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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1909
Page
1
Fragments present a dialogue where a would-be humorist asks about a place and mentions Ettigy and hanged figures. A solemn responder points to a location described as the other side of Ettigy, implying a grim or fatal setting. The passage reads as a period voice with cryptic, stage-like exchanges.
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court ruled that the lower court rightly refused to endorse the referee report in the Perkins divorce suit. Co respondent Owen was not allowed to cross examine, and the appellate panel upheld the decision granting no divorce. The ruling preserves Owen’s stance against the referee’s findings.
A colored woman has been in town soliciting funds for the colored poor of Newport. She collected a substantial sum, but no money reportedly reached the Newport poor. The negro residents denounce the ruse and say no authorization exists to collect for them. Reverend H W Jeter calls the solicitor a fraud of the deepest dye and urges publication to aid arrest.
Representative Bliss of Cranston filed a House resolution to appropriate about 60000 for a state tuberculosis hospital for advanced cases. A five person commission would be appointed by the Governor to erect grounds and buildings and report annually to the General Assembly. The measure was sent to public health committees.
Edwin A. Cady, manager of the Warren branch of Industrial Trust, was unanimously chosen treasurer of the Warren Manufacturing Company after the death of Frank S. Drowne. Cady, brother of Sheriff Philo V. Oady, has long banking ties and previously served at First National Bank of Warren. Directors elected Arnold Schaer Joseph W. Martin Luther Cole James E. Osborn. officers named president Ray Joseph Hutcheson and agent Arnold Schaer.
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