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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1931
Page
2
Local butcher advertises face rump roast at 23c lb and veal rumps or legs at 28c lb. Fresh pork rib end, veal chops, and flounder offered with low prices. Also noted are lobsaters, fresh mackerel, and soup per pound at 124c.
Eric Johnson, member of the 1926 Olympic team, defeats Battery C in a rifle match at the Naval Armory Bristol. Johnson, a world war veteran and Outdoor Rifle Champion of 1929, was brought by Edward F. Walker to Bristol for an exhibition at Quinnipiac and Boston events. Composite scores show tight prone and standing shots on the 50 foot National Rifle Association target.
In London readers note that charms against disease include acorn beads stones animal teeth and oak apples while love charms to recall stray sweethearts remain popular as curiosities of folk belief.
A Detroit Free Press remark questions earlier generations' leisure before golf became widespread. It notes the contrast with modern sports trend and the social role of golf in culture.
A Pathfinder Magazine item debunks a driver who insists his car has run 20,000 miles because he wore out two 10,000 mile guaranteed tires. The piece idly notes how tires wear independently of overall vehicle mileage and cautions readers against dubious mileage padding.
A humorous note proclaims there is nothing as contagious as laughter and good humor, suggesting its uplifting effect on readers and neighbors.
The article notes that thumbs were the preferred ring finger in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, though today thumb rings are uncommon. It highlights a historical shift in jewelry fashion and finger use.
The piece notes that while music can be profitable, lasting wealth for composers is rare and often built on ventures beyond their works. It cites Rossini, who confessed wealth came from speculations with Rothschilds and suggests he stopped after William Tell with a keen self awareness.
The parish church of Manchester England celebrated its hundredth anniversary with a thanksgiving sermon by the bishop of Coventry. The building rests on Saxon foundations from 930 AD and features antique stained glass, a five bell peal from 1350, and a treasure of five books including Foxs Book of Martyrs. Notable martyrs Robert Glover and Mrs Joyce Lewis once venered the shrine.
The piece traces the remote ancestry of American serial comics from Hogarth and Cruickshank to Rowlandson and Daumier. It notes 19th century magazine roots, Palmer Cox and A B Frost, and the 1890s rise of newspaper comics led by The Yellow Kid, with contributors Opper Haworth Powers Carr Schultz among others.
The Morning Post reports unease among Dickens admirers as it notes the author, long viewed as a democrat, adopted an aristocratic crest for his library and dinner service. The piece suggests snobbery or whimsy behind the emblem, including a hawk holding a Maltese cross on his crest.
Selected excerpts reprinted from Phoenix files of a quarter of a century ago. Bristol items and events from the era highlighted for readers.
Boston firm Cooper & Bailey named as architects for the new Colt High School to be built at Hope and Bradford streets as a memorial to Col. Samuel P. Colt’s mother.
The New England Southern Conference announces Rev John McVay will succeed Rev Lenoir Hood as pastor of the State Street M E Church. He will preach his first sermon next Sunday morning amid Providence residents alarmed by east side changes from a New Haven railroad viaduct and tunnel project. The Bristol Train of Artillery elected officers last evening at State Street armory with Stephen W Bourn as Colonel and Archibald M Graham as Clerk. Town Council voted to cap auto speed at 10 mph within town limits after President Franklin noted hazardous driving locally.
The Prudence Wand Feers Company seeks charter to operate a ferry service between Prudence Island and the mainland. The petition outlines real estate acquisitions and cattle dealing, with Ralph Wo Parabar Tosiah No Kang and Charles Gladding as primary operators, proposing 100000 capital and a business base on the island.
In Longfellow's sonnet Three Friends of Mine the three companions named are C Cornelius Conway Fellow Harvard College president Louis Agassiz and Charles Sumner.
A fragmentary text mentions a crown of a ruler named Fafarh of Abyssinia with a claim of a portion of power or wealth. The garbled words imply a historic or legendary setting without clear dates or locations. Further readable context is needed to identify the exact figure or story.
Saint Louis of France built La Sainte Chapelle in Paris to house relics from the crown of thorns and the true cross. The pure gothic gem has endured six centuries, surviving fires, the Revolution, and later restorations, with its rose window leaving a lasting memory for American visitors.
In Aberdeen the firm’s manager promotes the young bookkeeper to the accountant’s role. He asks about pay, and receives the news that salary remains the same while he gains a private hat-peg.
Frederick Giles Symonds a retired banker left 500 dollars in trust to pay the vicar and churchwardens to maintain the old custom of ringing the curfew bell from Michelmas day to Lady day at Sturmeister Newton Dorset England.
A collage of witty anecdotes and reflections by a noted columnist on theater, film and society. It lists favorite places and people from Helen Gahagan to Al Capone, adds observed quirks about writers, actors, and venues, and notes travel between Cincinnati and Los Angeles.
The fragment reflects a playful misread on Asa the Sur and a note about operatic vocal chords. It cites a Cincinnati Enquirer style vibe, hinting at linguistic curiosities in a humorous or experimental context.
A paradoxical statement attributes superior reason to insets over humans, suggesting that nonhuman systems can provide logical clarity by not engaging in human-like cognitive biases. The quote contrasts reasoning quality between abstract sets and a man.
The Greek word pneu or pneuma meaning air underpins terms like pneumonic and pneumonia. It shows how ancient language shaped modern medical vocabulary through a shared root for breath and air.
A Madrid notice describes a family with a matriarch aged 127 and five sons aged 11 to 105. It claims the mother was 15 when her eldest son was born and all the sons are currently employed.
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