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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1926
Page
4
A condensed schedule shows multiple fundraisers and socials from January 27 to February 25. Activities include turkey and chowder suppers, a concert at Colt Memorial High School, dances at Grand Army Hall and State Armory, and a Washington's Birthday military dance, hosted by local church groups and youth organizations.
Italians favor weekly lotteries as a national pastime with superstition guiding numbers. In the eight largest cities five numbers are listed for each, and players win by matching any order. The example Naples 4 18 87 84 52 shows a ticket can win regardless of sequence.
At the annual meeting of the Greater Providence Council Boy Scouts of America in Providence Deputy Commissioner George Fish was elected to the council's Executive Committee to represent volunteer leaders. Special week events and troop activities are planned around Scout Week.
Arrangements completed for a Thursday evening February 4 concert in the Colt Memorial High School auditorium. The event, under the Men's Club of Trinity Church and led by Miss Harriet F Kinder, promises a pleasing program to be announced late in the week. Tickets are on sale at Misses Hamill's Dry Goods Store on Hope street.
Rosa Joepha da Silveira of East Providence transfers land and buildings on the east side of Thames street to Antonio Vargas and his wife.
Died Breen in this town Jan 22 Mary Breen widow of Hugh Breen aged 84. Newman Providence R I Hospital Jan 23 Mary F wife of William Nelson Newman of this town aged 64. Slade this town Jan 26 Dora May daughter of the late George and Mary I Doty Slade aged years. Funeral from 254 Hope street Friday Jan 29 at 2 30 p m Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
The piece argues that global vegetable supply and land limits prevent universal vegetarianism. It contends meat is necessary for a hardworking, aggressive man to obtain leather and other animal products, concluding that vegetarianism suits poets and preachers but not strong men.
A Bristol area classified list highlights florists Samuel Kinder & Brother and Darling Henry M offering floral telegraphs, while Newsdealers Cogswell and various shops provide papers, candy, magazines, watches, and photography services. Additional entries cover radios, real estate, sewing machines, shoe repair, tailoring, taxi, and trucking services with contact details and offerings.
A fragment describes a large python, said to be from India, about 316 feet long and lifting prey from the straw. The keeper explains pythons require live prey to feel fed and less dangerous, noting live rabbits frogs or toads as typical meals and that a snake must be very hungry to eat a dead creature.
University of Paris zoology professor D L Boulan developed underwater photography techniques by diving to several hundred feet off France and in the Mediterranean. He wore heavy gear, used waterproof camera setups, Leyden jars, a bell glass with lamp, and magnesium powder for instantaneous underwater flashes.
Lord Ullswater recounts a tale via London Tit-Bits in which a young Campbell chasing sheep in Australia finds a newspaper ad seeking the heir to the Dunstaffnage estate. He learns the notice names him as the missing heir after reading the ad blown to him.
A new process for treating wooden golf clubs makes heads waterproof and exceptionally hard. The heads are subjected to a vacuum to remove air and moisture, then impregnated with a newly discovered chemical. After drying the clubs are hardened and claimed to deliver greater driving power and stability against atmospheric changes.
Early references trace rubber to a Columbus companion noting Haitian natives playing with gum balls. Spaniards in Mexico used rubber for waterproofing cloaks, with centuries passing before its utility was clear in Europe. It first appeared in Britain as a curiosity for erasing pencil marks.
A physiologist argues that fish phosphorus is not higher than in other meats and is not more essential to brain nourishment than elements like nitrogen or potassium. The belief that fish greatly aids brain function is unfounded according to expert opinion.
In 1661 Goffe and Whalley, two English judges who condemned Charles I, used a split bowlder near New Haven as a temporary refuge from royal officers. Townspeople knew of their presence but feared aiding them.
A State Board of Public Roads notice records land taken for a highway project in Warren Massachusetts with Plat No 119 and a detailed centerline description from Market Street. It lists boundary points along the easterly and westerly sides, references to Sta locations, and mentions recording by the Ware Town Clerk on December 1 189? and related statements of takings under the 1923 law as amended.
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