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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1923
Page
5
Holy Communion with sermon at an Evening Prayer and address at the church service noted for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity.
Holy Communion at 7 30 a m Matins at 10 00 a m Sung Mass and sermon at 10 45 a m Evensong at 7 30 p m Daily services as usual are observed.
Friday night service at 7 30. Sunday morning worship at 10 30 with a sermon by the pastor on Living for One World at a Time. Sunday night praise and preaching at 7 30 focusing on William Lloyd Garrison and a Standing Committee meeting after the morning service.
Charles W. Martin pastor leads Sunday services at 10 30 AM with Jesus Idea of a Vacation as the sermon. Sunday School at noon led by Harry Town and Ethel Blaisdell with Annie Sylvester supervising the Primary Dept. Evening service at 7 30 PM on The Value of a Name. Prayer meeting Friday at 7 30 PM. All invited.
Morning service at 10 30 led by the pastor. Church School meets at 1145 with sermon follow up and lessons for attendees.
Morning service at 10 30 preaching by the pastor Rev Thomas Armstrong of Pawtucket Sunday School at 12 and Evening service at 7 with further preaching by the same pastor.
Veiled remarks between spouses turn tense as one wife jokes about pressuring her husband for money after a round of gulf. A rival quip about a husband never scoring well highlights marital strain and sharp exchanges.
The article describes shark fins as a delicacy for the Oriental palate. Fins are stripped of flesh dried and the cartilaginous rays separated soaked and cut up for soup. Hong Kong restaurants charge up to 2.50 gold for a cup of first class fin soup.
The John E. Miller post of the American Legion in Beaver Dam Wisconsin raised funds via a fishing concession on the lake, netting over 90 tons of buffalo carp and more than 75000 dollars to finance a new community building. Legion leaders Yauman and Lawrence organized crews and coordinated with markets in New York Chicago and local merchants to sell the catch. The effort involved 350 members and paid 2000 dollars to the state and crew members with salaries up to 1000 dollars weekly.
Donald Lewis Campbell of Clinton Iowa won first prize in his state in the American Legion essay contest on How Can the American Legion Best Serve the Nation The essay is forwarded to Legion national headquarters for national judging by a panel including John J Tigert E E Moore and S S McClure Campbell received a medal and if he wins the national contest a 750 scholarship is at stake Campbell previously won a national prize in 1920 for What Are the Benefits of An Enlistment in the United States Army
A humorous exchange from The Stenog and American Legion Weekly shows the five o'clock rule. It involves leaving the typewriter and not starting a word as the clock nears five, illustrating office humor.
The term Pharaoh covered Egyptian kings until Solomon with later rulers bearing personal names such as Necho and Hophra. After Alexander’s division, Egyptian rulers were titled Ptolemy with distinctive appellatives like Philadelphia and Eurgetes, shaped by the ruling general’s lineage.
The article explains abbreviations q v for quod vide meaning which see C for circa meaning about and D for died used when exact birth or death dates are unknown. It notes these marks indicate related topics or approximate years in historic texts.
Richard age six wonders aloud if vaccination and baptizing are the same, comparing school conversations about shots with church baptism after observing both. The excerpt captures a child's interpretive link between health and faith as he speaks in a reflective, night voice to his mother.
Jane notes Mr Bradley is well read and memorizes quotations. He repeated an exquisite line last night saying he would rather be a something in a something than a something in something else. Juliet asks for the exact words.
A compact observation on how silence and self-praise influence judgment, noting that accusations against a man are readily believed while his own praise is doubly suspect, reflecting a wary stance toward self-representation.
A compact reflection on prudent silence noting reticence as a hard earned life lesson. The quote credits Chesterfield and frames restraint as a valued virtue in conduct and judgment.
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