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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1928
Page
3
The account recalls Sir Douglas Haig asleep in a plate glass limousine amid wartime retreat in April 1918. He is described as a silent, shy leader who traveled constantly among troops, sleeping briefly due to exhaustion as German advances pressed the front.
Emma Calve, early in her career, sought to thicken her calves for Noces de Figaro in Brussels by padding. Front row patrons ogled, the director cried laughter, and in act two she entered unadorned showing the padded change was gone. The audience roared with applause after the shift.
The term basic patent is used like pioneer patent to denote a breakthrough invention. Many basic patents exist but no exact list. examples include Bell’s telephone and Howe’s sewing machine with an eye pointed needle. Additional basic patents cover wireless, radio, and other subjects.
Helen, seven, attends a junior matinee musicale where a friend plays a piano piece. Helen’s mother notes many mistakes but recalls the audience clapped as if it were performed perfectly, prompting Helen to doubt the need for practice.
Popular Mechanics notes Vienna honors Siegfried Marcus with a statue. The unique sculpture features an athletic youth breaking through space with a cast of Marcus head on a front panel. Marcus reportedly introduced an 1864 automobile and in 1875 devised a design with many modern car advantages.
A brief literary note from the Georgia scene features Afro American speech examples as The Gardener Miz Pukins uses dialect phrases like lemme git off fo' de aftahnoon and Yass'm in gardener dialogue. The piece includes Mrs Perkins-Well and Emporia Garette noting tasks completed and porch sweeping.
A historical note describes crude wooden cannons used in Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. The timber log is 5 to 6 feet long and about 1 foot in diameter, twisted grain makes splitting difficult, bark is removed, a bore is burned, and the log is wrapped with rawhide bindings and heated to contract the layers for a rough weapon.
An Indianapolis News cartoon caption recounts a young mother taking her three year old to a church supper. Her mother, serving, complains the child should be washed. The mother says the child refused washing saying no. The scene contrasts the grandmother’s demand with the child’s defiant stance.
J. O. Squire notes in the Observer on Thomas Hardy’s habit of seeing visions of Roman Legionnaires in Egdon Heath. The piece compares Hardy’s fusing of fiction with Doomsday Book facts, as the critic places Hardy between shelf and memory.
Town of Bristol issues notice to all residents to register in person by June 30 1928. Office hours May and June weekdays 9 am to noon and 2 to 5 pm except Saturdays Sundays and holidays. Additional evening hours June 28 29 30 from 9 am to 9 pm. John W Church Town Clerk. Also notice to petition for sidewalk work by July 10 forms available at Town Clerk's Office. By order of Town Council.
The Probate Court of Bristol appoints Jennie H Gallup as guardian of the person and estate of Edward Louis Gallup. She qualifies by giving bond as required by law. All creditors must file claims with the Clerk within six months from the first advertisement. John W Church, Clerk.
Administrator Augustua A Gravelle petitions for authority to sell parts or all of Jeremiah Kirby's Bristol real estate to meet debts and funeral expenses. Two described parcels bound by Metacom Avenue and nearby streets are listed, with historic deed references. A sale may be authorized after a fourteen day public notice in the Bristol Phoenix.
Probate notices from Bristol Massachusetts list petitions for guardianship of Lewis E Buxton estate with Joseph H Hagan named as guardian and publication in Bristol Phoenix for fourteen days. Also notices for Adelaide M Cota requesting Mabel L Gardner as administratrix of Grafton S Hitchings estate and final account by Susan M Sheple Administratrix for Manuel Prada with court hearing July 2 1928 at 10 AM in Bristol Probate Court.
Court action dated 1938 at 10 o clock in the Bristol room concerns Oliver and al a noted accounts. Public notice states servicing to second degree and inspection of notes in the Bristol Epox.
Bristol probate records show final account by Susan M Sheple as administratrix for Alphonso O Drake, with an appointment for consideration. Rose McKale will presented for probate and notice set for July 2 1928. Notices to be published fourteen days weekly in Bristol Phoenix. James Seymore estate referred for May 2 1928 probate session.
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