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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1927
Page
3
Confined by illness at 546 Hunt Avenue Woonsocket Rhode Island Mr Cava endured a year of shaking spells pimples a dull sallow skin back pain and constipation. After three Tanlac bottles his health improved with clearer skin restored sleep and appetite and he gained 30 pounds while returning to work as a cabinet maker.
Danie R Billington a Soldiers Home resident died on Tuesday in Baltic Connecticut while visiting his daughter Mrs John F Rose. Born January 5 1842 in Georgiaville Rhode Island he served in the Seventh Rhode Island Infantry and was wounded at Fredericksburg. A carpenter turned master mariner he sailed coastwise between Providence Boston New York and Havana. He joined multiple Masonic and G A R posts and attended Saint Peters by the Sea in Narragansett. The funeral was held at his daughter's Baltic home.
The funeral for John McCaw who died Sunday was held at 2 PM Wednesday at 70 Thames Street. Reverend James J Goodacre of the First Congregational Church officiated. Bearers included William McComb Providence Howard Anderson Nephews James Magee and Herbert Springer. The body was laid to rest at North Cemetery.
Tomorrow evening the CWampions of the Boys Brotherhood from the local Y face the Parnngton Fiyers in a teal showdown. Star players Swansea Sther Puanay and the Fogg brothers are expected to lead the visitors as Pall River Juniors games tip off at 7 o clock.
The American Legion's Bertram W Wall returned from national executive committee and Paris Convention meetings in New York and Indianapolis. At the Kearney Post semi monthly gathering, Armistice Day 1926 was set for reporting and appointments named finance and social committees with Wall as France Convention representative. Commander Fish appointed to the State executive committee.
Listings announce Jan and Feb gatherings including two one act plays at St Michael Church by St Michael’s Brotherhood, a winter singalongs by Congregational Club, an old time dance at Bristol Armory, Grand Minstrel Entertainment at Pastime Theatre, and a chicken salad supper at State Street Methodist Church hosted by local groups.
Died in this town January 2 aged 85 years Billington at Soldiers Home. Rose daughter of Mr and Mrs Manuel Pemental aged 13 months.
An Illustrated Africa piece argues the rhinoceros rivals the elephant as the strongest land mammal. It notes five rhino species in warm Africa and Asia, describes size a two to two and a half tons, and explains horn use, market value, and behavior aided by tick birds.
Bertha A Landes, mayor of Seattle, condemns political graft as unAmerican. She contrasts tolerance of corruption with American ideals and cites a joke about a masquerading actor and a pompous duke to emphasize prudence in public conduct.
A neighborhood golfer on a Sunday morn overtakes four women’s foursome who hinder his pace. He complains to two men, then learns the women are beginners, prompting jokes about keeping pace with their learning.
Real estate transfer notice lists Mara Cambridge involving property on State Street at Mt Church Verse and dot area near east side oct beginning street. No further details on parties or dates provided.
A Cosworth calendar proposal adds a 13th 28 day month named Sol between June and July. The 36th day becomes December 29 without a weekday name as Year day a holiday. leap year includes an extra day called Teip day priced between June 28 and Sol’s first day.
The Washington Star reports that England seeks to tag whales to learn their migration and breeding grounds. No plan is set, but authorities hope a naval expert will devise a practical method.
An essay in the Boston Transcript muses on Atlantis as a legendary, supposedly lost island and reviews proposed sites from the Sargasso Sea to the Shatt el Arab. It jokes about perpetual efforts to locate Atlantis, noting how modern exploration dims such myths and shifts to future hope.
Vernon Bailey of the Bureau of Biological Survey has spent years studying beaver life habits. He built a large beaver house near Mifflinburg to observe a trapped female and her six newborn kits. The mother allows Bailey to handle the young, aiding data collection on this fur bearer.
A Bergamo stone mason wrote to Mussolini recalling the 1911 encounter in Lausanne when Mussolini asked Signora Nava for a job. Her husband hired him as a mason, and he did good work until he began writing for a Socialist paper, which led to his dismissal for neglecting work.
In Maine on Lake Manhannock Mr Thomas Mithee hooks a large pickerel that breaks away. The fish bites its own tail during the struggle and tumbles into the water unable to swim or dive. Mithee finally nets the errant fish by hand.
Live electric wires strung through trees are tested to combat destructive cooling moths infesting Northwest orchards and rose gardens. Preliminary tests show strong electric fields created by current deter pests with daily operation as brief as five minutes.
Third Sunday after Epiphany services listed include Holy Communion at 8 a.m. Morning Prayer and sermon at 10:30 a.m. Church School at noon and Evening Prayer at 7:30 p.m. Fremng Prayer appears in text with unclear details.
The notice lists church events for the third Sunday after Epiphany with 1000 am church school and 1045 am morning prayer. It notes Harry Mayo formerly of this town as a law reader who will officiate.
The First Congregational Church schedules a Friday service at 7 30 p m and Sunday morning worship at 10 30 a m with a sermon theme Making the Best out Two Worlds A Church School gathering at noon and a 7 30 p m praise and preaching service. The Sunday sermon theme is The Man Who Was Justished.
Church notices list a Friday prayer meeting at 7 30 pm with hot practice at 0 Sunday 104 and a 12 00 preaching service. Sunday School begins at 6 30 pm followed by Epworth League at 7 30 pm and another preaching hour.
Morning service at 10 30. Sermon by the pastor Harold W Baker. Church school at 11 45. Evening service at 7 30.
Rev Thomas Armstrong of Pawtucket will preside at all services at the Church of the Nazarene on Court Street near Hope. Morning service 10:45 am Sunday School 12:00 noon Young People's meeting 6:00 pm Evangelistic meeting 7:00 pm Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:00 pm You are invited.
The plains Indians used shields made from shields of hide and the Pueblos favored wicker. Elk and buffalo provided thick hides, later replaced by horsehide and cowhide. Despite firearms, hide shields persisted, valued as magical protection for mounted warriors with muskets or rifles.
Tales place the Martyres mine in the Brazilian interior found in 1685 and quickly lost. Since then numerous expeditions have tried to rediscover the site with no success.
An English gardener asserts he can grow vegetables by wireless methods while observers doubt his ability to manage weeds mow grass or operate irrigation simply. The New York Post comments on the claim.
In a quip from the Michigan Gargoyle, a woman recalls a past proposal from years ago to the Absent-Minded Prof. who responds with a laconic, ironic acknowledgment. The exchange frames a playful look at memory and romance.
A dental history note states Romans used false teeth and perhaps bridges. It says tooth filling arose later, with a 1582 dental bibliography dating the start of this branch to about WHA DD.
A historical fragment presents a political quip about public purse as the true seat of sensibility. Attributed to a misrendered figure, it suggests people will heed truths only when drawn from their own funds.
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