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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1926

Page

3

Record shows Dal CxET S10 to office

Fragmentary OCR reads as record that Dal CxET will be sent to office. The text is unclear and may indicate a bid or appointment action needing confirmation.

Rae Ae Dal

Fragmented OCR hints at coal production and alliances

The readable text hints at British coal production and global supply themes, mentioning lead roles and retaliation in a marriage metaphor. Ambiguous fragments reference a fourth part of coal production and world usage.

Iweltien

Paper bag invention by Maggie Knight noted in Holyoke history

A short historical note credits Maggie Knight of Holyoke Massachusetts with inventing the square-bottom paper bag. The item has become nearly universally used for about half a century, highlighting the contribution of a young woman in the 19th or early 20th century.

Maggie Knight Wealdent Holyoke Mass

Persian rug design marks tribal identity in Persia

In Persia each tribe or family crafts rugs with a distinctive design that identifies them, much like a Scotsman’s tartan. The practice links textile patterns to lineage, making every rug a symbol of belonging and heritage.

Persia

St Michael’s Church Schedule for Second Sunday After Christmas

Services this week in the Chapel include 10 30 a m Holy Communion with Rev S S Drury L H of St Paul’s School Concord N H sermon 12 00 m Church School 7 30 p m Evening Prayer and address all on the Second Sunday after Christmas.

S. S. Drury L. H St. Paul's School Concord N. A Church School

Trinity Church Sunday Service Schedule

Second Sunday after Christmas service timetable lists Holy Communion at 7.30 a.m. Matins at 9.30 a.m. Church School at 10:00 a.m. Sung Mass and sermon at 10:45 a.m. Evensong and address at 7:30 p.m. Regulations indicate the church’s daily rhythm for parishioners.

First Congregational Church Friday and Sunday Services

Friday night service at 72 Prensrotare begins the weekend worship with praise and preaching. Sunday morning worship at 10 30 includes the Lord's Supper administered. Church School gathers at noon and receives the monthly missionary offering next Sunday morning. Sunday night service at 7 30 features the sermon One Thing Have I Desired.

Church School

Parsonage Schedule At 129 State Street

The notice lists church activities including prayer meeting at 7 30 Friday, choir practice at 8 30, Sunday services at 10 30 and 12 00, Sunday School at 6 30, Epworth League at 7 30, and preaching duties.

State Street Epworth League

First Baptist Church Sunday Services

Morning service at 10 30 led by the pastor with a sermon titled A Message for the New Year. Church School at 11 45 followed by a praise and preaching service at 7 30 with the subject The Beaten Path.

Church of the Nazarene Sunday Schedule

Church on Court Street near Hope invites all to Sunday services at 10 45 a m preaching 12 noon Sunday School 6 pm Young People's meeting 700 pm preaching and prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30 pm Residents 74 Church Street minister Rev John Caldwell

Court Street Hope John Caldwell Church Street

Locking Church Doors During Sermon Custom in Holland

In Holland the church doors are kept locked during sermons to prevent interruptions. The practice ensures a quiet service by blocking entry and exit during the sermon.

Holland

Quitter Never Wins Motto Exalts Perseverance

A motivational line urges persistence explaining that most successful men could have failed if they quit at the right moment. It emphasizes not quitting as a path to achievement and resilience.

Lost Mormon Trails May Have Reached California

California researchers expand inquiry into early highways to test the New York World claim that lost Mormon trails linked Utah to the Pacific Southwest. Sightings of old routes near Lake Arrowhead emerge as dam and Lake Arrowhead formed the landscape, with trails said to join the Arrowhead path near Victorville and Hesperia.

California State Historical Society Utah Pacific Southwest New York World San Bernardino Lake Arrowead Salt Lake City Lake Arrowtread Arcu Rane Arrowhead Desert Victorville Hesperia

Holidays in Brazil Come Thick and Fast

A New York trust report lists Brazil as rich in public and unusual holidays. It notes January begins with New Year and Epiphany on January 6, followed by work stoppages until January 20 in Rio and further state holidays on January 25 and 27. April is also densely holidayed, with many days off.

Brazil Trust Company New York Rio Downs

Welcome Stranger Mustard Plaster Mix‑Up on Train

A western traveler suffers indigestion aboard a train. His wife, misled by a kimono, applies a mustard plaster to a stranger in the adjacent berth. Laughter cures the man’s discomfort, an accidental mix‑up stirs panic, and at dawn a porter complains of a porcupine in his bed.

Porter Everybody’s Magazine

Origin of the Clock from Gerbert to Galileo

The first clock dates to around 900 A D with Gerbert the monk noted as the era’s leading scholar. Monks used bells to mark daily time, giving rise to the term clock from the French cloche meaning bell. By the late 1200s a clock stood in St Paul’s Cathedral, London, and in 1581 Galileo is credited with discovering the pendulum principle.

Harry C. Brearty Gerbert St Paul’s London Galileo

Famous Knights in British History Highlighted

Historian Sir William Bull lists famed knights across fields. Drake, Sidney, Grenville, Raleigh, Frobisher, Hawkins top ancient names. Shackleton among moderns. Bacon in philosophy. Leighton, Altadema, Orchardson in art. Irving in stage. Sullivan in music. Crookes in science. Harcourt in politics.

William Bull Drake Sidney Grenville Raleigh Frobisher Hawkins Shackleton Bacon Leighton Alta-Tadema Orchardson Henry Irving Arthur Sullivan Willian Crookes Willam Harcourt

Early Electric Traction Pioneers and Berlin Rail Start

The narrative notes Abbe Salvatore del Negro’s 1830 Italian motor, Robert Davidson of Aberdeen’s 1838 experiments with a 40-cell battery engine, Siemens & Haske’s 1878 first electric railway at Berlin’s industrial exposition, followed by Edison’s 1879 trial line at Menlo Park.

Abbe Salvatore del Negro Italy Robert Davidson Aberdeen Siemens & Haske Berlin Thomas A. Edison Menle Park N. 4

Y M C A supper program explained as community welfare tool

The Bristol Y explains its supper dinner luncheon club concept as essential to community life. It argues these social meals fit busy schedules, foster get together spirit, and spread social messages, noting strong local support and a risk if the programs end.

Young Men's Christian Association Y's Massachusetts Bristol Bristol Young Men's Christian Association

Ladies' Committee Plans Community Supper at Bristol Y

The Bristol Y Ladies' Committee meets next Monday at 7 30 PM at the YMCA to organize a Community Supper on Thursday Jan 15 headlined by Miriam Davenport Gow a noted dramatic and humorous reader. Admission cards will be allocated to committee members and a Y chat will discuss the season's plans with high expected attendance.

Bristol “Y YMCA Miriam Davenport Gow

Yankee Loaf Weekends and Visitors Entertainment

The fragment suggests a note on Leisure habits with visitors and weekends. It hints that guests may prefer relaxing time over planned entertainment, contrasting expectations between hosts and visitors in a social setting.

Better Parts of Speech in Discretion of Speech

A concise reflection on speech value noting discretion surpasses eloquence and pleasant speech, emphasizing harmonizing with the person one speaks to over mere fluent phrasing. The reference anchors the idea in Francis Bacon from a broader meditation on rhetoric and social conduct.

Bacon

Sponges Abundant in Australasian Seas

A brief note reports sponges are plentiful around Australasia, with hornier or top forms highlighted as especially abundant in local seas.

Australasia Australasian

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