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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1922
Page
3
The article discusses amber’s origins in northern lands near the Arctic and describes how amber forms from tree resin. It then compares the eye to a camera lens, explaining how light forms a retained image on the retina and how looking at a bright object casts a lingering image on the ceiling.
Alice Lake stars as a Boston banker’s daughter framed for theft who teams with swindlers to kidnap the accuser’s grandson in a suspenseful crime drama. The weekly program features Allan Forrest and a large cast with Realart’s Tillie Mary Miles Minter and The Wolver ine, Beyond Price Pearl White, Bucking the Line Maurice Flynn, and Priscilla Dean in Wild Honey with flood rescues and desert wanderings.
A witty exchange from Barcelona Hojas Selectas contrasts a husband seeking new income ideas with a wife who devises fresh ways to spend money, highlighting playful domestic economics in a lighthearted vignette.
More than 100 members attended a Kearney Post gathering featuring the first initiation in this Department. Guests included Providence Post officers and a comedy "Say it with Spittoons" staged by the committee. Funds and details were set for a building study, Memorial Day décor, and a Post dance at the Hotel Belvedere.
Star Monday and Tuesday feature Western The Gold Grabbers with William Smith presenting Franklyn Farnum Shorty Hamilton Al Hart and Peggy O Day Also Eddie Polo in The Secret Four plus Edward Hatton The Eagle Man Vod A Vil Movies Hall Room Boys Matinee Idols On Wednesday and Thursday What Women Want star Louise Huff opens at Star Theatre with discussion of feminine desire The Rough Shod Fighter scene halted star William Russell fractures ankle during filming but continues in the role
Indians keep many dogs around their dwellings and treat dogs with fierce loyalty to their own. A white man’s whistle scares Indian dogs away instantly, while an Indian dog responds to a hiss made with the tongue against the teeth.
A sequence of spring and summer fundraisers and social events listed for Bristol: Food sale and chowder at State Street M E Church via Ladies Aid Society on April 13. dances and social evenings at Belvedere Sun Parlor and Naval Armory on April 17. minstrel entertainment April 17–18 by Bristol Athletic Association at Pastime Theatre. three act comedy If I Only Had a Millen at Trinity Church Parish House April 25. Chicken Salad Supper May 1 at G A R Hall by Hope Circle D of I. May Breakfast May 1 at St Michael's Holmes House 7 to 9. Fair of St Michael's parish July 6–8 at Holmes Memorial House and Locke Close.
The text traces rapid growth from four mills in 1867 to 18 by 1902 and a 1920 value of 125 million dollars. It notes widespread applications from lard compounds, butterine, fish packing, salad oils, and so called olive oil to medical, cosmetic, lamp, painting, and soap stock uses yielding glycerin and other by products.
Betty learns of a new baby brother while at grandmother’s home and voices dissatisfaction at leaving home. The line notes her remark about not being able to leave without something happening.
A list of major cities with estimated populations from various years between 1911 and 1921. Cities include London New York Paris Chicago Petrograd Tokyo Berlin Vienna Philadelphia Buenos Aires Hankow Osaka Calcutta Pest Rio de Janeiro Moscow Glasgow Peking Constantinople Shanghai Detroit Hamburg Warsaw Bombay and Canton with figures ranging roughly from 900 thousand to over 6 million.
The article argues the Siegfried statue and its sword should depart Berlin as they misrepresent national history. It notes Siegfried was not Prussian but a Netherlandish hero who married a Burgundian princess and praises his chivalry over modern national myths. The piece concludes the theft highlights the statue’s misfit status for Germany today.
A Danish visitor returned from San Francisco claiming to have met Mrs Jack London near the couple’s California home and described a grave incident. Mrs London corrected him saying he had jumped over her husband's grave prompting an apology and a trip to Copenhagen to relate the tale. London’s Danish publisher dismissed the rumor as doubtful.
Raymond G. Carroll defines a finale-hopper as a young woman in Manhattan's Acropolis of America who is a year ahead of current trends. She avoids style, acts as a pathfinder, and continually pursues untested forms in music art dance dress and slang.
A narrator presents an autumn leaf to a studio man known for large families. The man, amused by the leaf’s leather-like appearance, recalls an uncle famed for making imitation leaves. The exchange ends with the man dismissively stating others would be better.
The British Meteorological Office predicts ten days of fair weather marking a record in long range England forecasts. Wireless technology is noted as a major factor behind the innovation, with potential benefits for agriculture and related industries.
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