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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1920
Page
3
An ad extols Nature's Remedy tablets for rheumatism and digestion while warning against ineffective medicines. It claims prompt relief and urges trying the product. The piece also cites a London Times view arguing prisoners are now treated humanely with work, better food, and potential early release.
Freeborn R. Cole executor of Amanda M. Cole late of Bristol, probate granted by Bristol Probate Court, accepts trust and gives bond. Notice to all claimants to file claims with the court clerk within six months from first advertisement.
New and second hand sewing machines, cheap for cash with needles oils belts and supplies for any make. Graphophone needles and repairs available. J B Keeler agent at 168 Thames Street offers guaranteed work and machines. Tel 142 W opposite D Wolf Inn.
The piece argues that many promising people lack self direction and resist independence. They seek others guidance, act as if owned by others, and avoid forging their own path. They become tools of more alert minds, performing only what is thrust upon them.
Amber, fossil resin from prehistoric pines, is mined along the Samland coast in the eastern Prussian peninsula between Burnstrort and Palmucken. The material took millions of years to form and remains the world’s notable amber source.
A boy who received a penny for church offering returns home reporting no sign of God. He then gives his penny to the man with the plate, completing the act as described in the tale.
John Jeter, an English settler in Umbaya South Africa, owned a hound killed by a train. Afterward the family heard wild train whistling for months and were told the whistling warned the dog on the tracks. The engineers described the dog with accuracy and noted it would not leave the rails until the engine was nearly upon him.
A short critique notes that some people are driven by a mania for starting things rather than finishing them. It contrasts the joy of novelty with the burden of working out details and warns that unchecked initiative can ignore consequences. The piece suggests keeping such people busy to maintain control.
Charles Reade spent hours daily collecting police reports and statistics for his vast scrapbooks. He indexed and bound these clippings, using them as material and inspiration for his fiction. This method helped him craft a notable description of an Australian surprise despite never visiting the continent.
The pollack tree yields soft wood used for pillows and mattresses by natives in British Honduras. It produces a large pear shaped fruit with a hard shell that darkens nearly black when ripe and contains a short brown silky fiber.
Captioned image shows Livingston Farrand as Chairman on the left and J L Fieser as Assistant General Manager on the right in a New England setting during the month.
National Red Cross leaders will headline eight sectional meetings in New England from October 22 to 30 as part of the Fourth Roll Call set for Armistice Day to Thanksgiving. Key speakers include Livingston Farrand Frederick Keppel and J L Fieser with other officials detailing New England work.
Recalls the word immure meaning to wait around as Romans and early church buried nuns who broke vows of chastity. The condemned were placed in a wall niche with water and bread, wall closed, sentence said to “wade in peace.” A skeleton found in Coldingham abbey wall may be such a nun.
A German device uses two searchlights and arc lamps to lure nun moths to a bulldog mounted unit. A fast revolving fan intake sucks in nearby moths, guiding them into a wire net cage. One machine reportedly captured 100 pounds of moths in a single night.
An expert ski jumper defies seasons by sliding on a 100 foot long handmade track on a hot day. The setup ends at a 25 foot gap with a landing incline covered in canvas and kept slick with soap and lard, as described by Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Fragmentary lines warn to beware two men in a crowd. One man’s words are weighed as thieves in a dust exchange. The other man appears to mislead, and both seem to have ulterior aims.
Industrial Trust Company guardian presents fifth account of Emily French estate for allowance. Court, Bristol, sets hearing for November 1, 1920 at 10:30 AM in the Probate Court Room. Notice to be published fourteen days once weekly in the Bristol Phoenix. John W. Church, Probate Clerk.
The Town Council of Bristol acts as Canvassers and will meet in the Memorial Building Town Council Chamber on October 29, 1920 at 7 30 PM to police Lee Spiney and correct voter lists. The final canvass precedes the election held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. John W. Church Town Clerk. 1920 notices.
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