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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1922

Page

3

Notable Film Trailers and Stage Billings From Fox and Paramount

A rundown of upcoming screenings features Dustin Farnum in Perjury and Margaret Marsh as leading woman in Iron and Gold with George Ade and Tom Meighan titles. It lists Saturday bills with Our Leading Citizen and With Stanley in Africa, plus educational shorts and vaudeville acts. Also noted: Foxs Panes Japanese bracelets and rare gold alloy details.

Iss Dustin Far‘ham Fox Ironio Margaret Marsh Paramount Thomas Meighan George Ade Lois Wilson Theodore Roberts George Walsh Stanley J Africa Zsop

A Cock and Bull Story Dating from Matthew Prior

The term describes an impossible tale with many explanations, tracing to Matthew Prior who quipped of cocks and bulls and flutes and fides idle tales and foolish riddles.

Matthew Prior

Money Isn’t Returned Like a Telephone Call

The Boston Transcript notes that money left unpaid behaves like a missed call, with the party not always returning what is owed. The analogy reflects frustrations with repayment and expectations of prompt settlement.

Boston Transcript

Fragmentary quotation on happiness and love

A quoted reflection by Mrs Inchbald contrasts happiness with wealth and status. It argues true felicity lies in love and companionship, noting many men with fine outward show lack genuine affection and are in deep adversity.

Death and Birth Reflections by Montaigne

A fragment reflecting on life and death from Montaigne. It argues that death ends all misery and that worrying about dying is folly. It asserts birth brings all things and death ends them, urging acceptance of mortality.

Montaigne

Garden Bross Quote Reflects Outdoor Happiness

A fragment from Douglas Jerrold extols a garden scene where a brook murmurs softly and flowers bloom, promising days weeks and months suffused with outdoor joy and growth.

Knife of the French Revolution Relic Acquired by Museum

A museum recently received a guillotine knife from a Belgian collector. The artifact, tied to the Reign of Terror and reputedly once in the Samson family, and linked to executioner Robespierre’s era, is said to have decapitated Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and thousands of others.

Samson

The Great Cathedrals Thinkers Echo Time and Nation

A critic praises cathedrals as aged, national works beyond individual artistry. They are serene and nonpersonal, like nature, arising from collective minds guided by a noble idea rather than clever craft.

W. R. Lethaby

Works Both Ways

A daughter asks her mother whether to accept a swift marriage proposal. The mother cautions that three weeks is brief, while the daughter fears delay might reveal secrets the fiancé could dislike. Indianapolis News.

Indianapolis News

Robinson Crusoe Island Reimagines Settlement

The text describes a fictional island near Onile named Juan Vernandex hosting 300 families who survive by fighting. It claims Alexander Selkirk ruled there as monarch for 14 years.

Robinson Crusoe Onile Juan Vernandex Alexander Selkirk

Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed By Bristol Resident

Doan's Kidney Pills are praised in a Bristol testimony by William Martin who says the remedy relieved back and kidney pain after use. The ad claims broad newspaper proof and urges buyers to ask for Dean's Kidney Pills at 60 cents, from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.

Doan Dean New York Chicago Bristol William Martin Charles St

Probate Court Publishes Final Account for Brownell Estate

Bristol Probate Court on July 26 1922 orders notice of the first and final account of Elnathan P Brownell Jr and Mary Ella Gray administrators for the estate of Elnathan P Brownell deceased. Hearing set for August 21 1922 at 10 30 A M in Bristol Probate Court Room. Notice to be published fourteen days once weekly in the Bristol Phenix.

Bristol Elnathan P. Brownell Elnathan P. Brownell, Jr Mary Ella Gray Elnathar P. Brownell Tate Bristol Phenix Iside W. Church Mason Pierce Vera T O'Donnell Mason W. Pierce Brbbate Court Room

Bristol Probate Notices From August 1922

Estate of Thomas Goff Administer seeks allowance with the estate. hearing set for August 21, 1922 at 10:30 in the Probate Court Room Bristol. Notice to be published weekly for fourteen days in Bristol News. Court clerk John W. Church presiding.

Bristol Thomas Goffellie Manchéster Thomas Goff Bristo Deceas Obate Court Sald Bristol New Sede W. Church John W. Church R. I

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