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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1922
Page
3
Mr. E W Keyes of Auburndale Massachusetts credits Cerizane for rapid relief from a severe cough and fever, stating the medicine stopped his symptoms quickly and aided recovery. The ad highlights Cerizane’s ninety five year history with the Wilson family of Boston and claims it contains no narcotics.
A cryptic quote from the Boston Transcript notes that history recurs yet arithmetic cannot self-add, reflecting on the limits of numerical prediction in repeated events.
The text recounts how King Louis XIII of France revered the number thirteen. He called himself Luys de Bourbon and married Anna d Autriche because each name has thirteen letters. He chose the thirteenth day for major undertakings and clung to the belief even on his deathbed, noting the date would arrive after his death.
A vivid theater page notes Tom Mix in Sky High with Eva Novak as they navigate the Grand Canyon in an aviation fantasy. It cites George M. Cohan’s A Prince There Was starring Thomas Meighan and Mildred Harris, plus Rex Ingram’s The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse with Rudolph Valentino and Alice Terry, amid a marquee of other names and productions.
Rex Ingram receives a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Yale University for translating The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse into a motion picture. The film, based on Blasco Ibanez epic, cost millions and used fifty principals and 2,500 extras to portray a woman’s role Marguerite amid the Great War.
A Chicago Tribune quote describes a pastor angered by a meager collection. He recounts a tale of an Africa tribe whose members could swim with live eels yet urges his flock to drop their eels and open their hearts next Sunday.
A village near Canterbury is famed for hunting. Peter, the son of a local resident, aimed a pea shooter at the vicar as he left the manor. His mother asked if he was really sorry, and he admitted he was glad he hadn’t missed, noting the cost of the pea.
Probate Court of Bristol assigns March 8 1922 for the will of Howell Lewis Williams re提出 instrument to be considered April 3 1922 at 10 30 am in Bristol Probate Court. Notice ordered to be published for fourteen days weekly in the Bristol Phoenix. W CHURCH Probate Clerk.
In Bristol on March 14 1922 Judita Pedro widow of Frank Pedro alias Frank Pietro of Bristol requests appointment as administratrix of the intestate estate. The petition states the request was received and will be acted on at 10 30 a m in Bristol Phenix and at weekly church services.
Children exploring hills of north Georgia spot a large snake coiled around an apple tree rib. A gardener knocks it from the tree and cuts it open revealing a china nest egg pressed against the limb. The egg explains the snake’s attempt to crush it by squeezing the tree.
Changeable weather and exposure trigger winter and spring kidney troubles causing backache tiredness and dizziness. Dean’s Kidney Pills are promoted as restoring kidney function with a testimonial from Charles Stuart of Bristol and stating price 60 cents at Buffington’s Pharmacy and other dealers.
A national drive led by Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt forms a Women s Emergency Committee with 12 000 000 American women to raise funds for Near East Relief. They press a 25 percent cut in orphanage allocations and appeal to save 25 000 children facing death in Constantinople and Asia Minor. Notable members include Mrs Philip North Moore Mrs Thomas G Winter Miss Jane Addams Miss Mary Emma Woolley and many others.
Archbishop Patrick J. Hayes of New York endorses Near East Relief, calls for a $5,000 contribution from Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, condemns massacres and suffering in Armenia, and urges charitable giving to aid relief efforts. National headquarters are at 151 Fifth Avenue, New York.
Charles W. Vickrey, General Secretary of Near East Relief, denounces a 25 percent cut in funding as the executive board reduces relief appropriations. He cites 100000 homeless orphans needing aid and says five dollars monthly could save a child, urging American households to contribute.
Bishop Galler and the Protestant Episcopal Church form a national auxiliary committee to aid Near East Relief. The plan will have a local executive with a prominent lay chairman and a nationwide clergy and lay council. A Lenten appeal seeks support for ten thousand orphans under the church’s care.
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