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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Jul 28, 1922

Page

6

Sage Hen and The Invisible Power At Grand Theatre

Friday and Saturday feature The Sage Hen a mother loving drama with Gladys Brockwell Lillian Rich and Wallace MacDonald in lead roles The Invisible Power a Goldwyn photoplay stars House Peters Irene Rich with a tale of reforming crooks and poignant sacrifice Also Monday and Tuesday Desert Gold from Zane Grey released by A W W Hodkinson

Gladys Brockwell Lillian Rich Wallace MacDonald Underworld Goldwyn Charles Kenyon Kindling House Peters Irené Rich Invisible Power Irene Rich Zane Grey Edgar Lewis

Remarkable Fasting Feats of Creatures Escape Hunger

The text notes extreme fasting by a spider surviving ten months and a beetle enduring a three year period without food, contrasting with human limits of two months. It reflects on extraordinary animal resilience and food deprivation.

St Michael’s Church holds services with sermon by Rev Keating Smith

Holy Communion at eight o clock. At ten thirty a morning service includes a sermon by Rev Robert Keating Smith acting pastor. Evening prayer with a sermon takes place at seven thirty.

ST. Michael's Church Robert Keating Smith

Church Weekend Schedule and Sermon Theme No More War

A church announces a Friday 8 PM business meeting and Sunday worship at 10 30 AM with a sermon on No More War The Sunday night service includes a special offering for the Children's Home Miss Margaret D McCaughey back from Poland will share Red Cross experiences

Margaret D McCaughey Poland Red Cross

Power of a Fact Sermon At State Street M E Church

The Rev G E Edgett will preach Sunday at 10 30 on the Power of a Fact. Church School meets at noon and a short vesper service is scheduled for 7 o'clock.

G E. Edgett

First Nazarene Church Sunday Services and Sermon

Sunday morning service at 10 30 led by Rev FG Johnson with Sunday school at 12. In the evening a 7 o clock sermon by the pastor.

FG Johnson

Hiking Movement Turns City Dwellers Toward Farm Life

Suburban New York terminals see Sundays filled with khaki clad hikers led by ex servicemen and Boy Scouts. The piece portrays hiking as affordable recreation bridging city and country life, with packs, camp gear, and a push toward independence and rural settlement.

New York

Ohio's War Worker Mayor Heads Fairport Image

Amy Kaukonen, wartime volunteer in the U S Army medical service, serves as mayor of Fairport Ohio. She participates in local American Legion Auxiliary activities and stresses its apolitical, service oriented Americanism with emphasis on liberty fraternity and national manhood.

Ohio Fairport Amy Kaukonen Volunter Medical Service Corps United States Army Kaukonen American Legion Auxiary The Legion

Care of French War Orphans by Argonne Association

A plan by the Argonne association to care for French war orphans is working well enough to inspire a U S version. Formed in 1918 by Americans, the group aims to place children in private homes with a real sense of belonging. Centers in France provide community schooling, playgrounds, and vocational training across three training stages.

Argonne Association France United States

Welcome for Marshal Foch Highlights Arizona Visit

Ernest R Hall acting as governor welcomed Marshal Foch during a U S tour. Hall wore a corporal’s uniform and recalled past service with the Twenty seventh Engineers. He juggles duties as secretary of state and chaplain for the American Legion unit.

Ernest Hall Arizona France Marshal Foch United States Leview Ernest R Hall Arizonas Thall Hall Corporal Hall Twenty Seventh Engineers State Senate Frank Take Tr de Jon

Legion projects fund memorial hall and radio for hospitals

Toron Neb hosts a 23000 memorial hall for the American Legion and funds to install radio receivers in five Massachusetts hospitals. Free traveling libraries are being supplied by the Oklahoma Posts program. Commander Hanford MacNider backs each post adopting a Boy Scout troop or forming new troops where none exist. He calls scouting essential for developing future citizens.

France Boy Scout Jimmie Bill Sis the Legion Massachusetts Oklahoma Americcan Legion Department of Education Hanford MacNider The Legion America Mr MacNider

Atlantic City Scouts Celebrate Civic Good Turns 1921

The report from Atlantic City describes numerous Boy Scouts of America civic efforts in 1921. Activities include assisting in pageants and parades, delivering naturalization invitations, promoting Near East Relief, Roosevelt week, Mother's Day events, education conventions, Christmas drives, hospital aid, food collection, and distributing posters for Fire Prevention Day. Several conferences and charity drives are noted with volunteers acting as messengers and ushers.

National Council Boy Scouts of America Atlantic City New Jersey Boy Scouts of King Neptune United States Department of Labor Illinois Avenue Masonic Order of Gottos Atlantic City Hospital Rotary Club Steel Pier Vernon Hall National Paint, Ol and Varnish Association Traymore China Famine Relief

Governor McMaster Endorses Scouting Values at Investiture

Governor WH McMaster addressed over thirty gubernatorial heads and Boy Scouts in a twelfth anniversary Investiture praising the scout oath and law. He urged boys to perform kind acts for mothers and to help ease maternal worries with daily deeds big and small.

WH McMaster Becaume Boy Scouts of America

Scout Harry Pepper Wins Good Turn Trophy for 1921

In San Francisco Troop 26 of the Pacific Hebrew Orphanage under Julius T Kahn gains top regard for frugal freedoms. The troop earns praise for hiking and camping while practicing service. Harry Pepper earns the good turn award for cleaning a hall while others slept, turning into the “brownie” who did the work.

Pacific Hebrew Orphanage San Francisco Julius T Kahn Harry Pepper

Medal request for Centenary student saves life

Application sent to the national court of honor for a life saving medal for Eugene McGlone of Centenary College Shreveport Louisiana who saved Sam Brand in February. The raft broke and both fell in. McGlone swam and pushed a log to Brand and towed him to shore as Brand could not swim.

National Court of Honor Eugene MecGlone Centenary College Shreveport Sam Brand McGlone Brand

Only Woman Major in Army

The superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps and dean of the Army School of Nursing is the only woman major in the U S Army. Maj Julia C Stimson led 10000 nurses as chief nurse of the American Red Cross in Paris and later directed wartime nurse training before becoming superintendent. She was born in Worcester Massachusetts and graduated from Vassar at twenty. She served overseas as chief nurse with base hospital No 21 and has many wartime awards. Her latest honor was christening the army transport Chaumont with General Pershing present she spilled champagne on the general s uniform when breaking the bottle.

Army Nurse Corps Army School of Nursing United States Army Julia C. Stimson American Red Cross Paris American Expeditionary Forces Turéing Service School of Nursing Major Stimson Worcester Mass Vassar St. Louis Base Hospital No. 21 Chaumont Pershing Stimson

Bucks control shrinking U S Army buck privates

War department pins hopes on a specialist framework as infantry ranks dwindle from prewar levels. Officials say current numbers show about 20 000 unspecialized bucks remaining while infantry totals stand around 47 837 men, down from 58 000 at war start.

United States Army War Department

Buck General Prefers Rear Rank at Patriot Parades

William V. McMaken of Toledo a 40 year brigadier general recalls preferring to march at the rear in patriotic demonstrations. At the 1920 American Legion parade in Cleveland he faced a harsh rebuke from a former sergeant for not dressing right. McMaken served as brigadier commander in the Thirty-seventh Division during World War I.

William V. McMaken Toledo American Legion Cleveland McMaken McMuken

Memorial on Minnesota campus honors marine alumni

A memorial to Marines who were former University of Minnesota students was unveiled on campus. The report notes several Legion acts including land purchase near Toledo for a vas eation resort and Legion funded youth and hospital initiatives.

The University of Minnesota University

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