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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1919
Page
3
The Friday through Tuesday listings feature Gladys Brockwell in The Forbidden Room and Ruth Roland in The Tiger's Trail, with Roy Stewart in The Silent Rider and Alice Brady in Red Head. The schedule also notes The Perils of Thunder Mountain and The Gentleman's Song starring Theda Bara among other features.
The First Bristol Troop of Boy Scouts thanks all who patronized their merry go round on the Common. Recepts total $113.35. About 25 scouts are expected to attend Camp You goog at Rockville RI the week of August 9. A business meeting is set for next Wednesday at 7 30 PM. A Second Troop group will bicycle trip to Southern Massachusetts tomorrow.
Choir rehearsal tonight at 745. The Sunday morning sermon will be preached by the Rev W A Peterson of Cleveland. The choir will sing Cruickshank's service in E-flat. An announcement of great interest to the parish will be made at this service.
Henry Pratt, aged 79, died July 7 at the Soldier's Home in this town.
Dorothy Gish and George Fawcett star in The Hun Within a drama of a young American girl Beth caught in a spy plot. Wagner a patriotic father clashes with his German son who aids Krippen the spy. Frank Douglas the secret service operative rescues Beth and the transport is saved by a wireless message. The story ends with Beth and Douglas in love.
Drawings completed for open county tennis tournament on Excel sior Club courts. Men’s singles pairings include R W Nelson versus Frank Damrosch Jr and Frederick Palmer against Benjamin F Lindemuth among others. Women’s singles feature Mrs Joseph E Simmons versus Miss Helen Morris and Miss Rebecca Paull against Mrs William W Perry.
July 16 Wednesday evening dance in Italian Hall Wood Street under Altar Society Church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel. July 29 Union excursion Newport on Steamer Sagamore by Sunday Schools of Methodist and Congregational Churches. Aug 14 Moonlight excursion to Newport and Rocky Point by Bristol Naval Veteran Association. Aug 28 Altar Society outing to Rocky Point on Steamer Sagamore.
Manager Charles L Hughes plans for the last U S S Dixie team to play tomorrow afternoon on the Common. Bristol will provide the battery with Pierce and Bottomley catching and pitching.
A historical note explains the phrase sun never sets on the empire originated with Spain in 1623 as the country stood as a vast global power unseen in later English use.
The pamphlet notes that feather pens were common in the seventh century while reed pens on parchment persisted long after quills appeared. It observes the long standing habit of carrying a pen behind the ear, citing St. Odo whose life mentions a pen in his ear.
A speaker sighs with relief at finding a relative's figure to borrow from Cousin Anne and Cousin Jane. The tall cousin’s frocks fit like a peg, while the shorter cousin’s suits accommodate a sum 180 pounds, highlighting practical fashion reuse in family.
In Piccadilly the name is linked to pickadelles or piccadilies a turnover collar once made by tailor Biegins who prospered selling these items and settled in London around 1630 giving rise to Piccadilly tall hence the modern name Piccadilly.
An old note extols brass adornments to illuminate dark rooms. It describes brass candlesticks on a mantel and brass fixtures as striking accents for urns and ferns, enhancing a shaded living space.
The St. Louis Republic notes a man’s unthoughtedly leaving a five dollar pocketbook on a railway station counter and adds that such coinages test the limits of English. The piece humorously proposes multitating unthoughtedly as a new term to mean unthinkable.
A home remedy suggests cleaning black marble using equal parts pearlash and soft soap. Apply with a flannel, let stand several minutes, then rinse with warm and cold water. Dry and polish with a paraffin cloth to achieve a shine.
Eyewitness account by Edmund Halley describes a severe hailstorm over Lancashire from Ormskirk to Blackburn on April 29 1697. Hailstones weighed up to a quarter pound each with some in five ounce forms. The storm damaged crops injured people and toppled horses and plows.
Sir James Frazer argues that some races practiced legal regicide in a fixed term kingship. The Khazars, a Caucasus region people, reportedly executed rulers for health decline or calamities, illustrating a remarkable form of limited monarchy on the European Asian border.
The article notes Atropa belladonna as the cultivated source of atropine for English markets. It highlights its potent effects on humans versus animals, mentions its monastic garden origins near ruined abbeys, and connects the plant’s name to Fate and beauty.
The 1858 Koszta affair tested U S Austrian ties when Hungarian rebel Koszta, carrying an American passport, was seized in Smyrna aboard an Austrian warship. Captain Ingraham demanded Koszta’s release as the St. Louis stood by ready for action.
In Ware Massachusetts a phoebe built a nest in a truck’s running gear. The owner, needing use of his auto, consulted a game warden who ruled the nest could be removed without risking a $100 fine. The case highlights legal protection for bird nests and bureaucratic delay.
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