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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1925
Page
3
Henry Alston loses a leather wallet containing twenty two dollars after a purse theft during a river incident. A letter from L M Hawkins, found by his wife while pounding ice, returns the wallet and funds intact by registered mail. The tale ends with gratitude to the finder and a safe reunion.
Edward D. Duffield of Prudential Insurance argues that poor housing in large cities is a major source of poverty. He notes the company helped 25 87 percent of families with loans for dwellings in 1934 and pledges to expand efforts to ease home construction while safeguarding other people's money.
Popular Mechanics notes museums and shows replenish reptile stocks by yard purchases. New York anchors U S import trade with snake traders supplying pythons and boas from Africa India Sumatra and South America. Seven foot pythons cost about 20 dollars while a 25 foot specimen from Sumatra can reach 600 to 700 dollars. Boas are smaller with sixteen feet as a typical maximum at eight or ten years and prices from 20 to 200 dollars.
The U S Forest Service protects what is believed to be the world’s oldest juniper tree in northern Utah. It is not less than 3 000 years old, about 7 feet 6 inches in diameter at breast height and 42 feet tall. A sign near the tree shares its venerable age and status.
A fragmentary note on the thin line between folly and wisdom. The text muses on men moving along with one font on each cheek, suggesting a metaphorical balance of folly and insight.
The Chicago Journal recounts Cassandra daughter of Priam a famed prophetess who warned of disaster during the Trojan War. She sought refuge in Minerva’s temple amid Troy’s plunder was mistreated by Ajax and later returned with Agamemnon before both were slain by Clytemnestra.
The article reviews Caesarea on the Palestine coast and Caesarea Philippi in the Jordan region. It notes their founding by Herod the Great, naming after Claudius, roles as political centers, and mentions by Acts and Josephus, with modern references to Kaisariyeh and Banlas.
A science note cites Prof J Arthur Thomson on bird egg sizes from tiny hummingbirds to extinct moa. It notes a nepyornis egg vastly larger than ostrich and fowl eggs, and says swan eggs tend largest among European birds while goldcrests are smallest. It explains one egg cases, such as guillemot gannet and puffin, lay single large eggs in safe nest sites. The kiwi eggs are unusually large relative to body size and are kept in a tunnel nest.
A high powered army plane with a photographer aboard will fly across New York state during the solar eclipse on January 24. The goal is to extend the viewing window for stationary cameramen by a minute or half minute to gain more photographs and advance scientific study of the eclipse.
While the family seated on the porch a woman in a red hat and red dress passes by. Lewis’ father notes she is a flapper. Later the minister’s daughter arrives in a red dress and Lewis again calls her a flapper, joking that the color makes the look.
A Life magazine excerpt notes a writer of sentimental songs repeatedly uttering phrases like There is no other half so sweet and You are the one girl for me. The focus is on his long string of sincere but cliché declarations.
A fragment notes how understanding Arctic men ace from iceberga aids comprehension of northern Atlantic dynamics through recurring proportions. The piece hints at mathematical framing in weather or maritime context without full details.
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