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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1918
Page
2
Editorial from a Boston Sunday paper notes Newport's dry status drives auto liquor parties to Tiverton Fall River Warren Bristol and other towns. It cites Sunday disturbances and a fight with police ending at the local jail and argues for Sunday traffic control to curb the unrest and occasional murders.
A mass meeting for recruiting student nurses will be held Sunday September 15 at 3 p m in the Modern Theatre Providence. The Bristol candidates recruiting station is at 150 Westminster Street open daily 11 am to 8 pm. After enrollment cards are signed candidates should visit the station to complete applications and obtain further instructions.
Public schools opened for fall term. Residents report travel, visits, and furloughs as service members move between Bristol, Narragansett Pier, Nantucket, and Camp Upton. Local officials address fire safety, school events, and community gatherings while family notices include promotions and new duties for soldiers and sailors serving overseas.
William C Manchester and Ruth L Hanson were married at 4 30 in the Woodlawn Avenue home of Mr and Mrs Wallis Howe. Rev George L Locke officiated. Bridesmaids and a best man were present. The couple will reside with the Hansons at 98 Constitution Street.
William Foxs photo play The Blindness of Divorce screens at Star Theatre this evening. Written by Frank Joyd it has had superb runs in New York London and Paris. Also showing Hoops of Steel six acts starring Henry B Walthall and a Selig photoplay The Neer Do Well a love intrigue and danger. Friday offers Virginia Pearson in A Daughter of France.
The article notes shad seek fresh water to spawn and arrive in vast schools near shores and river mouths. Fishermen quickly learned to intercept the run with nets in bays and broad river mouths, making marketable shad nearly all caught by these methods.
At the O'Wolf Inn meeting of the Patriotic League Mrs. Wilmarth Colwell urged enrollment of student nurses. An informal dance for men in national service followed at the Bristol Yacht Club Canteen Friday evening with large attendance and enjoyed by hostesses. Another informal Canteen dance was held last evening.
Inventor develops a device to display song lyrics on paper reels as a phonograph plays the record allowing performers to follow along with accompaniment.
At Hotel Belvedere Mrs Coward hosted an informal birthday gathering for her husband Edward Fales Coward of New York. About 25 guests attended as Coward and his wife son and daughter, visiting for part of the summer, enjoyed readings and impersonations after a 56 candle cake. The Cowards returned to New York afterward.
On Sept 4 21 and 28 a bazaar will be held Saturday evenings in G A R Hall under First Bristol Troop Boy Scouts of America sponsorship. On Oct 3 a Thursday night festival will be held at Odd Fellows Hall for Rebekah Lodge No 12 I O O F with an arrest festival event.
A jumble of short notices and classified ads listing work in groceries and housekeeping, real estate for sale and rent, lost items, and livestock. Names and locations include GOFTs MARKET 369 High St, THAMES STREET, WELL-Located furnished apartment listings, BOX PHOENIX OFFICE, 399 HOPE STREET, and GOV. BRADFORD FARM with Holsteins for sale.
DryER Kempf Arnold Dryer, a Navy petty officer, and Miss Annie E. Kempf, daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman J. Kempf, were married last Thursday at 3 PM. Rev George L. Locke officiated. The bride's sister Mrs Walter Miller attended, and her brother George Kempf stood as best man. The couple will reside with her parents for now.
This week offers Tea varieties including Formosa and Ceylon, Coffee per pound, Molasses by gallon, Condensed and Evaporated Milk, Ivory Soap large bars, Presto Flour, Seeded Raisins and Grape Nuts, Sliced Beef jars, Honey-Comb Tripe per pound, all at discounted prices.
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