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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1925
Page
3
German and Polish lumber dealers supply cabinetmakers of Sweden with wood that keeps the log form intact, enabling matching panels for each furniture piece as boards are cut and shipped.
Calendar lists events from April to June including Bristol Troops Boy Scouts bazaar in Grand Army Hall and a May 28 recital by Miss Sarah Bosworth at State Street M E Church vestry. Also features Pastime Theatre benefit for Kearney Post, D R supper, Walter Gile impersonations, Chimes of Normandy at Trinity Men's Club, Strawberry Festival at First Baptist vestry, and Masonic Ball marking St Alban's Lodge anniversary at State Armory.
Help for back and kidney aches with Doan's Pills. Bristol reader Spencer Rounds testifies after five years that Doan's Pills still relieve back pain and kidney trouble. Sold at Hope Drug Co and all dealers for 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Remember the name when your back is lame.
Noble Stibolt, wounded in the St Mihiel drive, confirms legs unable to bear daily work as a hat salesman. Now an inspector for Art Surety Co of New York City, he credits the American Legion and government rehabilitation efforts for enabling disabled veterans to return to civilian life and compete on equal footing.
The American Legion Battle Monuments commission presents final plans to Congress for memorials abroad and at home. The program includes cemeteries, commemorative monuments for American units, operations, and naval forces, plus tablets marking headquarters sites. Estimated cost is 3 million dollars. Gen John J. Pershing chairs the commission with Legionnaires among its members.
The Harm on Foundation awarded playgrounds to Dillon and Marion through local American Legion posts. More than 1,000 applications were filed nationwide after notice of 50 awards. Legion officials led efforts to secure the gifts as the program unfolded.
A brief line from the American Legion Weekly notes a wife allegedly staying up until three or four in the morning. The remark implies she stays awake for the husband, highlighting a domestic routine referenced in the publication.
Department of Agriculture officials note 43 cougar depredation reports across scattered regions and warn that growing human contact may embolden these predators. A December killing in Oregon highlights the danger as hunters pursue a notably elusive Northwest cougar known for powerful paws.
The National Chamber of Commerce proposes a conference with manufacturers wholesalers and retailers to study merchandising as a science. Local chambers run retailing institutes covering psychology design fabrics budgeting advertising and selling aimed at aiding small retailers. The domestic distribution department will formulate study courses for these institutes.
A humorous prize story from Judge describes Hiram Jones entering a shop selling shoes by poker rules. Three silver dollars in the window promise three of a kind wins, but the clerk clarifies two pair costs six dollars and four nines cannot be beaten.
Mrs. Alice M Williamson comments in Hearst's International and Cosmopolitan that American girls are quick-witted and adaptable and may suit international marriage, yet are handicapped by being spoiled by American men who seldom spoil their women, leaving noble restraint as essential.
The Adlington hall estate in Lancashire near Derby is recalled for a 100 year old wager linked to a cock fight between birds owned by the lord of the manor. The stake was all coal mines visible from the dining room window. The Adlington family, once its ancient owners, are noted.
A probate petition in Bristol seeks authorization to sell part or all of a deceased's estate to cover debts and fines. parcels include Metacom Avenue land and five Mt Hope Terrace lots plus Lots 64 65 66 67 68 in Hope Highlands. A sale may occur if personal estate is insufficient. notice runs fourteen days in the Bristol Phoenix starting May 8, 1925.
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company Providence is named administrator de bonis non of Albert Stanton Chesebrough’s Bristol estate. Creditors must file claims with the Bristol Probate Court clerk beginning May 16, 1925, per law. John W. Church, Clerk.
The Merx Court of Bristel Town admits to probate the will of Eel aarielll Ae. Creditors must file claims with the clerk by May 8. Executor is John Church acting as executor. All persons having claims against the estate should present them to the clerk at the court office.
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