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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1916
Page
2
Editorial praises Colt Memorial High School principal William W. Lee Jr for creating a list of willing students to take on odd jobs after classes. The piece argues work builds value, independence, and lifelong good habits, urging Bristol residents to hire these youths and support the plan.
After eleven weeks of talks in New London and Atlantic City the joint Mexican American commission remains at a deadlock. Mexicans demand U S troops withdraw and a government acknowledgment of illegality, while Mr Lane travels to Washington for a White House decision as Carranza chafes at loss of control without the troops.
The New York Herald condemns the unequal voting rights for women across states. It argues national unity depends on universal federal standards and calls for a federal election law to cure these disparities.
Miss Marion Law completes a 590 mile Chicago to Hornell flight in 5 hours 42 minutes and continues to New York City with a stop at Binghamton, reaching 832 miles in nine hours 1 minute. The feat makes her the subject of regional attention as she challenges gender stereotypes in aviation.
The new dimes are in high demand while the old ones still hold value. The main issue with either type is that neither will purchase ten cents worth of goods.
The Philadelphia North American reports that in the recent election the hyphens were enlarged and proved to be merely a minus sign rather than a punctuation mark or symbol.
The notice urges readers to begin Christmas shopping with five weeks left until December 25th. It emphasizes early planning, holiday prep, and budgeting to avoid last minute delays and ensure timely gift purchases.
Bristol post office hours show general service from 6 45 a m to 7 30 p m with money order registry and postal bank departments open 8 00 a m to 6 00 p m. Mails arrive at 7 00 8 00 am 4 00 6 00 7 00 pm and close 7 30 8 50 11 50 am 1 50 5 50 7 15 pm Sunday mails arrive 12 00 m close 4 50 pm.
A listing of Adams Express hours shows outward departures from Bristol at 7 50, 11 20 a m, 2 20, 5 20 p m and inward arrivals at 8 00, 10 00 a m, 2 00, 4 00, 7 00 p m.
Barge Canton arrived with coal for Staples Coal Company. Young Women's Parish Club of Trinity Church to hold regular meeting tomorrow at 8. Narragansett Mill at Warren will begin making worsted yarns soon. Colt Memorial High School Class of 1917 to hold a private dance Wednesday night. Buy at Hope Drug Company and get another at half price Thursday through Saturday. Trinity Boys' Club meets Thursday at 7. Lewis B. Waldron, home from Rhode Island Hospital, is out but not fully recovered. More hunting licenses granted. 151 so far, up from 126 last year. Dr H W Church trophy shoot at Bristol Train of Artillery range completed. range opens tomorrow before Company B drill. First Bristol Troop Boy Scouts football team beat North Providence by forfeit. A boy named John Torrano was seen with a hammer damaging school curbing. Paul Herzig reports loss of bicycle at the ferry wharf. police expect to locate it among local youths.
The Young Men's Parish Club basketball team will hold an 8 15 PM session in the Parish House tomorrow. Community events include a St Elizabeth social at Columbia Hall and a one cent sale at Hope Drug Company running Thursday through Saturday.
The office dictionary defines a wolverine as a musteline carnivore with a plantigrade stance. It notes the term and related veterinary abbreviation.
One hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh case with Hall’s Catarrh Cure said to work through the blood to the mucous surfaces. Claims improvement in general health after a short time and offers testimonials and a money back incentive. Lead by Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. sold by all druggists.
Last evening the Town Council voted to hold a public meeting on December 5 at 10 a.m. to consider establishing an anchorage area in Bristol harbor Rhode Island. The council approved use of the Town Hall chamber for the hearing and noted a War Department inquiry from the United States Engineers office. The session included discussion of police matters in an executive session and a permit for Francisco Federico to place dirt on Wood street during cellar work.
The First Division RI N M Engineers host a dance in its armory at the foot of Church street on Thursday evening November 30. The Crown Orchestra a nine piece ensemble has been engaged to provide music.
An invitation to attend the annual visitation of the Degassient Inspector to Babbitt Relief Corps was accepted for Friday evening. Daniel McCarthy, night operator at the Franklin street station of the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad, left Sunday for Glen Falls New York for a two weeks vacation. J R Mahon of Providence is substitute operator during his absence.
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