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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
2
Classified items advertise dog licenses lost wanted and for sale neckwear and various sales. Names mentioned include Wm. F. Briggs H. M. Darling Northup Bros. Richard C. Quirk Place and Foster with an AWDEX T tag and a Friday March 23 1917 date.
Money Order, Registry and Postal Bank departments open from 8.00 a.m. until 6.00 p.m. Mails arrive at 7.00, 8.00 a.m., 2.00, 4.00, 6.00, 7.00 p.m. with service details for patrons.
Recurring items report James Tobin confined at home on Main road due to illness while Mrs. Luther also ill but improving. Lenten sermon to be preached at Trinity Church by Rev Robert Bachman. Rhode Island House rejects equalization of taxable values and imposes a three-cent road tax. John McGovern’s Lincoln avenue house damaged by fire is under repair by contractor E W Weaver.
George R. Fish urges Bristol citizens to show patriotism by displaying Old Glory from homes and businesses during the current perilous period. He reminds that flags should not be displayed before sunrise or after sunset, stars oriented toward the north when east west, and should not touch the ground. He calls for all organizations to repeat flag salutes at meetings and for flag displays in lodges, public buildings, and churches to unite Bristol in patriotism.
Patrons will see Mar guerite Clark in Miss George Washington a witty photo play from Famous Players Co plus Burton-Holmes Travelogue Through the Land of Evangeline and a cartoon. A boys and girls matinee starts at 4 30 with adults welcome in the evening.
President Wilson yesterday began work on the speech he will deliver to Congress when it assembles in extraordinary session on April 2 to address the German crisis.
The United States becomes the first nation to establish formal recognition of the newly formed Government of Russia, signaling a major diplomatic milestone. The decision affects ongoing relations and sets a precedent for Western acknowledgement of the regime.
Joseph M. Hart is seriously ill at his State street home. Miss Marion West, Miss Charlotte Easterbrooks and Miss Marion Coggeshall will leave tonight with friends from Providence for a few days visit in New York City.
Walter Law appears at the Star Theatre in The Unwelcome Mother with Fox stars while Vernon Castle headlines Patria and Douglas Fairbanks in Manhattan Madness. The Triangle film Manhattan Madness is praised as full of pep and entertainment. Also showing The Crimson Stain Mystery, A Scoundrel's Toll, Pearl White in Pearl of the Army and Kitty Gordon in Her Maternal Right next Monday.
Hay for sale at Woodmoor Lodgie Box 264 Bristol R 1. A boy is wanted to help on a milk route. Apply to Gov Bradford Farm B French Proprietor. Two furnished rooms for light housekeeping. Protestant people may write to Box A Phoenix Office.
Wilfred H. Munro et al to Pasquale Formisana own a two story house at the northeast corner of High and Bradford and a cottage adjoining. Frank B. Wilson to Edmund Montross includes a cottage and a lot on the south side of Franklin Street. Montross then transfers back to Frank B. Wilson and wife the same property.
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