29 Oct 1926
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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1926
Page
1
A mixed set of house notices describes rooms and cottages for sale or rent in quiet neighborhoods. Listings mention multiple rooms, baths, electricity, water, and fire places, with varied lot sizes and references for contact. Prices range from a few thousand dollars to six thousand plus, with notes on leasing and repairs.
The 81st annual Rhode Island Institute of Instruction opened at the Albee Theatre Providence with William C Hobbs noting a broad program to address educational reform. He highlighted junior high and platoon schools, work study plans, and the balance of culture and vocation amid a shift to a five day week and expanded leisure training.
Rogers Free Library announces forty one new titles arriving tomorrow across fiction, travel, biographies and drama. Notable works include Outwitting Middle Age by Carl Ramus, Nomads Land by Wary Roberts Rinehart, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, The Desert Thoroughbred by Jackson Gregory, The Blue Castle by L M Montgomery and The Show Boat by Edna Ferber. Also listed are Best Sermons of 1920 edited by Joseph F Newton and Miss Blake's Husband by Elizabeth Jordan among others in mystery, romance, and history genres.
Manuel Cabral of a Bay View and Thompson Ave grocers shop was swindled by a man who bought 675 worth of groceries with a bogus check from Second National Bank Boston. The suspect, about 53, well dressed, 5 feet 8 inches, gray hair, 180 pounds, drove away with 1825 in change and did not return. Police unable to trace or verify theSignature on the check was illegible.
Nelice EF Masse transfers three lots on the Harbor View Plat to Jesse Barbosa. Joseph C Corriveau conveys a Bristol Narrows land lot to FK Myrtle Newton. Mary Butterworth sells a Fairview Park Plat parcel near the Warren town line to Walbert Higgins of East Providence.
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