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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
2
The piece lauds local Liberty Loan subscriptions as creditable to patriotism and business, but says the town has not reached its goal. It urges residents to do their full share to reach five billion dollars, stressing that money is vital to financing the war and shortening it.
A Liberty Bond purchase is described as a personal pledge to save money. The note frames bond buying as a self commitment and monetary discipline aimed at future security.
A whist event Tuesday afternoon from 2:30 to 4:30 at Mrs Mary Robishs home Franklin street raised funds to buy wool for Trinity Parish Club to knit garments for the Third Company Fort Rodman. Mrs Augustine P Nerone won first prize and Mrs Bessie Phetteplace consolation. Another whist is planned Wednesday evening at 8 at the same venue for the same goal.
A special session of the probate court before Judge Edward Lo Leahy discharged the Rhode Island Pasical Trust Company as guardian of the estate of Lawrence McOhor.
Bristol and vicinity note Hallowe'en party at Defiance Hose Station and harvest supper. public schools and teachers engage in Liberty Loan efforts. Reports cover local appointments, hospital operations, shipyard ground breaking, and residents’ movements between Bristol Providence New York and Camden.
George H. Holmes announced the appointment of local fuel committees for Rhode Island’s eight zones. The Fourth Zone includes Bristol Warren Barrington and East Providence with Dr. W. Fred Williams, Edwin A. Cady, and Adelbert Goff as members. Committees will investigate coal shortages, determine selling prices for anthracite and bituminous coal and coke, hold public hearings, and decide fair dealer profits.
The whist planned for Wednesday afternoon in Hal under Babbitt Woman's Relief Corps was postponed to this afternoon due to inclement weather. At First Baptist Church Sunday morning Rev. O H Wallace will speak on More Than Conquerors and in the evening The Appointments of the Christ. Thomas J Connery resigns from Staples Coal Company after serving as a manager at State street. John W Church will take the position next Monday.
A fragmented price list cites weight based pricing with references like 3 Ibs for . o 17c 30c 1bc 10c 25c 50c 52c 48c 58c indicating varying per pound costs and pack values without full item names or context.
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