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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1928
Page
3
A Providence based Better Business Bureau explainer details the reloading scam in five financial articles. It describes how promoters pitch fake opportunities to recover losses by cycling money through bankrupt or depleted companies, often targeting vulnerable investors with forged prospects and phased stock acquisitions.
The monthly Bristol County District Boy Scouts meeting at Deputy Commissioner George R. Fish's home discussed an February open meeting for Troop Committeemen and announced Troop 5 leads the merit badge contest with Troop 2 Barrington second and Troops 2 Bristol and 3 Barrington tied for third. Plans for renovating the Scout Building on Hope Street were set, funds to be raised by a committee, and National Boy Scout Week observed February 6 to 12.
Colonial Company BTA Battery C of the Bristol Train of Artillery held a housewarming in the Armory on State Street with a musical program and supper. Preparations were made for a joint banquet of Battery C 243d Coast Artillery and the Bristol Train of Artillery at the State Armory on February 1. A Washington ball and the February 21 Colonial Review rehearsals were also noted by the committees led by Col Edwin S. Godfrey and Maj Fred M. Straight among others.
Members of the Junior Choir of the First Baptist Church presented Old Testament Bible scenes Sunday evening under Miss Mary E Spooner’s direction. Mrs Joseph Alger sang In the Secret of His Presence. Pastor Harold W Baker delivered a sermonette Friendship illustrated by a pageant with named roles King Saul Arthur Marz Jonathan Donald Smith Abner Bertram Bullock Jr David Fred Alger Arrow Boy Maurice Smith Jr Angels Evelyn Baker Isabel Roderick Viella McKay Evelyn Sugden Hope Mowry Muriel Bullock Dora Bailey Edith Kershaw Bertha Alger Dorothy Conklin May Conklin. Senior choir sang several selections.
Battery C 243d Coast Artillery beat Battery E 24 to 21 at Westerly Armory Saturday night. The two teams meet again Thursday at State Armory. Lineups include Burke Moura Bruscato Lamb and Blanchard for Battery C and Barber Lamb Searles Mansi for Battery E. Field goals by Moura Burke Bruscato and Lamb, free throws by Burke Moura Barber, and referee Driggs officiating. Ten minute periods.
Grade 9A students at Guiteras Memorial staged In Ancient Rome Friday afternoon in the school auditorium. Cast included Annarummo Claudia DeWolf Shirley Newman Herrmann Wilbur Chris Ostby Jr Louise Bell John Corea Angelina Rinalli Antonetta Poh Jerome Almeida and Peter Gilroy.
A series of school and church events across the town include La Salle Academy versus Colt Memorial high at Guiteras School gym on Jan 25, plus food sales, chowder, and charity dinners at various vestries and halls through Feb 21. High attendance events feature Ladies Minstrels, Turkey suppers, and a Colonial Review with multiple organizations hosting gatherings.
A collection of light dated quips and jokes about police, fashion, courtship, and propriety. The snippets poke fun at social norms from past eras, including flirtatious banter and playful puns about dresses, calfs, and manners. The tone echoes a vintage humor column.
A humorous exchange follows as Abe replies that he is going only the one way, turning a traffic rule into a punchline about his new car. The dialogue captures a light moment over a simple driving misunderstanding.
A German Dorfbarbier cartoon from Berlin depicts a father confronting a young man about courting his daughter. The dialogue turns to repayment as the young man jokes about the other table’s bill. The scene ends with the observer's ironic remark about making eyes at the next table.
In Machias Maine a luncheon celebrated Master Talbot H Crane turning six with seven children in attendance. A fragment references a dialogue about danger in kissing and a wife losing appetite, mentioning a nurse or doctor scene and a Pathfinder excerpt.
A wry exchange quotes The Office Cat mocking a claim of being at home to kiss a wife. The reply implies a joke at the accuser’s expense with no independent factual details.
Exclamations and cautions aboard reflect a tense voyage with warnings about whales, shallow water, icebergs, foghorns, and shipping-rights as the crew debates speed and safe passage across the Indian Ocean and near the English Channel.
The funeral for George Clark, who died Friday, was held at 2 p.m. yesterday at his home 24 Burton Street. The Rev Anson Howard of St Michael's Church officiated. Floral tributes came from St Alban's Lodge Burnside Lodge Pythian Sisters Dreadnaught Hook and Ladder and the Collins Aikman wool department. Bearers included Town Clerk John W Church Town Councilman James Holmes Town Auditor William Connery and John J Hackett. Interment followed at North Cemetery.
The funeral for John Henry Orthmann was conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at his daughter Mary Neumann’s home no. 40 Catherine Street. Rev. Anson B. Howard officiated. Floral tributes came from St. Michael's Ivy Guild Edgehill Temple Pythian Sisters and Melrose Knights of Columbus. Bearers were Charles Lawrence Bernard and Frank Orthmann of Melrose. Interment followed at North Cemetery. He is survived by two daughters Mary Neumann and Mrs William A. Darling and a son Charles Orthmann all of Melrose father to Charles.
Funeral services for John Long who died Saturday in Providence were held yesterday from the home of George M Wilbur in Warren, followed by a requiem mass at St Marys Church. Interment was at St Marys Cemetery. Born in Ireland 55 years ago he came to this country 30 years ago and worked at Phillipsdale Wire Works before his illness. He is survived by a sister Mrs Harry R Gray of Warren.
The funeral of Francis McKenna, three years old, son of Mr and Mrs William A McKenna, who died Friday night, was held at 3 PM Saturday at the parental home 38 Byfield Street. Interment followed at St Marys Cemetery.
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