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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1948
Page
3
Advice on mixing traditional and modern styles to fit small spaces. Emphasizes honesty in furnishings, using space efficiently, and creating a personal look. Encourages DIY accessories like ruched doilies and a Victorian ruffle with mailed directions.
A row of voting figures lists candidates and party designations for districts 1 and 2 including D and R entries such as Forand, Hurteau, and Brightman with pluarity tallies, plus governor and attorney general races. Absentee voting and issue items like school improvements appear with for against tallies and BTA or CH/WR markers.
A Bristol column comments on Dewey and Life magazine, Halloween festivities, and a campaign mood before elections. It notes a Pawtucket police raid aftermath, Jimmie Coit’s taxi radio system, veterans housing polls, Rotary talks on 1942 events, and local views shaping public opinion in a period piece column.
More than 70 newspapermen from New York City Boston Worcester and Rhode Island toured Rhode Island facilities hosted by the New Haven Railroad for an industry briefing The visit included Taft Peirce in Woonsocket Guerin Mall in Woonsocket and a clambake at Squantum Club East Providence The Industrial Commission with the US Commerce Department described a contract assistance program to aid small plants in obtaining subcontracting work and locating new suppliers to boost output and meet rising government purchases
A letter thanks volunteers and sponsors for five annual Halloween events in town. The writer credits Bristol Phoenix Providence Journal Bristol County News reporters and school and civic groups for publicity and support. He notes police cooperation and a promise to continue the program as a lasting town tradition.
Poignant verse memorial describing a widow and children grieving the loss of John Fanara. The poem laments heartache and missing footsteps and arms, asks why God took him, and expresses hope of meeting in a better land. It speaks to faith, salvation through pain, and reunion after death.
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