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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1928
Page
5
Defiance Hose Co. honors deceased foreman Beals and welcomes new members
At a regular Defiance Hose Co. No. 1 meeting in Defiance Hall on Wednesday evening tributes and a resolution were adopted for Charles A. Beals who died June 19, 1928. The tribute regrets his loss, notes his long service and foreman role, and plans to publish the tribute in the Bristol Phoenix and send copies to his family. Two new members were voted in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosi Lane
Defiance Hose Co
Nos Tv
Defiance Hall
Heath
Charles A. Beals
Com‘pany
Thale Defiance Hose Co
Bristol Phoenix
Naval Range Finder Uses Optical Tubes in Battleship Turrets
The article explains an optical range finder that measures distance to an enemy ship by forming a triangle with the tube length as the base. Accuracy depends on visibility and distance is typically within a few hundred yards of the true value.
French African Colony on the Atlantic coast
The dvory coast region described as a French West African possession lies between Liberia and the British Gold coast. It covers 121,976 square miles with a population of 1,545,680 including 1,053 Europeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dvory
Liberia
Gold Coast
Red Schoolhouse Restored as Northford Memorial
The Hartford Courant piece recalls a Northford North Branford project restoring the 1805 red schoolhouse. Miss Lane’s era teaching, blizzard of 1888, and the building’s move are noted. League of Women Voters plans make it a community meeting place and memory of past education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northford
Conn
Middletown
New Haven
Miss Lane
Miss Lanes
League of Women Voters
North Branford
Shakespeare’s Path to Recognition Through the Ages
A British review traced how Shakespeare was ignored by early critics Bacon Marlowe and Green who silenced him for a century. The piece says his works were suppressed while Elizabethan peers dominated, then revived in Pope’s era and finally secured lasting fame about 240 years after his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam Shakespeare
Jack Malone
Chicago Daily News
Bacon
Marlowe
Green
William
Pope
Shakespeare
School committee votes on graduations and bouquets policy
The regular meeting of the school committee, with members including Geo A Arnold and J P Reynolds, voted to prohibit presents at public graduation exercises and to limit bouquets to one per graduate. J Howard Manchester presented a colored picture of the Old Brick School House for display in the committee room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. A. Arnold
W. F. Williams
M.D
A. M. Merriman
C. H. Coggeshall
Robert Young
J. H. Young
Jas. T. Robertson
Philip Brady
John Doherty
Dr. H. W. Church
Russell S. Church
W. L. Manchester
Supt
J. P. Reynolds
J. Howard Manchester
Funeral of Jesse Wilson Held on Bradford Street
Funeral services for Jesse Wilson were held Saturday afternoon at the residence of William J. Munro on Bradford Street with Rev. L. Locke officiating. Burial followed at North Cemetery with bearers Frederick Tallman William J Munro Lafayette Gorham and John W Best serving as attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Wilson
William J. Munro
Bradford Street
L. Locke
D.D
St Michael's Church
North Cemetery
Frederick Tallman
William J Munro
Lafayette Gorham
John W Best
Amos Gorham Returns From Four Week Pleasure Trip
Amos ID Gorham, a clerk in the Industrial Trust Co Bristol branch, arrived back Saturday after a four week pleasure trip in New Brunswick. He was accompanied by his cousin Samuel T McNutt of Tag Settlement, New Brunswick, who is now his guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos ID Gorham
Industrial Trust Co
Bristol
New Brangwick
Mr. Gorham
Samuel T McNutt
Tag Settlement
N. B
Italian patron saint festival lights up Wood Street
In this town July 14 a son born to Mr and Mrs Andrew J Lynch and the death of Michael Lavander aged 50 are noted. The Italian Mary of Carmel festival begins with Wood street illumination and a Muscente Band concert. A parade service at St Marys Church and fireworks follow. Bristol batter posts fielding offer with Lonsdales. manager laments lack of financial support endangering weekly games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynch
Andrew J. Lynch
Set Training Tables for Fighting Crickets
The article outlines traditional Chinese cricket training and breeding methods. Trainers enforce strict diets with rice cucumber chestnut lotus seed and blood fed mosquitoes. Champions are raised in special jars and ornate cages for transport and exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Berthold Laufer
Field Museum of Natural History
Pathfinder Magazine
Like Dynamite Love and dangerous indiscretions contrasted
The piece compares love to dynamite to warn that a devoted husband may lavish sacrifices yet condemn a wife’s dangerous indiscretions. It portrays a type of extravagant woman who leverages affection for selfish ends, while emphasizing the balance of care and consequences in intimate relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
True Story Magazine
Injured Boy Earl Ledoux Recovers From Ice Truck Fall
Earl Ledoux eleven son of Mr and Mrs Amos Ledoux of Burton street was injured when he fell from the back of an ice truck last Saturday. He suffered a slight concussion and minor cuts but no serious injury. A passerby found him unconscious near Hope and High streets and a New England Transportation Company bus driver gave first aid before Dr Harold DeWolf treated him and he was moved to his aunt’s home on High street. He remained unconscious for hours and dazed for two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Ledoux
Amos Ledoux
Burton Street
Harold DeWolf
Earl
Hope and
High Streets
New England Transportation Company
DeWolf
High Street
Love and Youth Find a Way in Public Petting Scene
A Boston Globe piece observes trains and crowds as a young couple shares staged embraces at a station. The observer calls it an ingenious system of public petting and questions whether love will find a way. The scene plays out as trains arrive and depart with the couple repeatedly reuniting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Globe
Early Verse Division by Stephens in 1551
The first division of the Bible into verses was created by printer Stephens in 1551, marking a key step in biblical text formatting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens
Tightwads Thrifty and Spendthrift Budget Rules
A government budget expert classifies households by spending shares. Tightwads need 87 percent living costs 60 percent savings and 8 percent for recreation education and philanthropy. Spendthrift uses 58 percent living costs 0 savings 40 percent recreation. Thrifty uses 50 percent living costs 20 percent savings 10 percent for education giving and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kahsae City
Dining room table traces to Louis XIV era
A witty exchange notes a dining table claimed to date to Louis XIV while the reply dismisses the claim by saying all furniture dates to Summerfield's on the fifteenth. The banter reflects a humorous cataloging of antique provenance and retail theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summerfield's
Warren and Ham Clash Over Vacation Policy
Warren asks Ham if clerks get two weeks vacation. Ham replies no a month. Warren puzzled as Ham explains clerks take two weeks when they go on leave and two more when he goes on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Ham
Silent Threat Letter Shadows a Silent Marriage
A reader recalls a nameless man threatening to shoot if he draws near his wife, prompting fear. The intruding note hints at a clandestine affair and a concealed sender, leaving the scene unresolved and the couple anxious.
Barber banter mirrors patrons as talkative barbers talk back
Mary notes women frequent barber shops as much as men while Joseph observes barbers facing the same chatter they once dispensed. The exchange highlights social banter in everyday routine spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Joseph
Great Minds Overcome Handicaps Across History
Louis E. Bisch notes in the American Magazine that many celebrated figures faced disabilities yet achieved greatness. He cites Milton, Handel, Beethoven, Keats, Pope, Caesar, Lamb, Nightingale and others who continued to contribute despite illness, deformity, or mental hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Bisch
American Magazine
Milton
Handel
Beethoven
Keats
Pope
Caesar
Lamb
Fielding
Tom Jones
Krerence Nightingale
Sacred Soil Real Estate Dominates US Wealth
The article asserts that sacred soil is the nation's largest single wealth asset, estimating about 54 percent of national wealth or roughly 330 billion dollars, as claimed by Liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Liberty
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