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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1927
Page
4
Grandfather, frail and cautious, groans often and confesses he may not be dead yet. He worries about aged decline, while the narrator senses a quiet craving for life and meaning despite weakness. From Booth Tarkington’s The Gift of Age.
Mexico has contributed many bird species to the lower Rio Grande valley of Texas but none as handsome and provocative as the large green yellow blue black crow like bird. He is nearly foot long with blue-green upper parts and a white forehead. The chest is black and he robs nests of wild birds and domestic fowls.
A soot covered traveler arrives in Denver asking for a hotel. The Denver police officer misreads him as a coal miner or coal burner. The man declares he is not in the coal business, then whispers he is a millionaire in distress after a snowstorm in Pueblo.
Street vendors push lottery tickets as draws approach in a bustling urban scene. Hype builds among sellers and newsboys who claim near certainty of selling tickets and profiting from the bi weekly drawings.
Chileans face a harbor scarcity as steamers anchor offshore and boats navigate rough open seas. Antofagasta thrives on rock and sand with a public garden funded by imported soil, while rowing crowds fend off sea lions and cargo carts draw heavy loads by horse and ox.
A motorist angrily pulls up beside a youth on a country road and demands why there are humps along the road. The young man feigns surprise and says the humps were placed to give a car a start to jump the puddles.
A traveler notes many sod houses across western Canada in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Homesteaders hurry planting wheat and neglect houses, using sod shelters until rail lines reach the frontier. The sod homes are cool in summer and warm in winter, reflecting frontier prosperity.
Saint Denis and companions suffered martyrdom in 270. The bishop was buried five miles north of Paris where a chapel grew into a pilgrimage site. In 680 King Dagobert built an abbey. later a school for daughters of Legion members stood there. The town became St Denis, once Paris’s military key, now an industrial area with about 65 000 residents.
The Los Angeles Times argues that character is not fixed in infancy but formed through later life experiences. It notes habits and tendencies emerge from interactions in school, college, and business, rather than from early childhood toys or games.
A humorous exchange unfolds as Mra Moen and a henpecked husband spar over insults. He insists his ears are not long enough for a donkey label, while she teases about needing more legs and a better voice.
The report traces leprosy origins in Europe and America noting early Portuguese and Spanish emigrants as carriers, with Mon tana placing first Colombian cases among Spaniards in 1343. It cites the African slave trade as a major spreader, counting about 1,300,000 slaves to Central America by the end of the 1500s.
In Voltaire’s history of Charles XII, the Swedish king’s life shows war’s futility. Despite early successes and conquests, his reign ends with no lasting good, leaving nations impoverished and his life wasted. This analysis comes from The Young Voltaire by C B Chase.
Louis Philippe of Bourbon, then in London during the World War height, ordered twelve pairs of boots for about 250 dollars. When paid in treasury notes, the bootmaker received 2250 dollars more than the bill. A French secretary later announced the king’s anger at the refund, noting the balance would have mattered either way.
Negley Farson recalls the Iron Gates stretch near Orsova where current rips at 12 to 16 feet per second and even the Glowworm monitor struggled to hold steam. He notes German practice using locomotives to pull ships and mentions hazardous sections like Schachlet by Vilshofen and rapids below Drencova.
Amsterdam municipal electric light works sells air to citizens under an annual contract. An ozone-based purification process draws air up a 100 foot chimney then purifies and dries it by electricity into cylinders. Home delivery claims relief for asthma patients with slow air release.
Alexander Wetmore states in the Scientific Magazine that the belief splitting a parrot tongue helps it talk is unfounded. He explains birds use a small syrinx at the lower trachea for sounds, and the tongue plays little role, making the cruel practice unnecessary.
A Columbus Dispatch item notes Bobby, called Show Me Boy, attempting to cut bricks with his mother's bread knife in the yard. His mother finds him and questions how she could cut bread with that knife after he finishes, and Bobby responds I dont know show me how as he hands the knife back.
The California Coulter’s pine bears exceptionally large cones often 12 inches long and 6 inches wide with heavy two to three pound bodies and curved-point scales. The tree stands 50 to 60 feet, sometimes 10 feet taller, with bluish foliage and symmetrical branches, and cones rarely fall from the boughs.
The article portrays the Agora as a hub where Athenians swap goods and hear Socrates questioners. It recalls Solon’s laws shaping legal language, and discusses Demosthenes’ orations and Diogenes’ search for honesty, highlighting the marketplace and philosophical activity from ancient Athens.
A cavern in bush country near Te Kulti Australia hosts thousands of glowworms coating the walls with jewel like light. The glowworms dim when any noise is made, even a spoken word, unlike their daylight appearance resembling ordinary grubs. Pathfinder
A brief note from Capper's Weekly quotes M H A on a thrill she witnessed on a fast express train. A mild looking man in front of her suddenly stepped onto the platform and leaped off, illustrating a dramatic method of “traveling faster than a fast train” as a grim anecdote.
A compact note on how Anglo Saxon words like knot knee know knave derive from k sounds. It explains a discussion of pronunciation and hints that Shotwht resembled ko michet in older forms.
A fragmented excerpt extols perseverance as a guiding friend and elder counselor. It urges steadfast faith and experience as paths to life success, describing perseverance as the guardian of wisdom and the ages-old road to achievement.
The Bristol Probate Court orders notice of the will of Polweared Bristed filed for probate. Proceedings set for April 4 at 10 o clock in the Probate Court Room with publication for fourteen days in the Bristol Phenix.
Public notice states a sheriff sale in Bristol County at the Bristol County Court House on the second Saturday of April 1927 at 11 AM. The sale seeks satisfaction of an execution debt plus costs and expenses, detailing parcels and boundaries in the estate of the judgment debtor. The notice specifies the sale to be conducted by the sheriff of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, with date references and property descriptions from the district court proceedings.
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