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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1928
Page
2
Editorial urges immediate voter registration with four days left to qualify for November’s election. Report notes 1593 residents registered to date including 860 men and 733 women, up from four years ago. Town Clerk offices open 9 am to 9 pm Thursday to Saturday to facilitate registration.
Miss Viella McKay sails to Brooklyn for extended visit. Newport guest Helen Martin vacations with grandmother Mrs Munro. An anniversary mass for Elizabeth Reilly is held at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. School staff receive degrees at Rhode Island College of Education. Town happenings include outings, baptist society events, firefighting officers, and church concerts.
Starr L Booth formerly of this town and late of East Providence and Riverside, a Union veteran, died at the Soldiers Home after months of illness. Born in Newtown, Connecticut, he enlisted in 1864 in Company M Second Connecticut Heavy Artillery and was discharged in 1865. He was a member of Babbitt Post No 15 and St Alban's Lodge No 6. His wife Annie Liscomb Booth died in 1916 and a daughter, Alice Booth, in 1914. Funeral services were held at George M Walbur’s in Warren with burial in the family lot at North Cemetery.
The piece reflects on aging and the rising burden of goods and services not affordable as age increases, shaping how readers in San Francisco perceive economic hardship.
An old classified notice advertises primary and pre school age programs at Burten Street with Hazel M Nettle contact. It requests applications and prompts readers to return details to Jerummes at 69 Burton Street.
Lost items include a flying wrist watch and a bracelet believed to have been left Wednesday morning near Brastel and Wood Streets. Contact Pastel 23 01 278 or 74 Pirastel V.
Rental notice for a five room bungalow fully furnished available for July. Located in Homestead Deland contact Joseph Maytum Prudence Tslind or Bristel by phone for application details.
An ad seeks bakers at 19 Pasterbrooks Avenue to move in with full equipment and affordable rent. It offers special terms until a trade agreement is set and directs applicants to apply at 18 Easterbrooks Avenue.
Rooms above a tailor shop available for office, club room, or shop use. For details contact Ho Den Allen at 61 Y or 192 Bristol.
One large double room with twin beds and a single room in a newly furnished Roth house. Private family. Phone Bristol JS11-M. Six piece dining room set, modern conveniences, reasonable price. Inquiries at 14 Lnton Street. Also seasoned wood for sale stove length and fireplace lengths. Pigs for sale ages two to six months and one year, fat. Apply 15 Metacom Avenue, Bristol.
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