Place of Consequence Even In the Stone Age Tamerlane
Selby F Maxwell outlines Smyrna’s long, layered history from Stone Age settlement through Minoan and Greek rule to Roman Byzantine eras and Turkish conquest. He notes repeated destruction by Tamerlane in 1402 and stresses enduring Greek Armenian and Muslim communities alongside shifting ethnic identities.
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Selby F. Maxwell
Smyrna
Crete
Homer
Mer
Aeolians
Central Asia
Aegean
Central
Europe
Tartary
Turkestan
Caspian Sea
Lena
China
Rat Week Proposal Stirs British Zoological Garden
Manchester Zoological Gardens director George Jennison argues against a national rat week plan. He says poisoning male rats worsens infestations as surviving males increase in number, proposing trapping and removing females while releasing males to reduce destruction of food valued at 140 million dollars annually.
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George Jennison
Manchester Zoological Gardens
Great Britain
Rover
Doctor Jennison
Scientific American
Down on the Farm Sunset Means Home for Hired Man
Dialogue from Life depicts a summer boarder asking if a sunset holds value and a hired man affirming it signals the end of work and longing for home. The exchange conveys rural labor tension and domestic sentiment in concise rustic terms.
Do You Miss the Summer Boarders
Farmer Corntessel laments the summer boarders departure and looks forward to playing non jazz on the phonograph as city folks leave. The scene captures rural life and small town humor with a hint of cultural shift.
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Farmer Corntessel
Wildcat Crate Surprise in Okla Shop Window
A Kansas City traveler and local observer describe a curiosities dealer in Oklahoma offering Indian moccasins and live coyotes. A portly salesman sat on a burlap box to watch the window when a temperamental wildcat in a crate leaped out, testing lungs and claws and sending the man airborne.
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Raid
Okla
Kansas City
Cascara Bark Demand Boosts Grays Harbor Harvest
The Cascara bark harvest in Grays Harbor Washington reached a value of about half a million dollars this season. Workers in Hoquiam and surrounding areas strip the peeled bark from the barberry tree each spring, earning 10 to 15 dollars daily at peak pricing of 15 cents per pound. Incisions near the ground loosen bark that can extend ten to fifteen feet, and partial bark removal does not harm the tree.
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Grays Harbor
Wash
Hoquiam
Charity Cake Dilemma Sparks Lesson At Indy Event
A charity drive in Indianapolis offered four slices per family for poor children. One woman kept intervening to give her own cake to a boy who preferred the bread at home, then settled for marble cake. She vows no more angel food cake at charity parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Truth Mixed With Poetry at New Minister Welcome
A Muncie lawyer gave his first church speech welcoming the new minister. He praised the town and its trees, recalling summers and blossoms. His eight-year-old son interjected humor about caterpillars, adding a light note to the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Indianapolis News
New Rubber Shipping Sheets Introduced in Singapore
An American firm introduces 100 percent fiber rubber shipping sheets to Singapore exporters. Sheets are riveted packed and wired by shippers. Their thin design allows cases to carry 12 to 25 percent more rubber than old wooden boxes. The construction is nearly unbreakable and waterproof according to Scientific American.
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Singapore
Scientific American
Governor Miller Speech Prompt and Rapid Copies
Governor Miller of New York speaks with three stenographers a typewriter and a mimeograph machine. Stenographers work in shifts and copies of his speech were ready nine minutes ten seconds after the last word, according to Exchange.
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Miller
New York
Change of subject in Senate debate prompts science talk
Senator Sorghum asks whether Mars is inhabited and notes he will research it along with evolution. He adds his wife believes men have muddled politics and should take up science or literature. The quotation reflects a light, humorous turn in a legislative setting.
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Mars
Sorghum
Under Oath at Star Theatre Brings Elaine Hammerstein Stars
The Star Theatre screens Under Oath starring Elaine Hammerstein with Mahion Hamilton Niles Welch and Wallace MacDonald in lead roles. George Archainbaud directs a program also featuring Western Adventurer with William Fairbanks Miss Lamont and Buck Stanton in perilous stunts and high drama.
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Eoheek
Isaturday
Miss Hammerstein
Mahion Hamilton
Niles Welch
Wallace MacDonald
Mr. Hamilton
Mr. Welch
Doris May
George Archainbaud
William Fairbanks
Miss Lamont
Bill Fairbanks
Buck Stanton
Upcoming Bristol Holiday Events Across Nov and Dec
A packed schedule lists the Bristol Council No. 379 K of C bazaar November 22–25 at the Council Home on State Street and a concurrent Italian Catholic Society fair November 24–25 in Italian Hall Wood Street. Other events include dances at various venues November 29–30, a Doric Black Face Comedy December 4–5, Christmas sales and teas December 5–12, a Poultry Exhibition December 6–8 at the Naval Reserve Armory, and a Brown University Music Clubs concert December 12 to benefit local schools.
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Bristol Council
K. of C
Council
State Street
State Street M E
Naval Reserve Armory
Bristol County Poultry Association
Memorial Chapel
Congregational Club
Girls’ Friendly Society
St Michael's Church
Holmes House
Mite Society
First Baptist Church
Colt Memorial High School
Brown University
Definitions You Should Know Explained
An explanation of conceit as the feeling of being judged or misread when a girl remarks she would not marry the world’s best man, highlighting how perception and social standards shape assumptions about relationships.
On Cold Reflection. Sometimes this appears to be A mean old world
A brief reader remark from the Morning News in Dallas reflects on a harsh world, attributed to Dallags. The note conveys a skeptical tone about contemporary life.
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Dallags
Tex
Local league scores and results from November games
The report lists several matchups: on Monday November 13 the Never Lates beat the Shieks and the Piggly Wiggly defeated the Doughboys. November 15 saw the Cooties win two from the Spark Plugs while the Giants beat the Accidents. November 20 results show the Spark Plugs downing the Doughboys and the Nevertates beating the Giants with two and three wins respectively.
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Neverlates
Shieks
Piggly Wiggly
Doughboys
Giants
Nevertates
Cooties
Perry On
J McMah
Middleton
Davis
Sparks
Dunbar
Giants Bears
Walsh
Hickey
FE Morris
W Kempha
Sylvester
P Morris
Jay
Wall
Mill
Long Day Coming and Earth’s Slowing Pace
The tidal drag friction on Earth slows rotation, lengthening the day by about one two-hundredth of a second per century. The effect accumulates toward roughly a 1,400 hour day in the distant future.
Cautionary Interior Electric Wiring Guidelines
A fragmented notice warns home owners to avoid paper shades or feather decorations near lamps and to not rely on unskilled workers for wiring. It emphasizes using safe materials and 365 days a year to ensure first class electrical work and upkeep.
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Gus
Department S
Real Estate Transfers to Cranston on Worsted Mills
Real estate transfer records show Mr and Mrs Richard T Magee transferring a house and lot on the south side of Constitution Street to Cranston on Worsted Mills. The details indicate a property exchange within the local market with the deed conveying ownership.
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Richard T. ‘Magée
Cranston
Constitution Street
Dean's Kidney Pills Prove Lasting Remedy for Back Pain
A Bristol woman reports five year confirmed relief from back pain due to standing, crediting Dean's Kidney Pills from Buffington's Pharmacy. Mrs. William H. Manchester says the cure lasted years and she still endorses the product in 1921. Price 60 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
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Bristol
William H. Manchester
Bourne Street
Dean
Buffington
Manchester
Foster-Milburn Co., Migrs
Buffalo
N. Y
Guardian Named for Elizabeth Colt in Bristol Probate
Guardian of Elizabeth Colt estate appointed by Bristol Probate Court and bonded. All claims must be filed with the Clerk within six months from the first advertisement. Industrial Trust Co by W Metcalfe Assistant Trust Officer.
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Bristol
Elizabeth Colt
Industrial Trust CO
W. Metcalfe
State Board of Public Roads takes land in Bristol Rhode Island
The Rhode Island State Board of Public Roads votes to take two parcels of land in Bristol for highway purposes under the 1920 law. Parcels along Hope Street are described as portions of land near Plat No. 47, with specific acreages of 0.064 and 0.149 acres, and include rights to the adjacent highway. The description was recorded November 16, 1922, with the statement signed by three board members and attested by the clerk.
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Bristol
Rhode Island
State Board OF Public Roads
General Assembly
Stat Board of Public Roads
Recorder of Deeds
Narragansett Electric Lighting Company
Hope Street
Raid Street
Bristol, Hope Street
William W
Julia S. Perry
Said Street
G R Wellington
Probate Court Handles William H. Sanford Estate
In Bristol 1922 a petition seeks removal of executor Thomas W. Gilchrist. The court fixes December 4 1922 at 10 80 o clock M for hearing and orders fourteen days of publication in the Bristol Phoenix and service of citation.
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Bristol
William H. Sanford
George ‘M
Wilbur
Warren, R
Thomas
Gilchrist
Bristol Phoenix
Thomas W. Gilchrist
John W. Cch
Tymont
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