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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1925
Page
4
A long list of crossword style clues with numbers and partial phrases covering substances actions roles occupations and objects. The fragment ends with a note that the solution will appear later and is incomplete.
The Employed Boys' Club baseball team defeated Sheldon of the Circuit League of Providence 3 to 2 at Tockwotton Park Sunday. Marshall pitched strong allowing two hits as Sheldon, leader of the circuit, suffered their first loss after eleven straight outings. Sheldon scored twice in the sixth but Employed Boys answered with three in the eighth.
Bristol Boy Scouts Troop 1 meets at 7 30 tonight in the Scout building with Deputy Commissioner inspecting and July 4th and summer camp plans due. Troop 3 gathers at Trinity Parish House for a closing meeting and social next week while Troop 2 divisions meet at 7 30 with a last weekly session before fall and merit badge prep underway. Camp Takarest opens Friday for the season and runs until Labor Day as patrols push final drives and contests conclude.
Community calendar items show events between Bristol and Warren on June 2 with various gatherings and notices. Local organizations and venues are referenced alongside time and place cues in a compact public notice style.
The Ladies Committee of the Y M C A was entertained at Mrs C T Holm's residence 44 Constitution Street yesterday afternoon. A large attendance enjoyed a profitable session with plans for a rummage sale on Friday July 10 and Saturday July 11 up to noon.
Guardian Flora C Wilson transfers Harold E Wilson estate to William Perry for a Wood Street house and lot. Nellie F Masse of Cranston conveys nine Harbor View plat lots to Ida E Levy and one Harbour View plat lot to Albert R Poli. Bristol County Gas and Electric Company deeds land on Hope Street and Washington Street to the town of Bristol. Nellie F Masse transfers property in Attleboro and North Attleboro to Frederick Hochberg. William E Conley and wife convey a Bay View Avenue property to Ernest W Weaver and wife. William Perry transfers land and buildings on Gooding Lane to Eva Makowsky. Mary Ruggieri Pamersanto transfers High Street property to John A Ruggier.
Two weddings reported in Barrington and Providence. Frank Bruscato and Mary D One wed at Holy Angels Church Barrington on June 20. Carl Brawelzen Michell of Providence and Gertrude Manchester of Barrington wed at St Michael's Church Providence on June 23.
Parents remember their son Raymond Earl Bliven who died serving in the Marines at Kelleau Woods France on June 23 1914. Mourning mother and father.
The piece muses on the enduring allure of income tax in history. It traces rulers from Siward III to Richard II and Wat Tyler, noting varying levy sizes and the long wait before Britain again attempted an income tax. The tone reflects a historical curiosity about taxation as a political burden.
At Bristol Aerie No. 953 meeting the new officers presiding for the first time voted to decline the Fourth of July Committee invitation to the Independence Day parade. Four candidates were initiated and three membership applications received, with a new investigating committee appointed.
Harold J. Gross as executor of the late United States Senator LeB. Colt is defendant in a suit by Benjamin F. Vaughn of Warwick seeking $100,000 from Colt estate for services rendered in 1907 and for pledging of stocks money and securities to Colt during his lifetime.
The Rhode Island State Board of Public Roads votes to take land in Warren from the town for state road improvements. Descriptions, plats, and notices are filed under the 1923 law with details on center line, adjoining properties, and measurement, recorded June 10, 1925.
Dr. Hermes Gann presents a travelogue and archeological account of eastern Yucatan, detailing Maya murals at Tulum, the Dresden Codex, and the perilous bush terrain. The narrative evokes ancient rites, sacred sites, and fears of retribution by remnants of Maya culture.
The London Mall notes a colonel in the army clothing department of western Germany explaining why milk for his department’s cat costs a penny a day while the victualing department’s cat uses half a penny. He argues mice from the clothing branch are lean. The mice in victualing feed better, making their cats healthier.
A Detroit laundryman asserts that dwindling darned socks prove the rise of feminism and a new domestic economy. He claims the lack of holes in stockings marks the silk age, noting that Judy O Grady and the colonel's lady now wear similar outfits.
A humorous roundup details printers mistakes such as converting Herr to lord and Intoxication is folly to Intoxication is jolly, Beza sailing in a Canadian vessel, and battle-scarred warrior into battle-scared warrior, illustrating how small changes alter meaning.
The Somerset Football Association council reviewed a match incident where a player was cautioned while sandwiched between two opposing teams. The chairman quipped about being “the meat between two pieces of bread” and the player replied that his name is Ham.
The Kansas City Star recalls a tale of Alfred Lord Tennyson known for solitude and rudeness in later years. A neighbor brought a society woman to luncheon hoping the poet would speak. He forgot the visit entirely keeping silent from entrance to retreat, leaving the guest without a word.
Ogier of Denmark is told in old French legend to have been carried to the Isle of Avalon at age one hundred and returned 200 years later to defend France from invaders.
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