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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1928
Page
2
The label on your Phenix shows the paid time for your subscription. When renewed the date changes. Subscribers are asked to note the date and renew promptly. Office Bradford 81 corner of Thames Bristol 44. Entered as Second Class mail matter.
The editorial likens electricity and mass communication to Aladdin's lamp, arguing modern gadgets surpass ancient gods. It notes electricity, gas, radio, and the telephone create labor saving devices and place power in human hands, with John Smyth as a symbol of superior communication. It claims twentieth century wonders surpass ancient monarchs and that each person now wields vast, impersonal power.
Production costs fall as machine labor replaces humans raising earnings and consumption. The shift to electric machines expands industry and employment, establishing greater comfort, steady jobs, and industrial achievement for the nation.
Miss Nora Sullavan returns from New York City while Mrs Mary Gigho’s anniversary mass is held at the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Community meetings address parish aid society plans and a charity supper, with snow disruption and a busy calendar of baptisms, memorials, and church speakers across Trimps and Bristol County.
At a Bristol meeting under the Knights of Columbus and Daughters of Isabella, Eddie Downes and his Melodyland Orchestra, along with the MacRae Sisters, were chosen to provide music for an upcoming Monday event. Plans include Curtains Dimonds Corner ad layouts and a faster program lane at Church Street.
A damaged notice from a local ad column mentions a large gray stray dog named Solite or similar with a description nonstandard. A reward is offered and it references a street in Pristel area and Nd Hugh street. The fragment provides no dates or clear agency.
Ashes and rubbish were cleared from a site on Ty Fox Hill Avenue at a charge of 100 dollars per load. Marshall and a local contractor organized the removal service and completed the curbside cleanup.
Wanted notice from William Ives seeking skilled work in carpentry drafting and raftering. Describes experience with various kinds of rafters and wood at 4 Wood Street. Local ad appears in the employment section.
Seven room cottage with electric lights water power good cellar and garage full lot with land. two slender three hoop Brownie Crase line engine for sale at 212 Hope Street Newls renovated tenement on Bradford Street near Thames suitable for mull operative reasonable rent appointments at Phoenix Office for rent room over at Lakes Shop Hope Street. He de W Allen Supt Colt Farm Tel 61 Y or 192.
Reading fragment notes Lowesath Apartment and Colt Apartment Building on Hope Street with contact Apyts H DeW Allen as superintendent and Colt Farm telephone numbers 61 Y or 182.
A notice orders removal of a dwelling at 11Q State Street with eight rooms. The Phoenix Office demands immediate compliance and cites applied authority.
Public notice lists 65 acres near Pech 8 Corner Swansea and Rehoboth tied to the late J W Waldron with 500 to 600 standing trees. Administrator T O Gladding at 3 State Street Bristol invites inquiries. Also an ice box and a store suitable item for sale through A Mancini at Wood Street and Mt Hope Avenue corner.
Dr Willand Duff announces that Dr Paul Thompson of the State Board of Public Health cannot attend in Bristol to administer the Schick test. Tests will be given later this week. A St Rita s Club meeting at the Church of Our Lady of Mount Cornell is planned Sunday afternoon. plans were made for a motion picture entertainment in May and a musical comedy college event to be presented. Several young women were admitted to the club Hope Care s No 70 Daughters of Isabella at a Knights of Columbus meeting on State street. A shower was given for Elizabeth Pietee who is to marry John J Malkereen of Portland Maine. gifts included a bonnet, clock, and news.
Mrs Marton Garcia on Franklin Street hosts a surprise birthday gathering arranged by her sons and daughters honoring her 48th birthday. About forty relatives and friends attend with music by the Golden Star Orchestra and refreshments served, and Mrs Garcia receives many gifts.
A lighthearted note recalls a man who laughs at friendly joshing about never paying the lunch bill, showing he can take a joke at his own expense. The item captures local humor and social teasing in a Fireside setting.
Notice to dog owners in Bristol Rhode Island mandating muzzling for all dogs during March because of a rat fever outbreak. Dogs found out on streets will be taken to the Town Pound and may be killed if not claimed within legal time. Signed Constable Denis Ferreira.
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