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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1919
Page
4
Extraordinary success claimed for Fruit-a-tives a medicine made solely from fruit juices. The tablets combine principles from apples oranges figs and prunes with nerve tonics and antiseptics. Priced 50c a box six for 2.50 or 25c trial size. available from dealers or Fruit-A-Tives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
Treves, an ecclesiastical city, features a cathedral housing bishops remains and relics. A legendary Cross nail and the Holy Coat donated by St. Helena draw visitors, with 2,000,000 pilgrims recorded in 1891. The grave of St Matthias in an ancient church is noted as the only apostle grave in Germany.
May 27 1919 in Bristol Probate Court Sarah Russell Wright estate summons will for probate set for June 16 1919 at 10 30 AM in Bristol Probate Court Room notice to be published for fourteen days in Bristol Phenix Probate Clerk John F Rogreseats
Guardian accounts and guardian petitions for Edwin Cure Sarah Anna Church and Frank O Walker are set for review on July 1 1919 and July 7 1919 in the Bristol Probate Court. Notices to publish for fourteen days in the Bristol Phenix are ordered.
Notice from the Town Clerk of Bristol on May 27 1919 requiring all eligible voters to register in person by June 30 1919. Registration hours in June are weekdays 9 am to noon and 2 pm to 4 pm with exceptions for Saturdays Sundays and holidays.
Friday William Fox presents Tom Mix in Hell Roarin Reform. The three-gun man appears as the two-gun legends fade, highlighting Mix’s bold western persona and daring shooting flair in this old shooting days film portrait.
Star, once a Texas ranger and cowboy, was famed for ambidextrous shooting and heroic feats. He reportedly wiped out the Shonts gang on the Pecos in New Mexico and has now developed into a three gun man using two six shooters and a rifle simultaneously.
At the Bache Private School graduation today at 3 pm Rear Admiral John R Edwards presented diplomas and spoke on China’s schools. The program included songs, duets, essays, dialogues, a class history, and a benediction.
Mrs Sarah Birmingham widow of Edward Birmingham died last Sunday in New York and was brought to this town for a funeral held at 8:30 AM from Bay View avenue with a 9:00 AM Requiem High Mass at St Mary's Church. Interment was in St Mary's Cemetery. She was born in Ireland and moved to the United States, living with her sons in New York during winters since her husband’s death. Survived by four sons Fred Frank John and Richard Birmingham with one daughter, Miss Sarah Birmingham, who died three years ago.
Miss Josephine Barba 22 daughter of Pasquale and Josephine Barba died suddenly yesterday at 130 at her home 116 Metacom avenue Heart disease listed as cause by Medical Examiner Seymour of Warren Funeral set for 9 oclock tomorrow morning at the Church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel She leaves four sisters and five brothers
The phrase That’s the ticket arose when English speakers see a person act and exclaim it is the proper method. The real saying is That is the etiquette meaning the right and proper way of doing something.
Mrs Joseph Roberts writes that after two years of life changes and female complaints she gained 50 percent improvement after two bottles and full restoration after six. Her daughter also benefited, praising Hazeloch Herb Remedy as a woman’s friend.
Hazeloch Remedy is a root and herb compound marketed as a pleasant tasting tonic for female complaints during change of life. It promises health benefits and a money back guarantee if no benefit, with sales through leading druggists.
Elwin A. Hill, a Bristol letter carrier for nearly 19 years, will resign on July 1 and move with his family to Derry New Hampshire to farm 72 acres. Postmaster Coggeshall and 11 assistants paid a surprise visit to his home at 1019 Hope Street and presented a purse of gold. The group shared refreshments and a social hour in farewell.
The First and Second Bristol Troops of the Boy Scouts of America will stage a scoutcraft demonstration on the Common next Monday evening June 30 at 7 15. The Greater Providence Council and out of town guests will attend. The program includes formation flag oath calisthenics tower building signalling patrols first aid tent pitching life saving drill tenderfoot swearing in awards retreat and dismissal. Scoutmaster George R Fish leads with assistants F W Coggeshall W Amanna and H McKay. Public invited.
The Hyatt roller bearing arose from experiments to strengthen bearings for heavy cane mills. John Wesley Hyatt, the inventor also known for celluloid, developed the first flexible roller bearing during studies of billiard ball flexibility, seeking substitutes for ivory in billiard balls.
A machine described in Popular Mechanics Magazine peels up to 40 pounds of potatoes in three or four minutes. It uses a revolving drum powered by a one third horsepower motor. The inner drum surface is roughened with perforations and set in a wooden container to operate.
A passing idea led to galvanic electricity and the ability to transmit speech. Gallant noticed frog muscle contraction and an accidental spark from an electrical device, inspiring the key discovery.
A reflective quote by Phillips Brooks extols nature as positive and life serving. He asserts that killing is not for its own sake but part of a larger weaving of life’s processes.
Chinese needlewomen sit along the street sewing and mending for spare pieces of work. They are usually wives of fishermen or boatmen and welcome odds and ends to boost family income.
A Popular Mechanics photograph shows campers sleeping on the Western plains with only a horsehair rope encircling their bed. The rope is claimed to deter rattlesnakes, which are said to have an instinctive aversion to crawling over such rope.
The Rock Point area in Maryland attracts Washingtonians for summer fishing with rustic lodging and low prices. Senators and congressmen visit, but the scene remains informal and focused on angling. Bankers and plumbers share boats, while sunburned women join in the outdoor life and swimming. The place lacks hotels and prestige, preserving its primitive charm.
A story recounts Napoleon entering a French cathedral city during his rise, noticing fleur-de-lis designs on windows hidden by partisans. When asked, he praises French bravery and orders the windows uncovered, saying the Miles of France have led sons to victory and should be proud.
In Avalon California a man played fish while Captain Westbrook acted as the angler. The "fish" was given 150 feet of line and quickly gained 30 feet before Westbrook began his counter attempts. After 15 minutes the line reached 180 feet and the angler used his usual tackle to pull ahead.
The text extols friendship as a natural social instinct and a source of strength. It argues each person should seek deeply compatible friends, noting roughly one in a hundred people fits as a brotherly intellectual companion who blesses life. It emphasizes locating affinities and loving friends as oneself to realize human brotherhood.
A visitor asks about historic ruins and the hotel proprietor of Jiggsville notes there are none like monuments here. He mentions Judge Hicksbee, defeated four times for the United States Senate, as a casual reference in a Birmingham Age-Herald style remark.
Five scarlet sponges were collected from Lake Biwa in Japan. The lake laboratory at Otsu, affiliated with Kyoto Imperial University, says such sponges have not been found anywhere else in the world.
Lena D. Morris, executrix, announces that the will of Sarah Russell Wright of Bristol has been admitted to probate and she has accepted the trust with bond filed. Creditors must file claims with the Bristol Town Court clerk within six months from the first advertisement.
Guardian appointed by the Probate Court of Bristol for Irene Be Dagenais. Bond filed as required. All persons claiming against the ward must file claims in six months from the first advertisement. Signed by Joseph A Dagenais.
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