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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1920
Page
4
The article paints Naples basket makers as a longtime family craft with wares used for cradles fish containers and wine bottle coverings. It describes their skilled hand weaving, daily toil with carts, and the lively scenes of animals aiding or accompanying them in the streets and stairways.
The Queen of the Belgians is presented with a rare veil crafted by Belgian lace and embroidery workers. After four years of secret toil amid war, the piece showcases complex mesh and light shading, weighs four and a half ounces, and features Belgian arms with regional emblems and panels illustrating weaving, fishing, hop picking, and dairying.
The Department of Agriculture provides Farmers Bulletin No 104 titled Notes on Frost. It explains frost formation and seasons and offers plant protection guidance. The Weather Bureau plans an updated frost publication soon, but readers may still benefit from the older bulletin.
Madrid will gain a subway with trains running beneath the city streets. The first line runs under the Rio del Sol to Cuatro Caminos, half finished sixty feet below street level. Madrid is rapidly modernizing with new thoroughfares and office buildings as the subway marks the start of a metropolitan transit system.
The president signed a proclamation adding 29440 acres to Crook National Forest in Arizona. The land lies in the Winchester mountains and southwest of the Gallura division, rough and not suitable for farming. The tract is largely oak, juniper, and cedar timber, with much of Pine Canyon covered by western yellow pine.
Arkansas holds several diamond mines that yielded about 5000 stones valued at roughly $20000. The diamonds come from peridotite formations similar to kimberlite and occur in chimneysike zones. Mines were neglected during the war, but rising prices push owners to resume and expand mining operations systematically.
Irene Castle stars as Marcia Crossey opposite Harleth Crossey. Harleth’s affair with Leila Templeton ends in divorce. Leila’s libertine views echo through a fatal automobile crash pickups with a dramatic cliff plunge ending her tale. Huntley Gordon co-stars as the leading man.
A packed program features Dorothy Phillips in Hell Morgan's Girl and Pearl White in The Black Secret, with Harold Lloyd and Dorothy Dalton in The Flame of the Yukon and In Honor's Web. Norma Talmadge stars Isle of Conquest, plus The Midnight Man serial and The Little Nugget comedy, all set in a bustling week of film attractions.
Fire departments across town elected officers for the coming year at Wednesday gatherings. Hydraulion Engine and Hose Company named Pendleton as foreman, with Meigs and Mott as assistants and Coggeshall as delegate to the Rhode Island State Firemen's League. Dreadnaught Hook, Ladder and Hose Company chose Crowley as foreman and Clark as delegate, while Defiance Hose Company selected Gray as foreman and Bailey as delegate. An evening with entertainment followed, including music, magic, and a turkey supper.
The Bristol Mothers Club will hold its January meeting at Colt Memorial High School in the evening starting with a short business session at 7 o'clock, followed by concerts and plays. Miss Anda Connery will sing and Miss Adelaide Patterson will read two short plays The Old Lady Shows Her Medals and The Neighbors.
A passage notes that the society of Quakers was given the name originalis for rebuking magistrates and admonishing them to tremble at the word of the Lord. The text discusses early usage and the Quakers’ stance on authority and scripture.
The text lists estimated numbers of speakers for major languages. English about 140 million, French 51 million, German 77 million, Italian 35 million, Spanish 42 million, Portuguese 13 million, and Russian 75 million.
An exchange notes that in China a pupil may turn his back to the teacher when not reciting. The practice is described as occasional and not for recitation purposes.
Final union service at the Congregational Chapel tonight at 7 o clock with a half hour earlier start to accommodate the Goodel Mission lecture at 1 30 Sunday morning worship and sermon on The Female Purpose. Church school at noon with praise and preaching at 7 30 pm. sermon themed The People Who Are Good to Meet.
Students at Colt Memorial High School earned marks of 85 percent or higher in all subjects for eight days ending June 1920. Named recipients include Julia DeVelee 1920 Virginia August Anna Brelsford Kathleen Hodgdon Mary Panis 1922 Evelyn Bullock Dana Fisenberg 1923 and others. A second list notes students below 80 percent but under 95 percent such as Anne Dunbar Grertrode Dorothy Kenney George Matheson Angelo Pozzi Elizabeth Sanford and Carmine Bruno among 1920 to 1928 cohorts.
A September outdoor wedding described by the family in Chicago. The minister led the bride and groom with attendants as guests gathered. Their family dog unexpectedly joined the procession and rested by the altar during the ceremony.
A promotional testimonial from Frank A. Hale of Montvert Berzenar Horet, Laxerort New Hampshire claims chronic constipation caused headaches dizziness and indigestion were cured after three months on Fruit-a-tives. Boxes priced 6 for $2.50 with trial size 250 and distribution from Ogdensburg New York and mitads dealers.
General Assembly convenes on opening day 1920 session and ratifies the Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment. The House passed 89 to 3. the Senate concurred by viva voce vote. Governor Beeckman signed the measure Wednesday morning. Rhode Island becomes the 24th state to ratify. The report notes forthcoming ratifications and presidential suffrage implications.
Governor Beeckman announces a broad program for the 1920 session including anti Bolshevik measures and suffrage ratification, a $100 soldier bonus, updated state budgeting, higher teacher salaries, water pollution controls for Upper Narragansett Bay, highway funding, a 48 hour week for women, enforcement of Americanization, night work limits for women, minimum wage laws, and updating the Revised Statutes.
Lucius E Chadwick died at midnight at the Benjamin Church Home for Aged Men after a period of illness. He was 62 or 63, born in town, known as a jovial amateur entertainer and end man. Survived by second wife Edna Richards Chadwick and daughters Mrs Waldron and Anna E Chadwick. first wife Ella Pierce Chadwick died in 1895. Funeral Sunday at 145 from the home, Rev J J Goodacre to officiate. interment at North Cemetery.
Revered Episcopal clergyman Rev William F B Jackson longtime Providence rector and St Stephen's assistant died in Kenosha Wisconsin at his son in law Rev CEO McCaoys home after pneumonia and heart trouble. Funeral set for St Stephen's Providence at 11 a m tomorrow with burial details noted.
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