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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1919
Page
4
Bristol Rhode Island highlights its peach bounty with the Empire State variety consigned last summer. A peach on display weighs nearly three quarters of a pound and measures about 11.5 inches by 10.5 inches in circumference.
The First Troop drills in the Scout building at 7 30 this evening and Tuesday evening offers handicraft class and first and second class tests. Scouts are urged to enroll. The Welcome Home committee meets Monday evening to finish plans for the upcoming celebration.
A list of donors and items given for home use includes Mrs. Frank Howe vegetables and clothes, Julia Drury vegetables, Mrs. H. M. Howe clothing, Mrs. R. S. Church apples and potatoes, V. DeRocha clothing, Dr. J. Halsey DeWolf medical services, Newman Bros. corn and tomatoes, Grace Paull vegetables, Trinity Church sugar, and other contributions such as seamstress services and dental work. R Metcalf also listed among donors.
A Sweden factory begins extracting oil from alum schist, adding to existing substitutes. Large deposits in the district yield benzine and crude oils, signaling expanded domestic oil sources and potential shifts in energy supply.
A New Thought advocate from Schenectady credits Fruit-a-tives Liver and Stomach Tablets with improving his health and complexion after a severe ailment. He states the product aligns with New Thought principles and recommends it, noting pricing as 50c a box or 6 for $2.50 with a 250 trial size, available at dealers or Fruit-a-tives Limited in Ogdensburg.
A Youth's Companion line states that to love neighbor as oneself, one must first curb self-regard. The message urges self moderation as the path to genuine regard for others.
September events include First Grand Fair by King Philip Lodge 1135 Moose on Saturdays the 6th 13th 20th and 27th Jazz dance September 15 in G AR Hall Donovan's Orchestra September 17 Public Whists by United Brothers Social Club Odd Fellows Hall September 29 Dance in G 4 R Hall by R D Club October 2 Harvest Supper at Odd Fellows Hall by Reba Ret Bela Degree Lodge No 12 IOOF.
Peggy Hyland stars in The Rebellious Bride about a mountain girl forced into a marriage with a wealthy stranger from St. Louis. William Duncan leads Smashing Barriers with Edith Johnson and Joe Ryan in a thrilling serial episode directed by Duncan. Gloria Swanson appears in Station Content and Chaplin headlines a comedy. Mitchell Lewis stars Faith of the Strong, with Eddie Polo in Cyclone Smith, plus Taylor Holmes in A Regular Fellow.
Dalton in the play transforms from a woman hater to ardent suitor after meeting the blue eyed beauty. He endures many hardships and completes every task to earn her look of approval in a humor that recalls brighter days of romance.
Paramount Art craft Special Picture The White Heather stars H E Herbert and Mabel Ballin with Donald Cameron and Marion Hume in a tale of a Scottish heir's secret marriage and a submarine log rescue. Two divers fight for the yacht log as Cameron drowns and Alec McClintock claims the marriage record and Marion.
Midshipman Ernest Webb a third year student at the U S Naval Academy returns home on leave from Avinapolis Maryland after a Panama Canal and West Indies cruise aboard a U S war vessel. He wears a U S service bar for coast duty during the war and his vessel engaged a German submarine off Yorktown. Webb won high honors as a gun pointer with 18 hits of 22 in about ninety seconds on the six inch gun.
August 27 1919 Bristol probate court publishes notices for final accounts of Ida A Colwell estate handled by executor William R Randall and Maria B Wilcox estate handled by Orrin L Bosworth. Both accounts show credits from real estate sales and legacies paid and are referred for hearing on September 15 1919 at 10 30 AM. Notices run fourteen days weekly in the Bristol Phoenix.
The Probate Court of Bristol appoints John M. Birmingham administrator of Sarah Birmingham's estate and bonds for six months to file claims in the clerk's office. Also Hannah Allen Coggeshall appointed administratrix of John M. Coggeshall's estate. claimants to file within six months.
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