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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1922
Page
6
May Night will be observed at the Scout Bazaar in VA Hall tomorrow evening. Dances from 8 to 12 with the Scout Bugle and Drum Band leading a street parade at 7:30. Visiting groups include Bristol Athletic Association and Girl Scouts. door prize is a large May basket.
Reba Rebekah Degree Lodge No 12 celebrated the 103rd anniversary of Odd Fellowship in the country at Odd Fellows Hall Noble. Grand Mrs Gorge L Crown Jr presided. A post-session program featured piano solos readings dialogue The Census Taker and vocal items by multiple members. Refreshments followed.
Warwick High School defeated Colt Memorial High School 7 to 2 on a Tuesday afternoon. Colt Memorial faces Vocational School of New Bedford in an upcoming away game.
The article recalls Jacques Inaudi in Paris showing extraordinary mental calculation. Born in poverty in Italy, he solved complex arithmetical problems after brief demonstrations. Broca measured his skull and noted rightward brain development. Inaudi remained a famed calculating prodigy without further mathematical advances.
A Continental Edition extract from the London Mail discusses sensational mongering in France and among youths. It cites a Tulle case where accusations of infidelity led to two asylum deaths and misery for families. It notes widespread thrills in juvenile imagination and childish tales of bears wolves and flying airplanes.
A Cleveland scientist reports iron objects in ferricyanide solution grow dense blue green filaments within half an hour, forming tubules and cross striations. Cobalt and nickel yield coarser, more vesicular structures with zigzag tubules.
Sir Richard Gregory told the Edinburgh meeting of the British Association that disease arises from organisms spread by rats and fleas and from poor living conditions. He argued science explains malaria yellow fever typhus and tuberculosis prevention through hygiene housing mosquito control and cleanliness.
The United States could expand bulb cultivation beyond European imports. A Federal Department bulletin notes bulbs grow well across Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. Hardy narcissus and iris varieties endure in gulf states and tulips reach Alaska. moisture determines success.
A compact quotation notes the paradox of freedom and effort, suggesting that if one cannot roam freely one should aim to make the best of any destination. The line elevates attitude over circumstance, urging personal agency.
An automatic scale system for weighing coal has been invented to measure coal fuel for power plants. The device promises precise, efficient tracking of fuel input to boilers and may streamline plant operations.
Kearney Post of the American Legion convenes at 8 o'clock in G A R Hall. The meeting covers several recent matters and a national World War census will be conducted next Monday with a house to house canvass to interview veterans and record fifty eight questions to aid claims and adjustments with the government.
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