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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1917
Page
3
The Sparks Shows return to town August 6 with a brand new train of monster railroad cars and upgraded equipment. Spark’s enterprise and over $40,000 spent on better cages dens and trap pings promise a high quality exhibit with top talent and positive press. A grand street parade and free outside exhibitions precede the main tent opening.
A grease flare on an oil stove at Gabriel Savino’s Wilson’s Lane home sparked a morning fire alarm around 11. Mrs. Savino sustained minor facial burns while firefighters extinguished the flames. the blaze was out upon their arrival.
East Side Tennis Club swept five matches against Casino, with N M Vose defeating W E Howe Jr in three sets. Also winning were H C Owen over Barrows, F A Church over Howe, the Vose Owen duo in doubles, and the Owen Ballou pair in mixed doubles.
A Bristol woman cites local testimony for Dean's Kidney Pills as a tested remedy for kidney trouble. Goettler of 28 Cook St reports back pain and stiffness eased after using six boxes from Buffington's Pharmacy, price 60 cents at dealers.
The Exemption Board for this district, headquartered at the M C A, lists dozens of names including Antonio Madeiras Bristol and James L Towers Tiverton. Col A W Anthony serves as Secretary. 300 young men will be notified to report for examination and then given a week to file exemption papers and a few days to prove claims by affidavits. Public notices indicate proceedings extend to Bristol Jamestown Tiverton Middletown Portsmouth and Little Compton.
Calambro Medici was arraigned for playing cards on Sunday and intoxication and fined $2 in each case after pleading guilty. Stanley Kania pled guilty to fare evasion on the New Haven Railroad and was fined $10 plus costs. Walter Simpson vs. George Poulos was continued for one week in civil court. In Juvenile Court Tony Almeida, accused of stealing watches and from barber shop and a house, was sent to Sockanosset Reform School.
Elizabeth DeWolf Adams transfers a Bristol Narrows land lot to Henry Dio and wife. Transfer entered for record at Town Clerk's office.
The Town Council issued ordinances restricting tavern hours and sales. No liquor after 11 p m on weekdays or after 11 p m Saturday until opening Monday and Sunday service limited 12 noon to 8 pm with meals defined as 25 cents. Registration book and uniform special constables required. fines range from 5 to 25 dollars.
The Nineteenth Company Coast Artillery Corps of Bristol plans mobilization for federal service tomorrow at 9 am at the Naval Reserves Armory. They will join a 2:30 pm Providence parade, then encamp at the armory and await orders to Fort Rodman, New Bedford.
Madeline Von Unschuld of Washington D C celebrated her ninth birthday with a recital at Miss Edith Colt on Smith Street. The young pianist, daughter of Madame Von Unschuld, performed a classical program including Gavotte Bach Sonata Mozart Eccosais Chopin Nocturne Eb major Rondo Brilhante and Adagio Hayden to delighted listeners at the Lewis Herreshoff residence.
Louis Koffman, 24, of New Bedford, was arrested early Saturday at the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company by Night Watchman John Paull and handed to police. He claimed Jewish parentage, traveled with six others for work, and said he wandered streets after losing his registration card 532. He was sent to Federal Officers in Providence.
Dustin Farnum appears in The Call of the Cumberlands at the Y M C A tomorrow. The film adapts Charles Neville Buck's story of feuding factions in Kentucky with vivid action and heart interest.
The program features Samson South as the hero in The Burton-Holmes Travelogue and Pictograph along with educational film The Passing of the Broom and a Bumps Comedy.
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