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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1922
Page
4
Star Monday and Tuesday showcase Good Men and True starring Harry Carey with Vela Vale Tully Marshall Chas Le Moyne and Helen Gilmore. Val Paul directed from a Eugene Manlove Rhodes novel in a dramatic romance of courage and honor.
The Ming Philip Fire Bugs won three straight over Trinity and Cranston Mill swept Cranston Wool. Scores not fully listed in the readable text.
A sequence of community events announced by local groups. New Year dances at Mt. Carmel Italian Hall and Belvedere, a comedy at Trinity Parish House, musical comedy at Pas time Theatre, fundraisers for Bristol District Nursing Association and Y M C A concerts, and a Grand Fair at G A R Hall hosted by the Doric Club with dates spanning January to mid February.
An article recounts three boys’ paths in scouting showing reform can come after trials and loss of privileges. It describes reinstatement on trial for Boy Number One and leadership shifts for Boy Two, while Boy Three remains hospitalized but hopeful. The piece also notes Christmas celebrations, gifts, and upcoming Greater Providence Council events with Eagle badge awards and a Providence High School conference.
Robert Bennet of Kalamazoo Michigan received a hero medal for lifesaving after he trained in swimming and lifesaving and twice dived to rescue William Oudling from drowning at Whitelake last summer. Bennet surfaced with Oudling twice and swam to shore with the boy in his arms.
Pueblo scouts receive summer training in forestry fire fighting and conservation at the San Isabel forest camp. A forest service certificate awaits first class scouts who graduate and render meritorious service, with a trip to the Sangre De Cristo mountains.
The article describes the Inca sun worship in Peru with the sun as ruler and earth’s supreme temple in Cuzco. It notes a gold temple image, solstice festival, sacrificial rites similar to Jewish practices, and the sun’s consorts and attendants including the moon Venus and constellations.
Scientists report an 8 million year old dinosaur, 66 feet long and 30 tons, uncovered near Red Deer River 125 miles west of Calgary. Prof I B Riggs and five colleagues freed the bones weighing up to 2500 pounds and will transport the find to the Field Museum for display.
A treasure of early cinema and theater notes recounts reviews of Universal Jewel and other productions. It highlights The Miserables like Human Hearts by Hal Reid and the King Baggot directed House Peters film. It also covers Rogue's Romance shot in Paris with Earle Williams and Rudolph Valentino and Lights of the Desert starring Shirley Mason with Fox.
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