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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1922
Page
4
A drama follows a Paris taxi ride to Gare de Lyon and a French Secret Service agent chasing artificial diamonds. The voyage spans New York London Monte Carlo Nice and the Riviera with romance and peril. Also showing Fighting Hearts at the Mexican Border theater and Fast Lynne in a modernized Isabel Vane tale.
A teacher compares proper and improper fractions to polite and impolite people. A pupil replies the next day that the fractions are polite and impolite, delivering a light classroom quip about math terms.
Hundreds of years ago Norse Vikings forsook the Rea and trekked into what is now Jugo Slavia. They found a broad fertile valley about 60 miles wide in the southern part of the kingdom and settled there. They intermarried with native Slovenian speaking women and a hybrid language grew, today spoken by descendants as Vend.
The article recalls Coventry England famed for watchmaking and silk weaving and notes a historic social ban toward soldiers causing isolation of garrison personnel. It mentions a shift from watchmaking to bicycle production and now to the automobile industry as the town evolves.
The passage discusses music as a delightful rational entertainment for the human mind. It references the expressive murals in Op. 2 and the natural feel of spring, noting how every head and heart beat time in rhythm and how people respond to music with shared pleasure.
In a literary gossip column Dudley discusses how boys gain and lose nicknames. He recalls his own experience with variations of his name Walter Bronson Dudley and how his mother called him Bide except when angered by mischief.
The article notes diverse ancient or regional currencies. Mongol tribes use compressed tea cubes as payment. In Burmah a finus o wiie shell serves as money. Districts by the Persian Gulf trade with fish hooks.
A fragmented educational passage explains sedimentary rocks formed by accumulation of sediment in water or air. It lists rock fragments such as conglomerate, sandstone, shale and organic remains like limestone and coal, plus chemical precipitates like salt and gypsum.
The piece traces the triple crown’s evolution from a plain cap introduced by Pope Nicholas I in 860 to later additions. The second crown was added by Pope Boniface VIII in 1295 and the third by Pope Urban V around 1898, with dates for the first coronet uncertain.
The humorous exchange has a doctor telling a woman to bathe often and wear light gowns while suggesting a watering place and mountains for recovery. Her husband asks what was said and learns the doctor recommended rest and travel for health.
A Pacific coast electric company staffs several construction gangs at remote sites and keeps constant contact with them via wireless telegraphy enabling real time coordination and oversight.
The Probate Court of Bristol notices that Mary Ann Gladding's will is presented for probate. The hearing is set for August 21, 1922 at 10:30 A M in the Probate Court Room Bristol. Notices are to be published weekly for fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix.
Russell Bullock, guardian of Mary C Bullock, Charles E Bullock and William F Bullock, minors, petitions Bristol Probate Court to authorize sale of three undivided interests in Bristol properties. The request aims to pay debts, support minors, and fund a better investment, with a hearing set for August 21, 1922, at 10 80 A M in the Probate Court Room.
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