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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1925
Page
4
Margery Rex quotes Dr Rose urging more women in medicine as essential for public health. She notes restaurant hygiene and consumer restraint reduce NYC death rates, while women’s careers offer patient, detail oriented work and gradual outcomes.
The article notes columns as utilitarian and beautiful, essential to bearing weight and shaping design. It highlights steel as ideal for columns and discusses pairing Roman Doric, Corinthian, Greek Ionic with simple or florid building styles, interior and exterior.
The National Lumber Manufacturers' Association cites research showing precolonial fires set by Indians and natural causes helped form forest borders. It notes that extensive fires have altered U S timberlands, with more than 60 million acres affected in the last fifty years and more timber destroyed than harvested.
An anonymous historian cited by the New York World describes Broadway as the ancient Indian path called People-of-the-Birch Bark that ran through Manhattan. The trail was a well used route long before Hudson’s voyage and remained deeply trodden even as modern improvements would be removed.
In Cochin China rice relies on continuous rain with no irrigation and waterlogged fields. Seeders are impractical, so rice is sown in small patches and transplanted later. In Tonkin and Annam, large areas are being readied for irrigation and modern farming methods.
Agnes Repplier in the Yale Review portrays Electra describing Clytemnestra as laughing over Agamemnon's murder while noting Electra as a biased witness. The piece argues killing an unwanted husband is not humorous and questions inheritance of nerve from Clytemnestra.
The term kitchen cabinet referred to informal advisers to President Jackson. Not official officials, Amos Kendall William B Lewis Isaac Hill Duff Green and Francis P Blair were the principal members who advised privately. They reportedly used the back door to visit the president to avoid observation.
A petition was received and referred to the First Court for private wage consideration. A hearing is set for 935, at 10 30 oclock in the Court Room. The order directs publication once a week in Bristol Church notices.
James F. Barton of Fort Dodge Iowa former adjutant of the Iowa department was named assistant national adjutant by National Commander James A Drain. Barton born January 17 1886 in Seneca Wisconsin served in World War I rising to captain and later joined the American Legion rising to command Fort Dodge Post 180 and Iowa department adjutant. He will assist Russell Creviston who is to retire and had also served as general secretary of the endowment fund movement. Barton is a lawyer educated in Fort Dodge high school and the University of Iowa.
Kenosha Wisconsin pastor Joseph Horrigan of St Thomas Church urges better citizenship and sincere churchmen to live moral principles. He praises the American Legion as embodying noble American manhood and credits its members as leaders who served bravely in time of need.
Legislative officials say six American Legionnaires sit in the Senate led by Hiram Bingham of Connecticut filling the Brandegee vacancy. In the House there are 45 Legionnaires, more than ten percent of representatives.
The George N. Althouse post of the American Legion at Norristown Pa proposes a memorial bridge across the Schuylkill river at the Washington crossing site. Legionnaires also suggest Valley Forge park improvements and have sent proposals to Governor Pinchot for consideration.
A Hollywood Athletic Club member faces a surprising turn as his wife uses the beauty parlor on credit. When billed, he learns no more service can be extended until the tab is settled, prompting a cautious response from the husband.
In Paris Benjamin Franklin created the first bifocal eyeglasses to suit his needs and entertainments. He split the lenses into upper and lower portions to see both food and guests without changing glasses, a practical and celebrated solution noted by W L L Phelps in Some Makers of American Literature.
A quotation recounts Darwin answering religious questions with courtesy and gentleness. It notes a critic who apologized and Darwin’s reply shows patience and saintliness. The excerpt appears in A Maude Royden's The Friendship of God.
The article outlines traditional Jewish mourning rites including washing the body and anointing with spices for notable individuals, laying the body in linen, burial in tombs, mourners going bareheaded and barefoot, covering mouths, wearing black, and sitting in ashes. Funeral songs were sung by hired singers and sepulchers with multiple niches were carved from rock. When a niche filled, a stone was rolled to seal it.
A dialogue shows two men agreeing to form an organization to notify the President about meddling. They emphasize not breaking down the health of the President and pledge to call on him as a notification committee.
In a playful exchange a person pleads against naming a baby Ethelbert fearing easy nickname Bert. The other party suggests the boys will choose Bert anyway, highlighting concerns over nicknames and traditions in choosing a name.
A clergyman once punished an offending choir boy by pulling him from the pulpit and placing him in the pews while the sermon continued, a stark contrast to a phrase whispered by boys about a boy writing home. The episode shows extreme discipline and public shaming within a church setting.
A French court resolves the freshness rule for eggs, declaring them fresh if not more than two weeks old in summer or over three weeks old in winter. The decision, reported by Youth's Companion, notes eggs will carry a red date indicating when they were sold.
The Town Council of Bristol will consider abandoning Smith Street as a public highway from Hope Street to between Constitution and Union Streets at a June meeting. Owners and interested persons may attend to be heard and discuss any damages expected from the action. Notice published in the Bristol Phenix for three weeks prior to the meeting.
Town of Bristol traders who use weights and measures must bring their weights, measures, or balances to 483 Hope Street for adjustment and sealing by June 1, 1925 under Rhode Island General Laws Chapter 221 section 11. Sealer Albert TD LLO signs the notice dated April 28 1951.
The Probate Court of Bristol admits the last will and testament of Charles H Smith, deceased. The administrator with the will annexed qualifies by giving bond as required by law. Claims against the estate must be filed with the court clerk beginning May 1, 1925.
The Bristol probate court admits the Last Will and Testament with Codicil of Irene Frances Usher, deceased of Bristol. The administrator with the will annexed is authorized to file bond and begin administration, with May 8, 1925 as the start of filing in the clerk’s office. Industrial Trust Company acts as administrator.
Notice of the will and the appointment of administrators with the will annexed for the estate of Caroline L H Chesebrough late of Bristol deceased. Bond of administrators to be given as required by law and qualification to begin May 1 1925. John W Church clerk. Julia A Herreshoff Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company administrators with the will annexed.
May 5 1926 notice from Bristol town court of an administrator for the estate of Charles Garvin. All persons interested are notified to appear in the court office to settle the estate and bond is required. Clerk John W Church. Administrator A Wallace W Garvendor. June 15 22.
In Bristol Rhode Island on April 14 1926 the Court hears Flora C Wilson guardian of Harold E Wilson minor seeks authority to sell his real estate on the westerly side of Wood Street Bristol County Rhode Island for the minor's support and better investment of sale proceeds. The petition is referred to May eighteenth at 10 38 in the Bristol Probate Court Room for consideration with four days notice to be published in the Bristol Phoenix.
Legal notices issued in Bristol on April 30 1925 request guardians and administrators for estates of James Riley William Bartlett William Greene Lewis Field David Hudson and Cornelius Hasbrouck with hearings set for May 18 1925 and publication weekly for fourteen days in Bristol Phoenix by Clerk John W Church.
The Bristol Court orders publication of notice regarding an estate proceeding dated April 28 1926 and set for May 18 1935 at 10 30 oclock A M in Bristol Courtroom The probate clerk W Church directs publication for fourteen days in Bristol Tennessee referencing K DeWolf and authority of the town of Bristol.
The undersigned provide notice of admission to probate for the will and testament of Luigi Catanelli late of Brish Town. Creditors must present claims to the clerk of the court by May 8, 1925, with bonded executor Vincenzo Charter acknowledging duties.
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