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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
3
A Bristol Troops petition to control the common flag pole received approval from the Town Council at Monday’s meeting. Scouts plan to fly Old Glory daily and keep the flags in repair, hoisting the flag Monday morning.
Officers of the Taft School Mothers Club were reelected at yesterday afternoon’s annual meeting. Reports showed the club flourishing and plans for the year were outlined. Re-elected were President Mrs Henry W Boynton Vice President Mrs Julian Newton Secretary Mrs Elmer Manly Treasurer Mrs Joseph L Buffum and committee chairs Mrs Ralph W Holt and Mrs LeRoy D Bell Tea was served by Mrs Mary Logan and Mrs Charles F Sanford. next meeting set for April 15.
John A Gray 64 died Wednesday morning at his Sunnyside avenue home after a long illness. Born in Tiverton he came to town in 1890 and worked nearly 30 years at Herreshoff Manufacturing Company. He leaves wife Margaret J Gray three sons Vernon and Herbert of town George A of Fall River and daughters Mrs Ernest F Torrey and Mrs Charles E Beals Jr and sister Mrs Abbie Almy of New Bedford. Funeral held today at 2 from his home with Rev Anson B Howard officiating. Interment in North Cemetery.
Frederick Herreshoff son of John Brown Francis Herreshoff died Tuesday at his home 620 West End Avenue New York City after a brief pneumonia illness He was 31 He won the metropolitan amateur golf title in 1910 was runner up nationally in 1911 He defeated E M Barnes in the 1912 invitation tournament of the National Golf Club of America He served in France as a private for a year and a half during the great war He was a nephew of Capt N G and Lewis Herreshoff and Mrs Caroline L H Chesebrough of this town.
Frederick Alger and Miss Margaret McLeod were married last Saturday at the parsonage of the State Street MFE Church. The ceremony was led by Rex Br A Clarke McGilton. The couple will reside at 69 Constitution Street and take a short wedding trip. The groom is assistant foreman in the Calender Department at National India Rubber Company. the bride is sister of Mrs Charles I Pendleton of 31 Franklin Street.
In the Senate resolutions approving use of the State Armory by Doric Club of St Alban's Lodge of Masons and Excelsior Tennis Club were passed under suspension. In the House James E Conley introduced a bill to require New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad to light the tunnel under the East Side. the measure was sent to the Judiciary Committee.
A fragile waitress named Sadie travels to a Death Valley edge town to work in a railroad restaurant escaping heartache. Her brave acts of love and fearlessness uplift the community, earning praise for Brockwell’s emotional lead and a strong ensemble including Scott Rosson Dunkinson Aldwyn Long and McDowell.
Eugenio Furtado and Ernesto Farinha were arrested by Police Chief Thomas Dwyer after an assault on Jose dos Santos. Furtado faces violent assault charges and Farinha assault with a knife. They pleaded not guilty and were arraigned before Justice Philip Brady with bail set at 200 and 500 dollars respectively.
A playful poem describes the town of Yawn on the Stow river in Watsthouse valley Letherslide. Residents such as the Gueasys and Putitoffs embody indecision and delay. The verse humorously notes perpetual procrastination and shrinking commerce.
W H Burling ton promotes Hokara the skin healer in Bristol claiming rapid relief for pimples acne eczema and other skin troubles. Ulcers sores and itchy conditions are listed as treatable with a money back guarantee and a 35 cent jar sale offered by W H Buffington.
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