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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1915
Page
2
Bristol residents endured a June hailstorm that forced many to abandon mowing for clearing ice. A local ice cream maker and a private family profited by collecting hail to freeze ice cream, while glaziers saw benefit, echoing the saying that an ill wind blows some good.
The United States battleship Michigan will arrive by bay from Newport this Saturday and anchor southeast of Hog Island until July 6. The ship's band will give a concert and its baseball team may perform ashore. Michigan of the Dreadnaught type cost $6,795,337 and carries eight 12 inch guns, with 758 enlisted men.
A woman believes her marriage proves her husband is superior, feeling certain she chose a remarkable man. She asserts her own judgment and status are tied to his qualities.
Local items include William H. Buffington returning from Detroit, quit claim deed filed by C Co An’s, James Hammill and Louis Reese traveling to Maplewood New Hampshire, Betty McLaughlin hosting the Whist Club at the Bristol Yacht Club, and an attachment filed by Miracle Cement Block Company against Ashton Haddad. Also noted are St Johns Providence pastor James Ward becoming St Marys Newport pastor, Junior Epworth League excursion to Prudence Island, Jack McGee piloting his airship over Bristol, and social notices from Millers and local church services plus a Baptists camp and a Whist Club finale with prizes.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh. It includes endorsements from F J Cheney & Co and local banks, claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, and notes price per bottle with nationwide drugstore availability.
Notices announce formation of a Little Mothers League in town with forthcoming updates in this paper. Various local items appear including lodge activities, marriages and business notices from A P Nerone and others.
The Iris, published by the Class of 1915 at Colt Memorial High School, is noted for its appearance and literary merit. It features a half tone editors group photo and pen and ink sketches by William Gardiner and is selling well among pupils and friends. The staff includes Hannah Kinder, Frances Crowley, Frank Keating, William Gardiner, Laurence Greenwall, Waldo Spear, Alfred Koch, Bertram Wall.
The First Bristol Troop of Rhode Island Boy Scouts will hold their annual tag day on Saturday July 3. Scouts will be stationed on town streets from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The top fundraiser earns a free week at the State Camp. Proceeds fund a Brass Band and building fund with $500 more needed. The building committee asks town residents to contribute as in prior years.
Local registrations filed last week include 2097 Hattie Barnes Bristol Pierce Arrow 48 hp limousine 17900 Robert McKay Bristol Ford 22 hp touring car 17902 Joseph Bruno Bristol Overland 27 hp touring car 45913 Paul Chase Prudence Island Buick 16 hp touring car 2736 Alfred Pary Barrington Over...
Advertised letters page lists names including James Gorse James P Tierney Mrs Katie Rabbit Miss Sara Carter Mrs J C Wyman and foreign names Theresa de Teens Sousa Freitas Frank Vinzienzzo Pascullo with June 26 1915 date and office reference G Coggeshall P fH.
No criminal cases were on the docket yesterday morning before Judge F. H. Hammill. Civil cases were continued one week including A. T. Scattergood vs. Luigi Petrucci, Joseph S. Gendrau vs. Frank Cabral, Jacob Feinstein vs. J. Geogi, Elias Solomon vs. A. Carrado, Jacob Molasky vs. Maria Cornia.
In this town, James McCormick aged 89 years six months died June 25. In Warren, Thom as Angell Spencer aged 87 died June 24. In Warren, Catherine T. Tanner wife of Samuel R. Tanner and daughter of Mary and the late Charles McCanna died in her 27th year.
Town appropriation for Independence Day is $200 less than last year forcing the Fourth of July committee to seek public aid. Subscriptions received include Browning King & Co Prov Friend L Teller Jr MD Edward R Cutler A T Jones James G Blaine 3d A Friend Frank B Bannon.
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