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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1925

Page

4

Funerals Held for Gabriel Silvia and Consuelo Brown

Funeral services were held for Gabriel Silvia at St Elizabeth's Church with interment at St Mary's Cemetery. Silvia, 65, born in Azores, lived in town 40 years and is survived by wife Mary and six children. Separate services for Consuelo Virginia Brown were held at her Sherry avenue home with burial at North Cemetery. she was 18, daughter of Mary Lee and the late Thomas H Brown, and leaves two brothers and a sister. Also noted were committal services for Oscar Matthews at North Cemetery and services for Frank Ica l who died in Providence with interment at St Mary's Cemetery Bristol. Ica l's wife was Mary Medeiros of Bristol.

Gabriel Silvia Third Street St. Elizabeth's Church Francisco G. Vieira R. Silvia Manuel Rego Wal- Rideout Manage Bath Vera Manuel -Rosa St. Mary’s Cemetery Silvia Fayal Azores Consuelo Virginia Brown Sherry Avenue Frederick L Maryon Trinity Gourd North Cemetery Miss Brown Mary Lee Thomas H Brown Parker Mills East Warren Reginald N LeBaron W Mary Brown Oscar Matthews Springdale Francis R Enslin First Baptist Church Helen Hazard Frank Ica Providence Orlock Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Bristol St Mary's Cemetery Mary Medeiros

ROSS WORD PUZZLE SOLUTION PROMISED IN NEXT ISSUE

A mixed letter puzzle with numerous horizontal and vertical clues across verbs nouns animals and objects. The note promises a full solution in the next issue while listing many partial clues such as parts of verbs prepositions and common terms across categories.

Obituary of Le Clerc a native of Canada at 70

John Le Clerc aged about 70 died Sunday in Pawtucket after months of illness. Born in Canada he lived in town five years and worked at the National India Rubber Co factory and Bristol County Gas & Electric Co. He leaves two sons William J and Edward E of the town. Funeral from his son's home 402 High Street at 8:30 and at 9 at St Marys Church. Burial at St Marys Cemetery.

JonneAr le Toomerty Jin le. Clerc Canada National India Rubber Company Bristol’County Gas & Electric Company William J Edward

Ever Ready Bowling League Results On Friday

The Ever Ready Engine and Hose Co No 2 league saw the Hosemen take two of three from the Pipemen while the Chemicalmen also won two from the Axemen on the Y alleys. R Dimond had high single 128 and S Smith high triple 316 with R Nelson top average 93.56 and Pick Ups led teams with 1403.

Ever Ready Ever Ready Engine and Hose Co R. Dimond S. Smith R. Nelson

Legend of the Mysore lake and the vengeful goddess tale

In Kadup a lake near Mysore is linked to a legend where a goddess threatens to destroy the dam if warned watermen fail to inform the king. The waterman must return with notice. the king orders his head cut to prevent warning, and the goddess still awaits his promised report.

Sudh Daniks Mysore Goddéne Sucrapatna

Omar Khayyam seen as Eastern writer and scientist

The Kansas City Star notes Omar Khayyam as the East’s great poet mathematician and astronomer. It highlights his Rubaiyat translations by Fitzgerald and his algebra and astronomy studies that aided calendar reform, ending with a claim of death in 11283 AD.

Olatre Khayyam Ite Kansas City

Radio methods to locate mineral veins in prospecting

Professor Kelly explains audio frequency current techniques injected into mineral veins to map underground formations. The method uses radio-like signals to trace conductive rock layers and follow mineral bodies from surface readings.

British Association For the Advancement of Science Sherwin Fretly University of Lorento Kelly

Monroe House Museum A Shrine Dream Amid Ruins

Workers from Italy and other European regions labor at the decaying Monroe residence once home to the nation’s founder. The old mansion shows faded grandeur as a new owner, Joseph Gorill, runs a rug and paper shop nearby while locals debate preserving the site as a shrine and recount Monroe’s legacy.

Princetal New York City Washington Italy Europe Monroe Tony Angélo Sony Tom Foley Foley Gowan Angelo Joseph Gorill

Did His Best

A newly married couple return home with friends. The bride rushes the husband to start coffee while she runs a store errand. She finds him startled by an electric percolator on a gas stove with a high flame.

Indianapolis News

Writers and the limits of literary wit

Thackeray argues that authors are not inherently wiser than nonwriters and that professionals like lawyers and busy writers lack time to study others. He suggests experience and specialization can surpass broad literary knowledge in information gathering and learning.

Thackeray

Indianapolis resident recalls woman’s hospital birth milestone

A neighborhood resident recounts a woman who recently gave birth to her sixteenth child as a guest of a local hospital. A friend visiting her noted her enthusiasm for the care received and her vow to return for future care.

Indianapolis

Tobacco Foe Supreme Threatens South Africa Crop

The Magableseberg plantations face a severe tobacco crisis as a wildfire disease devastates the crop. The south mountain area is infested and a harvest seems unlikely this year. Nursery beds suffer rapid losses, and early detection with remedies from chemists is too late. Bordeaux mixture shows little success.

South Africa Magableseberg

Chile grants 20 year subway concession in Santiago

A decree from the Chilean ministry of interior grants a Santiago engineer a 20 year concession to build a subway across the city. Plans must be submitted within a year and the Alameda de las Delicias corridor from Plaza Italia to Plaza Argentina, about one and a half miles, is priced at about 60 million paper pesos roughly 6.8 million dollars and must be completed within five years.

Ministry of Interior Santiago Alameda de Las Delicias Plaza Italia Plaza Argentina

Longest suspension foot bridge spans Queniult River

Popular Science notes a two foot wide suspension bridge across the Queniult River on the Olympic peninsula in Washington. At 904 feet long it is supported by giant riverside trees and wire cables, with a center 54 foot high pier resting on river rocks. It serves farmers who struggle to cross when spring floods rise.

Popular Science Monthly Queniult River Olympic Peninsula Washington State

Community notices and events from April gathered in local listings

The page lists a church event, a Boy Scouts activity, a bazaar, a comedy at Pastime Theatre, an engine exhibit, a Trinity Parish meeting, and a joint supper. It also notes a marathon champion Clarence DeMars speaking and a June 16 celebration at St Alban's Masonic hall.

Coudell Thor Aday Secon Boy ‘Scouts Fae Baabasioh Sriutate Trinity Parish Opler Il- 30 Clarence DeMars St.Alban’s Ey . F. & A. M States ‘Armiocy

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