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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1922
Page
6
The town of Bury St. Edmunds traces to Saint Edmund king of East Anglia slain by Danes in 870. Its famed abbey marks a monument to the king and to medieval events including Magna Carta preparations in 1214. Humphrey duke of Gloucester was imprisoned there in 1447 and died in the prison.
A well preserved Stone Age canoe was discovered in a bog near Castle Cerlier on Lake Bienne, Switzerland. The eight foot long oak stem vessel measures about three feet wide and is praised for its conservation.
An unreliable text extols a rare wood, claiming it rivaled mahogany and ebony in value. It describes the material as highly pliable yet hard, corrosion resistant, and impervious to animal life through natural vegetable oils and acids.
Hyde Park's Rotten Row, famed for its fashion parade, is said to derive from the king's road route. The one and a half mile stretch is laid with tan bark and gravel, showcasing social frocking in historic London.
Ol of batiputa berries, a coastal Brazilian product from several states, is reported to rival olive oil in both food and medicinal value.
H B Kurtz scoutmaster of Locustdale Troop No 1 Honeybrook Pennsylvania describes a rural troop with 38 scouts from Honeybrook and surrounding hamlets. The article outlines patrol structure uniforming discipline points system monthly meetings and frequent hikes while stressing duty to God country and the scout law.
In Manhattan a frightened delivery wagon horse surged down a street toward two children. Scout Emil Nozelenzek acted quickly, leaping into danger and pulling the youngsters to safety before the horse could reach them. The alert action halted a potential tragedy and reflected trained quick thinking by a youth scout.
World War I veteran W Gentry returned to Fort Worth Texas after serving in infantry artillery motor transport corps and the navy. During the April 1922 flood he rescued six people before being overwhelmed by barbed wire and floodwaters while aiding a woman. Mayor E R Cockrell urged a memorial for the young rescuer.
Worthington Minnesota welcomes Rosalie Carol Larson as an Auxiliary member at four hours old in a ceremonial start to a surprising trend. Her father Warner Larson served in the Twenty ninth division and her mother earned a nursing diploma after volunteering with the Red Cross.
The American Legion adopts the daisy as its official flower while the Auxiliary uses the poppy for Memorial support. Early on the legion chose the daisy at Kansas City, opting for an American flower with the Flanders poppy available only artificially. The Massachusetts Legion and Auxiliary raised over $46,000 selling artificial poppies to aid sick and needy World War veterans, and the organization urges American children to cultivate the daisy, tying patriotism to the homegrown flower.
The Pennsylvania American Legion helped veterans obtain fourty thousand dollars in government claims in one month. A new bridge planned for Boston will memorialize Massachusetts dead from World War I. Activities across the commonwealth honor World War I heroes on Anzac Day and gatherings. a staged hybrid ape-woman act in Constantinople drew Legion suppression.
Roger Sullivan, an ex engineer wounded in World War I, learns motion picture making in New York under the U S Veterans Bureau and with James H Pelkey they produce Another Chance a film showing a disabled veteran’s path from hospital to vocational training The project ends with a shot of President Harding photographed by Pelkey.
The American Legion auxiliary seeks a top cookie recipe for hospital welfare work. Entries may be modern or heirloom, but must resemble mothers cookies. Mrs. W. H. Cudsworth of Milwaukee chairs the committee and recipes go to Indianapolis for judging.
A Brussels newspaper reports an American army Rhine area deception by a German crook. A German POW allegedly escaped a camp, wore a Belgian major’s uniform under the name Otto Deheny, and gained access at Coblenz. He pinned Belgium’s medal on Major General Allen and obtained loans from Allen’s staff before leaving for Luris.
Oldies Home at Horton visited the Rhode Island Soldiers' Home for a husking event in mid afternoon. The Visitors played cards with the veterans in the Recreation Hall after the husking, followed by short addresses by Department President Miss M Lillian Nicholas and Mrs Laura I Smith, chairwoman of the Soldiers' Home Committee.
Charles A Walsh and Edward L Leahy as receivers transfer a house and plot on Union street to Bernard V Morris. Receivers also convey a house and lot on Main road to P Henry Morris. Peter R Morris receives three lots on Malt House lane. Leahy receivers transfer land and building on Thames street to Margaret M Morris. Max Makowsky transfers to Carlo Tommaro a house and lot at the southwest corner of Bradford and Thames streets.
The Probate Court of Bristol admits the last will of Henry A. Simmons late of Bristol and appoints Rachel T. Simmons executrix with bond. All creditors must file claims with the clerk within six months from the first advertisement. John W. Church, Clerk. Bristol. October 19, 1922.
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