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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1920
Page
2
The Department of Agriculture projects 1920 wheat at 781 million bushels, well below 1919 and the five year average. Oats total 41.032 million acres and barley 7.437 million acres currently grown. If harvest proceeds, European demand may be weak, while rail transportation is under federal hearings to restore efficiency and pay returns.
The article notes many travelers who once vacationed in Europe are staying home to admire their country while steamships sell out until fall. Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of Europeans who fled to their homelands since 1914 seek immigration back to the United States, with ten thousand aliens a week returning since spring, possibly a million more depending on ship capacity.
President Wootson's camp appears to have control of the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. The temporary chairman Homer Cummings signals alignment with the President on the Teague of Nations and the party's course ahead of the voters. المتوقع fight over the prohibition plank with Bryan seeking absolute stance while Wootson followers push modifications to the New Deal era act. William Gibbs McAdoo, recently out of the race, is expected to emerge as a leading candidate with Cox and Palmer as rivals.
The Garl Scouts of Bristol held their first hike last Saturday afternoon with about twenty girls. They visited Soldiers Hemme and Nar rows, swam, and enjoyed a light lunch. They returned to Mount Hope and planned two more outings, with the next meeting set for Hope Street Boy Scout HQ Thursday at 7 30 p m.
The Bristol Troops hold their last drill tomorrow evening at 7 at the Scout Building. A summer meeting cadence is planned with monthly business sessions and weekly patrol stunts. Otromenes contest prizes will be awarded. A Scoutmasters trip to Camp Wangoog involved Fish, McKay, A'Francs and Bullock. Sunday arrangements set for a stand on the common July 5.
Acoma in New Mexico is described as older than St. Augustine as the first European settlement in America. Chronicles from 1539 mention Acoma as an ancient Indian village with significant early history.
Community items include Merle Pickett as guest of Prescott Hoar family, opening of the Children’s Playground, summer residents at Papasquash and Ferry Hill, and Cranston Worsted Mills expansion plans. Also mentions Yale–Harvard rowing, 4th of July prep, unpaid floats, and local shops offering straw hats and shoe sales.
John Sullivan and family from Webster Mass visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs James J Walsh. Dry goods stores will be open Thurs afternoons this week before the holiday. Kearney Post No 6 American Legion meets Friday at 8 PM at the Naval Armory with a dance Saturday featuring Bowler's Orchestra. John Gerrard, now Ezra Dixon's gardener, won first prize for best quart and two quarts of strawberries at the Providence horticultural exhibition. Joseph Kinder of Samuel Kinder & Bro florists is ill with pernicious anemia and in a critical condition. Ralph Kinder, brother in Philadelphia, left town after a brief visit. Navy Sea-Going Truck No 1 arrived in town and recruits camp on Hope Street with nightly navy life reels shown.
Advertises two properties at 23 Ryan Avenue and 7 Ryan Avenue for sale or rent. New houses with good rents offered, available to buy together or separately. Contact Vincenzo Paya at 23 Ryan Avenue for inquiries.
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