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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1930
Page
4
The finance committee requests contributions to the celebration fund payable to Mrs Anne W Sherman treasurer. Contributors’ names will be published in the Bristol Phoenix and recorded in celebration records unless requested otherwise. Signed Edward E. Bunn, Chairman.
Yesterday morning at 8 o clock in the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Miss Adeline M Amore of Shaw's Lane became the bride of James Reilly of Cottage Street. Attendants were Mrs Mary Marine and Michael Di Gio. After a short wedding trip the couple will reside on Second Street.
Visiting day by the Rhode Island Department Sons of Union Veterans and Auxiliary at the Soldiers' Home Sunday October 5 expected 400 attendees with De Molay Band Providence to perform a concert and a program of speeches and gifts for veterans. John W Maguire is chairman and Frank B Wright secretary.
A large turnout attended the funeral of Mrs Catherine Ryan Hughes a Bristol native held today at Church of Our Lady of Lourdes Newton Mass. She died Saturday in Watertown Massachusetts after a months long illness. She attended local schools and worked for the National India Rubber Company factors for years before the family moved to Watertown about twelve years ago.
Tickets distributed across the state sell quickly for Commendatore Giovanni Chiara to perform at Infantry Hall Providence on Oct 2. The famed tenor, praised as another Caruso, will lead a stellar lineup in a program of world renowned music, backed by noted artists.
The Shetland islands once allowed men to select their own surnames. Gideon Manson broke the pattern by adopting his mother's name instead of Jameson or Robertson. The custom caused confusion and was banned by parliament.
In Bristol, a small Democratic caucus at the Armory produced a full slate for State Senator and Representatives, town committee, and delegates. Daniel W Coggeshall and Thomas H Byrnes led the ticket with George R Fish. Edward I Leahy and Bernard M Callan named as district delegates and alternates.
Capper's Weekly notes a major talcum operation in North Carolina near an abandoned gold mine. The article emphasizes talcum used in cosmetics and in roofing and automotive tires, highlighting a finer grade with 80 000 particles per inch that sheds water resists fire and weather and protects surfaces.
Sebastio Carreiro waived examination and was bound over to the grand jury after admitting sufficient evidence in a violent assault with an axe on Manuel Melio. Bail set at $2000. Harold Kelman fined $10 for speeding on Metacom Avenue. Heath and others faced drunkenness fines. several civil cases continued nisi or defaulted.
Mrs Catherine Ryan Hughes died in Watertown on September 20 at age 31. She was the daughter of Mrs Mary Ryan and the late Dennis Rian and formerly lived in this town.
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