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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1926
Page
3
The article traces purses from ancient Rome and Greece to later use. Early leather pouches with string openings gave way to network bags used for hunting and dress. Over time purses broadened to carry lawyers papers and merchants provisions, eventually returning to small leather pouches.
The Washington Star notes Jud Tunbins remarks that a man can live with a notorious reputation and feel uneasy even when offered a kind word, illustrating skepticism about trust and character.
The Maryland signer Samuel Chase a lawyer and judge rose to prominence in Annapolis and the Continental Congress. He served as Chief Justice of Maryland then Associate Justice of the U S Supreme Court and faced impeachment during Jefferson's first term amid partisan battles over Federal power and the alien and sedition laws. He died in 1811.
A local notice argues auto travel cuts tram service, shrinking mail routes by 50 to 90 percent. It explains parcel post delays occur when through trams are removed and trucks or trains must reroute. It urges readers to blame themselves and their automobiles, not just the post office or roads.
In rural England a long held belief says blackberries picked after September 20 risk earning the devil’s mark on the berries and bringing misfortune to collectors.
A magazine tale from a Kentucky village recalls Aunt Harriet famed for kindness. After saving for months for a grand party, guests arrive in finest dress and enjoy themselves, while Harriet stays in the kitchen washing dishes and missing the celebration.
The article traces alfalfa from its southwest Central Asian roots, with its Arabic name meaning best fodder. Persians spread it to Greece around 400 BC, then to Europe, Spain to Mexico in the 16th century, and finally across the American West as irrigation expanded after mid-1800s.
A speaker known for dictating business into a dictaphone was invited to address a public gathering. He struggled with focus but chose to imagine the audience as an inanimate recorder to ease his nerves and began with a cautious, formal greeting.
The Cinque Ports once called five English ports Sandwich Dover Romney and Hastings were enfranchised by Edward the Confessor and granted privileges by William the Conqueror. They supplied naval forces, with Edward 57 ships, and sometimes outfitted piratical expeditions.
Eliot argues that all ages deserve both beauty and ugliness in art and praises Garrick as Hamlet for moving audiences with authentic performance rather than lavish wardrobe. She notes children's wonder at simple nature and calls for poetry that respects varied tastes across generations.
A collage of opinion snippets and quips referencing politics economics and society from 1920s press. Topics include Caillaux finances Amundsen Byrd polar flight Prohibition and party politics with notes on presidential prospects judge rulings and cultural trends.
Judge Frank H Hammill presided. In the overspeeding case Hugh F Kelley v Louis Langevine, the defendant pleaded not guilty and the case was continued for one week with bail set at $100. Civil actions Frank Potel v Manuel Botelho and Frank Russo v John Donato et al were noted. the first claimed a jury trial, the second remained unanswered and continued. Citation issued for goods and hotels attachment. Two juvenile defendants charged with breaking into the YMCA building were placed on probation for one month.
The regular monthly meeting of American Legion Auxiliary Kearney Unit No. 6 will be held Friday at 8 PM in G A R Hall. Delegates and alternates will be elected to represent Kearney Unit at the Department Convention in Providence in early September.
Mary Ann Pierce widow of Walker Pierce died in town on August 2 in her 88th year. Funeral arrangements are pending local notices.
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