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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
4
A pioneer medical clinic established 15 years ago now serves 2700 employees, with a medical director, physician and three full time nurses. During last winter’s influenza outbreak over 850 employees were treated daily with six deaths. The clinic plans a dental clinic and earns praise from The Modern Hospital for protecting employee health and inspiring other firms.
An eighty two year old wife sues her seventy one year old husband for a decree. She claims his affection has waned due to interference by his ninety four year old mother who dislikes her. She alleges control over finances and home ownership, prompting a court appeal.
Homer L. Ferguson of the United States Chamber of Commerce argued that the ship reproduced on the twenty-dollar bill is foreign built. He displayed the bill saying the ship fires the American flag but was taken over during the war. Review proved his claim: the vessel has four funnels, and no four funnel ship has been built in the United States for foreign trade.
A Georgia figure Tom Sharkey is recalled for a saloon quip asking what to drink with the line rain or shine. Representative Gordon Lee of Chickamauga tells of a similar tale at Atlantic City about a mean man who promises refreshments then opens a window for a breeze.
A senator questioned proposed sales of surplus army meat to packers for under half the government price. He asked why not sell directly to consumers to lower living costs and criticized the uplift theme as applied to prices after the war.
Rumors say salvage plans revive for the Dorothea sunk on Tenedos reef carrying rumored gold worth over 8 million dollars. A published list cites other sunken treasure vessels with multi‑million values headlined by Grosvenor, Ariston, Birkenhead, Abercromble, Morestein, and Thunderbolt as potential targets.
Des Moines public librarian For est B. Spaulding notes that unusual bookmarks appear in circulated books, with underdone bacon strips among the most startling. Common hairpins are collected but deemed worthless by collectors. Vacation season brings back snapshots postcards and letters as well as mails left in books. Spaulding recalls a bathing suit left behind by a girl at Riverview Park.
A four year old named Joe, easily mistaken for a girl due to curls, is barred from his sister's birthday party for girls only. He negotiates the snub with a quip, declaring he is “not much of a boy anyway” as he camps near the refreshments.
Sam faced trial for theft of ten dollars and pleaded not guilty. Unable to hire counsel, Judge appointed young Clarke who won acquittal. Outside, Clarke pressed for a fee, but Sam revealed he still had the ten dollars, saying I still done got dat ten dollahs.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph note recounts a druggist boasting of a perfect stock. A bystander quips about spirits of contradiction, and the pharmacist returns with his wife to prove his claim. The scene mixes humor with a household twist in a downtown shop setting.
A trade statement notes horses and mules remain common despite vast US auto output. Since 1899 about 7.7 million cars have been built, with half since 1915, while the nation counts 21.534 million horses and 4.925 million miles of roads valued at two.
Infant prodigies populate England as critics debate talent and psychology of war. Pamela Bianco a thirteen year old Italian born in England earns acclaim for Botticelli like drawings. Ronnie Routledge seven achieves near perfect violin score at Grimsby College. Robbie Day seven shows clairvoyant feats including reading a treasury note and solving mental arithmetic after a brief test.
An Abyssinian visitor notes Americans are absent due to slow travel options and lack of rapid transport. He says Abyssinia needs bridges and streets like the United States and men to direct construction, while Addis Ababa’s 40,000 residents remain cut off by no outside railway link.
The director of military aero nautics warns birds have the right of way in air. Across Atlantic towns, dead bird showers frighten aviators as flocks approach. A citizen struck by a bird prompts complaints to town and agriculture, leading to a finding that shooting birds from airplanes is unlawful under the federal migratory bird law.
A woman recalls a mistaken greeting when a guest visitor turns out to be a stranger. She had embraced a visitor thinking him a relative, only to discover a book seller in a late moment mix up. Mr Blank’s arrival averted further embarrassment in a Chicago Tribune recount.
A home electric bell connected to a transformer creates three distinct sounds from three push buttons at front kitchen and side doors. One button yields a clear ring the second a buzz and the third a combined buzz and ring. In offices the device calls three people without counting rings and requires no contact points to burn out or batteries to replace.
The year saw peat output rise sharply led by wartime demand. Beyond fuel in Europe, peat fertilizer and stock food grew, with New England producing unprecedented peat. Peat litter packing material and surgical dressings spread, aiding Red Cross efforts with over half a million peat pads prepared by volunteers in Washington, Oregon, and Maine.
The Hartford Courant notes Emerson Oklahoma planned as a metropolis after opening lands. Abandoned in 1907, a district court now may vacate the site for town use. promoters dreamed Hampden Cromwell citizens and a landmark city unborn. The saga recalls early colonial Connecticut schemes and Lion GarillBer’s fight to hold the site.
Old Buckingham celebrates its war record with 264 eligible men in 1914, 170 served, 39 died. A 24 foot six inch stone memorial cross on the village green reproduces the Cross of Sacrifice and bears names of fallen in gilt on the drum below the base.
The London Chronicle notes a medieval belief that inspecting sheep shoulder blades can predict the future and fate. It traces similar ideas among Flemings in Pembrokeshire, Tartars via William of Rubruquis, and comparisons to modern Turkish beliefs in the twentieth century.
Fragmentary religious verse expresses trust in divine guidance for the new year. The text speaks of God's presence banishing fear and guiding the faithful through each day as they seek a heavenward path. Strong religious imagery and a refrain praising God and Jesus saturate the stanza.
January city events list includes a fair by Hook Ladder Hose Company on Saturday evenings at RCien Hall and a Belmont C Club dance on January 19 and 20. The Pastime Theatre hosts The Rose Girl musical by Hope Circle and a Minstrel Show by Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co with performances on Monday and Tuesday evenings.
In California, pockets of gold show cores of iron sand within nuggets. At Sulphur Creek Colusa County hot springs continually deposit gold on rock, with gold growing in rocks and pockets. A cellar dig near Sonora uncovered a pocket where gold filled thick walls and yielded 986 wounds in three days.
Three methods of electric welding are described spot seam and carbon arc. Spot welding joins plates with contact current, seam uses mechanically driven roller electrodes, and carbon arc melts metal with an iron pencil replacing the carbon rod. In shipbuilding butt welds reach 90 to 95 percent of plate strength.
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