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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1924
Page
6
A fragmented note discusses interests and effectiveness of a meeting related to Satta This. The readable text hints at coordination goals and potential impact but lacks clear details or participants.
On Tuesday evening the N. I. R. girls beat a Franklin, Massachusetts team 17 to 1, showing marked season improvement. Bristol guards Miss Alice Lemaire and Grace Fay shut down Franklin, while Betty Gray scored 10 points making the game decisive. In a brief prelim, the Bristol Juniors downed the N. I. R. Juniors 19 to 10, and next Tuesday the I. R. girls face Webster.
Officers-elect of Conseil Lafayette and L Union St Jean d Amerique were installed Wednesday evening in the Y M C A Hall by Conselor General Emile Dubuque of Pawtucket. The slate included President Joseph A Dagenais Vice President Mrs Joseph Pevin Secretary Pierre Guistiany Treasurer Miss Bridget Guistiany Honorary President Peter Martelly Doven Mrs Mary Louie Gustiany First Inside Guard George Demaris Second Inside Guard Rene Dagenais Brief speeches followed. Refreshments and dancing ended the ceremonies with Dwyers Orchestra providing music. Members from Warren Pawtucket and Woonsocket attended.
The Bristol Y M C A Members' Council supper drew a large audience as the Membership Committee outlined a three team drive with a points system and April 3 continuation. Colin T Holm, secretary, spoke on Walt Whitman and the new frontiers of brotherhood stressing humanity and international love.
Mr and Mrs Henry M Thompson celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their 198 High Street home on a Tuesday with a family dinner. Thompson born April 8 1850, long served Bristol town council 1887 1891 and 33 years as assistant clerk of the Superior Court for Providence and Bristol counties.
The Ribston Pippin originated with Sir Henry Goodricke a diplomatist made a baronet by Charles I. He planted three seeds sent from Normandy at Ribston Yorkshire. Only one survived and became the source of all Ribston apple trees in England.
In several Mexican states a petty larceny offender must repay the plaintiff through work for a number of days, the length tied to the theft’s nature. This restitution method links punishment to reparation and varies by case.
An article notes London hosts underground rivers including a so called Tigris. It claims this may be a widened ditch by Canute to allow Danish ships to navigate around Thames fortifications.
The Avon island natives, located about 700 miles west of the Bering Strait, reportedly kill old people because they do not know their ages and view mercy as the motive for these killings.
The passage notes a historical claim that electricity can be generated chemically, described as a forerunner of the modern primary battery. It references a pivotal moment in discovery related to energy generation.
A quoted ancient Persian saying warns that personal holiness grows by instructing children since their good deeds are attributed to the parent. Montesquieu cites this maxim to emphasize parental responsibility and moral influence across generations.
In Bristol Rhode Island 1924 Thomas Curran administrator petitions to sell up to the entire estate of Ernst H Lohrmann to pay debts funeral costs and family support with two beach terrace Bristol parcels Lot 61 and Lot 60 belonging to The Providence Real Estate Improvement Company. The court ordered a 14 day notice in the Bristol Phenix and set February 4 1924 at 430 AM in Bristol Probate Court for consideration. Public notice to publish for two weeks weekly.
The readable passage discusses the term last used in shoemaking, tracing its Saxon root meaning footprint or foot shape. It notes the word faded from common speech but survived as a technical term for boot shaping, with garbled surrounding text.
The Bristol Probate Court appoints January 16 1924 to hear the will of Frank L Bowen, alleging a last will and testament in Bristol. The matter is received and set for February 4 1924 at 10 30 in the Probate Court Room, Bristol. Notice to be published fourteen days once a week in the Bristol Phoenix.
Annie Douglas as executrix advertises that she has accepted the trust and posted bond after probate approval by the Bristol Town Court. Creditors are warned to file claims within six months from the first advertisement. H. W. Church, Clerk, oversees the process in Bristol.
The Bristol probate court documents a will for Charles W Young, filed January 16 1924. The court schedules February 4 1924 at 10:30 AM in the Probate Court Room for consideration and orders forty notice publication in the Bristol Phenix for fourteen days, twice a week.
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