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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1922
Page
4
The elder Icelandic duck shows a strong fondness for vivid colors and musical sounds. As the breeding season nears, locals hang bright rags and bells to attract the duck to prepared nests on shore.
A New York cigar shop installs a wall of humidor compartments. Each buyer receives the unique key to one compartment to store their cigars, keeping them secure as long as they last.
Plutarch notes Cato the Elder regretted three actions in his life. He regretted entrusting a secret to a woman, choosing travel by water over land, and spending a day without any important business accomplished.
Miss Birdie Ma played a saxophone solo praised as beautiful while Miss Mack, a noted social figure, is remembered for a bold domestic incident involving a gentleman who failed to appreciate the music.
Wm Fox presents Buck Jones in Rough Shod a cowboy romance while Mr Shu man offers Man vs Beast with African wildlife encounters capture and killing. Ben Turpin stars in Home Made Movies as new side splitter. Paramount offers On High Seas Dorothy Dalton Jack Holt and Art Acord in In the Days of Buffalo Bill plus The Blacksmith with Buster Keaton. Matinee days feature The Oath with Conway Tearle and Miriam Cooper.
Witnesses of the film Clarence with Wallace Reid gain another Dec 12 and 13 screening featuring Herbert Wisbey as Clarence and Agnes Ayres in support. Local stars include Miss Mc Ave Miss Lillian Magee Miss Swanson and Albert Battcher in a bustling comedy with Burgess Watts directing. Tickets selling fast for a capacity crowd.
Harold recalls a poem and a country porch night. The Chicago American piece notes his remark about stars twinkling after a summer visit to Aunt Louise with family listening to night sounds.
The text notes that certain human expressions like bared teeth in rage and bristling hair under extreme fear have been proposed by scientists as evidence for human evolution from animals.
Joly estimates ocean salinity by weighing salt content and river inflow. His calculation suggests the ocean's age does not exceed 100 million years.
Lieut James W Hanbery known as Big Jim received the Distinguished Service Cross in a ceremony at Fort Crook near Omaha In the presence of American Legion leaders and dignitaries The article recalls his heroic rescue and battlefield feats at Chateau Thierry including leading a bayonet charge and dragging wounded men to safety confirming his long wait at home and return to journalism in Omaha
Glenn H. Ticer head of Portland Oregon American Legion employment bureau received a call from the police commissioner asking for ex soldiers to act as policemen during a waterfront lockout. Fifty two veterans were sworn in as specials with L L Robertson among them operating stop and go signs during the two month disruption.
State senators and four House members in Louisiana have been appointed to a reception committee to greet distinguished visitors attending the American Legion national convention in New Orleans from October 16 to 20.
A man rushing to an important meeting while shaving ends up with hair sticking straight up. His wife uses the pomade for their son to blend the white hair with a red tint, resulting in red hair with white stripes. Attempts with a stiff brush hot water laundry soap and grease fail to fix the scalp glow resembling a ripe tomato.
A quote from H. Addington Bruce asserts that every invention from stone axes to modern airships stems from a dream. The remark links human aspiration to progress across eras.
The Serbian melodies are solemn and impressive. Hungarian songs show vitality and impetuosity. They are largely in two four time with rhythms and the time charge continually shifting.
Don’t delay treat kidneys now with Doan's Kidney Pills a trusted remedy used worldwide for over 50 years. Peleg Card of Poppasquash Bristol testifies the pills ease back and kidney pain, with price 60c at dealers and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York listed as maker.
The Rhode Island State Board of Public Roads records describe parcels of land in Bristol taken under the 1920 act. Parcel 1 along Hope Street contains about 0.064 acres and Parcel 2 about 0.149 acres, with rights to adjacent highway property. The description notes plat No. 47 and the taking vote occurred November 15, 1922, with recording on November 16, 1922.
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