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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1928

Page

2

Bosworth Named Business Manager of the Phoenix

The Phoenix announces the appointment of Boswell S. Bosworth as Business Manager for the Phoenix and its printing departments. He succeeds William Brassod who resigned. Bosworth, a Bristol native and Brown University alumnus, has held roles in banking, investments, teaching, and now advertising and news items for the Phoenix and Wilfe Blade. He invites orders for job printing and advertising to benefit advertisers and readers.

the Phoenix Boswell S. Bosworth The Phoenix William Brassod Bosworth Bristol Brown University National City Bank of New York Valparaiso Chile C A Kalvert & Company Providence R I Little Compton Commercial High School Providence Wilfe

Garden Club guests visit Miss Herreshoff at The Farm

Agnes M. Herreshoff hosts about thirty Bristol Garden Club members at The Farm on Griswold Avenue and her Wallev Street home. The garden scene impressed attendees with its vast variety of blooms and roses. Mrs Fred Budlong spoke about an exhibition at Fishe Vine on September 26 and Bristol Club planned an exhibit at the show with prizes. A social hour followed the meeting with Mrs Nathaniae G Herreshettef and Mrs Charles F Herreshettef assisting in serving.

Agnes M. Herreshoff Bristol Garden Club Griswold Avenue Wallev Street Mary Reynolds Fishevine Bristol

Bristol Yacht Club to elect officers next Tuesday

Bristol residents are informed of the Bristol Yacht Club annual meeting and officer elections scheduled for next Tuesday evening at 8 in the club house. Other notes mention Miss Anna Hammill of State Street in Laconia visiting, and local church and school activities resuming after summer vacation.

Anna J. Hammill State Street Laconia N. H Bristol Yacht Club Matthew de Martino Perkins Institute For the Blind Watertown Mass St. Mary’s Church James P Hurley Schofield Street Providence John S Fidalgo Franklin Street Bristol Court and Hope Streets Wood Street

Community notices and social updates from Bay View area

Local society events fill the week with visits and guests from Boston and Providence. Residents attend church guilds, school enrollments, and club meetings while civic groups plan fund drives and outings.

Deaf clock patent from Bavaria features vibrating hour cue

A new electric clock designed for the Deaf by a Bavarian inventor uses hour pulses to trigger a rising rubber indicator, providing a tactile time signal. The mechanism bounces at each hour along a curved track, offering a visible and audible cue in a compact device.

Fire Police Discuss Traffic Hurdles Blocking Fire Apparatus

A Friday meeting at the Ever Ready station on Thames street addressed interference by motorists rushing to alarms. Council President Luke H Callan Chief Richard J Kavanaugh and Fire Chief John Grabert attended as nine of eleven fire police discussed handling traffic roping off work zones and enforcing town ordinances to protect responding crews.

Thames Street Council Luke H. Callan Committee On Police Richard J. Kavanaugh Salvatore Della Morte Committee On Fire Department John Grabert Daniel E. Dwyer Fire Police Fire Department

Funeral of Major William H Gardner Held Saturday

Funeral services for Major William H Gardner who died Thursday afternoon at the home of his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Howard B Gray 66 Russell avenue East Providence were held Saturday at the Gray residence. Rev Nelson Kellogg of the Fr eemit y Church officiated. Interment followed at North Cemetery on Bristol Neck with many floral tributes from relatives friends and National India Rubber Company employees and executives.

William H. Gardner Howard B Gray Russell Avenue East Providence Gray Bristol Nelson Kellogg Tfremity Church Bristol Neck National India Rubber

James Stewart injured after horse carriage crash near Reach Road

A man named James Stewart employed by Vi and Mrs Waltham Bo MacColl on North Part Bristol Neck was involved in an incident on Maan Road near Reach Road when a hearse he rode in frightened a heavy track owned by Pasquale Romane. The event led to a patrol by How Hickins of Woarte and others from Gat Keto Company as operators tried to avoid further harm to the horse and rider.

James Stewart Waltham Bo MacColl Bristol Neck Wats Maan Reach Pasquale Romane Warren Pau Kemane Stewart Hickins Woarte Ntowhoof Gat Keto Company Tyhe Mane Trick Cedladed Ormothe Mnnx Oup Avord

St Rita Club Presents College Days Comedy

St Rita s Club members of Our Lady of Mt Carmel plan a three act musical comedy College Days at the Pastime Theatre on Sunday September 23. Directed by Mrs Vasta La Rocca Ruggiero rehearsals are underway with eager participation and tickets are available through club members or Miss Hamill s dry goods store during the week of September 17. Cast includes Miss Margaret M Conley Miss Mary Santo and Mrs Vasta La Rocca Ruggiero.

Vasta la Rocca Ruggiero St. Rita's Club Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Misses Hamill Margaret M. Conley Mary Santo Vasta Lar

Rule for Enjoyment in Self Creation

A reflection on enjoyment as a result of shaping oneself into an enjoyable form. It warns that any self not transformed into this pleasing state loses its brightness, much like water quenches fire.

Natural Enemy of the Rat

Narrative notes that cats have long helped control mice in barns and grain stores from ancient times to the present, protecting stores during famine and crop storage periods.

Joseph

Hide Must Be Tanned Say Chemical Society

The American Chemical Society warns that untanned hides decay as meat does. Untanned fibers clump. tanning separates fibers so hides do not tear and swell in the process.

American Chemical Society

Tortoise Themed Race Echoes Fable Across City

A brief note from the Toledo Blade references the well known fable of the tortoise and hare, noting that in a local event some emulate the steady slow pace as a moral example.

Wet Beep Chorus Cast List For Local Event

The roster lists Ruggiero and Messrs Louis Stabili Louis Nantris Dominic Troiano Matthew Capone Lawrence Asciola Erasmo Mancini Michael Di Lello Louis Malafortite Joseph Verra as principal participants. The chorus includes Miss Veronica Guilmette Mary Verra Frances Arico Bridget Nastri Fannie Ferri Angelina Poli Frances Goglia Mary Leone Dorothy Rug giero Rebecca Alisio Emily Rosario Helen Pagnano Jennie Pagnano Jennie Castriotti Margaret Proto and Messrs Michael Tamburro Vio Ferri Antonio Marino Antonio Garcia Felix Pasquerilli Manuel Botelho Dominic Salzano Jimmie Salzano John Sicignano Salvatore Balzano Michael Bullock.

Ruggiero Louis Stabili Louis Nantris Dominic Troiano Matthew Capone

Lamp Swappers The busies exchange bureau

A fragment notes a world where millions seek to swap old lamps for new, describing a busy exchange bureau as part of American Magazine’s commentary.

Pain Analyzed Paintself

A reflection quoting William Paley on pain as a frequent yet not always lasting force and its cycles of relief bringing rare pleasures that outshine most enjoyments. The passage contemplates how pauses and intermissions in suffering can yield positive pleasure.

William Paley

Need for friendship and the lonely rich and poor

Quote by Judge Charles Forest Moore on friendship and belonging. He says friendship is valued beyond physical or financial fortune and notes that both the wealthy and the infirm can feel isolation, likening loneliness in a Rolls-Royce to a Ford.

Charles Forest Moore

Minie Ball Named After French Inventor Captain Minie

A conical rifle bullet with a hollow base is driven by the charge to travel farther. It was widely used in the mid nineteenth century and is named for the inventor Captain CL KE Minte of France.

CL KE Minte France

Peace Defined Peace Is Liberty in Tranquillity

A concise gloss attributes peace to liberty in tranquility reflecting a Ciceroian viewpoint. The remark frames calm civic order as a condition of freedom and societal stability.

Cicero

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