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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1922
Page
4
A classroom moment from the second semester ends with a student discovering the instructor is the person she thought was another student. The exchange hints at a humorous mix up as the roll is called and the class adjusts to the new teacher in the English department.
In Milwaukee Journal style a sixteen year old granddaughter plays When You and I Were Young Maggie on a phonograph for her beau. Clerks note old tunes spark romance while saxophones fail to move him as she gazes soulfully.
The notice previews Friday matinee of Winning With Wits starring Mary Bedford as a young actress whose father’s prison sentence triggers a quest for justice and love. Saturday features The Golden Snare with Lewis Stone Ruth Renick and others, plus The Leather Pushers and Step Forward. Monday Tuesday presents Elinor Glyn’s Beyond the Rocks with Gloria Swanson and Rudolph Valentino. Matinees at 2.30 and evenings at 8.00.
Frank Luke a famed American ace died in autumn 1918 after battles over Germany. His sister Anna Marie Luke now cheers ex soldiers in Phoenix Arizona helping veterans at the American Legion post named for him. A posthumous Croce di Guerra and honors include the Medal of Honor and a Distinguished Service Cross. Luke flew daring solo missions loading bombs and striking deep into enemy lines. He fell near Murvaux after a forced landing following relentless German fire.
A concise editorial tone argues that a reliable chauffeur should avoid high profile crashes and scandals, presenting safety as the defining criterion for trustworthiness. It stresses prudence behind the wheel as a standard for professional conduct and public confidence.
The article argues motorists can protect threatened plant varieties by avoiding picking conspicuous varieties along busy routes and instead exploring rural areas. It warns that casual collectors harm diversity, urging better knowledge of which seeds to seize and which to leave, to keep plant stocks for future motoring adventures.
Harry Wong Ti a Seventy seventh division veteran and active American born Chinese serviceman in New York serves on the John Purroy Mitchel post American Legion executive committee He works to raise funds for a veterans camp lean-to in the Adirondacks and aids in Legion efforts tracking slackers in Chinatown highlighting Chinese service members as civic patriots.
The Probate Court of Bristol appoints Evelin Bache as administratrix of her estate and requires all claims to be filed with the clerk within six months from the first advertisement. John W. Church, Clerk. Evelin Bache, Administration.
Town Clerk John W Church announces that residents must register to vote in Bristol town elections. Registration office hours begin June 3 1922 and continue daily in June except Saturdays Sundays and holidays. Special June 23 422 to June 30 422 hours from 8 am until 8 pm.
The town calls for sealed proposals by June 6 1922 to furnish fuel for fire stations and Burnside Memorial Building. Estimated needs include 40 tons of Free Burning White Ash Stove and Keg Coal and 5 tons of Free Burning White Ash Stove and Fe Coal at set prices per ton. Town reserves right to reject or accept proposals as most advantageous. Proposals to be marked Proposals for Fuel and mailed to the undersigned.
Notice states the practitioner has resumed practice in Bristol and launched an office on the second floor of the Drury Block at Hope Street.
A Bristol reader, Charles Stuart, recalls winter cold triggering back and kidney pain. The ad touts Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co., claiming relief as the remedy for varing weather related kidney issues and urges purchase at Buffington's Pharmacy.
Assessors of Bristol Rhode Island require all liable persons partnerships and corporations to return true accounts of their ratable estate by June 15 1922. Exemptions possible for war veterans widows and dependents with oath sworn before assessors. Sessions to receive accounts scheduled June 11 19 1922 with specific hours.
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