Armistice Day Plans and Post 6 Calendar Adopted
A special meeting of Kearney Post No 6 at Gi A K Hall drew about fifty members for a busy agenda. A yearly calendar was adopted with numerous business and social dates, Armistice Day observance committee named, and plans announced for a March 20 meeting. The American Legion Auxiliary unit held a brief session, selecting committees for relief and membership and reporting hospital visits and comfort packages. Scouts announced a Rookie Hike and bird feeding event with troop meetings schedule and tests opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney Post No 6
Gi A K Hall
Sfty
Harry Bullock
George Janson
Guy Sullivan
Earle K Dunbar
Charles E. Burns
William A Francis
Philip C Morns
Alvin Owsley
Providence
Othe American Legion Auxiliary
Kearnes
Relef
Pia Paul
Mary Condon
Hope Mi Cate
Jeanne Marshall
Mar. Peters
Juzabeth
Hospra Aration
Howard
Cranston Mills
Bristol Scouts Hold Regular Week Meeting and Court of Honor
Boy Scouts of America Troop 3owil held a weekly meeting with a wide range of merit badges awarded. Two new Star Scouts were added and the Court of Honor honored Robert Balfour and Nicholas Ruggiero among other nominees, as new recruits were announced for February 15 and Bristol basketball opens the season tomorrow night.
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Troon
van Warren
Robert Balfour
Nicholas Ruggiero
Bristol Scouts
Edward Blackman
Leonard Baron
Life Saving Life
Star Scout
Frank Perry
Bristol
Rhode Island Appoints Deputy Fuel Commissioners
Capt George H Webb state fuel administrator announces deputy fuel commissioners to distribute emergency coal across Rhode Island towns. The unpaid appointees for Bristol counts include Senator D W Coggeshall of Bristol Senator F B Cole of Warren and J Henry Woodard of Barrington.
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George H Webb
Rhode Island
Bristol
D W Coggeshall
F B Cole
Warren
J Henry Woodard
Barrington
The Prince and the Pauper at the Picture House Friday
A Polish boy voices both Edward and Tom Canty in The Prince and the Pauper adaptation praised for heart appeal and faithful Twain spirit. The film follows the prince’s adventures and the beggar’s struggles with equal drama and suspense. Also features Tarzan and Pathe News with a desert tale The Adventures of Tarzan on Monday and Tuesday with a stellar desert cast and Donald McGibbon suspenseful plot.
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Mark
Mark Twain
Lincoln
Tarzan
Pathe News
Paul Parrott
Rave Smalwood
Neolet Henming
Robert Frazer
Sheldon Lewis
Barney Sherry Huntles Gordon Tammany Young
John Swayne
Gordon
Dent
Donald McGiben
Charles Hutchinson
Leo Maloney
Man
Prize Dance Planned in Grand Army Hall Friday
Upcoming events page notes a Prize Dance in Grand Army Hall on Friday January 19 in the evening. Tickets and details are to be announced by organizers.
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Grand Army Hall
Railroads eye night illumination for transcontinental trains
Popular Mechanics reports a plan by a major railroad system to light its night journeys with axle powered floodlights. Observation cars would showcase 160 degree beams to illuminate canyons rivers and mountains along the route. Some officials favor running lamps along the whole train with colored reflectors for fairy like scenes and added rear collision protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Cameos by Machinery Enduring as a Craft
The article notes that engraving cameos has declined as an art while Rome and Paris export shell cameos for rings brooches and studs. Bull's mouth shell from East Indian seas is common with other shells and carved stones used. Wedgwood ware imitates cameos in pottery but these pieces are mostly machine made or rough shop work and lack high artistic value.
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Rome
Paris
England
East Indian
Madagascar
West Indies
Josiah Wedgwood
Newly Elected Squire Hangs on Court Wisdom
A Western lawyer recalls a newly elected squire in Wisconsin who, pleased with his honors, sought wisdom at the courthouse. In a first case he declared the court would take the matter under advisement until Wednesday morning, then render a verdict for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Pittsburg Dispatch
Mullins Measure Ends in Household Standstill
Mr. Morg an sits in the chair behind the stove as Mrs. Morgan hurries in with news that Mike Mullins seeks to buy a hoas. He hesitates, saying he cannot do business with him and has nothing to sell under $15.
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Mr. Morgan
Mike Mullins
Order of the Marshal Ready for Parade in Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa an elderly Irishman eager for official dignity is appointed marshal for a parade Veterans bandsmen and schoolchildren line the streets awaiting the signal The marshal on a prancing horse then races up the street and after inspecting the procession urges everyone to march with the horse through the crowd
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Des Moines
Iowa
Jong Desirous
Philadelphia Ledger
Dark Sky Experiments Measure Sunlight Transmission
Experiments from last summer in Europe show a dark blue sky yields more radiation from the sun and earth than a light blue sky, with higher water vapor tension in the air under light skies. A precise instrument to measure sky brightness could aid studies of how the sun's heat is transmitted through the atmosphere.
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Europe
The Nobility Title Muse and Social Rules
A humorous reminiscence on titles and courtesy in British aristocracy. The narrator recalls an Information hungry American questioning why dukes archbishops and nobles are styled Your Grace and how heirs bear secondary titles. The piece explores precedence forms and social etiquette with satire referencing Sir John Foster Fraser in Arts and Decoration.
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Cynthia Brown
Earl of
Twickenham
Robert Cecil
Marquis of
Lalisbury
House of Lords
Duke of
Devonshire
Hartington
Jimmy
Sir John Foster Fraser
Tricks Used by Smugglers For Concealing Drugs
A report details varied smuggling tricks including cocaine and opium hidden in artificial flowers and violets, opium in stalks of artificial peas, drugs in hollowed potatoes, a stuffed dog with a phial, and cocaine found in ink bottles. Other concealments include German sausages with contraband, briquettes, opera hats, cheese, and a model of a cenotaph containing substances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
Beggar Carries Payroll for City Firm Revealed
A cripple with both legs amputated allegedly hauls a leather satchel daily across City Hall park before vanishing into a Nassau street stamp and die factory. An observer traced him to a cashier window where he handed over the satchel containing the firm’s deposits, exposing him as the payroll courier for hundreds of dollars.
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City Hall Park
Nassau Street
Bank
New York Sun
London Shipyard Clause Sparks Backlash and Settlement
A historic London land deal tied to a perpetual ship on the stocks clause resurfaced when a descendant of the original owner asked to inspect the title. The discovery challenged the city council, but the dispute ended amicably with compensation to the claimant.
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London
British
Admiralty
City of London
Court of Common Council
Heat of the Sun Temperatures Explored by Astronomer
An astronomer explains sun temperatures noting the sun’s outer layers stay cool like a burning match flame while sunspots run cooler than arc lamps. The interior remains far hotter than any Earthly temperature, a fact not yet matched by any laboratory heat.
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Earth
Canary Island partridge adapts to volcanic terrain in 400 years
Field notes describe the red legged partridge introduced by Spaniards 400 years ago in the Canaries. Changes include gray back coloration for camouflage, a beak one quarter longer and thicker, and longer sturdier legs suited to rocky mountain life. If such rapid evolution happens in 400 years, what could occur in longer time spans.
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Canary Islands
Europe
England
France
Origin of the Navy Mess Term Describes Four Person Dining Unit
The article traces the word mess from a table of four in shipboard life to broader meanings in military and naval use. It explains how messes split by role evolve from dining groups to organizational units and notes the term's link to semi liquid foods and to general disorder.
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Inns of Court
London
Skeat
Language distinctions among Finnish speakers in Finland and Sweden
Finland is home to Finns who speak Finnish and Fin landers who speak Swedish. In western Finland many city people are fluent in German Swedish and Finnish. Russian once required in schools but has been forgotten. In eastern and northern Finland Finnish is dominant and German knowledge is more common than Swedish. The common language aids Finns in settling in Sweden seen as a promised land for urban life and higher wages.
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Finland
Sweden
Iron in Antiquity Reveals Ancient Metallurgy Facts
A scientist notes iron use by ancient peoples including a Great Pyramid iron tool with nickel and carbon, a Karnak iron sickle, Delhi’s 50 foot pillar of welded blooms, and early steel methods in China and Japan involving buried forged iron becoming steel after years in marshy ground.
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Great
Pyramid
Karnak
Delhi
China
Ocean Life In Inland Lakes Riddle Of Baikal And Tanganyika
The article notes that inland lakes such as Baikal in Central Asia and Tanganyika in Central Africa host marine-like organisms and unusually high species diversity despite being far from the ocean. Baikal includes some mollusks with apparent marine forms, and its life thrives despite five months of freezing, possibly aided by hot springs.
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Baikal
Central Asia
Lake Tanganyika
Central Africa
Lake Baikal
Counter justice and fair price in Beecher quote
Henry Ward Beecher observes that attempting to beat a man down to steal his goods is burglary as surely as breaking into a shop to take them without paying. He notes cheating exists on both sides of the counter, usually more behind than before.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Error Common to Humanity and the Mummy of Time
A witty quip by H L Wayland about human error and longevity. The speaker notes a man unseen for four millennia who was a mummy in the Egyptian gallery of the British Museum.
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British Museum
H. L. Wayland
Tribesmen Use Whale Whistles on Mala Bar Islands
Aborigine communities on the Mala bar islands rely on loud whistling as a livelihood and as a distant form of communication. Whistlers are chosen for strength and clarity to convey messages across great distances.
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Malabar Islands
Spinoza on Love Eternal and Free from Sadness
Philosophical reflection asserts love directed to the eternal feeds the mind with pure joy and is free from sadness. The excerpt urges seeking such love with whole effort and frames it as greatly desirable.
Beauty Confined to No Class
A reflection on beauty and virtue existing beyond wealth or status. The piece argues that fine character traits often appear in people from poor homes with limited moral instruction, challenging social assumptions about upbringing and worth.
Ford Models on Display at Warren Branch Ad
New Ford models are on display at the Warren Branch of Dutee Wilcox Flint Inc. See the new 4 door sedan.
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Ford
Warren
Dutee Wilcox
Flint, Inc
Probate Notice in Bristol for Orrin L. Bosworth Will
The Bristol Probate Court accepts a last will for Orrin L. Bosworth, deceased. The court sets February 5, 1923 at 10:30 AM in the Probate Court Room for consideration and orders fourteen days of weekly publication in the Bristol Phenix. John W. Church is the Probate Clerk.
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Bristol
Orrin L. Bosworth
Bristol Phenix
John W Church
Rorate Court
Hope S. 8
Greago
Carrington F Munro
Hope S. S
Hope S
Bristol Estate Executor Named in 1923 Probate Notice
January 18 1923 Probate Court of Bristol appoints Cordelia L Merriman administratrix of John Richard Edwards estate. Bond filed as required and all claims must be presented to the clerk within six months from first advertisement. John W Church clerk. Administratrix Merriman listed with dates 1 19 26 to 2 2 26.
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Annie W. Fitch
Bristol
John W. Church
Eliza H. Fitch
John Richard Edwards
Cordelia L. Merriman
Probate admission of Lodovina Pereira Coito will Bristol
The Probate Court of Bristol admits the will of Lodovina Pereira Coito late of Bristol deceased and grants executor qualification with bond. Luiz Pereira De Costo named as executor, bond posted per law, through first advertisement. John W Church, Clerk.
Guardian’s Notice for Benjamin H Dawley Guardian Bond
Guardian Lillian B Barlow of Bristol notifies ward and estate parties to file bond within six months from first advertisement. Bond must be posted per law with the Clerk of the Court. Guardian resides at 83 Camp St Providence R I and is identified in the notice dated January 18 1923.
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Bristol
Benjamin H Dawley
John W. Church
Lillian’ B. Barlow
Camp St
Providence
R. I Guardian
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American Releasing Corporation
Prince and
The
Variety
Elmo Lincoln
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Pyramid Pictures
Violet Heming
Huntley Gordon
Our Gang
American Legion
BOY Scouts OF America
EAN
Mullin
YES
Baitistist
Corporation Counsel
Army
Navy
Mary Goff
Annie J Quinn
Lodovina Pereira Coito
Luiz Pereira DE Costo
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