Selected cicegts Reprlnted From Phoenix Files of a Quarter Century
A 1908 account recalls a July garden clam bake at Samuel W Churchs Pappoosesquaw property with Rev John McVay and Rev William J Smith plus guests from Warehouse Point Pawtucket and Malden. Golf and tennis results highlight Florence Archers win and consolations. A belvedere hotel fundraiser for a ladies orchestra drew crowds despite a storm and a brief electrical outage with Mrs Angell performing whistling solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Samuel W. Church
Rich
John McVay
William J. Smith
Beatrice Smith
Warehouse Point
Conn
Hattie J. French
Pawtucket
Belvedere
Edith Alice Hughes
Emmie Josephine Angell
Bessie Harris Potter
Angell
Elevation figures for Michigan counties and cities
Detroit sits at 575 to 640 feet above sea level. The highest points in the Lower Peninsula reach 1500 to 1700 feet near Gaylord in Otsego County and Cadillac in Wexford County. Mecosta County averages under 1000 feet.
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Detroit
Lower Peninsula
Gaylord
Ot- Bego County
Cadillac
Wexford County
Mecosta County
Weather observers read sky and instruments across the country
Throughout the country observers take twice daily readings at the same moment. They classify clouds and read instruments to determine the weather.
Berzelius on Chemical Textbooks and Symbol Changes
The Swedish chemist Berzelius famed for simplifying symbols joked that the devil writes chemical textbooks as the field keeps changing every few years. This quip reflects how chemical notation evolves with new findings and standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berzelius
Bristol Master Barbers Association Forms Under NRA Code
The Bristol Master Barbers Association held a Tuesday meeting at Hotel Bwdere to form a new group aligned with the NRA code. Péter Cristardo was elected chairman with Anibal Estrella secretary and Joseph Di Palma treasurer. Prices rose for haircuts to 40 cents, shaves remained 15 cents, combined haircut and shave 50 cents. Hours set at 50 weekly with lunch breaks. kids under 12 pay 25 cents, others 35 cents. List of 20 proprietors included Estrella, Roderick, Iasiello, D'Ambrosio, Langello, Barbosa, Carvalho, Di Palma, Santuli, Vaccaro, Ferretra, Stanzione, DuPonte, Cappolino, Luca, DiGioua, Tufarolo, Cristardlo, Ferrara, Myerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Master Barbers’ Association
Bwvedere
Péter Cristardo
Anibal Estrella
Joseph di Palma
NRA
Larry Roderick
Peter Iasiello
Domenic D'Ambrosio
Frank Langello
Manuel Barbosa
Manuel
Little Rhody Jr and Black Maria Triumph in Bristol Yacht Club Races
The Bristol Yacht Club Wednesday series for 124 footers sees Little Rhody Jr skippered by Tillinghast win the senior class while Black Maria with Wall takes junior class honors. Black Maria climbs to third in junior standings, Little Rhody Jr leads senior results with 21 points, and Pappoose leads juniors with 59 points as Moro and Black Maria race closely for runner up positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rhody Jr
Black Maria
Bristol Yacht Club
Little Rhody
Little Rhody, Jr. Tillinghast
Shrimpe
Gardner
R I Red
DeWolf
Widgeon
Palmer
Black Marna
Wall
Nancy Bell
Congdan
OB Poppy
Freeman
Pappoose
Leahy
Phantom
Rockwell
Moro
Fales
Remora
Nicholson
Flit
Howe
Poppy
Empress
Gloria
Alouette
Shrimpe Freed
Rhode Island Red
Defiance Engine Blown Out By Bristol Train Of Artillery
Four errors by shortstop Chappie Oliver doom Defiance Engine and Hose Company in a 5-3 loss to Kid Hope's Bristol Train of Artillery. Whitey Mello started strong for the winners, Tony Perry homered, D Ambrosio allowed four hits, and D Angello starred on bases with two steals as the Neckers’ pitcher faltered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappie Oliver
Defiance Engine and Hose Company
Kid Hope
Bristol Train of Artillery
Whitey Mello
Cotton
Tony Perry
Suh
D’ambrosio
The
Neckers
Colt High
Tirrors
Oliver
Marsden
D’angello
Menard
Perry
Rinaldi
Bruno
Mello
D’ambrosia
D‘'Ambrosia
Mancini
Lanigello
Reginald Denny recalls film breakthrough and stage roots
Reginald Denny details a winding route from a Surrey stage debut to screen stardom. He credits breaks during the 1919 actors’ strike and early film roles for his transition from theatre to cinema. He notes family ties to acting, a stint as a prizefighter, wartime shifts, and recent marriage to Betsy Lee.
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Udios
Long Island
Evelyn Greey
Miss Greely
Shubert
Arthur Hopkins
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Flm
N. C. Wiener
Betsy Lee
Universal Pictures
WNDU
Emerald ring of Peter the Great sells at auction
An emerald signet ring once owned by Czar Peter the Great sold for 1250 dollars at a London auction held in four minutes. The ring shows a full figure of the czar in youth and was previously housed at the Royal Academy of Science and later the Hermitage.
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Peter the Great
London
Royal Academy of Science
Hermitage
Iron plow relic donated to New Jersey agriculture museum
A hand wrought iron plow point over a century old has been donated to the museum of old farm implements at the New Jersey College of Agriculture. The item recalls a time when farmers avoided iron plows for fear they would poison the soil.
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Jersey
Museum of
New Jersey College of Agriculture
Coldest Room Reaches One Hundred Degrees Of Frost
Cambridge cold temperature research station houses the coldest room where researchers record one hundred degrees of frost. Scientists avoid staying inside longer than about ten minutes per session.
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Cambridge
London Answers Magazine
The Bassoon in Symphonic Music and Career Limits
The double reed bassoon is a specialized instrument used mainly in symphony orchestras. Its deep muffled tone supports effects like the return of a drunken Cassock in Tchaikovsky Fifty Symphony, yet career opportunities outside the orchestra are limited.
Old Salt Producer of Middlewich and Roman Legacy
An old salt producer in Middlewich likely holds the record. Relics gathered for a museum show that salt manufacturing has been the town’s main business since Roman times.
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Middlewich
Moyland
Devil's Tongue Snake Palm Plants Interest Amateurs
Among odd plants grown by amateur gardeners is the Devil's Tongue or Snake Palm a native of the eastern tropics. It has no real beauty and its flowers give a disagreeable odor for part of their existence yet the plant is nonetheless most interesting to gardeners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern
Tropics
What Say You Cheer up the worst is yet to come
The remark about optimism versus cynicism appears in public life and could suit a doctor about to provide relief. The Washington Star notes the phrase in reflective opinion, suggesting cautious outlooks amid ongoing social experience.
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Washington Star
Patti Was a Waitress Yoland
Patti worked as a studio commissary waitress until Al Santell selected her for a role in one of his films.
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Patti
al Santell
Notary Acknowledgment in Bristol County Rhode Island
Clinton T Sherman manager of Industrial Trust Company of Bristol swears the list is true to the best knowledge and belief. Notary HH signs and dates convey birth on July 3 1933 with multiple dates in August and September.
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Ellen D. Stone
Bristol
Ellen D Stone
John W Church
Williams
Stone
Reach Terrace
R.I
THE
Industrial Trust CO
R. I
Bank
State of
Rhode Island
Banking Law
Clnton T Sherman
Industrial Trust Company of
Clinton T Sherman
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Joseph Hattree
Malden
Mass
Amos Wright
Metacom Avenue
Bristol Golf Club
Florence Archer
G. Pardee
Miss Greene
Helen Church
Grace Pardee
Marjorie van Wickle
E. Tillinghast
Miss Archer
Alice Bourn
Mary Seabury
K _ Pardee
Miss Grace Pardee
Miss Grace Greene
Master Barbers Association
Little Rhody,Jr
Bristol Phoenix Publishing Co
Bradford Street
P.C
Tye An
Ants
BTA
Rinald
M D'Angelo
Andrade
Borges
P Quartaro
Securo
Head
Murphy
McGrath
Geisler
Manch c
Reginald
Denny
Richmond
Surrey
England
Old Court Theater
W. H. Denny
Lfe
St. Francis Xavier College
Sussex
India
Orient
New York
Bandman Opera Company
Harry Preston
Rene Haisman
Bandman Opera *Company
Calcutta
Eagles
Reginald Denny
Bassoon
E. W. Weaver
High Street
Swansea Village
Tel
F. R
Anchor Club
Ferry Hill
Eugene Leclair
John W. Church
Harry L. Leclair
Oswald Reid Leclair
IFE Alger
Mt. Hope Ave
Tee
Joseph J Arruda
Franklin St
George’ Buffum
Hope St
Harriet M_ Bunn
Pleasant St
Cien
FS Cogpeshall
Chas. A Coggeshall
Bristol Neck
John C Connery
Philinas Fontaine
Thames &J
Frank H Fish
High St
John Or
Susan Gaulfield
Hopeworth Sanitarium
Metacom
Margaret Kavanaugh
Catherine St
Chin Kee Hope
Mary WeRell
Wm O
Manchester
Constitution St
Erristol
J McIntyre
Daniel McPhee Richmond
Mary Brien
Cole
Antonio Ro Pereira
Phi Alphi PI
John Porter Jr
Great Neck
Joanna Quirk
John St
Frank Borje Ramha
Maria Pereira
Thames St
Joseph H Sylvia
Fox Hill Ave
Wn Taylor
Collins St
Rachel A Walker
State St
Marion S. West
Burton &J
Peter Bonvicin
Burton Street
Bay View
Poultry Farms
Dregaor
J. Rego
Mer
Bristol Caning CO
John Donato
State Street
G. E. Garvin
Richmond St
Suzman’s
Augustus P. Duffy
W. W. Franklin & Co
Wood St
John C. Trudell
Pocahantas
Dorchester Mutual
Boston
E. L. Watson Co., Inc
Weybosset Street
Providence
R. L
Lanzire’s Express
Frank Lanzire
G. M. Wilbur
Robert J. McKay
G. W. Sim
Fune
Wiliam Street
Bristol District Nursing Association
Hope Street
Martha Graham
Thyra
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