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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1926
Page
3
Victor Shaw explains practical tests to distinguish gold from pyrite by color, shade stability, and nitric acid reaction. He notes gold remains unchanged in hue, while pyrite darkens, and advises panning creek sands to locate placer gold near bed rock or in bench deposits where streams once flowed.
The Family Herald reports evidence from an Egyptian tomb in western Thebes naming Amenemope, suggesting the Book of Proverbs borrows phrases from his work. A side by side comparison shows parallels such as wisdom verses about ears, words, heart, and the tongue. The article notes Amenemope lived centuries earlier than the biblical author.
More than 100 including officers scouts and parents attended a Bristol Troops rally in Grand Army Hall postponed earlier due to a blizzard. Assistant Scout Executive Nelson A Sly spoke on character and loyalty as troops competed in contests with Troop 4 and Troop 2 winning key events. The Bristol Eagle Scouts Troop formed Feb 13 1925 with 12 Eagle Scouts initiated.
Jesus is described as a man of intense emotion who spoke out against oppression and wept over a city given to indifference. The passage emphasizes compassion for the poor and denunciation of wrongdoers.
Services this week held in the chapel for the second Sunday in Lent with Holy Communion at 8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer and address at 10:30 a.m. Church School at 12:00 p.m. Evening Prayer and address at 7:30 p.m.
Second Sunday in Lent at Trinity Church lists Holy Communion at 7.30 am Matins at 9.30 am Church School at 10.00 am Sung Mass and sermon at 10.45 am and Evensong with address at 3.30 pm.
Friday night service at 7 30. Sunday morning worship at 10 30. Sermon theme Getting at the Facts. Church school assembles at 12. Praise and service at 7 30 Sunday night. Subject of the sermon The Wonder Book. The Church School Missionary offering will be recessed next Sunday.
The State Street M. E. Church lists services and events at 129 State Street. Friday prayer meeting at 7 30, choir practice at 8 30. Sunday services at 10 30 and 12 00 with Sunday School at 6 30 and Epworth League at 7 30.
The church announces a midweek meeting Friday evening at 4 FF WY and Sunday services. Morning service at 10 30 features preaching on Continuous Revelation. Church School at 11 45 followed by a praise and preaching service at 7 30 with sermon titled Meat Vs Poison.
The Church of the Nazarene on Court Street lists Sunday services led by Rev John Caldwell. 10:45 sermon on The Condition of Salvation, 12 noon Sunday School, 6 pm Young People's meeting, 7 pm Evangelistic meeting with the sermon Delivered and Not Confounded. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 pm invites attendees.
Bil Hart returns before the cameras after a year and a half in Tumbleweeds. The western epic preserves authentic frontier life with a faithful Hart portrayal and a strong supporting cast under director King Baggot. The Olympia Theatre screens the picture next Monday and Tuesday.
The Bristol Train of Artillery holds its monthly meeting Monday evening at the State street armory. A nominating committee will prepare officers for the year and report in April at the annual election. An auditing committee and the 150th anniversary committee will also be named for final reports. full attendance is requested.
Polf Daniels notes a church lecture using stereopticon slides. during a dark offering the plate holds about 19 cents after fifty or sixty pass it along. the narrator says he withheld a silver dollar and added a nickel to avoid temptation.
Rhode Island Tuberculosis Association reports Bristol last year had a death rate of 1.34 per 1 000, higher than the state average of .80. Dr Harry Lee Barnes urges Bristol Nursing Association measures and explains transmission, annual lung checks, open windows, proper nutrition, rest, cough testing, and free monthly lung exams with X rays offered at the Nurses Office on the third Friday morning.
A Rhode Island House of Representatives filing shows a proposed act to incorporate United Electric Power Company to lease purchase and operate the United Electric Railways Company assets across Providence Bristol Washington and Kent counties and to construct extensions and acquire franchises in state streets. Petitioners include Albert E. Potter Zenas W Bliss George H Newhall Harvey A Baker Ralph S Richards Edward R Aldrich Jo Cun liffe Bullock and Harold J Gross. Dates listed: 2 12 16 19 23 26 3 2 5.
The Farne islands off Northumbria have been handed to the National Trust to preserve as a bird sanctuary. Covering 80 acres and comprising 15 islets, the rosetteate tern is a notable species among the 14 breeding bird types including gulls, terns, auks, cormorants, waders and a duck. The group is a premier breeding site for seabirds in Britain.
Bristol residents like Mrs J H Mott report relief from back and kidney pain after using Doan's Pills. The ad touts the remedy as a stimulant diuretic for kidneys and urges buyers to ask by name. Doan's Pills are sold at Buffington Pharmacy for 60 cents.
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