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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
3
Frederick L. Warner, crossing tender at the Poppasquash crossing of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad, reports an intruder pried open a station window with an ice-tool. A dog alerted, the man fled north along a bypath toward Hope Street, leaving visible pry marks at the window.
Members of St Michael's parish will host a reception in the chapel on Thursday evening July 10 from 8 to 10 o'clock in honor of the Rev A B Howard who recently accepted the rectorship. All parish members are invited to attend.
Sunday at the Congregational Church Rev Dr Sims spoke for the Pilgrim Memorial Fund Commission and the church pledged 2300 toward its 1500 share of a 5 million program for annuities for retired ministers and dependents. The debt was also wiped out with 3000 recently raised. May spiritual interests be matched by generosity. Prayer meeting is omitted this week. Lord's Supper will be administered Sunday morning and the evening service at 730.
The Fourth of July Committee will control all Common privileges on Independence Day with a morning ban on a Bristol baseball game. The council agreed to bid for sidewalk concreting, approved attorney fees for bridge work, and set special constables for the year. A parade permit for St. Elizabeth's Church was granted and a slaughterhouse permit denied. gas rates were adjusted to avoid a July 1 coal clause increase.
Sergt. Frank Ferraro of 41 Mt Hope Avenue writes from Base Hospital 57 Paris. He was reported killed in action April 20 1918 and details his movements from Sept 8 1917 to August 23 1918 including gas exposure and multiple bullet wounds on the Toul and St Mihiel sectors. He mentions sending home his picture with the French war cross and the American DSC.
The community schedules a October start for a lyceum entertainment course featuring the Orpheus Male Quartet, Carmine Fabrizio with piano and voice, Davis and Company, and speaker Tom Skeyhill of Australia. Committee chair Mrs. Charles B. Rockwell Jr will collect ticket orders next week for fall delivery, with many previous subscribers backing the event.
Bristol plans a Fourth of July celebration with a sea plane exhibition and an 8 p.m. concert on the Common by the Royal Band. Program includes overtures, selections from Aida La Gioconda and Norma, plus international hymns. Businesses and homes urged to display Stars and Stripes.
A roster of names appears including George L. Crown Jr as chairman John G Stewart as secretary Fred Wilbur as treasurer and others such as John G Birtwistle Harold Blease James B Brown Jown W Church C Colt John J Corcoran James P Fay Ralph W Holt Benjamin F Lindemuth Leon McCaw Samer Mediasty Philip G Morris Walter E Munroe Fred M Straight John A Wahlgren and more. The document lists multiple individuals likely for a board or committee with varied roles.
About 179 women registered at the Town Clerk's office on Tuesday July 1 Independence Day for Rhode Island Women registered any day except Sundays holidays and Saturday afternoons Miss Leah Young assisted and pamphlets and buttons from the suffrage party were distributed at the entrance A bugler outside urged that the women must be heard.
The Y M C A screens Bryant Washburn in a human interest comedy based on The Saturday Evening Post story. Arthur McArney earns $21 weekly and falls for Elsa Owenson, a spendthrift stenographer, leading to comic efforts to fund a better life and a charming ending. Wanda Hawley co stars. educational films and Burton Holmes travel scenes are also shown.
Frank L. Byrnes and Miss Mary Martha Creighton wed at St. Pauls Church in Blackstone Monday morning at 10. Rev Fr Smith officiated and celebrated nuptial mass. Attendants included Nellie Keough and James P. Byrnes. The couple planned a trip to New York Atlantic City and Philadelphia aboard the Priscilla before settling in Groton Connecticut.
The president's pay is set by Congress and cannot change during a term. Originally $25,000 annually, it rose to $50,000 in 1873 and to $75,000 in 1909, with any future changes taking effect in the next term.
A reflective line asserts it is honorable to be accused by those who merit the charge. It frames accountability as a noble standard and invites scrutiny from worthy critics.
President Wilson's address to the American people after the peace treaty signing declares the pact a severer but rightful instrument to repair Germany's wrongs and liberate oppressed peoples. It links the pact to a League of Nations, universal law, and protections for rights, trade, and minorities.
New lot offers curtain shades in all colors at 48kc each Ladies White Skirts priced to clear at 1.98 Men’s Wash Ties and Ladies White Shoes in French military and low heel styles at 1.98 and 1.49 to 1.69 Misse's White Shoes and Silk Stockings for ladies and misses available at 1.49 and 1.25 Stocks feature White Shoes at bargain prices and silk stockings in multiple price points for quick sale.
Bristol residents named among 5172 state jurors drawn for the term July 1919 through July 1920. Grand jurors include Domenico Ciordano and William N. Leahy. petit jurors include Herbert L. Springer, William B. Spooner, James Swan, Levi Magee, and James E. Sullivan among numerous others.
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