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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1917
Page
2
A compact OCR fragment lists varied classified notices including mortgagee sale, auction items, rooms for rent, lost items, and memorials. It references Phoenix and Rhode Island offices, local drug and library ads, and multiple streets and contacts such as 84 High Street, 201 High Street, and telephone numbers like Bristol 117-R, indicating a congested city newspaper classified page.
Editorial urges strong focus on physical and moral care of soldiers in camps through YMCA facilities. It highlights Rhode Island aims to raise 50,000 dollars locally and Bristol’s duty to contribute, stressing leisure time as crucial to character and national service. It notes nationwide plans to fund YMCA camps abroad for Army and Navy.
Skim milk is undervalued yet contains nearly all nutrients of whole milk minus fat. It can be consumed as a beverage used in cooking cereals and sauces, or as a base for milk soups. Sour milk, often discarded, can be used in baking and in cottage cheese production at home.
Readers learn that the green tops of radishes turnips celery and beets pack minerals and other nutrients. The tops make fine cooked greens and can enhance salads, offering a tasty way to utilize surplus plant parts.
A fragment lists times and numbers in AM PM format with values such as 9 45 and 12 41 alongside 1 31 and other figures including 9 55 . 10 35 11 15 12 49 and 1 39 2 32.
Land sale transfer at Bristol Narrows to Alice W Thompson. Mrs. H E Strong guest in Bristol. Mrs H F Dixon returns from Providence for summer. Hope Drug Co advertises one cent sale and low price staples. Superior Court term begins May 28 in Bristol County Court House. Flags sale at HOPE DRUG CO. School Committee meeting and sewing exhibit at Byfield School this week. Break in at Hiram A Rounds store leads to theft of candy and pastries. police suspect local youths. Petit jurors listed for Bristol and Providence sessions starting May 28. Sergt Richard Hoyle of Massachusetts Forces, native of Bristol, reported from Plattsburg training camp.
The record lists visitors in Baltimore. Bertha Wyatt’s class at Bristol Yacht Club begins next Tuesday. alien registration ends with 4353 total. Mary Mello ill with diphtheria at 43 Cole Street. executor sale at 84 High Street. Hope Drug Co. advertises a sale. examinations at Artillery Hall yield five passes. Coast Artillery Corps now 75 with 33 needed. Marion Starks to perform Merely Mary Ann at State Street ME Church. Rebekah lodge installs in East Providence. Howard Paull moves to Plattsburg Training Camp. LeClair undergoes gallstone surgery at Hope Private Hospital Providence.
Citizens contribute to a Bristol common project to erect a tall liberty pole and fly a large flag. Donations listed include many names with amounts ranging mostly around one to a few dollars, totaling 140.50 with a target of at least 250. Arrangements are underway to secure the pole and complete the project.
An old time advertisement promises one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It claims 35 years of use, describes the remedy as acting on mucous surfaces and blood, and urges readers to start taking it and send for testimonials.
A sequence of upcoming activities is listed including private dances and entertainments at Colt Memorial High School Pastime Theatre and various halls. Highlights include a May 25 private dance, May 22 entertainment, and June 28 patriotic concert Saluting the Flag by local clubs and groups across Bristol Rhode Island venues.
A weekly ad lists canned peaches three large cans for 43 cents and three large cans of pineapple for 50 cents. Also offered are asparagus tips per can 25 cents mixed vegetables three cans 25 cents lamp chimneys large size 8 to 15 cents stringless beans per can 12 cents jell o three dishes six cents and matches twelve boxes fifty cents pickles regular twelve for 15 cents allspice and mustard one pound five cents fancy table butterine per pound thirty cents Bermuda onions per pound eight cents string beans per quart remains listed in the ad.
Public notices and small ads describe lost Swiss gold wrist watch on Hope Street with reward, furnished rooms for rent in central Phoenix area, multiple real estate and hire listings, a fat mill investment pitch, and various items for sale including a mahogany upright piano and old automobiles. The clippings mention addresses in Bradford Street, High Street, Garfield Avenue, Thames Street, and a Rome New York wire company listing.
In Court of Common Pleas No 3 Judge Charles B McMichael was commended by jurors led by W F Buckley a 36 Mt Hope Ave native now in Philadelphia For nine years Buckley served as gunners mate in the U S Navy and said the flag in the courtroom symbolized liberty and patriotism The judge expressed pride and gratitude for the gesture and the flag’s presence in justice halls
The YMCA two man bowling roll off ended with pairs Hill Clarke 639 and Pearce Nelson 639 and 624 by others. F Pearce tallied 1486 total with a 926 15 average, Carleton Hill scored 135 high single new Kunz cup record. The first and second place tie will be rolled off next week.
The Rhode Island Co issues a Sunday timetable effective May 27 1917. From East End Post Office Providence departures include 5 55 am 7 55 am and hourly to 1 55 pm with half hourly after until 8 55 pm then 9 55 and 10 55 pm. Bristol Terminus departures run 7 25 am hourly to 12 25 noon then half hourly to 7 25 pm and hourly to 10 25 pm with side Car House runs at 7 55 8 55 9 5 11 25 pm and 12 25 midnight.
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