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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1927
Page
2
The Phoenix newspaper page lists Farrally Bros as proprietors with F Farrally editor and William Bradford business manager. It shows office at Bradford Street near Thames and gives subscription rates and renewal note. It includes a long directory of local advertisers and readers with addresses and names, dated Friday January 14 1927.
A longtime State House employee, recently dismissed after years of service, consoles himself by noting his compensation exceeded his income and that his work prolonged his life. He jokes that with winter ahead he will have nothing to do but live in Warren, a comment that lightly pivots toward the town.
Gay Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania declines to certify the election of Mr Vare to the U S Senate. He argues the contest was tainted by purchases and theft, suggesting the election was not honest. The piece questions what "Honorable" means in politics.
A tired businessman, discouraged by a smoke free show, confronts an usher in the lobby about a supposed smoking room. The usher points him to a hallway where a sign reads Gentlemen but directs him inside despite its warning.
A sergeant recalls a boyhood loss of wooden soldiers and his mother’s promise that they would be returned. He tells his men the same day has come and they should believe in the returned soldiers.
Dated items report Mary Clare Lee’s death, 1920s teaching at St Mary's. Bristol D A R board meets at Miss Cooke's home Monday. K of C and G A R events include Babbitt Post installation at Grand Army Hall. Willam Magee and others elected to St Marys School alumni, Factory Council leaders named. A January 26 and 21 social events listed with sales at Blue Bird Shop and Chic Shop.
The Altar Society of St. Mary's Church voted to hold a Valentine supper and social. A arrangements committee was named with chair Mrs John Bushneck and members Mrs Peter J Lannon Miss Winifred Walsh Miss Mary Morris Mrs John J Condon Miss May Coggeshall Mrs Dennis J McCarty Miss Loretta Walsh William H O Rourke William Y Leahy Henry Serbst Thomas H McGrath George Moore and Dennis Jo McCarty.
A policeman jokes with a shocked pedestrian after a hit and run as bystanders recall the driver’s distinctive laughter. The scene unfolds with quick humor amid the aftermath.
The Duffy family thanks relatives and friends for flowers and sympathy after bereavement and particularly thanks the employees of the combing department at Cranston Worsted Mills for their kindness.
The executive committee of the American Legion Post O Kearney will meet at 8 PM tonight in the Belvedere city hall. The Hope Circle No 70 Daughters of Isabella staged a repeat Ladies Minstrel show Tuesday at the Pastime Theatre drawing a large audience despite the storm. The body of Mrs Joseph Haytree was brought from Malden MA for burial at North Cemetery. Deaths include Mrs Ellen Farley formerly of this town who died in Milwaukee. Her funeral was in Milwaukee last Wednesday. she is survived by her husband John J Farley.
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