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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1924
Page
3
The Pythian games near Delphi honored Apollo with five year cycles and a victor’s laurel. Initially music contests expanded to athletics horse racing and poetry and art contests. Winners received a laurel wreath or palm branch and the games continued until 804 A D.
Emery is a common dark granular variety of corundum containing magnetite or hematite. Its great hardness makes it ideal for grinding and polishing in powder grain or larger mass form.
A witty remark notes that if a man had as much judgment before thirty as after, there would rarely be a skeleton in his family closet.
The practice has risen from a 1905 idea to the world’s second largest health profession. It now has over 28,000 chiropractors, more than 108 schools, and around 15,000 students in three year study. Twenty eight states recognize chiropractic as distinct, with no government endowment.
Professor Harold Maxwell Lefroy runs a two million fly farm atop the Imperial College building in South Kensington. The glass 12 by 5 foot enclosure houses a thriving colony used to study fly breeding for pest control. Eggs hatch in nine days and a single fly lays 2000 eggs, with the colony replenished as sprays are tested.
A Washingtonian recalls Mark Twain listening in a steamer smoking room then recounting a Hannibal rescue. Twain narrates how, amid a house blaze, Old Man Hankinson was saved by tying a rope around him and pulling him from the fourth story, a daring improvisation praised by listeners.
The American phonograph holds a practical monopoly in Mexico City with wide sales and extended credit terms. American phonograph records and music rolls for player pianos also dominate. German pianos remain strong nationwide due to lower prices, with growing demand for German violins and wind instruments despite uncertain delivery dates and tighter credit terms.
A rich patient asks the cost of a nose operation. The doctor tallies one thousand dollars and remarks the patient will boast about it to fashionable friends. The exchange ends with the patient agreeing to spread the tale of the high price.
A humorous exchange reveals a wife asking to alter a portrait of her ex husband to resemble her current spouse. The artist offers to touch up facial hair and add hair to the head to create a near likeness.
A humorous exchange recalls a wedding day tied to a golf moment. Mrs. Niblick questions the groom on his memory of their marriage while he recalls the day after sinking a thirty foot putt, as a judge presides with dry wit.
Wifle and Hubble discuss a pie in dispute over its quality. Willie refuses a second piece, signaling dissatisfaction with the dessert.
A provocative speech argues that wealth corrupts society and calls for systemic reform. The speaker, Bangs, questions the morality of riches and imagines political action to curb inequality. The remarks sparked debate among attendees and drew loud reactions.
Scout Max Davis of Jersey City untied a flag line on a rainy boulevard, his fingers torn off when a car hit the rope. Eagle Scout Carlton Price of Syracuse used first aid to save a baby from a severed artery after a reaper accident eight miles from Port Byron.
Governor Charles C. Moore of Idaho pledges support to the Boy Scouts chief James B. West. He says if every American boy joined the organization, radicalism would fade in one generation. He calls the scouts a model of better citizenship at home, school, and in public. The governor serves as an honorary member.
The piece surveys old beliefs linking weather to animals and myth. It cites Odin’s storm role, German prints showing wind as a dog or wolf, sailor lore about a ship’s cat signaling rain, and witches transforming into cats to ride storms.
A reflective note on the sea’s perilous, serpentine nature and the enduring affection some harbor for its dangerous allure. It contrasts awe at its beauty with respect for its deadly habits.
A Bristol carpenter Peleg Card recommends Doan's Pills for backache and kidney troubles. He used them during poor condition and finds swift relief. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Administration notice for the estate of Charles W Young dated February 12 1924. Probate court admission of the Last Will and Testament and executrix bond filed. Creditors are notified to file claims with the clerk beginning February 16 1922 1928 or as required by law.
The Bristol probate court admits the will of Frank L Bowen late of Bristol and names Roberta Wilcox Bowen executrix with bond. Elizabeth Peckham estate account of Benjamin Peckham and Josiah F Peckham Jr executors set for review March 3 1924 at 10 30 AM in the Probate Court Room Bristol with fourteen day publication in the Bristol Phoenix.
The Scout Troop Melting Pot in San Francisco’s Troop 40 includes boys from Mexico Assyria Greece Lithuania Russia Germany Italy Holland France England Scotland and America. U S Commissioner of Naturalization Raymond F Crist calls boy scouts the all American melting pot among youth.
National Boy Scouts of America considers a special course teaching scouts to assist in airplane accidents and aid pilots. The plan follows cooperative suggestions from the National Aeronautic Association and the Post Office, War, and Navy departments to establish airplane landing areas.
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