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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1927
Page
3
In early New York the first electrical system spurred the idea of electric lighting. Edison’s shares rose as a new enterprise required extensive cable work and costly poles, drawing public debate on street aesthetics.
An expedition by the Russian Academy of Sciences will search the Ural mountains region for traces of prehistoric migrations between Russia and Siberia. The area has Bronze Age mining evidence and Stone Age relics, making it a likely source of valuable prehistoric artifacts.
The text explains how male spiders search for females and how females identify mates by sight or scent or touch. It notes that after recognition the female often restrains her aggression. It then mentions that recent authors doubt sexual selection as the cause of courtship ornamentation.
A reflective survey traces the Philistines from ancient power to disappearance. Gaza Ashdod Ashkelon Gath and Ekron are named as their five great cities while noting historical sieges and ties to biblical and classical eras. The article laments the loss of their monuments and recalls enduring echoes in Ashdod Azotus and local memory.
von Hoogstraeten, who filed first papers toward naturalization, told a New York reporter he is not mercenary as some claim. He recalled a roadhouse tale of a rich old gentleman wooing a nude dancer and quipped that a man’s age is only as old as he feels.
Alfred P. Sloan Jr of General Motors argues in Liberty that most executives come from white collar workers. He says aspiring executives should start as shop clerks or shop workers and learn from the factory floor, not the bench.
Popular Mechanics outlines five eclipses and several returning periodic comets for 1927. The June 29 eclipse will be visible in England at dawn, the first there in two centuries. A June 165 moon eclipse occurs at 8 13 a m EST across the United States, the moon fully in earth shadow. The December moon eclipse will not be seen in the U S.
Public sale of a Bristol parcel described as lots 1 2 and 3 on Fox Hill property linked to Eugene LeClair and Manuel De Costa Mendes. Auction set by mortgagee’s attorney William C. H. Brand with bids allowed and postponements noted. December 8 1927 notice dates, with dates for publication listed.
In Bristol Rhode Island 1937 guardians John H Newman and H Newman Jr of Attleboro Massachusetts seek authority to sell their wards real estate in Bristol to satisfy the minors debts and fund better investments. The court schedules hearing for December 19 1927 with notice to be published in the Bristol Phoenix for fourteen days.
In Bristol on November 28 1927 Guardian George Edward Leighton for Merres Westcote Chesebrough presents his final account of ward estates. The court orders publication of the notice once a week for four weeks beginning in December and sets a hearing date at 10 o’clock in the Court Room.
Probate Court of the Town of Bristol publishes notices on final accounts and hearings for the estates of Daniel L Salisbury Pauline Opits Reuben A Mealy and others. Administrators and guardians report accounts and creditors are advised to file claims by law with Clerk John W Church.
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