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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1922
Page
3
A tale recounts Lord Melbourne meeting an editor who attacked him in print. The editor jokes about a severe cold from damp sheets. Melbourne responds that the cold comes from lying on damp sheets.
A girl previously firm about not changing her mind now suggests she may have mistaken the resolve she expressed. The remark implies a reconsideration of her stated stance on the promise to alter her plans.
The first wire suspension bridge in the world, built in 1816, spanned the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. It used six cables of three eighth inch wires, reached 408 feet, and was 18 inches wide. Only eight people could walk on it at once.
Jane describes the middle child dilemma with one brother older and one younger. She explains that the middle child misses outings because the eldest sister can go and the youngest is too small to leave.
Star Friday and Saturday presents Grand Larceny, a Goldwyn photoplay about a social parasite and his crimes. Claire Windsor stars as the woman toyed with by two men, with Elliott Dexter as her husband in a debut Goldwyn appearance.
In 1921 the Bureau of Fisheries introduced eight blue foxes from the Pribilofs to Aleutian sites to improve the local stock. The Coast Guard Bear carried them to St George Island in September 1921. Prices averaged 5812 per fox. total receipts were 704.90 with 5 allotted to Pribilof natives. Net proceeds 66496 were sent to the U S Treasury.
Elaine Hammerstein stars as an independent artist who resists marriage yet falls in love and marries in secret. Gossip, embarrassment, and a burglar disrupt the couples as friends urge marriage. a lively, charming performance amid a strong supporting cast. Vera Gordon in Your Best Friend tops theater bill with motherly roles.
An aged painter laments modern dress for women and suggests reviving Shakespearean male styles. He cites silk breeches, frilled cuffs, and white stockings as a cure for today’s fashion debates, imagining women in tailored coats and knee breeches.
Harold Bauer recalls Paderewski's extraordinary endurance and discipline. He describes long practice hours sometimes lasting sixteen per day and the pianist's insistence on a light chair to maximize tone color. Bauer credits Paderewski's physical stamina with enabling his leading role at the peace conference and as Poland's foremost citizen.
The American Petroleum Institute reports December 1921 domestic production and imports surpass total consumption by 14 087 000 barrels for the month at an annual rate of 165 860 000. December 1920 showed a production excess of 7 113 051 barrels and November 1921 an excess of 5 901 000 barrels. Imports totaled 5 791 007 barrels, with 5 657 466 in November and 7 022 608 in December 1920.
The first rock salt deposit in Cape Breton was located near Whycocomagh in Victoria county. A thin upper vein was pierced at 120 feet depth and natural springs rich in salt were found. A Cape Breton company formed to develop local salt production.
Several hundred thousand pelts including polar, grizzly and black bear skins, coyotes, buffalo, silver and red fox, muskrat, beaver, sable, mink were received by a Montreal fur company to be sold in its winter gale. Shipments came from Canada, Russia, Labrador, the United States and Patagonia.
Omaha man Sergeant William Mettlen is pictured as the typical American fighting man by government photographers. He is 5 feet 10½ inches tall, 160 pounds, light brown hair, blue eyes, enlisted at nineteen as a Nebraska University freshman, cited four times for bravery, active in the American Legion, and of Scotch Irish descent.
The American Legion won default judgments for damages in a suit against Shoemaker of Omaha Neb who claimed the Legion is subsidized by big interests and opposed to organized labor. He had called the Legion trained murderers during a December Omaha speech. The Legion also secured indictments against two editors of the Illinois Staats Zeitung for libeling ex service men.
A Boston transcript recounts a humorous exchange about an ostrich claimed to be a bird yet invoked camel status. The dialogue shows a back and forth where people urge it to carry or fly, and the bird responds it cannot do both, emphasizing its claimed nature.
The Sovereign of the Seas logged 437 miles in 24 hours from San Francisco to New York, the fastest sailing day on any sea. The clipper Trendaught completed the transatlantic crossing in 12 days from New York to Cape Clear, Ireland, in 1859.
A Boys’ Life account notes a tercentenary search into Pilgrim life in Holland. It cites a King James ambassador declaring Pilgrims as ill conditioned Brownists and not submissive to royal authority. Other documents describe Dutch influences on American history including magistrate accountability and freedom of the press.
G W Curtis argues that music is a distinct art with its own harmony and beauty. He compares music to painting and sculpture where instrumental combination and the human voice convey the fullest expression. He notes that words have no role in achieving the grand symphony’s heartful appeal.
An old Bristol advertisement cites backache and kidney symptoms urging Doan's Kidney Pills. It features W A Darling of 103 Constitution Street praising the remedy, claiming relief after use and recommending Buffington's Pharmacy. The offer notes 60 cents per box and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY distribution.
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