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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1936
Page
2
A public notice urges voters to visit the Court House on weekdays between 4:30 AM and 9:30 PM to learn the new voting machines before Election Day. It warns that delays could force lines and deny some voters their right if polls close promptly at nine.
An Institute on Consumers' Cooperatives will be conducted Sunday in Park Place Congregational Church Pawtucket under social relations committee auspices of Rhode Island Congregational Conference endorsed by the Interdenominational Council on Social Action Consumers' Club of Rhode Island Bristol County Cooperatives Association and Rhode Island Association of Congregational Ministers Leaders include Bertram B Fowler of New York principal speaker for afternoon and evening sessions Fowler discusses The Cooperative Movement and the Church and The Local March in Cooperative Action Rev Mathew Vance of Maynard will lead the 3 o'clock address with insights on the movement's growth Fowler formerly of the Christian Science Monitor has written extensively on cooperatives leading to the book Consumers Cooperation in America The movement now numbers over two million members in the United States and involves major economic activity and democracy worldwide.
Mail dispatch and receipt times listed with multiple daily slots and holidays. An advertisement promotes starting a home business with Rawleigh supplies, credit, and a fixed income potential, claiming no layoffs and nationwide backing.
The article notes races at Downs racetrack and a group of teachers visiting Providence for Tercentenary exercises at the State House. Bristol schools closed for the afternoon. The Bristol Garden Club meets next Wednesday at Redcrest Poppasquash with Mrs. Wardwell and Mrs. Hall hosting a Christmas greens arrangement competition.
Prominent resident Antonio Vieira is listed as a speaker at a Providence Republican rally. Joseph Josephs, town committee secretary, will preside at Columbia Hall on Wood Street Monday evening.
The excerpt critiques superfluous phrasing like hollow tube and actual fact arguing words should closely match meaning. It also playfully notes a joke about feeding a hat to an elephant in a cartoonish context, illustrating clarity versus excess.
The article notes surprising botanical kinships among the Jack in the pulpit, the elegant calla lily, and the common skunk cabbage, highlighting their shared lineage despite differing appearances and habitats.
Mrs. Sally Cabral hosted a birthday gathering for her daughter Margaret Cabral at the Bristol Casino on Wednesday night with guests from Providence Warren and nearby towns. The Countryside Garden Club meets tonight at 59 Burton Street for a plant exchange among members. Hope Circle No. 70 D of I to entertain Warren Circle D of I at K of C Hall next Monday with a planned entertainment and refreshments by a committee led by Mrs. Rose Breen and listed members.
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