDougall
Katherine Swan
Atherine Drury
Virginia Drury
Gertrude Grice
Florence McKay
Macs
Bameanor Kesatice- Perenot
Marion Jones
Trene
Frances Merriman
Dorothy Seymour
Norma Matthewson
Richmond Gorham Lamb
Leonard Sanford Crow
Lawrence Ashton
Royden Wardwell
May Metcalf
Edith Winward
Henry Bedinger
Victoria Giorgio
Henry Schafft
Carrie Marz
Mildred Newman
Hazel Erickson
Frieda Card
Ethel Moore
Stanley McKay
Madeline Cox
King's Attendants
Henry Newman
Thomas Giorgio
Lewis Evans
Obituary of Mrs Annie F Sherman of High Street
Mrs Annie F Sherman 68 died Sunday at her home 381 High Street after two months recovery from eye disease surgery. Born in town, daughter of Col Charles A Greene, she helped publish the Phoenix before 1893. Survived by husband Benjamin F Sherman two sisters Ruth Greene and Emily Manchester and a brother Oscar Greene. Funeral 2 PM at 381 High Street with Rev A Clarke McGilton. North Cemetery burial. bearers George Richardson John Ashton William Manchester Clinton Sherman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie F. Sherman
Benjamin F. Sherman
381
High Street
Sherman
Col
Charles A. Greene
Phoenix
State Street
M. E. Church
Emily F. Manchester
J. Howard Manchester
Ruth F. Greene
Warren
Oscar T. R. Greene
A. Clarke McGilton
State Street M. E
North Cemetery
George R. Richardson
John T. Ashton
William L. Manchester
Clinton T. Sherman
Charles W. Rhodes Dies at Soldiers' Home in Town
Charles W. Rhodes died yesterday morning at 8:20 at the Soldiers' Home after years of frail health. A Civil War veteran who served three months in First Rhode Island Volunteers, he later worked as a Providence mail carrier. He was 81, unmarried, and survived by a nephew, William Waterman of New Rochelle, New York. Funeral services are planned for tomorrow with burial in the Soldiers' lot at North Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Rhodes
Rhode Island Volunteers
Providence
William Waterman
New Rochelle
N. Y
North Cemetery
Real Estate Transfers Record Cottage on Church Street
Frederick L. Waldron of Providence transfers cottage and lot on the south side of Church street to Mr. and Mrs. Clinton T. Sherman as recorded by the Town Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick L. Waldron
Providence
Clinton T. Sherman
Church Street
Births in town mark new year arrivals
In this town on January 3 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Christian Farada. On January 4 a daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Harald B Crowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farada
Christian Farada
Crowell
Harald B. Crowell
Myers and Leary Wed in Williamantic Conn
Abram R. Myers of Brookline Massachusetts married Myra T. Leary of Brookline Massachusetts at Williamantic Connecticut on December 26 with Justice of the Peace Frank Fenton officiating.
Obituaries Notice for Sherman Rhodes and Swift in Warren
Sherman in this town January 4, Mrs. Benjamin F Sherman aged 68. Rhodes at the Soldiers Home in this town January 5, Charles W Rhodes in his 82nd year. Swift in Warren January 3 Dora M ite of the late Capt Edward A Swift.
The Mayor of Filbert and Other Screen Offerings
A condensed listing of film showings from the Star Tuesday to Friday including The Mayor of Filbert with Jack Richardson in dual roles and a plot of reformers vs mayoral corruption, Turning the Tables with Dorothy Gish, Madcap Madge, The Fatal Fortune, Hell Morgan's Girl, The Black Secret, Fox News, and a Harold Lloyd comedy. The entry also includes the District Nurse December report summarizing patient counts, visits, and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filbert
Peace
Jack Richardson
Tittle Ennett
J. Barney Sherry
Little Bone
ASME
eEatea
Dr. Loring
Loring
Dorothy Gish
Dorothy
Triangle
Olive Thomas
Helen Holmes
Twede Dan
Dorothy Phillips
Hell Morgan
Pearl White
Fox News
Matt and
Jeff
Harold Lloyd
Not in Bull's Class
A man walks his bulldog when a small white poodle approaches the gate barking. The bulldog grows defensive and Peter tells him to calm down, noting no action against the poodle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull
Peter
Fifth annual Fair and dances at G A R Hall and Pastime Theatre
Upcoming events list at G A R Hall and Pastime Theatre includes the Fifth annual Fair of Dreadnaught Hook Ladder and Hose Company on Saturdays in January, a Bomont Club dance, and musical comedy The Rose Girl and Minstrel Show under auspices of local organizations in January and February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. R. Hall
G. A. Hall
Bomont. Club
Hope Circle
The
Hydraulion Engine and ‘Hose Co
Dean's Kidney Pills Help Mrs Goettler Case
Backache and kidney pain described by Mrs Geo Goettler of 28 Cook St. after using six boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills from Batington's Pharmacy, she reports complete relief from kidney trouble. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advertises the remedy with price 60 cents at dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nee
Dean
Geo. Goettler
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