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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1929
Page
4
The Fourth Estate reports a marriage described as a formal contract with terms set by a probate court or decree. Miss Gish attended by sister Miss Carrie Gish. gown blue crepe de chine. Ceremony at the bride’s home. premium, surrender value, and honeymoon terms to be set by the parties.
Rev. Frank Steelman recounts a tale of a colored man sentenced to hang. A crowd gathered at the jail courtyard for the execution when a fire siren drew people away. A passerby asked what was happening and offered to be in the pictures. The Italian man swapped places, bound himself, and fled as the colored man escaped.
Natives in north-central Siberia report a bright fireball crossing the sky on July 16 1908 followed by a loud detonation. The blast left a forest-cleared area with depressions over 300 taties wide, suggesting multiple meteorites but no crater as large as Meteor crater. Russian scientists conducted tests in the Yentselsk district to study the ground and locate potential impact sites among the disturbed terrain.
The article notes gold collars given as gifts at royal marriages in England, including a collar worth about 15 000 dollars at the marriage of Richard I. It explains that kings wore collars of their livery as signs of favor and cites depictions of Henry VII in portraits with broad jeweled collars and Henry VIII with a jewel suspended from a long chain.
Observances marked 800 years since founding of several Scottish churches. Kelso Abbey hosted ceremonies for King David I’s founding era, Bowden Parish and Linton Parish celebrated similar milestones, and Holyrood Abbey will hold an 800 year commemoration.
The Rhode Island State Board of Public Roads votes to take land in Warren on Plat No. 263 under 1929 act. Describes center line, street alignments, and parcels along Main Street Mill Street and Brown Street with plots and fence lines. Recorded with the Warren Town Clerk on April 26 1929.
The notice announces a real estate auction of land on the westerly side of High Street Bristol Rhode Island bounded by High Street lands formerly of Augustus O Bourn and Charles F Herreshoff with a 200 cash payment due at sale and remaining balance on delivery of deed. Commissioner E Tudor Gross issues the order under March 26 1929 decree with auction in Providence on May 8 1929 and dates 5 10 17 24 31.
A plain wooden box in Brooks' club house bears a brass plate claiming it was the first ballot box used at a parliamentary election in England in Pontefract August 1872. The clubhouse once housed the Whigs and is praised by the London Chronicle for its old-fashioned dignity and comfort.
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