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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1927
Page
2
Bristol Scouts Troop 2 meets at 7 30 PM in the scout building as plans are laid for the January 20 District Rally. The First Troop marks its 14th anniversary with a program and supper tonight led by Oscar P Herzig. Troops 4 and 5 also meet this week with recruiting plans and a New Year gathering.
Jane James Millard, aged 76, dies in the town after a long illness. Funeral arrangements are pending with local undertakers.
The Tower at 50 Broadway in New York is regarded as the first skyscraper, erected in 1888 89 from Bradford Lee Gilbert plans. The Walden Building followed, then the Singer and Metropolitan in 1910 and the Woolworth and Equitable completed by 1915.
The term turnpike refers to a toll road once collecting tolls via turnpikes or tollgates. Originally a toll road, it earned its name from gates that collected fees from travelers. The expression now applies to roads that formerly collected tolls.
January brings multiple events in town. Alice in Wonderland opens at Reynolds School auditorium. Grand fair nights run at GAR Hall. Minstrel shows, whist and food sales, a Daughters of Isabella event, a Belvedere sale, a public bridge, and church play presentations fill the month with activities across local venues.
James Millard a longtime cabinet maker at the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company died yesterday at his home 3 Chestnut Street after a long illness. He was 76 or 77 years old, born in Fall River and had lived here over 30 years. Survived by wife Eliza, he belonged to King Philip Lodge of Masons. The funeral is set for 2 PM tomorrow at the mortuary chapel of the North Cemetery with Rev. Francis R. Enslin officiating. committal by King Philip Lodge officers.
Capt Philip A Carr died in Wallingford Conn after a three year illness at age 75 or 76. He was a familiar figure on the Providence river and Narragansett Bay during the excursion boat days and left steamboating in 1900 to manage a gold wire refining department near Providence. He lived in Providence, led the Mazeppa Encampment of the Odd Fellows as Guide for over 30 years, and is survived by his wife and two brothers Frank and Walter with additional relatives in Wallingford.
The regular monthly meeting of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 6 is set for Friday evening at AR Hall. After the business session comes the joint installation of Post and Auxiliary with Department Officers in charge. A social hour, refreshments, and dancing follow the installation. members are urged to attend and pay 1927 membership dues.
Burnside Lodge No 34 Knights of Pythias meets at G A R Hall this evening at 7 o'clock for officer installation. Deputy Grand Chancellor Bert Clark of Palestine Lodge No 3 Providence will serve as installing officer. Plans for the lodge 34th anniversary on January 25 will be announced, followed by a social hour and collation.
December district nurse report shows 110 general care and special case visits across Metropol tan and John Hancock with 245 total visits. Prenatal and tuberculous visits sum to 20 plus 62 babies cared for and 4 tuberculosis patients under care.
A playful note from the Baltimore Evening Sun invites readers to consider marriage with a cheerful mind especially to entertain the mbys. The item evokes a light society mood and suggests a whimsical union plan among readers.
Sears Roebuck and Co ran a massive name search for a new tire attracting over two million entries from across the U S and abroad. Hans Simonson of Bismarck North Dakota won five thousand dollars for the name Allstate in this multination contest.
The article recounts the enigmatic Rows of Chester England, elevated arcades with roofs above storefronts, linking their origin to the Roman fortress Deva. It notes the Rows’ unsettling aura for visitors and ties Chester’s modern streets to ancient Roman layouts, with Deva abandoned around 400 A D.
Scientists from the bureau of agriculture study preparations to exterminate destructive ants in tropical regions. White ants travel in great armies, devastate wood and fence posts, and even wipe out buildings and gardens. In Colombia large colonies form cone shaped mounds of a white catlike substance, while once started in furniture the wood eating ants cannot be stopped until material is destroyed.
Police halted a scam offering cures and charms from a pamphlet titled Black Cat's Ankle Dust. The booklet lists items like Black Cat's Wishbone and King Solomon's Murrow with prices and claims to bind lovers, deter suitors, or calm troublesome bosses.
The article asserts Charles II deserves full credit for navy service and yachting work. It notes his exile influence on skill, his brother the Duke of York racing in Britain’s first recorded regatta between Greenwich and Gravesend in autumn 1661, and that Charles had at least fourteen yachts built for personal use including the Jamies built at Lambeth from his designs.
Coast guard officers near drifting icebergs report a surge in seabird swarms following bergs into the Atlantic this year. Fulmars shearwaters murres kittiwakes and dovekies appear in large numbers as they exploit the food released by wave action and ice melt, intensifying the feeding frenzy around the ice.
The olive tree spread across Asia Minor and into Italy where it became a valued crop. Olive oil was widely used in Egypt Greece and Italy, with olives planted in Italy as early as ancient times. The record notes extensive cultivation in Cape Colony and South Africa from 1700s onward.
In a heated exchange Farmer Corn mocks a new sweater for making his son Josh look tattooed. Josh defends the garment saying it suits him and carries no harm.
The article traces rubber from its early Indian plaything use in India to its global impact on economies and individuals. It notes vulcanization by Charles Goodyear in 1830 as the start of the commercial era, hints at Goodyear's tire aside, and records a London price: a half cubic inch of raw rubber once costing 75 cents.
The article surveys medieval universities tracing origins to cathedrals and monasteries with roots in Oxford Paris Bologna Salamanca Padua Naples Genoa Perugia and other centers. It notes early colleges at Cambridge 1257 Krakow 1364 and Copenhagen 1479 with Edinburgh 1453 and Alfredian legends surrounding Oxford.
Readers compare today s cross between map and picture strip maps with British highway charts from two to three centuries ago. The older maps offered detailed mileposts and landmarks such as a large stone an oak tree a narrow gate into a meadow and noted inns and branch roads.
A new theory posits five pairs of hereditary traits passing intelligence. If both parents are highly intelligent and possess all five traits, children will be very bright. If both lack traits, children will be dull. Mixed parental traits yield a range of offspring including occasional exceptional or low mentality individuals.
In San Jacopo Italy a ruined mansions courtyard houses a deep old well said to groan when death threats loom over the great family once tied to the property. In 1904 neighbors feared the noises but nothing happened. The sounds faded until news from San Francisco of the last survivor’s death.
The record notes that cabbage was brought to England from Holland around 1510 by Sir Arthur Ashley of Dorset though cultivation existed earlier. It records that Oliver Cromwell's soldiers introduced cabbage to Scotland, marking its spread in the British Isles.
Northern Australia skies run so clear that stars cast shadows as bright as the moon. In the Barky tableland cattle on distant hills are seen as reflections appear beneath them, creating the illusion of water in the light.
The Los Angeles Open crown may crown a youngster as George Von Elm nears a historic 36 holes record with a possible final at the Rancho Club. A stellar field and perfect January weather in Los Angeles set the stage for a potential record run by Von Elm, who seeks to repeat in a home course finale.
The term sheepskin refers to a diploma noting parchment origin. Historically parchment was made from sheep hide, shaping the term for official documents and credentials.
A Baltimore Sun comment laments modern dining as worse than a triangle. It argues lack of old fashioned square meals contributes to divorces, contrasting with the past habit.
A lotus blossom carved on objects is avoided as a gift in Japan because the lotus is the flower of Buddha and represents death. The piece warns against giving lotus-themed objects due to this symbolic meaning in Japanese culture.
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