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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1925
Page
4
A California resident finds goldfish in stagnant pond water can eat mosquito larvae within a season, offering a new value beyond pets. The Detroit News notes the unexpected utility of the fish in pest control and a renewed optimism.
Bristol YWCA teams beat Wark ten and Fall River to reach four of seven games. Providence YWCA won four straight, while Bristol prepares to host the Export YWCA at eight o clock Friday night at Bristol Y.
The Taft School Club holds its regular meeting Thursday at 3 PM in the Taft School. Judge Edward L. Leahy will speak on Lincoln's Birthday as Flag Day. Miss Caroline Maturi will sing with piano by Mrs William C Hobbs. Refreshments follow.
Funeral services for Mrs Annie Brown Kempf wife of Herman J Kempf were conducted at 2 o clock Saturday at her home 139 Bay View avenue Relatives and friends from Providence Cranston New Bedford Fast Providence and this town attended The service was led by Rev Frederick L Maryon rector of Trinity Church Bearers included Raymond and Chester Chase Samuel Brelsford Edward Meiggs Chester Myers and John Menegh Burial took place at Juniper Hill Cemetery
A farm paper publishes a hominy method using three quarts of water and a spoonful of lye to hull corn. The process involves boiling the corn in lye, removing hulls, and rinsing with clean water until tender. The result resembles New England hulled corn eaten with sweet milk or served with gravy.
The Tara high crown of gold cloth encircled by three coronets is described as the triple crown of the pope. It features four mound and cross of gold, precious stones, and pearls, with three royal diadems and no inscription, symbolizing the pope’s authority over the church militant, expextant, and triumphant.
Puzzle presents a pangram missing the letter K with two clue lists Horizontal and Vertical. It includes misprints and jumbled entries but promises a solution in the next issue. The page notes the interlock aids solvers and hints at expert clues containing unusual words.
The Philadelphia Bulletin argues that higher death rates among women aged seventeen to thirty-two stem not from seeking freedom but from TB, childbirth, and influenza. It urges a return to normal home life and healthier social influences to shield young working women in offices and factories.
At the Pacific Northwest forest experiment station in Portland Oregon researchers report beetles can be urged to loosen pine bark for pulpwood. By girding trees near ground level in late summer, bark borers gather and loosen bark, aiding logging before winter ends their feast.
The article argues China offers vast work for Western engineers as it builds power plants, railways, highways, water works and factories. It notes 100 electric power plants already built in ten years and a future need for rupples, equipment, and cars as transportation expands with 400 million people to serve.
Polish writer Wladislaw Reymont, 1924 Nobel Prize in Literature winner, began as a telegraph operator then toured with a theatrical company. He later worked as a railroad worker and farm hand, explored a monastery, and published stories from 1893. His novel Peasants, in four parts Autumn Winter Spring Summer, has been translated widely. He is wealthy with an estate near Posen.
A German invention described by Popular Science Monthly uses a small air propeller strapped to a back mounted motor to propel skiers on flat terrain. An experienced skier can travel at high speed, with the propeller started and stopped by a pneumatic shutter like device.
The United States uses nearly as much electricity as all other nations combined and its electric service station and power industry are growing faster than any other industry in the country.
Born and raised on an Oklahoma farm, the new commander graduated from Central Teachers College Edmond and the University of Florida. He taught in several towns, led Chickasha high schools, and now serves as president of the State High School Athletic Association and director of the Oklahoma Educational Association. He enlisted in 1917, served in Pensacola and Norfolk, and joined the Naval Reserves after naval academy enrollment.
The Evansville Indiana legion aims to erect an international memorial for Private James Bethel Gresham, the first U S casualty in World War I. The New Cumberland Pennsylvania post sent what is believed to be the first donation from Pennsylvania toward the Evansville Gresham memorial.
An American Legion solicitor collecting for the James Dickey post home fund in Portsmouth Ohio was stopped by a newsboy who said he had saved a dollar from two weeks of selling papers. The boy handed the money in pennies and nickels, saying local sellers gave more than that for them. The Legion praised the gift and vowed to dedicate their peace-time service to the cause.
In Terre Haute Indiana the American Legionnaires hold an annual coon hunt with dogs ranging from common to high valued. The event drew members from miles around, followed by a big coon feed and a membership rally. The hunt helped expand the post’s membership at the expense of the local coon population.
The report cites payments approved by the committee for expenses totaling 120 dollars. It lists statistics from the Walley and Oliver schools: 680 pupils weighed, 53 underweight by at least 7 percent, 24 baths, 17 home visits, and 37 average treatments. Dental work covers Waters and Byfield clinics with several pupils treated. Truant data show 151 cases reported, 143 investigated, 11 truants, plus 19 without clothing and 13 due to sickness or death.
A large audience attended a Pas time Theatre event in Bristol Sunday with Judge Edward L. Leahy hosting. Dr Reuben C Bates spoke on The Care of the Children, Colin T Holm urged Creating Community Spirit, and the Colt Memorial High School Orchestra provided music.
At a meeting of the Republican Town Committee last evening in the Hotel Belvedere Salvatore Della Morte a present member of the Town Council was endorsed for re election and other council nominations were passed through Thursday night Also endorsed were Moderator Edward L Leahy Town Clerk John W Church Town Treasurer Amos S Gorham Assessors John W Wall Philip Brady Sewer Commissioners Ezra Dixon Eber Hill School Committee Robert J Connery Benjamin M Mac Dougall Moderator and Clerk Second District Joseph Midmonds Fred Wilbur.
At Bristol Aerie No 953 Fraternal Order of Eagles regular meeting two new members were admitted and one membership application was received. James Holmes reported that arrangements are complete for entertainments at Pastime Theatre this month and next. An Old Timers' Night was set for Monday evening February 23 with a committee named to coordinate plans.
Francis D Taveres Lavo and Miss Mary Mattos wed at St Elizabeth's Church on February 7 in town, officiated by Rev Francesco Vieira.
James F McLaughlin died in Greenville RI on Feb 7 1925 at age 70 formerly of this town. Edward B Newman died here on Feb 8 in his 71st year with funeral from 71 Church Street on Wednesday Feb 11 at 2 o clock relatives and friends invited to attend.
In loving memory of Pradtars Colt DeWolf who died February 9. The verse expresses deep sorrow, longing, and faith in eternal rest with Jesus. Catherine Sylvita signs the tribute, asking prayers for the departed and the living.
A fragment lists events under Epworth Trinity Parish and local groups. Scheduled are vaudeville shows and town gatherings for St Elizabeths and St Anthony’s, with speakers including Ray Cox Flint and M G Ay Mts. Beneficiaries include churches and civic groups, with dates from February to March and venues such as Rootswell Hall Pastime Theatre Bristol Casino and Rockwell Hall.
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